Dear Readers!
Along with the creative process, art is constantly changing. In this sense, art can increase public awareness of a variety of social issues and foster positive social change because artistic process has a social responsibility to the audience. artists who have consistently been interested in issues of social or political order while keeping an eye on the aesthetic purpose behind their works. They have always been brought back in the journey of art history. With this in mind, our newest issue launches into discussion with “Forest Man” Bulu Imam, a hidden treasure that few are aware of Gaurav Kumar was intrigued by his discovery of Sohrai and Khovar art, deep mysticism, love of nature and the environment, so he interviewed him. after this Sneha Gautam writes how women became a medium of social critique for artist Bikash Bhattacharjee.
In the interview section, Sonali Chaudhari is interviewed by Yeindrila Das, and Rajesh Punj talks to the British artists Julia Crabtree and William Evans about their sculpture, “Affect to Effect,” and their sculptural experience.
After a Covid break, the India Art Fair returns to the city. The India Art Fair (IAF) was postponed due to the pandemic the previous year, but as it reopened in the last week of April, despite the oppressive heat, Uma Prakash and Chhavi Jain visited and reviewed the fair and its art exhibitions. The exhibition Bind/Bound at the Threshold Gallery, which addresses a wide range of modern issues, including the need for acceptance and bonding, was also reviewed by
Uma Prakash. It explores the frailty of human existence and speaks profoundly about life and the human spirit.
This time Ranu Roychoudhuri contributed through the photo essay on people, moments, lives by photographer and director Sanjeet Chowdhury. S. K. Bhattathiri reviewed Surekha Sharada’s one-woman show “Is Today Better Than Yesterday” under the heading “The lost pair.”
Gaurav Kumar attended Rokeya Sultana’s art exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi, and he wrote a reviewed the exhibition. The Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) presented this exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence and the 50 years of friendship between India and Bangladesh. It featured a variety of well known
Bangladeshi artist Rokeya Sultana’s works.
To prevent communal violence against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority on Durga Puja day, the Indian government decided to postpone this exhibition, Review by Harshada Mane of the Zamin: Homelands- Centenary Celebrations at JNAF concludes this issue.
Now closing this note with a quote from American artist Larry Rivers: “Any
art communicates what you’re in the mood to receive.”
Wishing you all a very happy reading until next time with a new issue of Art & Deal……!!!!
Siddhartha Tagore
