Category: Review

This, The Sublime and it’s Double : Tanya Goel Indira Lakshmi Prasad The ultra-modern architecture of Nature Morte Gallery, South Delhi, was perhaps the perfect complimentary environment for Tanya Goel’s most recent solo exhibition ‘This, The Sublime and it’s Double’. Her works have previously been notable for their unique and thorough exploration of abstraction. ‘This, […]

Review (Delhi) Swadeshi Art: Treasures of Calcutta’s Pre-Bengal School Mallika Chakrawarti A treasure-trove of vintage lithographs and paintings from 19th century Bengal was showcased at New Delhi’s Akar Prakar Art Advisory. The exhibition titled ‘Swadeshi Art’ was on view from 28th August to 15th October. An era of mythological storytelling infused with European ‘naturalism’ was […]

Review (Hyderabad) Two solo shows Palak Dubey Apart from regular group shows and art events, the city of Hyderabad recently hosted two noteworthy solo shows. Kiran Kumar Varikilla’s preview show at Gallery Space (8th August to 14th August) titled ‘Form and content’ which was later shown at Jehangir art gallery in the month of September. […]

Review (Delhi) Art Bahrain, Across Borders Art & Deal correspondent There could not have been a more opulent setting for ‘Art Bahrain, Across Borders’ than Bikaner House in central Delhi. The atmosphere on the opening night was certainly electric; a mixing pot of Bahraini and Indian energy. ‘Art Bahrain, Across Borders’ was the premier event […]

Delhi A TEMPORARY MUSEUM OF OUR TIMES AND IDEAS Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya Tato ‘Permitted’ and ‘prohibited’ are two sides of the same coin. They switch over from one side to the other with the change of location – both politcal and geographic. CONTRABANNED: Provocations of Our Times comes at the opportune momentof India’s recent negociations of […]

Kolkata Between Method and Material: The Shifting Shape of Pedagogy Sampurna Chakraborty “The reason why art practice changes is not far to seek. Whatever its position in the hierarchy of activities in a society, art practice is a part of its culture complex and is tied to it with physical and psychological correlatives. This is […]

In Retrospect: Recollections of Four Abstract-Loving Artists Mallika Chakrawarti Recollections can be a walk-through of significant events and memories that shape the identity of an artist. Certain recollections may rekindle a faint smile or trigger a grim mood, but nonetheless remain our companions till we breathe our last. After delving into bygones, memories and the […]

SHRUTI MAHAJAN TRAVERSING THROUGH PERIPHERIES AND OPEN EXTENTS PALAK DUBEY The series of works on display at Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad by artist Shruti Mahajan (from 29th June to 11th July) were an extension of her series of works done on ‘home’, in the subjective context as well as Universal. Through her untitled works the artist […]

WALKING IN AN ICONOGRAPHIC PAST OF SOUTHERN INDIA: GOMBE MANSI DHIMAN MANDHWANI ‘The subject of India Iconography is one of the most fascinating branches of indology which found its origin in the womb of remote post.’ -D. N. Shukla ‘What is the earliest evidence for systematised use of images and symbols associated with cults in […]

MEET CHELSEA MANNING, WHOSE DNA IS MADE INTO A WORK OF ART ASHISH SHARMA After being in prison for seven years for disclosing sensitive military documents to WikiLeaks, Manning is back with the artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg for a collaborative show called “A Becoming Resemblance” made from the DNA of Manning. Chelsea, 29, is a former […]

A Journey Towards Traditional History: Mukhosh Mansi Dhiman Mandhwani Art Konsult Gallery is situated at a place which is a hub for food joints, designers, hippy culture, contemporary art and artists! yes I am talking about Hauz Khas Village, it is a city within a city, there is always too much going on at the […]

Wanderlust Nature: Three Artists Tribute to Ram Kinkar Baij Indira Lakshmi Prasad Very recently a group exhibition of paintings was held in Delhi, at one of the capital city’s premier art gallery named as Lokayata, popularly known as the Mulkraj Anand Centre. Three young contemporary artists, from Bengal but settled in Delhi, exhibited their recent […]

The spirituaL in art from the contextual to the regional – Saraswathi Devi Bhattathiri Once upon a time, a huge flood and heavy rain conferred a village by the celestials and the whole village with its inhabitants that included not only humans but also cows, buffaloes, sheep, birds, cats, dogs and even reptiles were rescued […]

Preeti Kathuriak RAM KUMAR: Endearing Vistas of Abstraction [Delhi] “Any form of art is a form of power, it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.” – Ossie Davis Art has the capacity to take you to another realm; it can detach you from the […]

I AM – of Burns, Bare and Bloom Sampurna Chakraborty Beyond the question of discrimination, power struggle, their rights and suppression, liberty to be and their choice to decide – there is a volatile space called expression. Expression that is a consequence of survival. Surviving to ascertain the question – who I Am. This very […]

Seema Kolhi: Golden Womb-Dawn of Time A series of works by Seema Kohli, curated by Lina Vincent Sunish titled, “Golden womb-dawn of time’, are on display at Kalakriti art gallery, Hyderabad (from19th February to 5th April).The show excels in bringing forth the quintessential core of the artist’s oeuvre established in varied media.The wide array of […]

“There is no forgetting from the lips of the people” Sculptural solo exhibition-Benitha Perciyal Indira Lakshmi Prasad “Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.” – Genesis 2:7 The ripe, cacophonous scent of herbs fills […]

Saba Hasan ‘Undeciphered Fates’ Book installations, voice and video Indira Lakshmi Prasad Having been deeply involved with representations of conflict and peace throughout her career, Hasan takes on the role of provocateur in her featured video installation.The piece, ‘Burnt Book 6’ features hand held camerawork as Hasan herself sets light to a book, placed on […]

Giving Time to Time: Film pieces by Manon De Boer Preeti Kathuria Born in 1966 in Kodaikanal, India, Manon De Boer gained her professional art education in Rotterdam and is currently based in Brussels. Working primarily in photographs and films, De Boer has widely exhibited her works in the international art arena. The exhibition has […]

Intricate Intaglios in Kolkata(Kolkata) Uma Nair No one thought a sculptor from Shantiniketan would go to France, to forge a new process in printmaking that celebrated the broken colour or pointillist colour printing process. Using techniques of plate preparation such as aquatint, mezzotint, photo engraving and deep biting, the print maker and avowed mentor in […]

Two Solo Projects by Artists: Prasanta Sahu and Ushmita Sahu(Hyderabad) Palak Dubey Works by PrasantaSahu, titled, ‘Blueprint of City’ and UshmitaSahu’s titled,’White Noise’ were recently on display at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad from 1st July to 15th July. Both the artist’s works promised a spectacular journey to the viewers,though in completely diverse directions. While the […]

An Inner Retrospective: Laxma Goud Lina Vincent Sunish To celebrate 20 years of Gallery Sumukha Bangalore, an artist who has had a long association with the space was given a solo exhibition- Laxma Goud, ‘An Inner Retrospective’ brought together drawings, etchings, paintings and sculptural works selected from his extensive art practice. Laxma Goud’s career spanning […]

Eye Catching Juxtapostions: Recent Works Of Sailesh B.O Dr. Ashrafi S. Bhagat The large viewing space within the Forum Art Gallery in Chennai was resonating with brilliant colours, intricate designs and realistic hybrid animal forms in combination with human, birds and fish. Acting as a cherry on the cake were the elastic yogic postures enacted […]

The Enigma a New Landscape: Solo Show of Gopal Samantray Vikash Nand Kumar This summer when the Indian Art Scene is little relaxed or may be planning new events for the next season of art, the effervescent street of South Delhi invites you to have a look on the not to miss creative varieties on […]

Assemblage of the Flock: The Bird Project @ The Open Studio, Baroda Arati Desai “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou’s quote gives words to the very being of an artist and his creative process. The Bird Project was the opening show of the […]

Autolysis : Asim Waqif Uma Nair [Delhi] Autolysis by AsimWaqif in a 200 year old sarai at Mehrauli turned out to be the marriage of decadence with persistent perseverance. Asim Waqif, the multi disciplinary architect turned artist once said ‘commercial value has eclipsed experimentation.’ This is situational irony, because the guards at the One Style […]

Vitality and Resonance in Vineet Kacker’s Digging Time Uma Nair[Delhi] Visiting a ceramic show is something that gets my juices flowing. And when the curator is Vineet Kacker I know that the journey itself will be one of great vitality. At the onset Digging Time is a phrase that contains more than a thousand possibilities, […]

Poetics of Plurality [Baroda] Aranya Bhowmik In contemporary times, art practice is no more bound by normative concepts, rather it has widened, emphasising on interdisciplinary practices. Experimentations in different media, medium and discipline have brought about a huge change in the mind-set of practitioners and viewers. A show titled ‘Poetics of Plurality’ held at Site […]

Rustic Resonance: Striking a chord of bountiful imagination An exhibition of artworks of Gopal Ghose Apurva Sinha ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’-John Keat ‘I love all beauteous things nurtured by that powerful emotion which stimulates a painter to paint’, is what my mind declared after taking an exceptional walkthrough around the […]

The Silent call of the Earth by Achia Anzi [DELHI] Apurva sinha Do you have an answer to what is existence? Looking to a work of art for an answer? I’ll not say that all of your puzzled thoughts would probably get a correct answer, but yes you will definitely get a vision to experience […]

Kesa-vinyas- ‘A peep into the genesis art of hair-dressing in India’ [DELHI] Apurva Sinha When you see an exquisite piece of artwork, it must bring back multiple memories from the past history, giving strength to your cultural moorings. An innovative dialogic blend of ‘atman’ and ‘brahm’, ‘kala’ found its root with the genesis of umankind. […]

Industrious Illustrations@ India International Centre [DELHI] Uma Nair It was during my winter time at New York that I would look for exhibitions of just drawings. The person who introduced me to the world of drawings was my friend Francis Newton Souza, and he had told me of the nonprofit ‘Drawing Center’ with its stunning […]

1 L0tus 8 Seon/Zen Buddhism and Achrya Bodhidharma Art works from Korea [DELHI] Insang Song The number 108 has a very significant spiritual meaning in Buddhism and other spiritual traditions. It is a number that symbolically represents all the worldly desires. The ultimate aim of the Buddha’s teaching is to be free from these 108 […]

‘In Search of the Author’ by Ajay kumar [Kochi] Tanya Abraham I write this article during a time when I am noting down details of another one of a similar language, for a local publication. The article concerns itself with the loss of architectural history of the town I grew up in. Coincidental perhaps, but […]