Of Valuing Equality – [MUMBAI] – Shubhalakshmi Shukla With numerous threads of insightful observations and a needle sharp assertion in his visual language, artist Nikhil Raunak, presents his debut solo show titled ,‘Someday is Today’ at Clark House, Mumbai. Questioning and sometimes answering, he creates art works in a variety of mediums from embroidery and […]
Month: September 2013
Review
DependsWho You Ask – [TEXAS] – gabriel Diego Delgad From overpowering essences of the tangible to implied metaphysical and spiritual realms, the curated show ’Texas Tough’, displays four solo shows by women at the Blue Star Contemporary Museum, Texas. Indian born, Houston based artist Amita Bhatt, makes her presence felt with her large scale installation […]
Review
OLD MASTERS This monsoon, treading under the canopy of nostalgia of yesteryears, the Art Indus gallery recaptures the essence of the art legends through their artworks in the show ‘Old Masters’. Time, tide or market value have failed to dim the radiance and timelessness of these art works, observes Uma Nair Ambadas Khobragade, K.S.Kulkarni, Sailoz […]
Review
Deconstruction: Prabhakar Kolte – [MUMBAI] – Sushma Sabnis There are times in life when artists choose to redefine the dynamics of their art practices, especially when one has a penchant for experimentation and an innate restlessness like Prabhakar Kolte. Being one of the pioneers of the abstract school of thought in J J School of […]
Matters of heArt
Matters of heART with Paramjot walia- Priyanka Govil For you Priyanka govil is Someone who is…? Priyanka Govil: Ambitious and believes in herself. How would you describe your ‘style’ of work? PG: I work with landscapes and would call them ‘minimal- scapes’ where I reduce all the details in such a way that the presence […]
News
Journey to the Roots 24th June 2013 saw the opening of the retrospective of Bengali artist Jamini Roy titled, ‘Journey to the Roots’ at the National Gallery of Modern art (NGMA) New Delhi. The show was curated by Ella Datta and was a commemoration of the artist’s 125th birth anniversary. There were more than 200 […]
Cover Story
Vicky Roy: Artist and the Brand Chandan Gomes On many occasions, his work has been labelled as NGO photography. Such a definition, limits the scope of his expression, thus resulting in the artist being secondary to the brand. I strongly object to such a reading of his work! Unlike most photographers, whose point of reference […]
Lead Interview
Let a Hundred Photo Festivals Bloom: Prashant Panjiar Priyanka Tagore PT: This time there is an open call for entry. How has the response been? PP: The response has been fantastic. Around 2400 submissions have come in from around the world. Although the quality of submissions from India was disappointing. PT: It is reported that […]
Memory
Remembering Gutlu (Prabuddha Dasgupta) K.S.Radhakrishnan In 93, when I shifted my studio to Chattarpur, he loved the space, finally happy about “the light I want!”, he would often do his own work there. He’d call me and say, “Aaj tu kaam nahi karega. I have work there. No sculpture today”. I remember once he’d got […]
Masters
II miglior fabbro: Jyotish Chakraborty Premjish Achari Remembrance is an obeisance, it is a tribute. Each time we remember a person as images, sounds, and faint traces of smell, we pay a tribute to his/her existence. These remembrances are sometimes inscribed by longings, nostalgia and a yearning for that person. Sometimes they are the recollections […]
Masters
Beyond documentation: The Photographs of Jyoti Bhatt Sandhya Bordewekar This genuinely sensitive interest in folk, rural and tribal forms of public visual expression can be traced not only to the Santiniketan influence brought in by Jyotibhai’s teachers at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, such as Sankho Chaudhuri and K. G. Subramanyan, but also to […]
Masters
Delhi …That Was: Through the Eyes of Raghu Rai Anubhav Nath To cherish and enjoy all aspects of Delhi equally, that is, its grandeur, history, arts, culture (and shortcomings) makes one a true Delhiwallah. Raghu Rai is one such Delhiwallah. His long-standing affair with photographing Delhi is testimony of his love for Delhi. The images […]
Interview
Photography: A colonial fear Abul Kalam Azad Shanavas SN: I have seen a photograph by you titled “Defend Secularism”, done for the Sahmat campaign of Delhi – an image of a man without a head, holding a lotus in front and a knife in the back. In fact, the posture is a bit sarcastic. It […]
Feature
A Decisive Market for Cameras Anurag Sharma The mention of the place known as ‘Chandni Chowk’ to any photography enthusiast, amateur or professional, has the potential to create a plethora of images in one’s mind. And if you want to add an element of ‘desire’ to this imagery just mention the ‘Camera market’. Markets have […]
Feature
Photography as Reconciliation : The Art of Chandan Gomes Johny ML Only with a shudder, Chandan could remember 16th December, 2012. After a house party at a friend’s pad, he was returning home with a female friend in a chartered bus at night. The next morning he woke up seeing the horrifying news of the […]
Interview
I Went Out as an Ad Guy and Came Back as a Photographer: Rafeeq Ellias Kanchi Mehta KM: Where have you traveled? RE: Through China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza, Syria, Tashkent, Moldova, Bucharest, Russia, etc. Some places I went just to take pictures. Some I went to on assignments through travel magazines and […]
Education
From Today Photography is Dead P. Madhavan Right from the days of daguerreotypes, Indians have constantly moved towards the popular culture, the latest trend and, in the process, we’ve distanced ourselves from a deeper understanding of the photographic process, which has been merely used for commerce and as a leisure activity. In India, neither do […]
Education
Tasveer: Picture Abhi Baaki Hai..Dost Franck Barthelemy In 2008, Abhishek Poddar was quoted telling the Indian Express: “Overseas, photography is now almost a parallel movement. We thought it would be interesting to explore the genre in India”. They immediately thought they could create something different, not just yet another art gallery. One of their founding […]
Education
Gen-X Documentary Photography Dr.Deepak John Mathew Photographers who have devised strategies, performances and staging especially for the camera are mentioned in this article as they have challenged the traditional stereotype of documentary photography. Some photographers go out for a daily shoot, looking for the moment when a picture of great visual quality appears in the […]
Book Review
Surrealism Illustrated Paramjot Walia The articles, ‘Ode to My Masters’ and ‘Shining from the Sidelines’ seep into the artist’s personal life and help you understand the reflections in his works. It is interesting to see how surrealism has influenced the minds so much that it screams for acceptance and its due place through every form […]
Photo Essay
Gireesh GV “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” – Leonardo da Vinci I have been chewing on Da Vinci’s words since camera became my third eye. I believe photographer is a painter. I paint using light on […]
Essay
The Ties that Bind Renuka Sawhney Consequently, these borders, alliances and exchanges form a shifting and complicated picture. As artist Naeem Mohaiemen writes, ‘In 1971, Kolkata’s deep empathy for millions of Bengali war refugees streaming across the border from East Pakistan pressured the Indira Gandhi government to intervene in the war. But in 2011, when […]
Essay
Remembrance of Things Past and Furious Sushma Sabnis For some, irrespective of them being directly affected, the twanging string of pain and loss resonates much deeper, not just as an emotional response to sudden calamity but a practical one that propels them into action. These everyday heroes quietly live out their lives, surviving the trauma, […]
Cinema
Ruang Talok 69: The Economy of Desire and Waste Set in the backdrop of the global recession of the late 1990s, Ruang Talok 69 centers its storyline on the life of a low-key employee in the financial sector who is forced to step down following job cuts. The film focuses on how her seemingly simple […]
Cinema
Glimpses from Mati ‘s Art History Course
Review
Much Ado about Nothing : Art Bangaluru 2013 Franck Barthelemy I know art is subjective and I am no one to judge what is good and what is bad. I know some buyers (note the word) acquire artworks because they are interested to match the colour of their sofas with a painting or two. I […]
Review
Art Espresso at Gallery Espace Paramjot Walia I envy him for his passion and knowledge of coffee. He could get different shapes on those illy cups – hearts, leaves, you name it! – just by pouring the milk in a certain way, almost as if the milk could understand and follow his orders. I was […]
Review
Plot(s) of Point 0 [Banglore] Franck Barthelemy occupation and the accumulation of properties that can be called speculation. Who owns? How is it owned? Why is it owned? Who knows it is owned? What does this all mean? Sreshta’s exploration puts the human being at the heart of his reflection. Plot, his work made of […]
Theatre Review
The Sky Within Sushma Sabnis Human brutality scar sensitive and responsive souls. When they are artistically inclined people like Aditi Mangaldas, the illustrious Kathak danseuse, who believes there is still hope she could show a way of accepting and putting to rest the devil within. Aditi uses the elegant language of the traditional Indian dance […]
Theatre Review
Tapestry of Images- LASKAR MAHMUD HUSSAIN Uma Nair There is no central image in his works but there is a teeming of hybrids and all kinds of characters who are somewhat reminiscent of bygone era tales and import of fantsy. So there are abstract composites of biomorphic forms at the right and lower left of […]
Matters of heArt
Matters of heArt with Paramjot Walia Is there anything you would have done differently during your photographic career? If given a chance, I would have loved to assist Richard Avedon, but unfortunately that is not possible now. You think photography is over-rated? Yes, people outside just see the glamorous side of the profession where as […]