Legends at NGMA, Mumbai National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai presents two exclusive shows of yesteryear masters’ works. The first show titled, ‘Contours and Volumes’ showcases the sculptural works of renowned sculptors Prodosh Das Gupta and Sarbari Roy Choudhury. The show is presented in collaboration with Akar Prakar gallery and the Piramal Foundation for the […]
Month: November 2013
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL Art Districts herald the centralization of galleries to/in a certain hub, which is considered to be frequented by art lovers and collectors than other places where galleries are seen absolutely scattered or de-centralized. In the west, where an established and structured art market has been in place for many decades, art districts are a […]
COVER STORY
Lina Vincent Sunish AN ARTS DISTRICT: WHO FOR? Hypothetically, there are two large and untouched audiences for an art district in Bangalore – one in the IT industry, and the other in schools. Perhaps 2014 is the time to involve these two groups to extend the paradigms of our own art world and shake off […]
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Sandhya Bordewekar Gallery-hopping in Vadodara and Ahmedabad ‘Mandi’ in Hindi means ‘market’ and in Gujarati with a soft ‘d’, it could mean ‘recession’. Mandi is affected by Mandi but in Ahmedabad and Baroda, galleries make all their best efforts to keep the show on. Sandhya Bordewekar does an exhaustive but comprehensive gallery hopping and tells […]
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Waswo X Waswo A Desirable Destination? the art district as social phenomenon If India’s urban art districts are to defy the cycle of flourish and decay, then politicians, community planners, gallerists and business leaders might want to keep an eye on the steps and missteps of those abroad, citing the growth of art districts in […]
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Franck Barthelemy Judgement of Paris:Intelligent Art Districts Is Paris coming back 50 years after having lost its hegemony in contemporary art to the USA? With the thriving art districts in Paris that constitute the fifty per cent of the total galleries in France, Franck Barthelemy feels that Paris is all set for visitors come whether […]
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Johny ML Sculptures in the Open Open air sculptures are not strictly public sculptures but sculptures need open air to ‘breath’. K.S.Radhakrishnan, even when he conceives gallery based sculptures, thinks of the possible ‘open air’ where they could have a free existence. Ojas Art Gallery, New Delhi presents the open air sculptures of the artist […]
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Sushma Sabnis Enigma of Art Districts Mueller Bhavan, J. J. School of Art, Artist’s Centre, etc. The centre of this zone, the Kala Ghoda area, is flanked on either side by the private galleries and institutions which act as symbiotic elements of this burgeoning art district. Eminent artist and member of the Kala Ghoda Committee, […]
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Johny ML Lado Sarai : Art District or a Street of Galleries? Analyzing the spatial logistics of Lado Sarai and Hauz Khas, gallerists’ dilemmas and the much lacking community ‘feeling’ required for the evolution of any art district, JohnyML highlights the pros and cons of just a street with a lot of galleries versus an […]
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Girish Shahane Riding on an Invisible Black Horse :Colaba Art District Pundole Gallery at Flora Fountain in the north, and Sakshi and Lakeeren at Arthur Bunder Road, the ‘Arab Quarter’ of Colaba in the south, Mumbai’s ‘Art District’ oscillates between Kala Ghoda and Colaba. This art hub has seen the ups and downs of art […]
INTERVIEW
Sushma Sabnis A Paradigm of Beauty An intense beauty is rendered permanent and timeless when juxtaposed with the abhorable ugliness of things. It is this quality of life’s chiaroscuro-esque balance that German artist Martin Eder captures in his artworks. In his first solo, ‘Monsters of Silence’ previewing on 15th November 2013 at Gallery Isa, Mumbai, […]
INTERVEIW
Meena Varma -Paramjot Walia Lado Sarai is an Art Hub Three years back, in 2010, Arts of the Earth, a gallery focused on tribal and folk art of India, moved from Hauz Khas village to Lado Sarai. Meena Varma, director of Arts of the Earth feels that her decision to move was right as many […]
INTERVIEW
Paramjot Walia Back to the Future of the Gallery Synonymous to the awakening of modern art in India, and being one of the galleries pivotal in promoting art and artists over the decades, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi owners, Uma Jain and Uday Jain, reminisce and compare the changing landscape of yesteryears and future of […]
OBITUARY
Siddharth Sivakumar Remembering Parvez Kabir Pedalling around the campus on his bicycle with an impish face, Parvez Kabir looked more like a student than a teacher. But behind his youthful informality and charming personality was a seasoned critic, someone deeply committed to the study of art history. Parvez-da always elicited friendly conversations, and yet today, […]
PHOTO ESSAY
Debadutta Saha B o u n d l e s s Chi ldhood . . . . . . . . . spotted at the Bank of river Brahmaputra, Tezpur, Assam, seems very rare in today’s fast and busy world. A sense of leasure mixed with the prick of reality, ran through my mind while […]
CINEMA
Darshana Sreedhar Centenary Celebrations of India n Cinema in Chennai The year 2013 has been etched in memory as special on many counts. It has been 100 years since the release of Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, the first Indian silent film, premiered on 21st April, 1913 at the Olympia Theatre, Grant Road for a selective […]
PREVIEW
Uma Nair MONARCH OF KITCHEN-KITSCH Subodh Gupta’s artworks rarely inspire moderate responses, and this is one signal of the importance of his achievement. Focusing on some of the most unexpected objects as models for his work, Gupta’s works eschew typical standards of “good taste” in art and zero in rather precisely on the vulnerabilities of […]
PREVIEW
Sushma Sabnis In the Pink of Art The world will see a pretty pink cloud of art and culture rising from the city of Jaipur this November. Ushering in a little bit of warmth for the cold winters to come, is the Jaipur Art Summit – a plethora of intense art and cultural activities to […]
BOOK REVIEW
Usha Aroor COOKING ,THE ART AND THE ARTIST Reviving the age old art of appeasing the taste buds and the soul, the book ‘The Konkani Saraswat Cookbook’ by Asha Philar is more than just a cook book. Flavoured with memories and illustratedwith ample number of images and precise details,this book aims to inspire genuine interest […]
REVIEW
KETAKI SHETH : A CERTAIN GRACE Uma Nair Working with a black and white palette capturing sensitive and haunting images, photographer Ketaki Sheth’s ‘A Certain Grace’ documenting the lives of the Sidis, immigrants from east Africa, was a deeply moving collection of photographs, reviews. Ketaki’s work, called “A Certain Grace”, documents the lives of theSidis, […]
REVIEW
Uma Nair. Reminding one of the power and wisdom of portraiture, be it of the mundane or the rare, Sooni Taraporevala’s photography show on ‘Parsis’ was a gentle look at the poetic and curious lives of the community, observes Sooni Taraporevala seemed energized and full of joi de vivre as she led a stream of […]
REVIEW
Nisha Aggarwal. Inquiring into the historical Salt march of 1930 and the near extinct Azrakh traditions, artist and textile designer Shelly Jyoti weaves a fabric using socio-economic and cultural threads of Gandhian philosophies in her installation works, reviews The solo show of Shelly Jyoti’s new works titled ‘Salt: The Great March’ : Re-contextualizing Azrakh Traditions […]
REVIEW
Nisha Aggarwal. The world around us is generally discernible by the placation of two opposite pylons, which could be similar or opposite in nature but are prevalent in every core of human life. Flipping the crucial coin of nature versus progress, artist Priyanka Govil presents a sub polemic through her art work, reviews REVIEW Delhi […]
REVIEW
AURA Art Shubhalakshmi Shukla Drawing upon the ever changing flow of water and its influences on the artistic creativity, reviews the changes in the time and tides of Indian traditional and contemporary art over the decades on display at the Aura Art Show 2013. The metaphor of water is so strong in South East Asian […]
MATTERS OF HEART
Matters of with Paramjot Walia You were the organizing force behind “Expressions at Tihar”. What motivated you to do that? AN: “Expressions at Tihar” is very special to me. It was my first major art project, and spanned about three years. The artists gave their whole-hearted support. The gap between the culminating exhibition and a […]