CHAKRA: LINKING TRADITION TO MODERNITYLate Keshav Malik pens down how artists of the Silpi Chakra group survived the impulses of the catastrophic partition and let their artistic spirit take an unrestricted form. Good for once to have christened the tiny, new art group with two ancient Indic words. A baby born not only in the […]
Month: December 2014
Cover Story
K.C. ARYAN and DELHI SILPI CHAKRAK.C. Aryan successfully welded together Indianness with the language of modern art and topped it with his courage to experiment. His contribution to modern art in India remains unparalleled. Dr. Subhashini Aryan asserts. The year 1947 will always be remembered by all Indians as the year when Mother India was […]
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New Idiom and Identity: Collective and Individual Search in post partition IndiaDr. Seema Bawa presents a capsule account of beginnings, confrontations and growth of the Delhi Silpi Chakra elaborating how the members of the Chakra endeavoured to demystify Indian art. When we think of the Delhi Silpi Chakra we tend to think of it as […]
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Modernity/ Modernism posited by delhi silpi Chakra Mrinal Kulkarni elucidates how Delhi Silpi Chakra was one of the important movements forming the basis of a regime of modernity in post independent India. The Independence of India brought new attention to New Delhi as a cultural city of the new nation. Calcutta and Bombay were already […]
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Graphic art in india and abroad by Kanwal Krishna Art&Deal reproduces the edited text of a talk given by Kanwal Krishna on November 26, 1959 at the Delhi Silpi Chakra Gallery in which he specifies how travel opened a new perspective for him as he explored the graphic opportunities abroad and expresses a need to […]
Memories
Memories of a valiant Effort : Amba SanyalThe little child in the photograph of the Delhi Silpi Chakra members with an Indonesian delegation was me an eon ago – witnessing something whose significance I was totally oblivious of. Artists, who were immigrants from Lahore and others who shared a high octane level of the making […]
Memories
Memories of Delhi Silpi Chakra Paramjeet Singh reveals his own journey as part of the Silpi Chakra and hopes that the Chakra could continue with the same zeal and positivity that defined it in the early years. If we go back to the pages of history, Delhi Silpi Chakra was the demand of the time. […]
Memories
Nand Katyal recalls the time when Silpi Chakra witnessed strong companionships, long discussions, an atmosphere where creative spirit could breathe, when quality was not governed by price tags, and a space conducive for personal growth.In the 50s Silpi Chakra enjoyed the presence of the Crème de la crème of Delhi artists. We were third/fourth year […]
Memories
Delhi Silpi Chakra : A Living HistoryKrishan Ahuja presents a brief memoir of Delhi Silpi Chakra, a group that still breathes through the works of the veteran artists produced at that time. My first visit to Delhi Silpi Chakra gallery was when I was a student of The College of Art, Delhi. I used to […]
Memories
Delhi Silpi Chakra: Down My Memory LaneF-19, Shankar Market, the space that is now locked once breathed art, music and witnessed creative innovations. Jagdish Dey chronicles this journey of the Delhi Silpi Chakra. In the late forties a group of Delhi artists gave a serious thought to creating a place where they could sit and […]
Appreciation
A Feeling for Colour K. S. Kulkarni (1918-1994) From being forced to paint signboards to becoming a stalwart in modern Indian art; Dinkar Kowshik lists the struggles of K. S. Kulkarni observing the person in the artist.Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni, born in 1918 in Belgaum, was in his early teens when he first came to Pune […]
Essay
B.C. Sanyal and the Mayo School of Arts, Lahore: A Historical link in partitioned sub-indian ContinentAs India was struggling for its independence from the British Raj and later redefining itself post independence, Prof. B.C. Sanyal and Mayo School of Arts, Lahore was doing their bit in forming what could be called a parallel art movement. […]
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Lessons of a MasterSailoz Mookherjea was one of the foremost artists of the Modern Indian Art World. Eminent art critic Keshav Malik takes a very close look at his endearing artistic personality; a personal account of a very committed artist, with subtle lessons interwoven in it.Many of us would be artists in Delhi in the […]
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Dinkar Kowshik – A Life Truly LivedBhaiya Da, of Santiniketan, traces the journey of Dinkar Kowshik from Dharwar, in Karnataka, to Santiniketan in West Bengal – from the place of his birth to the ‘place of his rebirth.’ A sensitive master painter, a prolific writer, and a perceptive teacher, Dinkar Kowshik, passed away in February […]
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Makers of history: Jaya appaswamyMrinal Kulkarni chronicles the life of Jaya Appaswamy highlighting the journey of the pioneer artist not as the founder of Delhi Silpi Chakra group but as a connoisseur and a fine collector.Discontinuity in an artist’s creative practice is determined by various socio- economic and political reasons. This discontinuity in practice is […]
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rajesh Mehra If Delhi claims to be one of the important centers of contemporary Indian art, it owes it to the Delhi Silpi Chakra group members. Dr. Seema Bawa talks about one such eminent member of the Silpi Chakra group, Rajesh Mehra.One of the more influential painters of the 60’s and 70’s was the very […]
Tribute
Jagmohan Chopra: artist and teacher Anupam Sud pays tribute to Jagmohan Chopra who mentored a whole generation of Indian printmakers like her under the Group 8 aegis, creating a new Indian graphic vocabulary. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled”: – Plutarch Shri. Jagmohan Chopra – my […]
Tribute
Art is an adventure that never ends.. Born to be a master and a legend.. Any kind of art form requires courage to take forward and leaves a mark ahead of time and space. For him art was his personal diary. The name to quote in inverted comas as Jagmohan Sir has astonished the ablest […]
Photo Essay
‘Re-wheeling The Chakra’ A Delhi Silpi Chakra Retrospective
EDITORIAL
This is a special year for Art & Deal. Initiated a decade and a half ago, it began as the only art magazine from the capital. Dedicated to art and its many facets; with like emphasis on renowned, radical, contemporary as well as upcoming artists and their tireless works, the publication has covered a long […]