DEVESHI GOSWAMI CAPTURES THE JUXTAPOSE OF FREE-FLOWING EMOTIONS AND THE FEELING OF ECSTASY THAT EMANATES FROM IT. Presented by Sanchit Art, the show will be held at Shridharani Gallery from 1st to 9th October. Her art resonates with the playful abundance of a carefully regimented palette. Paper, mostly white and unprimed, plays the role of a fertile soil […]
Sometimes I wonder, how overwhelmed a curator must feel, when he decides to put together a leviathan number of artworks, each outstanding, into one tangible assemblage. How does he screen, how does he eliminate, and how does he win his battles with the inevitable overthinking? The book Shringara of Shrinathji, by Mapin Publishing, is one […]
Making textile is considered itself an art practice in antiquity. The continuing exercise of creating and transforming the richness of the cloth in the contemporary art world is an enduring activity. Weavers are indigenous art practitioners engaging with cultural settings in old times, creating clothes for wear, and imaging artistic identity through making the clothes. […]
‘vede rāmāyane caiva purāne bhārate tathā ādāv ante ca madhye ca harih sarvatra gīyate’- Bhagavad Gita Imagine, you are in a meditative loop and you wait for the religious experience to happen which could be in the form of a set of “emotions” or “feelings”. Now, how do these insights or experiences help us orient […]
When we go through the history of Modern Art we find how French modernists were liberated from the age-old conventional naturalistic and photorealistic trends in art. Modern French painters started exploring alternative art forms of other countries breaking all the national boundaries for the creation of revolutionary art styles. In Picasso’s phenomenal creative venture of […]
Life writing had entered formally intoliterary genre in the 18th century with the Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell but its earliest traces are as old as Plutarch’s writings on emperor Alexander. Biographies intend to focus on larger-than-life/ eminent personalities with an intention to narrate with ideological presuppositions and an appearance of universal truth. […]
“Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations. Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective.” -Paul Cezanne Nature has always fascinated mankind by its sheer beauty, power, and ingenuity. Many examples can be seen in poetry, art, and other mediums since ancient […]
24 th to 28 th September | Living Traditions Center (LTC), Bikaner House, New Delhi Celebrated artist Rita Jhunjhunwala presents her solo show BHEEGI LAKEEREIN at Living Traditions Center (LTC), Bikaner House that will be inaugurated on 23rd of September and continue till 28th September. A unique exhibition that combines poetry with art, the show is curated […]
As a representational genre, portraiture has a long and diverse history provoking intellectual debates across cultures and generations of artists, subjects, patrons, curators, critics, and viewers. It manifests in varied media as one of the most versatile forms to visually comment on the meaning of being human in a society. Portraits oscillate between mimesis and […]
Padma Shri Bulu Imam is a gem that many people are unaware of. He is an archaeologist, a revivalist of tribal paintings, and the recipient of the Gandhi Foundation’s International Peace Award for his humanitarian efforts. He is a big-game hunter turned environmentalist, as well as an archaeologist, and a revivalist of tribal paintings. He […]
A mention of artist Bikash Bhattacharjee brings to mind the large repertoire of his spellbinding portraits, which depicted Bengali people from different classes and social milieus, especially women. Portraying his subjects with minute details of their form and depth in their gaze, the artist deftly mastered the effects of light and shadow that rendered his […]
