Abirpothi

India’s only daily art newspaper

Month: April 2021

Digital, street, therapeutic, and protest: The many forms of art in the news

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends …

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Life, art and the personal in disruption: A conversation with artist Manisha Parekh

Manisha Parekh. Photograph by Ashok Ahuja

Manisha Parekh talks to Santanu Borah about her art practice, and how a continual desire to invent keeps an artist in the thick of the action and contextually relevant. She also dwelt on disruption as a personal idea. This is part 2 of a four part series. You can read Part 1 here. Manisha Parekh …

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Art Of The Day: Fiery Germination

There’s a bold vibrancy and sureness that seeps into the Expressionist strokes expertly rendered by Ramesh Garawad, such as in this ‘Untitled’ piece of oil on canvas. We see scarlet hues stand out from a muddy, non-descript brown background, as if clearly symbolising the earth. The shades of red blossom from germinating seed into dense …

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This week: Our artists seek music in ceramics, depict tragedy bleakly, and more

Suvendu Bhandari: Tragedy depicted transparently A revelation of personal and societal tragedies and turmoil, the art put forth by artist Suvendu Bhandari is bleak and intense. He professes to his art being an emotional rather than objective reflection and response to the world around, and its treatment in sepia tones lends an almost transparent tone …

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Art Of The Day: Voice Of A Woman

‘No Need To Think For Me’: The title of this art work is both starkly clear and literally emblazoned across the canvas, manifested by using watercolor and fabric on paper. Artist Sonali Laha, who produces some fine self portraiture, depicts a strong female voice via this piece, which showcases a somber young woman’s face blending …

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Disruption: The path art must take to shake up the world and find new directions

The Pothi team looks at what disruption means in art and how it has affected the history of the world. This is Part 1 of a five-part series Let’s start at the beginning. Imagine an early human, who has just observed a big hunt. Maybe even taken part in it. Then the human decides to …

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‘Oops, that wasn’t interactive art?’ S Korean couple vandalizes $440,000 painting (and more in art)

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends …

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