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M F. Husain may be the only Indian artist exiled because of the Artwork. Why Husain was exiled to the Gulf and lived in Qatar and London is a subject of free speech and art expression in the Indian context. We Indians did not allow him to stay in a great, civilised country because he […]
We Should Know Why Husain Paint Hindu Goddess only Read More »
The story of Kusama is fascinating for many reasons. She studied traditional Japanese painting style and moved to New York in 1958, inspired by American Abstract Impressionism, became a part of the Avant-Garde movement, especially pop art, hugging hippie culture in the 1960s, got public attention when she exhibited herself as brightly coloured polka dots
Yayoi Kusama: Queen of Pop Art, Conquer the World with Polka-Dot Read More »
What is Art for you? Do you believe Art is pleasing to the eye and not the mind? In the case of visual Art, viewers have considered it for centuries for the ‘eye’; everybody is a viewer in visual Art. Before the 20th century, people did not even think visual Art was for the ‘mind’;
Marcel Duchamp: A Rebellious Father of Modern Art Read More »
In the book ‘How the Personal Became Political’, edited by Michelle Arrow, Angela Woollacott collects many critical writings on art and culture. In this book, an article, ‘How the personal became (and remains) political in the visual Arts Chapter’ by Catriona Moore and Catherine Speck, extensively argues about the feminine space in visual art. In
Judith Leyster: Forgotten Master in the Dutch Golden Age Read More »
In the Indian context, Hanuman has been a hot topic for many decades, yet there has been controversy because of the myth used to attack non-Hindu. Hanuman Chalisa is a political tool in India under the Modi rule, and many ‘attacks’ news appeared from different parts of the country in the name of Hanuman. In
Hanuman and Magical Herbs: Priyantha Udagedara’s Visual Fiction for Dead People Read More »
Delhi Contemporary Art Week displays the new voices from, in a broader sense, the Global South as a territorial and political identity, resonating with the socio-economic contrasts and backdrops. In a canvas or mixed medium, from a minimalistic point of view, artists bring pristine ideas and perspectives, a playful abundance of disciplined mediums, or even
(En)closed With Voices of South Asia, Resonating Visual Idioms Read More »
The Delhi Contemporary Art Week brings a new wave of ways of seeing Art. The exhibition showcases the vibrant nature of artists from India and the broader South Asian region, including Bangladesh and Pakistan, at Bikaner House for a week-long programme. At first look, this event displays contemporary Art in different consistencies, philosophies and principles,
Six Galleries, 50 Artists; Celebrating Un/Known Visual Narration of South Asian Art Read More »
If an artist loves silence, does Art become a flame of stillness? If an artist lives in the spirit of music, what is her Art? If an artist knows music and Art, what is her Art? Shobha Broota is an artist and musician; she studied music first, then Art in the 1960s, and became an
Shobha Broota: Scent of Visual Language, Lost Terrain of Colours Read More »
Millions of content are available about Vincent Van Gogh on Google, his legacy as a painter and insane, a lover and troubled man, and his suicide. The entire world celebrates his yellowish room, paddy field, crows, men, and women on the shore. Van Gogh is a highly prolific artist in the history of Western art;
Loving Vincent: An Animated Visual Poetry of an Insane God Read More »
Margaret Keane is maybe the only Artist who established herself as an artist in the courtroom in Western Art history. Margaret, an American artist known for painting subjects with big eyes and Artwork, was initially credited to her ex-husband for years. The story of People with Eyes and ‘lure’ in Western Art goes back to
Big Eyes: A Great ‘Lure’ in Western Art, Story of Margaret Keane Read More »