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Using Time as Material: The genre-bending durational performances of Nikhil Chopra

Digvijay Nikam  What kind of relationship does the work of art bear with the artist’s body? Is the latter only an agent to aesthetic creation where the locus of any transformation is the art work and not the body? The contemporary Indian artist Nikhil Chopra has tried to bridge this chasm by foregrounding the body

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Loud Silence: Shakuntala Kulkarni’s visual stories

Tsuktiben Jamir More than often, artists are influenced, or rather inspired by the environment around them, their experiences, their understandings, their connections with people and their culture. They condense all of these encounters into their artistic expressions. The artist, the subject as well as the perspectives of perception are all reflected in art. This can

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Art from the ancient Indian caves

Deepshikha Cave paintings are oldest form of wall art or simply ‘art’ known to humankind made by the early men with crude tools and natural colours to depict their daily life. Many renowned cave art are found all over the world such as – Lascaux – France, Altamira – Spain, Argentina, Indonesia, Coliboaia – Romania,

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Poetics of the Machine: When technology meets the Arts

Saptarshi Ghosh Painting with Machines: An Introduction to Machine Learning Art Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), which allows computers to learn from experience rather than being programmed. It has contributed to the development of a loosely-defined field of arts wherein artists use various AI algorithms to magically conjure up images

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Four Unique Artworks Making Innovative Use of Technology

Saptarshi Ghosh ‘Immemory’ by Chris Marker A towering figure in the history of contemporary visual arts, Chris Marker worked across a diverse range of media, including writing, photography, filmmaking, videography, installation art, television and digital multimedia. He is probably best-known for his experimental short film La Jetée (1962) and the essay film Sans Soleil (1983).

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Changing the face of design in Victorian England: The craftsmanship of William Morris 

Manjeera 24th March, ON THIS DAY “History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.” ― William Morris William Morris was a British artist, writer, and social activist who played a key role in the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century. He is

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