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Caught between Sanskar and sexual freedom, porn comic character Savita Bhabhi gets many lives and sentences!

Krispin Joseph PX Savita Bhabhi has been a hot topic in India since its publication in 2008; Bhabhi is a pornographic-cartoon character, a desired housewife having a sexual relationship with many people. Anonymous activists in India published this Character through a comic strip medium. This comic is widely celebrated and circulated in India, and it …

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The story behind the most haunting painting from Russia: Ivan the Terrible and his Son

Tsuktiben Jamir It is a haunting painting that depicts a father holding his dead son; ‘Ivan the Terrible and his Son’ (oil on canvas), one of Ilya Repin’s most psychologically intense works, was finished in 1885. Ivan was depicted in this painting holding his dying son in his arms as he lay shocked, the victim …

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Ai Weiwei’s Rebellious Movement: The Middle Finger

Tsuktiben Jamir Ai Weiwei is a well-known Chinese artist and activist born in Beijing on August 28, 1957. He made a name for himself as an artist with his large-scale conceptual art, capital realism, and installation artworks highlighting social involvement and human rights concerns. Ai is known for his unapologetic advocacy for human rights and …

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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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Four AI Artists You Need to Know About ASAP

Saptarshi Ghosh Robbie Barrat Twenty-two years old Robbie Barrat hardly comes across as an artist. For someone who can almost always be seen dabbling with artificial intelligence (AI), you might mistake him for a computer programmer. Yet, he is one of the youngest artists to have taken the machine learning (ML) art scene by storm. …

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Painting with Machines: An Introduction to Machine Learning Art

Saptarshi Ghosh 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 hitherto unconceived of and unimagined. DALL.E 2, Stable Diffusion, …

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The reopening of the sculpture park in Jaipur: An outpour of rejuvenated excitement

Tsuktiben Jamir A long-awaited good news for all the art lovers. After being shut down for several months owing to the pandemic, the Sculpture Park in Jaipur, a well-known tourist attraction and a gathering place for art lovers from across the globe, has finally reopened as part of its third edition. Both residents and tourists …

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Folk arts of Jharkhand

Deepshikha Jharkhand, the land of forests, gained statehood in the year 2000. It shares its borders with Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 30% of its population is tribal and the land is known for its hills, waterfalls and holy places. Chau, Santhali, Mundari and Jhamair are popular folk dances. Folk art is …

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