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Of Paper-bag and dancing buildings: The marvelous constructions of Frank Gehry

On This Day / 28/02/2023

Manjeera February 28, ON THIS DAY Life is chaotic, dangerous, and surprising. Buildings should reflect that. -Frank Gehry Frank Gehry, one of the oldest living architects of our time at the age of 94, has an interesting philosophy when it comes to creating buildings. This Los Angeles-based architect is well-recognized for his bizarre and unique […]

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Figurative equestrian sculptures of Modernist Marino Marini

On This Day / 27/02/2023

Manjeera February 27, ON THIS DAY Marino Marini transformed Italian sculpture art through his distorted visions only in a way a true modernist would; radically transforming something without a care for the past or the traditions it holds. Marini was one of the Western world’s most celebrated sculptors of the 20th century and had

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The hazy interplay of light and shadow in Pierre-Auguste Renoir

On This Day / 25/02/2023

Manjeera February 25, ON THIS DAY “Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.” Pierre-Auguste Renoir Renoir’s artwork, characterised by an atmospheric haziness that emerges as a result of his soft impasto brushwork and layering of bright colours, is perhaps the most recognizable out of all the French

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak asks “Can the Subaltern Speak?”

On This Day / 24/02/2023

Manjeera February 24, ON THIS DAY And she answers it as well, declaring that the “subaltern cannot speak”, in her 1988 essay. Within today’s neo-colonized world, an important question arises when it comes to the topic of representation of the marginalized. At the center of this discussion is Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, hailed as one of

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The Suprematist Art of Kazimir Malevich

On This Day / 23/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 23, ON THIS DAY “Art no longer cares to serve the state and religion, it no longer wishes to illustrate the history of manners, it wants to have nothing further to do with the object, as such, and believes that it can exist, in and for itself, without “things” (that is, the

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The Transformative Power of S.H.Raza’s Art

Featured, On This Day / 22/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 22, ON THIS DAY Everyone sees for himself, the artist also sees for himself. Others see where ideas coincide, or whether they agree or disagree. There is no binding, no forcing of things. It has to be a free association of ideas. S.H. Raza Syed Haider Raza, popularly known as S.H. Raza,

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Embrace of Abstract and Figurative Elements in Hans Erni’s Work

On This Day / 21/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 21, ON THIS DAY Hans Erni was a Swiss artist and graphic designer known for his contributions to modern art, particularly in the field of abstract art. Erni’s work was characterized by a unique blend of abstract and figurative elements. He often incorporated geometric shapes and patterns into his designs, but also

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Ansel Adams and the Descriptive Power of Black and White Photography

On This Day / 20/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 20, ON THIS DAY “There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event…

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Michelangelo’s Painting, Sculpting, and Architecture

On This Day / 18/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 18, ON THIS DAY “The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance artist. He is

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Hung Liu’s Depiction of Memory, Migration and Mythology

On This Day / 17/02/2023

Abhishek Kumar February 17, ON THIS DAY “I keep my eyes open like I’m a hunter. I’m hunting, I’m capturing visual references. So maybe that’s my tool, just myself with open eyes and open mind. Some people are greedy for money. I’m greedy for images. Not that every image will become a painting, but just

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