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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

Abhishek Kumar February 16, ON THIS DAY I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. Keith Haring Keith Haring was a well-known American artist and political activist who rose to prominence in the