Raza@100: Beginnings of an obsession with colour
Raza@100: Noted painter Akhilesh talks about how the master artist helped him understand the language of colours.
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Lalitha Lajmi: Painter of Dramatization of the Life
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj In contemporary Indian art, Lalitha Lajmi has been an artist who has expressed feminine identity differently in her paintings. Her art was a kind of depiction of dramatic situations in life. She passed away on February 13, 2023 in Mumbai. She was born in Calcutta on October 17, 1932. In her art,
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From a ‘miniature’ foundation to larger-than-life impact: Shahzia Sikander continues to break boundaries
The Pakistani-American artist currently has a groundbreaking feminist public installation on display in New York While the miniature is a long-standing motif of her formidable oeuvre, there is certainly nothing minuscule about the stature of acclaimed Pakistani-American visual artist Shahzia Sikander in the art world. In fact, the 54-year-old’s most recent public project could definitely
“I am interested in surprises from my art,” says Manjunath Kamath, a man of many mediums
Skilled facility with diverse media, multiple cultural references, traditional iconography, fragmented imageries, an often humorous visual vocabulary, and constantly reinvented modes of storytelling are the hallmark of noted artist and sculptor Manjunath Kamath’s works. In this Abir Pothi exclusive, he shares his journey with Gauri Gharpure Temple sculptures and paintings, churches, and Jain temples were
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‘Age makes one more spiritual in mind and body,’ professes artist Rini Dhumal
Between familiar and phantasmagorical, the art of printmaking doyenne and prolific painter Rini Dhumal is a captivating experience, celebrating the Shakti of womanhood. Abir Pothi speaks to the 73-year-old artist about the pandemic, making art for a cause, and more
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Shakti Maira: In pursuit of beauty, from 1947 to 2021
An artist, but also a thinker and author of global renown, Shakti Maira passed away on May 9 at the age of 73, leaving behind a multifaceted legacy An intense belief in beauty, in all its forms, lingers behind in the passing of artist, sculptor, writer, philosopher, polemicist and teacher Shakti Maira, who slipped away
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The beauty and integrity of a work can still be felt digitally. I am awed when I look at old paintings online: Praveen Yaramilli
10 questions with the Pothi team: Artist Praveen Yaramilli, who primarily works in the digital format, tells us about his process and life during the pandemic How did you journey in art start? Tell us about your childhood. You are not a formally trained artist. My journey in art started in school. Ten students were
I am going totally against what is happening, doing my own thing, otherwise I would go mad: Amit Ambalal
Veteran artist Amit Ambalal tells the Pothi team how he is coping with the pandemic situation by following his own bliss. With the pandemic raging all around us, we need to redraw the lines of our lives and figure out how we can continue doing art. Amidst the mayhem, artists have to find a way
Postcard from New York: The cubists and Hockney in the Fool\’s City
Our person in New York, Kaivana, takes you on a journey through the hottest art events and happenings in New York right now The Park Avenue Cubist: The new way of looking at Picasso and Braque\’s legacy With picnic season in full swing another exhibition to check out near central park is ‘Park Avenue Cubists’
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This could be a bit disturbing: Hans Holbein\’s portrayal of mortality through a macabre visual puzzle
Adversity is also a mother of art. The Pothi team brings to you some of the macabre and some solace in the form a beautiful farewell song. At first look, The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger seems like a regular painting of its time. But look at little closer, and the subtle macabre of