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How Does Navakash’s Art Integrate Personal History and Cultural Critique Through Superflat Techniques?

From Hopelessness to Artistic Mastery and Breakthrough Success After graduating from the Government College of Fine Arts in Gauhati, Assam, Navakash faced both personal and professional obstacles in his difficult journey. After experiencing extreme hopelessness in 2005, he tried to end his life by walking into railway tracks. When Navakash miraculously survived and was restored […]

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‘Times We Live In’: When Migrant Labours Comes to Painting

It’s not surprising that the real-life experience is reflected in the artwork. We use painting or literature to understand the social settings of a time because they might be included in that ‘creative’ expressions. What is creative is not something that excludes all those social realities; some painters may use the facts to create an

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