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Krispin Joseph PX We may not know anything about the dictatorship, or we know it very well; have we gone through it silently? Our understanding of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile is insufficient to define or identify the artwork related to that subject. We all are far away from the horrors of the Pinochet …
Abhishek Kumar Ishan Tankha is a professional photographer based in New Delhi, India. He is renowned for his unique style of photography, which combines traditional techniques with modern technology. He is known for his ability to capture the beauty of his subjects and the emotion in every moment. Ishan has worked with many high-profile clients, …
DECEMBER 23, ON THIS DAY Art has no place in modern life. It will continue to exist as long as there is a mania for the romantic and so long as there are people who love beautiful lies and deception… Every modern cultured man must wage war against art, as against opium… Photograph and be …
Politically Motivated Artworks of Alexander Rodchenko Read More »
“I have seized the light! I have arrested his flight! The sun himself in future shall draw my pictures!” Louis Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist, painter, photographer, and developer of the diorama theatre. He is most known for inventing the daguerreotype, one of the earliest widely used photographic processes. In order to make …
Louis Daguerre’s Invention of Daguerreotype Photography and Diorama Theatre Read More »
In religious festivals and yearly ceremonies all over India, Ramayan\’s tales of valour, loyalty, and love are still told and performed thousands of years after they were first written. Drawing inspiration from the impact of this omnipresent cultural myth on everyday Indian life, Vasantha has retraced Rama’s legendary route from north to south India for …
On this day, 9th of September in 1899, Gyula Halasz was born in Brasso (Brasov), Austria-Hungary (now Romania) to a Hungarian father and Armenian mother. When he was three his family relocated to Paris, where his father worked as a French literature professor at the Sorbonne university. Gyula later went on to attend the Hungarian …
July 16, On This Day Recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art, Charles Sheeler was known for his Precisionist paintings and commercial photography. Born on July 16, 1883, a young Sheeler returned from a trip to Paris in 1909, inspired by the works of Cubist artists like Pablo Picasso and …
Charles Sheeler: The Artist-Shutterbug Who Found Power In Modern Lines Read More »
November 12, On This Day With over six decades of rich experience as a prolific Indian painter, sculptor, enamellist, photographer and an academic researcher, Balan Nambiar was born on November 12, 1937 in Kerala’s Kannapuram, and turned 84 this year. His most extensive body of work is as a sculptor, and he has worked with …
Man of steel… and much more! This sculptor, photographer and enamellist was born today Read More »
In the final part of this special story, the Pothi team talks to Parthiv Shah about the changing perspectives in the world of art. He also has simple but crucial advice for young artists. You can read the first part of this story here. As we continue our conversation with photographer Parthiv Shah, the son …
