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Tuesday Talks | Episode 07 | Satadru Sovan | Art with Abir | Abir Pothi

Satadru Sovan Banduri is a painter and video artist from New Delhi, whose work focuses on the restricted sexuality and latent fantasizing that he feels is endemic to his native India. His works also highlights the way in which “Consumerism consumes people’s individuality and turns them into larger than life entities…” The artist started working […]

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CREATIVE INSPIRATION: MANU & MADHVI PAREKH IN CONVERSATION WITH ABIR | FIRST TAKE JURY | ABIR INDIA

The scintillating Madhvi Parekh is a self-taught artist who took up painting in 1964, inspired by her husband, Manu Parekh, the distinguished Indian painter. Greatly influenced by artists like Paul Klee and Joan Miró as well as Indian folk traditions, Madhvi’s works conjure up a fabled land of the Indian village, with roots in indigenous

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AZMI & SAROSH WADIA ON SURAT’S EVOLVING ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY | SAMVAAD @ JAQUAR | ART WITH ABIR

Welcome to another insightful episode of Samvaad at Jaquar, hosted by Ruby Jagrut and brought to you by Abir Pothi. Today, the spotlight shines on a remarkable duo, Sarosh and Azmi Wadia, a married couple whose partnership extends beyond life’s boundaries into the realm of architecture. In this engaging conversation, their journey through the architectural

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THE DEPTHS OF ART: BODY, SOUL, MIND, TIME, AND SPACE | RM. PALANIAPPAN | FIRST TAKE | ABIR INDIA

BORN IN DEVAKOTTAI IN TAMIL NADU, RM. PALANIAPPAN OFTEN INCORPORATES THE SYNTAX OF THE SCIENCES, SUCH AS DIAGRAMMATIC NOTATIONS AND SYMBOLS, IN HIS WORK. Palaniappan obtained a diploma in fine arts from Government College of Art and Craft, Madras, in 1980, and took a post diploma in industrial design with specialisation in ceramics the following

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INSIDE THE MIND OF RAVINDER REDDY: A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST | FIRST TAKE | ABIR INDIA

Born in 1956 in Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh, Ravinder Reddy completed a bachelor’s of fine arts in sculpture and a master’s of arts in creative sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, among other short diploma courses. He was one of the first contemporary Indian artists to draw critical attention in

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THE RICH HERITAGE OF SURAT: ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND HISTORY REVEALED BY JIGNESH MODI | ART WITH ABIR

Samvaad @ Jaquar is a #jaquar series of exclusive conversations around leading architecture and design practices in #indian cities. The discussion talks about their favourite projects, how the Indian urbanscape is changing, navigations between the heritage of the past and aspirations of the future, and the role of arts and aesthetics in their work universe.

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THE BEAUTY OF INDIAN CULTURE & HERITAGE | SAMVAAD | DR. ALKA PANDE | NIDHEESH TYAGI | ART WITH ABIR

Dr Alka Pande is an art historian who has taught Indian Arts and Aesthetics at Panjab University for over ten years. Her major interests include gender identity, sexuality, and traditional arts. She has received numerous awards, including the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the Australian-India Council Special Award, and Chandigarh Lalit Kala

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