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Prachi Sahasrabudhe Part 4- A Woman’s Work: The Question of gendered labour Gendered labour is a reality in our country that cannot be denied. When it comes to specific types of work, such as domestic tasks or laborious activities in farming, tea plantations, etc., it is frequently thought of as a woman’s job; nevertheless, the […]
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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
Vaishnavi Srivastava 26th April, ON THIS DAY “The only way to be a true artist is to work incessantly; to be utterly devoted to your art and to your ideal.” – Eugene Delacroix Today, April 26, we celebrate the birth of one of the most influential artists of the 19th century- Eugene Delacroix. The remarkable
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Smriti Malhotra A stolen sculpture of Lord Hanuman has been repatriated back to the Vishnu Temple, Sri Varatharaja Perumal, Pottaveli Vellur, Ariyalur District. The sculpture belonged to the Chola Period (14th – 15th century). Four metal idols of Varadaraja Perumal, Sridevi, Bhoodevi and Hanuman were stolen from the temple in the year 2012, the sculpture
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Krispin Joseph Modernity and Modern Indian art is an epic discourse that still needs to be appropriately defined. First, we must encounter the diverse nature of Indian artists, their belonging culture, and the taste and aesthetics that merge with them. Most artists follow a unique tone and physique as an identity. One artist created a particular
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Prachi Sahasrabudhe Part 3- The Liminality of private spaces: Taking a Look into women-only spaces The photographs by Anushree Fadnavis, Nishat Fatima and Bharat Chaudhary represent various dimensions of women in private spaces and challenge the traditional portrayal of women in public spaces and offer a glimpse into their personal lives. They also shed light
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Niveditha Ajay The colour wheel is officially defined as an arrangement of colour generally in a circle that shows the relationship between primary and secondary colours, while also identifying complementary, contrasting and cancelling hues in the spectrum of colour. The popular illustration that plays a very important role in art and visual media today, developed
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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
Digvijay Nikam Challenging the norms of fine art and pop culture, Thukral and Tagra is a Delhi-based contemporary art duo. Jiten Thukral, born in 1976 in Jalandhar, Punjab, did his BFA from Chandigarh Art College and MFA from New Delhi College of Art in the late 1990s while Sumir Tagra was born in 1979 in
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Prachi Sahasrabudhe Part 2- “Play like a girl”: Deconstructing gender roles via the lens. The essay focuses on breaking down the binary between the masculine and the Feminine through concepts like bodies, gender, and sports. The series of works under discussion are by the contemporary photographers Karen Dias, Prarthana Singh and Uzma Mohsin as they
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