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Manjeera Art Magazines have always been essential to the world of art; these publications are sought-after spaces to display an artist’s creativity and showcase it to a wider audience. Though there will always be a barrier between the pages of the magazine and the artwork, and the experience will be lackluster compared to viewing the […]
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Vandana Shukla Humour and satire are used anecdotally in ancient Indian art. The theme or subject of an artwork is never treated exclusively with humour. Seeing the richness and diversity of themes and ingenuity of expression in our art- it is a bit baffling. Because most art forms evolved around religion and myths, perhaps humour
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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
$4.5m Robert Colescott painting acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj The essence of Rajesh Ram Sculptures is memories, understanding the past, and understanding the threads between the histories made and the histories under construction, i.e., the present, and expressing the impact of power, power of all kinds of politics in human life. His sculptures are a journey from history to the present.
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Abhishek Kumar ‘Anyone to whom equality is integral is feminist’ — Sonia Khurana Sonia Khurana is a contemporary Indian artist who works across various mediums including video, photography, performance, and installation. Khurana is regarded as one of the leading contemporary artists in India and her work continues to push boundaries and challenge the status quo.
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Vandana Shukla Laughter comes as naturally to humans, as does anger or pathos. All human expressions have occasional humorous anecdotes; to kill monotony. In art, though humour is inexplicable. It can be decipherable; subject to perceptibility. Long before Indian art acquired the stiff- upper- lip stance of modernism; it was already defined by the principles
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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Mask or Mukhota or a fake face is a part of the life of tribal society. People in civilized society know this mask only as a decorative cover. We only know that masks are used in dance among tribals. There is nothing wrong with this information but it is very limited. The
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Abhishek Kumar February 20, ON THIS DAY “There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event…
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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
$42K Jeff Koons ‘Balloon Dog’ accidentally broken by an art collector in Miami Read More »
Abhishek Kumar The University of Manchester’s Manchester Museum will reopen to the public on February 18, 2023, following a major capital makeover. In addition to providing fresh viewpoints on British Asian and South Asian culture and innovation, this new multilingual museum will explore the connection between South Asia and Britain’s imperial heritage. The new South
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