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Abhishek Kumar Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres To draw does not simply mean to reproduce contours; the drawing does not simply consist in […]
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Rajesh Kumar Jithinlal N R’s paintings, drawings and illustrations engage with the difficulties of representing complexity visually, often focusing on the representation of oppressed and marginalised communities in India. He is from Kerala and is now based in Vadodara, India. Through material investigation, he engages with his direct surroundings, examining how societal structures impact upon
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
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Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 12, ON THIS DAY “Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in the mind… a continuous stream of observations from which to make selections later. Above all things get abroad, see the sunlight and everything
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Shweta K In an era when the transience of and turbulence caused by borders and frontiers is an all-important social, political and cultural debate, an artist diving into issues of surveillance, sousveillance, citizenship, simulated time, migration and transport makes for a fascinating oeuvre. Perhaps who better to chronicle this reality than a Bangladeshi-born American interdisciplinary
Every breath you take: Art that tracks life itself is rendered by Hasan Elahi Read More »
Aliya Usmani Alok Vaid Menon spent their early years in the small conservative town of College Station in Texas. They started writing poetry at merely 12 years of age. In an interview with The Swaddle they pointed out how this poetry became a channel for them to deal with all the harassment that they had
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Rajesh Kumar Primarily a painter, Devi Seetharam is an artist from Kerala who currently works with acrylic on canvas, using reductive techniques to create grain, texture and form. Thematically Devi explores the cultural psyche of the space she occupies. She grew up living in China, Cambodia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Mauritius, UAE and
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
Chinese porcelains from a prominent collecting couple up for auction in New York Read More »
Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 11, ON THIS DAY “I am interested in solving an unknown factor of art and an unknown factor of life. In fact, my idea is to counteract everything I’ve ever learned or been taught about those things – to find something that is inevitable that is my life, my feeling, my thoughts.”
Investigating the Impact of Eva Hesse’s Minimalist Aesthetics Read More »
Rajesh Kumar With an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, Chitra Ganesh in her twenty year of practice has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings, collages, computer generated imagery, video and sculpture. She’s a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her works connects histories of surrealism, mythology and cultural iconography with
Amar Chitra Katha: a modern take by Chitra Ganesh Read More »