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Krispin JosephPX

Krispin Joseph PX, a poet and journalist, completed an MFA in art history and visual studies at the University of Hyderabad.

Artist Namboothiri: Mourn the Loss of the Artist and Adore the Legacy

Artist Profile, News /

Kerala people mourn the loss of artists Namboothiri and adore the legacy of a great illustrator that covered the elegant periods of notable literary works of giants writers. The period illustrated by Artist Namboothiri is the time of serialising the great writers’ magnum opus in prominent Malayalam literature weekly’s. Artist Namboothiri is always remembered for […]

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Artist Namboothiri: Doyen of Drawings, Sketched ‘Malayali Life’ Passed Away

Artist Profile, Featured, News, Obituary /

K M Vasudevan Namboothiri, popularly hailed ‘Artist Namboothiri’ in Kerala’s social-cultural scenario for the prior seven decades, passed away. Namboothiri (1925-2023) was a prolific literary illustrator, illustrating many popular characters for literary publications in the southern state of Kerala—an Artist renowned for his iconic drawings and gifted life to fictitious characters in Malayalam writings. Artist

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Revisiting the Legacy of the Progressive Art Movement and the Modern Indian Art

Columns, Exhibitions, Featured /

After Indian independence, a group of artists started to think about ‘modern Indian art’ differently, and they thought loudly and formed a group baptised with the name of Progressive Artists Group Bombay. The group reflected that a ‘newly independent country required a face of a new art movement. Progressive Artists Group Bombay (1947-1956) is now

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Chinedu Ogakwu, Nigerian Artist Who Inspired the Farming Childhood

Artist Profile /

Artists and creative people’s voices are assumed to be the voice of the landscape and the social settings of a time and space. Artists and writers knowingly or unknowingly use a landscape’s territorial element, reflected in their works, like as a skeleton or armature of a design. Because of this, scholars use artwork and literature

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Leonora Carrington: Surrealism and the Wild Dreams of an Artist

Artist Profile, Do You Know? /

British-born surrealist painter and novelist Leonora Carrington was rebellious by nature and inspired by fairy tales and fiction and did surrealistic painting and wrote whatever she wanted to be. Leonora Carrington was born into a wealthy family, her mother was of Irish descent, and she got familiar with Irish folklore and fairy tales through her

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Fonseca, A Portuguese Painter Who Painted South Indian Hindu Women

Artist Profile, Do You Know? /

Indian women’s attire and ornaments have a story that has fascinated many travellers and invaders for centuries. The evolution of classical dance in South Indian territorial space is also a fascinating story and history. Indian dance, the ornamental beauty, has seduced the audience with their dance and attire. With their ornaments, dancers can distinguish from

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An Illustrated Story about Moustache and Masculinity in Bharti Kher Painting

Columns, Featured /

Why men will always be men? How could men manage the ‘Menness’ in their bodies as a symbol? A six-pack muscle symbolised Men as masculine image. But masculinity has never been satisfied with the ‘Six-pack’ body that anyone can make with a proper workout. A moustache is solid to express ‘Menness’ in social settings. Is

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Parviz Tanavoli: The Poet and the Beloved King of Iranian Pop Art

Artist Profile, Do You Know?, Featured /

Is Parviz Tanavoli a poet or a Prophet in contemporary Iranian Art? Parviz became a popular and pioneering figure in Iranian Art over the last six decades, and he used Persian traditions to modernise and reinterpret Iranian Art. After completing his studies in Art in Tehran in the 1950s, Parviz started to create Artwork that

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Allegory of Two Ladies: Gender, Race and Colour in One Painting

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The artworks are rare and invaluable because of many reasons. Some artworks are more priceless and treasured than others because of their historical significance and employing scope with time and space. Some works may be preserved as a nation’s treasure, not allowed to carry outside the country’s border. The British government declared ‘the allegorical Painting

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