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Advertising Now Advertising is boring. Mostly. Very few people look at an advertisement and go, “Wow, now that’s how I want to tell my truth!” If you said this in the society of the art cognoscenti, you are putting yourself up for some easy ridicule. At least, that is how it is with most of […]
Oliviero Toscani: The Maverick Who Gave Advertising a Conscience and Turned It Into Art Read More »
Who is Artist Anish Kapoor? British and Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor is well-known for his extensive pieces that frequently delve into ideas of perception, space, and the sublime. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, on March 12, 1954, Kapoor relocated to London in the early 1970s to pursue her studies in art before rising to
Jamini Roy Quote “Peace is not good for an artist. How can that happen? The mind strives and burns all the time in the creative activity of art.” Jamini Roy How Are Jamini Roy Paintings a Description of Indian Folk Art The legend of Jamini Roy can plainly be described best by the following excerpt
Fusion of Individuality and Roots: Celebrating Jamini Roy Paintings Read More »
Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Piyush Daiya Editor’s Note Poet and cultural cognoscenti Ashok Vajpeyi is turning 85 this 16th and is documenting his memoirs with writer Piyush Daiya. As part of the memory project, we publish his detailed impressions of four women artists. This is the third of the four-part series. Read the first
Ashok Vajpeyi on Nalini Malani and Her Different Directions of Innovation Read More »
Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Piyush Daiya Editor’s Note Poet and cultural cognoscenti Ashok Vajpeyi is turning 85 this 16th and is documenting his memoirs with writer Piyush Daiya. As part of the memory project, we are publishing his detailed impressions of four women artists. This is the second of the four-part series. Read the
Ashok Vajpeyi Discusses the Contemporary Address of Arpita Singh Read More »
Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Piyush Daiya Editor’s Note Poet and cultural cognoscenti Ashok Vajpeyi is turning 85 this 16th and is documenting his memoirs with writer Piyush Daiya. As part of the memory project, we are publishing his detailed impressions of four women artists. This is the first of the four-part series. Read the
Ashok Vajpeyi Addresses The True Inheritance of Nilima Sheikh Read More »
Canadian Artist Joe Average Passes Away on Christmas Eve The Canadian artist Joe Average passed away at the age of 67 in his sleep at his home in Vancouver on December 24, as reported by his friends and family on social media. Average was serious about his AIDS activism and mission, despite maintaining a playful
Joe Average Dies at 67; Art World Mourns Read More »
Gustave Courbet’s Contribution to the Art Community Art scholars argued about Gustave Courbet, a founding father of the politically-motivated Realism campaign, revolutionising the European art setting. He is regarded as an originator and initiated the route for the Impressionists and, eventually, the genesis of modern art in Western art. In each art history domain, people
Gustave Courbet: Critic of Romanticism, Founder of Social Realism Read More »
Who was Jan Nieuwenhuys? Jan Nieuwenhuys (8 January 1922 – 28 December 1986) was a Dutch artist and a key member of the Dutch Experimentalists group (Reflex), which eventually became part of CoBrA; the European avant-garde art movement. He was born in Amsterdam. Along with his elder brother, Constant, he decided to pursue a career
Remembering Dutch Experimentalist and Art Activist Jan Nieuwenhuys Read More »
The life I live is the opposite of the life I dreamed of. I love seclusion, silence, cultivated thinking and reasoned action – and I have to deal with machinations, foolish talk and vain affectation. Felix Vallotton Who Was Felix Vallotton Felix Edouard Vallotton was a Swiss-born French painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer. He was
Felix Vallotton’s Mastery in Capturing the Mood and Atmosphere Read More »