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The Pothi team speaks to Pronoy Chakraborty, a young curator who the place you show art in helps recontextualise the entire idea It is said that the old must give way to the new. It isn’t to say that what the past brought before you is not important. In fact, we sit on the shoulders […]
Meet curator Lina Vincent. The Pothi team met up with her (over the phone, of course) to talk about her journey and her world of art. If you are in Goa, you probably know that she curates for the Serendipity Arts Festival Lina Vincent has been an observer of art and a curator since the
Larger than life, the incredibly talented Pardhan painter sparked a rich legacy and tradition that has enriched hundreds of lives
Meet Jesal Thacker, an art curator who studied fine arts. She tells the Pothi team why she feels abstract art needs more attention In the arts, especially fine art, the curator is like a guide and a messenger. A curator helps us understand art better. The reason a curator is our guide is for a
American artist Michael diCanio speaks to Pothi from New York about the impact of Covid-19 on local art, and his thoughts on the resilience of the art community and individual artists amid this crisis His art could be described as rife with subtle mythological, fantastical and religious iconography and Symbolism, sometimes arcane, sometimes nearly dystopic,
Artist Vasudevan Akkitham weighs in about disruption in the art practice, and whether contemporary art is truly creating a language of its own As a stalwart of Indian art, a celebrated artist and also a teacher of art for many years, Vasudevan Akkitham has a certain clarity of vision when it comes to concepts within
‘Disruption, destruction go hand in hand for creation’: Vasudevan Akkitham Read More »
Amid his ongoing exhibit, ‘Boodi’, in Delhi, artist GR Iranna holds forth on prominent motifs and materials in his art practice, the democratic nature of art, and his views on the pandemic’s impact Layers are one of the first things that strike you about the art of GR Iranna. His materials — accessible and identifiable
Dust to dust: And the art of GR Iranna in between Read More »
Artists Jagannath Panda takes Santanu Borah through his journey as an artists and tells him why the \”secret\” drawings he made at MSU were a disruptive event in his student days when he studied sculpture. This is Part 3 of a five-part series. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here The rustic
Artists are like wifi that is connected to a greater force, says artist Jagannath Panda Read More »
Manisha Parekh talks to Santanu Borah about her art practice, and how a continual desire to invent keeps an artist in the thick of the action and contextually relevant. She also dwelt on disruption as a personal idea. This is part 2 of a four part series. You can read Part 1 here. Manisha Parekh
Life, art and the personal in disruption: A conversation with artist Manisha Parekh Read More »
The Pothi team caught up with Anil Relia to find out how his journey as a collector started The world of art is not just about artists. The art world is made wholesome by the number of people who are connected with it. A collector makes it as fruitful as a person who is an
Meet Anil Relia, the art graduate who became an important collector Read More »