On This Day

Manjeera March 21, ON THIS DAY Haku Shah revitalized folk art in India, recognizing its importance to the country’s cultural inheritance. His paintings, which were a product of his careful observation and study of different types of folk and tribal art, convey a rooted sense of history to the viewer. At first glance, Haku Shah’s […]

Iftikar Ahmed March 20, ON THIS DAY Photographing people from the margin is what Mary Ellen Mark is known for.  From portraits to reportage, from the US to Mexico to India, Mary Ellen Mark’s photography spans a wide and inclusive spectrum that explores themes of social belonging, otherness, and various life trajectories. The work of

Manjeera March 16, ON THIS DAY   Aubrey Beardsley liked to draw what one would flinch away from. Yet, there was a sense of serene yet macabre beauty in his illustrations that fascinated people. Beardsley’s career was a short one; he passed away when he was just 25. This was largely due to the one

Manjeera March 15, ON THIS DAY Naturally many may naively and rambunctiously ask why would a black artist concern himself with the wider questions of art and humanity? …my answer is art and ideas belong to no particular people exclusively. If they did this art has failed to reach the transcendent state that artists have

Manjeera March 14, ON THIS DAY “I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” ― Diane Arbus The lens is a very powerful tool. It has the ability to capture and record realities for the future, document what is

Manjeera March 11, ON THIS DAY “The power of expressing historical events in painting with perspicuity is one of the most impressive powers that can be given by man to convey useful lesions to others” – Benjamin West History can be revisited and re-experienced as one gazes upon the intricate and bold paintings created by

Manjeera March 10, ON THIS DAY When I feel I’m telling the truth, then there is no restraint. – Bhupen Khakhar Bhupen Khakhar was a radical artist– he was as true to his own self and the process of creativity as one can be. Being the first Indian artist who openly depicted homoerotic and gay

Manjeera March 9, ON THIS DAY Luxury in clothes to me has no meaning. It belongs to the past. My problem is not rich embroidery, useless lavishness – it is to harmoniously resolve function problems – just like the engineer who designs a plane, like the man who conceives a car. There is no real

Manjeera “Tintin is me… my eyes, my feelings, my lungs, my guts!… I believe I am the only person able to animate him, the only person able to give him a soul.”  -Hergé Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, is one of the most well-recognized cartoonists in the world; you hear his name and

Manjeera I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. Dr. Seuss If there was a man who understood humour