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Krispin Joseph PX “Never once did I paint a work with the expectation that it would be fine as long as the woman depicted was beautiful. My earnest hope is that all my works are like fragrant jewels, always with a sense of fresh purity, never with even an iota of the vulgar,” said Uemura […]
Uemura Shoen, Who Inspired and Portrayed Japanese Women in Painting Read More »
Pratiksha Shome At the Saqqara necropolis west of Cairo, archaeologists have uncovered ancient mummification studios and two tombs that date back to as early as 30 BCE. Saqqara is a portion of Memphis, the nation’s historic centre and a UNESCO World Heritage site. According to Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, in
Tombs and Workshops for Pharaonic Mummification Discovered in Egypt Read More »
Pratiksha Shome PJ Harper, a mixed-race youngster who passed for white while growing up in Scotland, encountered covert prejudice and overt racism, which inspired him to embrace his blackness. He explained, “I can draw inspiration from characters from mythology, history, or modern culture, and then I consider how I envision this person or being would
Pratiksha Shome In her flamboyant, sloppy, color-pop paintings, Katherine Bernhardt has been flinging commonplace objects onto the canvas for the past 20 years. To scan a gallery of Bernhardts is to witness an intuitive artist at work; one who sees something close at hand and then transforms it into something vast, flat, and submerged in
Tsuktiben Jamir One idea has captured society’s collective imagination more than any other in this era of technical advancements: artificial intelligence (AI). AI is becoming increasingly prominent daily, capturing people’s attention and revolutionising industries with its boundless potential. AI has smoothly made its way from the domain of science fiction to our present-day reality. It
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Krispin Joseph PX Art always talks about Time and space. Where do these things happen, and when? That is the fundamental question of the Artwork. Artwork from the past encounters us at a certain point in history, bringing ideas about history into our contemporary society. How we reach here is a gradual process; we, or
Sati & Sundari: Art Show Explaining the Transitions of Women’s Life Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX There is always something to do or create by humans. We are constantly working on something; creating, recreating, moulding, remoulding, shaping, and reshaping has been a never-ending practice for humans since our existence. Before artistic expression has taken place, the identity of an artist, what do we bring in different mediums, or
Collage Artists from Nigeria Portray ‘Africa in Abstraction’ Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir Every week, Mithipoov, age 70, drives 45 minutes to Ooty with a bag of embroidered fabrics. She hails from Porthimandu in the Nilgiris. The embroidery, known as Toda embroidery, is a proud tradition in her village and is a common practice among the household women. This exquisite Toda embroidery inspired Sheela Powel to
Survival Story of Toda Tribal Embroidery: How Art help Them to Alive Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir Based in Delhi, India, Exotic Art India was founded by Kapil Goel in 1998 to showcase Indian art to the rest of the globe. Since the company has developed into a significant force in the Indian art industry, they have provided various goods, such as old and new paintings, sculptures, brassware, fabrics, and
Indian Art in a Global Audience: ‘Exotic India Art’ Bridging the Gap Read More »
Pratiksha Shome The toppling form of Mohammed Sami’s silhouetted figure in The Fountain I (2021) might be more recognisable. Here, in Firdos Square in Baghdad, stands the well-known statue of Saddam Hussein, surrounded by red-painted water jets from a neighbouring fountain that mimic spurting blood. Saddam, who was formerly Sami’s boss, is depicted in the