AUGUST 17, ON THIS DAY Painter, sculptor, poet, filmmaker, actor and musician Larry Rivers was an established figure in the New York School (an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City), who gained acclaim for creating large paintings merging abstract and narrative elements. […]
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
George Clair Tooker, Jr., better known as George Tooker, an acclaimed American figurative painter, was born on this day, 5th August, 1920. He was raised in Brooklyn till the age of seven, after which he and his family moved to Bellport, Long Island. Tooker began taking painting lessons at age seven under professional artist Malcolm
By Rajesh Kumar Considering himself a communist and propagandist, Anupam Roy is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), and through his artworks in his latest exhibition, ‘Broken Cogs in the Machine’ he interrogates and propagates the truth of the working class. For Anupam the artworks are questions rather than a statement to
Brokenness of the Worker depicted in the form of Art: As imagined by Anupam Roy Read More »
Continued from Part 3. “Buddha and Mahavir were able to make progress only through their own experience, and that why I see art and spirituality being connected in this land. We will have to have conversations like those in the Upanishads, by immersing ourselves in art, and thereby with our artworks. We will have to
Himmat Shah, Part 4: Finding bliss through clay, and the Self through bliss Read More »
Nicolas-Jacques Conté, a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil, was born on this day, August 4, 1755, in Normandy, France. If our daily lives are easier and more expressive due to the simple gift of the pencil, it is Conté to whom we must direct our gratitude to. He made
July 29, On This Day The delivery of words and ideas in public spaces — this forms the basis of the visual works of American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, who was born on July 29, 1950, and lives in Hoosick, New York. She turns 72 this year. It is said that Holzer belongs to the
The woman who revolutionised writing text into visual art: Jenny Holzer Read More »
Margaret Keane was an American artist whose paintings are recognizable by the oversized, doe-like eyes of her subjects, most of whom are children. Keane focused on the eyes, as they show the inner person more. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. Keane died on June 26, 2022, at the
The creator of “big eyes”, who struggled to claim her artistic identity, bids farewell Read More »
