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Saptarshi Ghosh In what appears to be a still from a 1950s black-and-white film noir, a masked woman donning a black hat sits at a table in a cafe, looking directly at the viewer. She reappears in an oleograph purportedly printed in 1908 by the famed colonial-era Calcutta Art Studio, but this time in the […]
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Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Takashi Murakami We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if
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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj While creating landscapes, it is not possible for everyone to convert them into abstract joy apart from real images. Nabibakshsh Mansoori succeeds in doing this in his paintings. Mansoori ji’s art journey is a journey of movement between shapes and abstract structures. He has also worked with human figures, which indicates his
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Krispin Joseph PX What do you think about writing a postcard to someone? When it’s not only a write something, it’s more than a part of an art exhibition. It is just a postcard, and anyone can write to anyone. You only have someone to write to, and you have the address to send it.
Storytelling postcards from Communities of Choice Read More »
Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 30, ON THIS DAY “As soon as I put my foot on Indian soil, my painting underwent a change not only in subject and spirit but in technique.” Amrita Sher-Gil Amrita Sher-Gil was an Indian painter who was active in the 1930s. She is considered one of the most important Indian artists
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Krispin Joseph PX It’s an absolute godsend to see the photographic work of Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam’s work in Kochi Muziris Biennale in this contemporary political-social context. Shahidul Alam is a pioneering photographer in Bangladesh, and he uses the camera as a socio-political tool, not to capture images but to expose society’s bare truth. He
Touching the political soul of a country with a Camera Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Is the identity crisis the most following question for human beings? How many identities are we carrying at the same time? Are we always the same? Or different? Heraclitus once wrote, ‘No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man’.
Make me up or serious humour on identity Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Satish Sharma’s painting and sculptures exhibition began on January 12 at Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi. The exhibition, titled Marked Terrain, includes paintings as well as sculptures. He avoids using any kind of description or narrative in his artwork, which only enhances the viewing experience. The paintings and sculptures included in this
Satish Sharma: creating pleasure in the viewing experience Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Kochi Muziris Biennale brings many things together. The twin harbour city, Mattancherry and Fort Kochi, had a uniqueness before the Biennale, from colonial period trade to myriad compositions of the ethnic groups, old buildings and warehouses that assembled the historical cities in the Arabian seashore. Biennale gathers specialities, including the historicity of
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The history of traditional craft techniques and how they were adapted into a modern design is traced in the exhibition “Roopantar-Transformation.” The focus of this exhibition is on how supposedly established customs adapt to change and embrace the “new,” whether it be methods, components, or features. This show honours the fundamental act of Transformation, Roopantar,