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Abhishek Kumar “I don’t want to control the experience, but I do want to couch the experience. For me my strokes and colours in my landscapes have the ability to create channels of energy that allow me to focus my view on special things.” — Nabibakhsh Mansoori Through his abstract studies of landscapes, Nabibakhsh Mansoori […]
“Time in a Prism” on show at Gallery Nvya Read More »
Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 16, ON THIS DAY “Something in my head gets turned on by seeing a woman’s looks really come together with the right makeup, the right hair style, the right clothes. It’s exciting to see a woman metamorphosed into something extraordinary.” Francesco Scavullo Francesco Scavullo was an American photographer who had a long
The Influence of the Scavullo Look on Fashion Photography Read More »
Abhishek Kumar Priya Sen is an award-winning artist and filmmaker based in New Delhi, India. She is a highly accomplished multi-disciplinary artist with a passion for film and photography. She has been creating beautiful, captivating artwork for the past two decades. She is known for her thought-provoking and often unconventional visual stories. She has an
Priya Sen’s “Yeh Freedom Life” at Kochi-Muziris Biennale Read More »
Abhishek Kumar Pranay Dutta is a visual artist who divides his time between Delhi and Calcutta. He specialises in taking pieces from everyday life and rearranging them so that they resemble dystopian mindscapes in black-and-white pictures. With the help of his video installations, he creates a sombre, dramatic story in which the trickling water serves
Using Video Games to Visualize the Impact of Water-Based Economies Read More »
In an attempt at trying to quantify an unquantifiable experience, Neerja Kothari an artist from Kolkata works around the investigation of the absurd. She completed her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University, USA. She has been awarded fellowship at the Ucross Foundation, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Corporation of Yaddo,
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Abstract paintings are not very verbose in their content; there is a kind of silence in them. Looking at Bimmi’s paintings, this silence descends somewhere deep and takes us to the world of feelings where much of life remains untold. According to Bimmi, when she creates paintings, she only focuses on her
Mute expression : The world of Bimmi’s creation Read More »
Abhishek Kumar 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. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres To draw does not simply mean to reproduce contours; the drawing does not simply consist in
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Read More »
Rajesh Kumar Primarily a painter, Devi Seetharam is an artist from Kerala who currently works with acrylic on canvas, using reductive techniques to create grain, texture and form. Thematically Devi explores the cultural psyche of the space she occupies. She grew up living in China, Cambodia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Mauritius, UAE and
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
Chinese porcelains from a prominent collecting couple up for auction in New York Read More »
Rajesh Kumar With an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, Chitra Ganesh in her twenty year of practice has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings, collages, computer generated imagery, video and sculpture. She’s a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her works connects histories of surrealism, mythology and cultural iconography with
Amar Chitra Katha: a modern take by Chitra Ganesh Read More »