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Samvaad: Conversations with Umang Hutheesing (Part IV of VI)

Welcome to Samvaad, where art meets conversation, and inspiration knows no bounds. Here we engage in insightful conversations with eminent personalities from the art fraternity. Through Samvaad, Abir Pothi aims to create a platform for thought-provoking discussions, providing readers with an exclusive glimpse into the creative processes, inspirations, and experiences of these creative individuals. From […]

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The Women of Laura Knight And Her Undying Loyalty For Marginalised Communities.

July 7th 2023. ON THIS DAY.       In 92 years of her existence, one can primarily call Dame Laura Knight an astute observer. Be it working women, circus performers, ballet dancers or her own portraits as a painter. Dame Laura Knight art works were chiefly dominated by the marginalised folks which included circus

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Judy Baca, a Chicana Muralist, to be Honoured at the LACMA 2023 Art+Film Gala.

Pratiksha Shome Judy Baca and David Fincher will be honoured at the 2023 Art+Film Gala, according to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). “David Fincher crafts engaging stories and illuminates human psychology in his critically acclaimed movies. His singular vision draws viewers further into his cinematic universe, according to a statement from LACMA

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Ceramicist Stephanie Temma from Brooklyn Hier Creates Vibrant, Provocative Sculptures That are Brimming With Wit and Humour.

Pratiksha Shome Stephanie Temma Hier described the opulent visual contrasts that distinguish her work as “the flotsam and jetsam of daily life.” Her pieces blend glossy, careful oil paintings with three-dimensional ceramic sculptures in a real avalanche of shapes—lobsters, teeth, horses—that frame them, creating an unsettling visual tension. Hier shows a stack of three automobile

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PJ Harper Created Sculptures that Celebrate Blackness Out of his Early Fascination with Dolls.

​​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

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As a Muse, Pokémon? See Katherine Bernhardt’s Joyous New Paintings, Inspired by the Popular Pocket Monsters

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

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Ilya Kabakov, a Gimlet-Eyed Russian Critic and Pioneering Installation Artist, Passes Away at 89

Pratiksha Shome Ilya Kabakov, an enormous artist whose works pointedly targeted the crumbling dreams of the Soviet Union and opened up new avenues for installation art, passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. His family made the announcement of his passing that day. Before leaving for the West in 1987, Kabakov spent decades

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Mithu Sen’s ‘mOTHERTONGUE’ and Danelle Bergstrom’s ‘Afterglow’

Tsuktiben Jamir mOTHERTONGUE Born in West Bengal in 1971, Mithu Sen is a conceptual artist. With a focus on the “myths” of sexuality, language, market, and marginalisation, Mithu Sen creates conceptual and interactive multi-format expressions through drawings, performances, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound, and more, to explore and subvert hierarchical codes and rules. Mithu

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