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Tsuktiben Jamir In a statement to ArteMorbida, Moffat Takadiwa said, “Vestiges of Colonialism’ is about the urgent need to eliminate the remnants of colonialism in Africa and cure the continent from its colonial hangover. It has never been so important as it is now. Current African democracies only survive through the leftovers of colonial dispensation […]
Digvijay Nikam What kind of relationship might the distinct mediums of sculpture and photography share? What are the limits of artistic expression? The work of the celebrated and equally censored American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is the right place to unpack these concerns. Born in 1946 in New York and brought up in a strict Catholic
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Tsuktiben Jamir More than often, artists are influenced, or rather inspired by the environment around them, their experiences, their understandings, their connections with people and their culture. They condense all of these encounters into their artistic expressions. The artist, the subject as well as the perspectives of perception are all reflected in art. This can
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Saptarshi Ghosh Painting with Machines: An Introduction to Machine Learning Art Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), which allows computers to learn from experience rather than being programmed. It has contributed to the development of a loosely-defined field of arts wherein artists use various AI algorithms to magically conjure up images
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Saptarshi Ghosh From augmented reality (AR) to 3D scans of urban environments – Mira Felicia Malhotra, Gaurav Ogale and Varun Desai are three contemporary Indian artists whose practices harness latest developments in technology to critically reflect on contemporary concerns. They showed at the Digital Residency Hub at India Art Fair 2023, as part of the
Saptarshi Ghosh Robbie Barrat Twenty-two years old Robbie Barrat hardly comes across as an artist. For someone who can almost always be seen dabbling with artificial intelligence (AI), you might mistake him for a computer programmer. Yet, he is one of the youngest artists to have taken the machine learning (ML) art scene by storm.
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Tsuktiben Jamir Nature Morte is one of the most important art galleries in India that is known for featuring and promoting predominantly South Asian artist’s contemporary artworks in various genres and media. They are currently hosting the solo exhibition of ‘Chromatic Flight’ by Manisha Parekh. She was the part of the jury panel for Abir
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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Art expands human consciousness making people aware of themselves and their surroundings. When the desire to express memories and experiences beyond words awakens, then only is art born. Bhopal-based artist Sanju Jain’s solo exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai expresses this sublimity of emotions that words cannot convey. Sanju Jain, well-recognized
The Colors of the river Narmada: Sanju Jain’s abstract paintings Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Nandlal Bose’s name is prominent among the artists who contributed the most to shaping modern Indian art. At a time when western art had a strong influence on modern art in Bengal, Nandlal Bose differed from the rest and brought an Indian touch to local art. In the beginning, Nandlal only made
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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Through their art, an artist liberates life from its constraints. The more we learn about life as humans, the more perplexed we become. An artist attempts to clear up this ambiguity in their work. In this endeavor, one attempts to reach those distant meanings of life that are beyond the scope of
B.Jaya Lakshmi: Life beyond the boundary Read More »