Ram Sutar and Mahatma Gandhi -the journey goes back to many decades
Ram Sutar one of India’s greatest sculptors of the present creates his Gandhi with a lustrous moustache and his seated posture but when you gaze at the bust you know there is piercing gravitas. This...
View ArticleRaphael at the IIC Delhi
Just begun at the India International Centre online site is a sublime Raphael Sanzio selection of drawings Moments in Time that celebrate 500 years of his death. Critics have always stated that great...
View ArticleNavratri: Reddappa Naidu’s deities
Think meditation, think temple traditions, the power of the ritual, the understanding of a goddess being akin to a relic. Throw in the education of algebra and geometry and logic -you get the deeper...
View ArticleThree artists and the sun
Santosh, Swaminathan & Hanumanth The Sun is as old as the earth, as old as time, as old as history and as old as civilisation.When artists incorporate the sun into their sensibility and composition...
View ArticleProdosh Das Gupta’s bronze bride
I first glimpsed Prodosh Dasgupta at the NGMA in Delhi at a solo show in 1990’s. I had just returned from Washington DC after a summer holiday and my head was full of the imagery...
View ArticleVipul Kumar: Moonscape
At Gallery Espace in 2018 was a brilliant series of Moonscape works by India’s ace ceramic artist Vipul Kumar. Kumar who today happens to be one of India’s most expensive ceramic artists created one...
View ArticleLockdown revelation Kalpavriksha -Vivek Das
A Few weeks ago Vivek Das sent me an image of his latest work Kalpavriksha (Tree of Life). Here was a papier mache creation that looked like a slice -a transverse section of a tree...
View ArticleBalkrishna Doshi at Bikaner House
‘Remnants of Memory’. A total of eleven works—including five mixed-media paintings on canvas, two metal sculptures, three drawings, plus a teakwood door—was on show at an epic unveiling at Bikaner...
View ArticleMartand Khosla at Bikaner house
Bikaner House exploded into a collective vision of cutting edge contemporary art practices with On Site -4 premier galleries coming together. Nature Morte had stellar names and it was Martand Khosla’s...
View ArticleTwo Kerala women sculptors at NGMA DELHI
Suneetha Kodamana and Merlin Moli are two Kerala women sculptors at the Women’s Show Yatra Nariyasthu at NGMA. Suneetha Kodamana’s Untitled 2015 figure brings back images of European Masters-her...
View ArticleMadhuri Jalan lingam at NGMA copper sculpture
At the Yatr Naryasthu (Women’s Day ) show at the NGMA a small quaint lingam sits at the far end of the hallway. This copper lingam belongs to my collection. Madhuri Jalan was a ceramic...
View ArticleCeramic Melange at NGMA women’s show
At the Women’s Day Show Yatra Naryasthu at the NGMA Delhi are a series of ceramic works by practitioners of the art of ceramics. Indian ceramic artists have for the past 3 or more decades...
View ArticleAbstract resonance at NGMA-women’s show
Abstraction as a journey is reflected by depth and gravitas in a sumptuous small number spread at the NGMA Delhi. The abstract medley is led by the late Seema Ghurraiya. Ghurraiya the Raza discovery...
View Article5 best works to glimpse at Delhi contemporary art week: 8th-15th April 2021
The Fourth Edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) -8th-15th April 2021, will be a week-long public celebration of contemporary art with a stellar line-up of artworks, walkthroughs, events,...
View ArticleKrishna Reddy Art Basel OVR-Pioneers
MARCH 24-27,2021: Art Basel is foregrounding trailblazing artistic practices with ‘OVR: Pioneers’. The sixth edition of Online Viewing Rooms is dedicated to artists who have broken new aesthetic,...
View ArticleFive sterling works at Delhi Art Week
Delhi Art Week (DAW) is a new, independent and collaborative initiative by City’s leading contemporary Art Galleries that aims to bring together Private and Public art institutions to raise awareness,...
View ArticleThree Indian artists celebrate Christian symbolism
This is Passion Week. The Lenten season propels us to think not just of the crucifixion of Christ but also of the Christian symbolism in art and architecture. Three artists who have treated this with...
View ArticleVivek Vilasini’s Last Supper
A recent email about a series of Indian artists painting The Last Supper took me back to a few years ago when Vivek Vilasini’s dramatic photograph of Last Supper with 13 Kathakali dancers sitting at...
View ArticleObituary: Vishal Joshi rare artist
The news of artist/designer/sculptor Vishal Joshi’s passing away stunned the art world across India yesterday. Baroda dweller Joshi was a rare genius who dabbled in many fields and was adept at...
View ArticleDCAW – Best picks at Bikaner House
Bikaner House has become an exhibition haven, where the serious blends with the light-hearted, the provocative with the amusing and the traditional with the groundbreaking. 7 elite galleries in Delhi...
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