Alluding to his show of 17copper sculptures and an installation works ‘Through the Looking Glass’ curated by Elizabeth Rogers; Karachi-based artist Amin Gulgee, says ‘When I enter my workshop it is

Alluding to his show of 17copper sculptures and an installation works ‘Through the Looking Glass’ curated by Elizabeth Rogers; Karachi-based artist Amin Gulgee, says ‘When I enter my workshop it is

There is a rising restlessness and anxiety amongst the intellectual chatterati about fractured identities within urban and rural ‘Indias’, emphasising the economic divide rather than the cultural plur

At a recent show Marks and Markers by Samindranath Majumdar at Gallerie Ganesha, the artist uses acrylic on silk on board and canvas to map out his tangible and intangible memories. One such large work is The Turn, that shows a lonely road with a curve in it turn on it, but which is going nowhere, merging into the landscape.

One usually associates the intention of any art produced with the intention of being exhibited in a gallery, museum and public space such as a mall or a street.

Kosh, a group show by four fledging artists Subhashis Dutta, Priyanka Batra, Somnath Raha and Chinmoy Goswami at India Habitat Centre gives us an insight into the creative trajectory of young artist b

There is something to be said for Victorian plant and garden paintings done by young women and memsahibs along with learning pianoforte as the show by Suddhasattwa Basu and Mala Marwah at Gallerie Esp

The FMG group of instuitions held its first Annual art exhibition recently, with a concomitant competition in which six awardees were chosen for Golden Pigeon awards from 400 entries.

Statues of men in medieval armour on horseback, Rani Lakshmi Bai, sundry national leaders as per the region and community preference at various corners and roundabouts are what pass for public art in India. Some of this statuary is actually well executed but for the rest it is ghastly and disproportionate, being more of an eyesore rather than any reminder of artistic endeavour.

Recently there has been a spate of short films and interactive video recording of artists, especially younger artists who are making a mark in the art world. One such series was done by Kathryn Myers, Professor of Art at an American University who initiated what has become an extensive and on-going series of videotaped interviews with over sixty artists from various regions of India including Arpita Singh, Ravi Aggarwal and Waswo.