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Thursday, 24th Sep 2009
Seher's Annual Ananya Dance Festival is back with its Exotic Purana Qila Backdrop and the Rasa of Indian Classical DanceWhile one the greatest achievements of Ananya have been to discover budding artistes and establish their indisputable talent, it has also maintained high standards by featuring established seniors to perform at this annual dance fest. With the audience always spilling over into the aisles at the venue and even into the far off lawns at Purana Qila, Ananya Dance festival is... More...
Thursday, 16th Jul 2009
Bajaj Capital Art House celebrates its first anniversary with a travelling art showBajaj Capital Art House celebrates its first anniversary with Beyond The Form; a group exhibition of more than forty works including paintings in water colour, oil, pastel and acrylic on canvas & aluminum, digital archival ink on canvas, mixed media on paper and sculptures by fourteen contemporary artists from August 05, 2009 to August 07, 2009 at Visual Arts Gallery, Indi... More...
Tuesday, 7th Jul 2009
Emami Chisel Art Launches Kolkata's First Art Magazine - Art Etc - With A National AppealThe inaugural issue has articles contributed by Oindrilla Maity on Aakriti Art Gallery's annual show - Gen Next III, interview with art collector Sri Prasant Tulsyan by Sarmistha Maiti, soliloquy by Manjari Chakravarti, reviews of Sharmila Samant's show at the Biennale of Sydney in 2008 by M.K Thompson and Gulam Mohammed Sheikh by Deeptha Achar. While Syed Manzoorul Islam ... More...
Monday, 13th Apr 2009
The psychic self resurfaces in Puneet Kaushik's life-size installations in Wire-Mesh & SteelThe exhibition comprises of recent works by artist Puneet Kaushik that aim at addressing the inherent quality of 'a being', what makes it transform, transgress or de-generate. All the works have a metallic steel wire construction in defined forms and de-constructed shapes. His charcoal and dry pastel works are a study of his own self exploring the constructions within. More...
Saturday, 17th Jan 2009
Gallery Espace Makes Winter Warm With Mekhala Bahl's 'quilted' artwork in The Geometry of ErrorIn her current body of work, Mekhala displays an exclusive collection of quilted works along with etchings on silk and canvas, inspired from traveling and observing everyday objects. There is a predominant element of pattern in the work that at times guides the piece and in others simply resides in the background of the work. The use of the comic strip narrative and treatm... More...
Wednesday, 14th Jan 2009
US-based Siri Khandavilli juxtaposes material concerns with the 'BIG PICTURE' in a unique show titled 'Two Birds'Siri Khandavilli is an inter-media artist working in the realms of video art, paintings and installations. About her influence, she says: "Personally, there is an extreme attachment to the worldly, but I do question how important these really are! I call it looking at the 'Big Picture'!"So while Siri accepts that she, like any other young person of her age, worries about u... More...
Monday, 12th Jan 2009
Raghu Vyas' 'Krishna' Paintings Celebrate The Beauty of Figurative ArtBorn in Basholi, a small town in Jammu, one can trace three significant influences in Raghu Vyas's works. The first is linked to his roots in Basholi, famous for its Pahari miniature paintings. The detailed nuances of colours and form seen in his work reflect this influence. The second is at a spiritual level where he surrenders to Krishna in his paintings. Third, he is de... More...
Thursday, 18th Dec 2008
Gallery Espace Brings International Artist Rina Banerjee to town with a solo exhibition titled 'Allure'"......Rina Banerjee's work is all about excess and colour and has south Indian vibes, it is also about east-west relations, tourism, exoticism and stereotypes..." that's how New York Times describes the work of the Kolkata-born artist. More...
Wednesday, 17th Dec 2008
Gallery Espace Explores Alternative Feminism Through The Diversity of Five Women Artists in 'Moving Beyond the Frame'Through their work, each artist deals with issues related to the fact that one's identity is in a constant flux, be it their sexual or gender-related identity, be it how one deals with the self in society having migrated to a different country or in just attempting to decode another culture. More...
Friday, 5th Dec 2008
Art Konsult presents Baroda's SEVEN Young Guns in 'Class of 2008'Says curator Bhavna Kakar who has conceptualised the show: "The show is conceptualized as a dialogue of varying visual sensibilities and understanding that reflects not just the artist's individual preoccupation with the idea and material but also is indicative of their involvement, their interaction with each other and reactions to surrounding events. The pattern of displ... More...
Friday, 7th Nov 2008
Using the defunct Kashmiri script in his work, Rajendar Tiku returns to the capital with dramatic sculptures that reflect resilience amidst tragedySays the artist, "My prime concern is to create an aura around my sculpture. That is why to make my visuals very strong, I use wood, gold, colours and lights to make it more dramatic." Working for the last five years towards the current solo exhibition, Tiku has consciously worked towards transforming the ordinary into extraordinary, abstract into artworks and tragedy into... More...
Friday, 31st Oct 2008
Emami Chisel Art Announces its second auction on Nov 8 with Many Firsts: No Reserve Prices, First-time Video Art & Art Masterpieces at 30 - 40 % less than market PricesThe forthcoming auction comprises 105 lots with art works of 89 artists. The total sale (high estimate) is expected to be about Rs. 12, 82,00,000 with notably 'No Reserve' price marked against the works. The viewers can preview the collection from November 1, 2008 onwards on www.emamichisel.com. The online bidding however, begins on November 3, 2008 at 6.30 pm which culmin... More...
Kumar Gallery presents retrospective show of celebrated sculptor Prodosh Das Gupta's art spanning five decadesA founder-member of the famous Calcutta Group (whose last living legend Paritosh Sen passed away last week), Prodosh Das Gupta brought the self-conscious individuality of a modern artist into sculpture. His love of the body- of man, woman or trees - links his work with the great tradition of Indian sculpture. More...
Friday, 17th Oct 2008
Art Konsult presents Atul Sinha's functional sculptures in 'Space Beyond Innovation'Atul Sinha is one of the most accomplished and innovative artists who is adept at ceramics, glass etchings, wood, bronze and papier mache sculptures and has painted in oils, acrylics, gouache, water colour and inks, even using kerosene and diesel in his early works. His capacity to use different materials has given him a rare insight into blending matter with aesthetics. H... More...
Delhi Art Gallery presents a blend of 20th century Modern & Contemporary Art practices in Frame. Figure. FieldSays Ashish Anand, Director, Delhi Art Gallery: "The exhibition highlights the constant challenge for the medium of painting in present times to reinvent itself and reconfigure meaningful equations between the frame, figure and the pictorial field. It emphasizes on the co-existence of a range of options with artists, especially from the 1970s onwards." More...