Author: Malavika Byju
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The Song of the Earth and the Sky by Ankon Mitra
The Gujral Foundation is pleased to announce an iconic public art project – commissioning temporary pavilions by selected artists, architects, and designers, that respond to interesting locations. For its inaugural edition, the Foundation will be commissioning a stand-alone pleated pavilion titled ‘The Song of the Earth and the Sky’ at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi designed…
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Rural Dialogues II by Laxma Gouda
Kalal Laxma Goud (born 21 August 1940) is an Indian painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He works in a variety of mediums including etching, gouache, pastel, sculpture, and glass painting. He is best known for his early drawings that depict eroticism in a rural context, and also for the originality and quality of his etchings and…
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Festival of Buddhist films, arts and philosophy from 7th to 11th April 2017
Teamwork Arts presents a festival of Buddhist films, art and philosophy from 7th – 11th April 2017 at the Alliance Française de Delhi- The Inner Path (TIP) Festival. The Festival entering its 4th edition this year is the pioneering festival in India of Buddhist philosophy, aesthetics, art, culture and films. WHAT: The Inner Path Festival will…
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Vijaya Kumar Somanchi’s art exhibition at Malaka Spice, Hyderabad
A graduate from Andhra University, Vijaya Kumar is a self taught artist. His ardent love for art helped him study various art forms. He guides research scholars in their doctoral thesis papers. He is frequently invited to give demos in art centres to various sections of people and also in educational institutions that include BFA…
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Empathy and risk: three mirrors and a wall by David Cotterrell
For his fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, David Cotterrell presents three works from the Mirror project: a series of two-screen works produced in collaboration with Ruwanthie de Chickera considering polarised perspectives, drawing alternatively on assumption and objectivity. This evolving project is designed to explore the common human characteristics that could provide a stronger empathetic…
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Glimpses from Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 – Part II
BARA BHASKARAN Amazing Museum 2013-2016 are an archipelagic history of the present. Reconstructing the Kerala’s past within the broader Indian conversation, Bara Bhaskaran draws on a variety of sources to convey a vision that is distinct and engaged,attesting to the disappeared nuance of a true history from below. GABRIEL LESTER Gabriel Lester’s Dwelling Kappiri Spirits is a large…
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Glimpses from Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 – Part I
UNKNOWN + GALLIANO, BAD TRIP 2016 Daniele Galliano will inhabit this open studio space for the 108 days of the biennale. In the Unknown + Galliano, Bad Trip India studio, Galliano will meet and interact with Biennale artists and members of the public,who will in turn become subjects within the paintings to be exhibited in the space days.…
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‘The Pyramid of Exiled Poets’ by Aleš Šteger from Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016
Do the dead ones talk? Yes! In ‘The Pyramid of Exiled Poets’ they do talk in strange tongues. Once you start walking inside the pyramid, which is dark and hot inside has the puzzle like pathway. While you walk, you could listen to the whispers of the dead poets talking in strange language. As there…
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The Epic Love Story – ‘Cilappatikaram’ Through Classical Dance Opera
Photography by Jerin Mathew The Epic Tale of an Anklet – Cilappatikaram was staged at Chowdiah Hall on October 7th 2016 with the artists Divya Ravi as Kannaki, Mithun Shyam as Kovilan and Prateeksha Kashi as Madhavi. This epic love story is the most talked about story over the ages. It also brings into light…
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The Epitome of Kerala’s Traditional and Cultural Art: Kathakali (Glimpses of Karna Parva)
Photography by Jerin Mathew Kathakali is one of the most popular art form of Kerala. It comes under the genre of art – ‘story play’ where the performance are performed by male artists primarily, but now females are also part of it. The artists wear colorful make-up, masks and elaborate costumes. Costumes are of several…
