Hyder<–>Ahmed Travels Theme of this exhibition refers to travels and settlements happening since ages between two cities Hyderabad and Ahmedabad because of the trade, business and employment. Such travels bound to induce interactions one over the other. Many Indian cities have such similar interactions, comparisons and Hyderabad and Ahmadabad are such two cities have disposition …
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“Scenic Times-By Gone History”-Vinay Sharma’s Landscape Paintings Would you like to watch twinkling gold stars on a dark sky of a summer night? Imagine, your home is at the end of mountain ranges, rain waters are flowing down from …
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1.Barbie Series 2.Exile in the wild Journey- Prof.Sisir Sahana from Santiniketan has displayed his works at Cultural Centre of Vijayawada, capital of newly formed Andhra Pradesh state. This exhibition is a graph of his journey for the last 3 decades. He travelled drawing lines, painting colors and sculpting in glass medium to express his deeper …
‘City Scape’ by V.Ramakrishna ‘City Scape-2’ by V. Ramakrishna Quintessence My memories rushed back to my childhood days when I observed V.Ramakrishna’s method of color application. He initiates his color composition on canvas surface while smearing a transparent color base. Canvas appears like a courtyard of the household where water is sprinkled early mornings. Dry …
Remembering Hema Hirani Upadhyay My first experience of Hema was when she was a student at Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda. In an ‘interactive session’ – a part of the curriculum of the Department of Art History and Aesthetics- she talked about her work explaining to everyone, what inspired her and what made her look …
Paintings by Sajal Sasanka Sarcar Poetic Reality Sajal Sasanka Sarcar lives and works in Baroda, qualified from Print making Dept. of Baroda Fine Arts Faculty. He has re-organized, while adding layers of fine paper pulp to print making process and explored technique to suit his work. Print making technique wore a fresh costume. His studio …
Glimpses of Telangana Images-;1.Bairu Raghuram 2.Kavita Deuskar 3.top-Laxma Goud-below-Nakashi folk painting Recently formed state Telangana is at-ease after gaining its independent status culturally, socially and politically. Telangana region acquired its separate statehood in February 2014. Story of it’s struggle to become independent state has a long history. Earlier it was struggling to separate itself from …
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Styling the SheenDr.M.Balamani-Art Critic& Cultural Analyst. This is my analysis writing for an exhibition catalogue organized by ‘World Stainless Steel Art Festival’ at the time of Vibrant Gujarat, 24th to 27th January, 2015. Presently the same display is continued at Vincent Gallery, Ahmedabad. [Imagaes-1-‘Breathless moment’ by Ketan Amin 2-‘Steel men of India’ by Alok Prabhakar …
‘Revelation of Dreams’-Chippa Sudhakar’s mixed media sculpture DreamsChippa Sudhakar’s prints and art works kept into my viewing for long, long before I met him, sometimes in any of the exhibitions, art camps works display, etc. Introducing me to his works at those displays was like a passer-by introduction without any serious interaction. After a considerable …
Kirti’s paintings 1.Silence One of the cool evenings I and my friend were conversing seriously on Art and artists. She was going through some of my published articles and said you have written considerably on the aesthetics of Silence. I took a breath extra length and started thinking about that. Evenings of end of July …