Sajal Sarkar: Being and Becoming
Artworld is currently exhibiting Sajal Sarkar 's recent paintings Humanscape in The Art House,
Singapore. MOA publishes eminent art historian and an art critic, Dr. Ashrafi S. Bhagat 's catalogue essay for the exhibition.

Beyond the Boundary: Travels of Another Kind
Art Konsult , New Delhi , is currently exhibiting Chirag Alok Chinnan , an exhibition of three young artists from Baroda. Benoy.P.J. explore the diverse visions of the three artists in his catalogue essay.

The Uncompromising Spirit
Sarmistha Maiti in conversation with Professor Partha Pratim Deb , Former Dean of Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

Tense – Past Continuous
Savi Savarkar 's exhibition of paintings, graphic prints, and drawings titled Eyes re-cast is currently on view at Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Academ, New Delhi . Tge show is curated by Parul Dave Mukherji , dean, school of art and aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi . MOA reproduces Santhosh S.'s catalogue essay for the show.

My Work: Hurt Me
Kumar will be exhibiting his new work titled Hurt Me in a group show Shifting Terrains/Altered Realities at The Art House, Singapore on May 10, 2008. The show is presented there by The Shrine Gallery and Empire Art , New Delhi .

Making Dream a Real Experience
Sarmistha Maiti in conversation with Manju Sethia, owner of Mon Art Gallerie , Kolkata.

BodhiBerlin opens on May 3, 2008
Bodhi is opening a new gallery space in Berlin on May 3, 2008. Frontlines: Notations from the contemporary Indian Urban is the inaugural show and will feature key works by Subodh Gupta, Nataraj Sharma, Riyas Komu, Zarina Hashmi, Atul Dodiya,Valsan Koorma Kolleri and Jitish Kallat.

In Memory of the Horses
A note on In Memory of the Horses , an installation by Subodh Kerkar , which was created on Velha Beach, Goa. Images of these installations will be exhibited in Delhi , on April 23, 2008, by Gallerie Nvya in an exhibition of Goan artists titled Bhasha . Dr Alka Pande is the curator of this exhibition.

Citing the City
Ketaki Paralikar shares her experience of the talk and show of Dr. Sudhir Parwardhan held at the Baroda Campus.

Art Dubai 2008: Glimpses

Walls of the Wombs
Gallerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke , Mumbai is currently displaying Reena Saini Kallat 's installation titled Walls of the Womb. Eminent art writer Nancy Adajania writes on the work.

Public Art Fund Announces Major Public Art Project by Artist Olafur Eliasson
The New York City Waterfalls will be on temporary display at four waterfront locations in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Governors Island.

My Work: ANTARLIN
Punam Zutshi recently exhibited her pen and ink drawings at Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi. The artist writes about her works...

Animals by Abul Kalam Azad
Kochi-based artist Abul Kalam Azad is having is a solo show of his photographic works titled Animals at the newly opened gallery Ishka in Kochi , Kerala. Eminent art historian R. Nanda Kumar discusses the artist's visual imagery.

NGMA Presents Raghu Rai’s Retrospective Show of Photographs
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni inaugurated The Journey of a Moment in Time: Raghu Rai , a retrospective show of photographs spanning forty years by eminent photographer Raghu Rai at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in the presence of Prof. Rajeev Lochan, Director, NGMA and eminent theatre personality Ebrahim Alkazi on March 18, 2008. The show will be on in NGMA, Delhi , till April 15, 2008 and move to National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, from May 6, 2008 to June 8, 2008.

Delhi College of Art Presents its 55th Annual Art Exhibition
New Delhi : College of Art , New Delhi is currently exhibiting its 55th Annual Art Exhibition bringing together a unique collection of over 1000 works by the students of Bachelors of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts. The exhibition started on from March 12 and will conclude on March 20, 2008 at College Of Art , Tilak Marg, New Delhi . The exhibition showcases paintings in oil, watercoloir and mixed media, drawings, posters, campaigns, layouts, display/packaging design and photography, sculpture in bronze/fibre glass/cement/stone/marble, ceramics and prints in etching, lithography, silkscreen, mosaic and weaving.

Taj Ratna- for artists or…?  
To celebrate the recognition the Taj Mahal has ranked first among the list of new seven wonders of the world, mayor of Agra , Anjula Singh launched a mega celebratory event on February 17, 2008. A group of veteran and upcoming Indian contemporary artists were felicitated and given awards on the same evening. Eminent curator and writer Sushma K Bahl who attended the function reports.

There are in Our Existence…….Spots of Time
The Guild, NY , is currently exhibiting works by Heeral Trivedi - There are Our Existence…… Spots of Time in Their New York gallery. The exhibition opened on March 7 and will be on view till March 25, 2008. The artist speaks about her works…

The Intimacy of Perception: Pooja Iranna’s Recent Water Colours
Eminent art critic Roobina Karode in her catalogue essay for Pooja Iranna 's upcoming show at Gallery Espace observes how the artist intricately paints, filling the entire surface in order to create emptiness - an emptiness which overflows with primal energies that help realise the mute meanings of existence.

Remains of the Day
Pundole Art Gallery , Mumbai, presented eminent artist Indrapramit Roy 's work from February 25 toMarch 8, 2008. In his catalogue essay the artist describes the process in which his work eveolves.

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2008
Mumbai's most vibrant arts festival in Kala Ghoda, this time held between February 2-10, 2008, had the streets will fill to the brim with wandering minstrels, fire-eaters, dancers, handicraft stalls, art exhibitions and mammoth installations.

Anant Joshi Wows Art Lovers in Art Rotterdam  
Anant Joshi once again surprises the art lovers with his versatile repertoire in his new suite of works titled May Look Closer Than They Appear which was exhibited in the ninth edition of Art Rotterdam in Netherlands .

Red Earth Celebrates Basant Panchami in Style!
Red Earth has a tradition of celebrating Holi with a special art show, but this time around, the spring celebrations started much well in advance, in tune with the Indian aesthetic of celebrating the season of revival, and rejuvenation. Red Earth presented Abstracts in Indian Yellow, a special exhibition to commemorate the wonderful occassion of the arrival of Spring, that opened on the day of Basant Panchami February 11, 2008, at Global Arts Village , New Delhi .

Arranged… For Ever
www dot arrange your own marriage dot com is a web and installation project that investigates the structure of arranged marriage and the entire package that it comes with. Archana Hande , the brain behind this project assures that the site guarantees that one need not worry any more about caste, religion, language or country barriers since the dot com takes care of this problem without involving one's parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and grandaunts. A ready package for this generation and the next! Archana ,who launched this website on this Valentine's Day, explains…

Graphic Venture
Ketaki Paralikar shares her experience at the Print Making camp held at the Faculty of Fine Arts ,
MS University, Baroda .

Lights, Camera, Action!
Dr. Vaishali Sharma 's catalogue essay for artist Dilip Dhore 's exhibition titled Lights, Camera, Action which is opening on Feb 23, 2008 at the Articullate Gallery , Mumbai

My Work:Wings with Water Marks  
Ashim Purkayastha on his works displayed in a recent exhibition titled Polyphonies: Multivocal Voices from India at Kala Gallery in Tirol , Austria.

Baroda, a Discursive Space for Art...
Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi 's catalogue essay for the exhibition Discursive Palatte…the Ten Man Show which was held at the exhibition hall at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University , Baroda .

Citing the City Recent Drawings and Paintings by Sudhir Patwardhan
Sakshi Gallery is currently exhibiting Citing the City, recent works by eminent Mumbai-based
Sudhir Patwardhan. Artist and writer Jitish Kallat discusses Patwardhan’s works and art in his catalogue essay.

Ore Substances of Earth- I
Sculptor and painter George Martin visits Rajan Krishnan's studio to witness the progress of ORE

Surface Tensions  
Viart Gallery, New Delhi recently held an exhibition of works by Murali Cheeroth titled Mise-En-Scene. The exhibition features three videos and 10 canvases by the Bangalore-based artist. Eminent scholar and writer Anshuman Dasgupta talks about Cheeroth’s work in his catalogue essay.

Art forms and forms of art.Beyond Definition
Red Earth Gallery, Baroda exhibited works of Anjum Chaturvedi, Falguni Bhatt, Kavita Nayar, Kavita Shah, Maneesha Doshi, Nehal Rachh and Swarupa Shah from December 23, 2007 to January 8, 2008 in an exhibition - Art Forms and Forms of Art. Beyond Definition. Curator Arti Desai in her catalogue essay for show analyses the artists’ works.

Anxious Terrains
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke is currently exhibiting Kerala-based artist Ratheesh T.'s works titled Moving Earth in Mumbai. Manoj Vyloor in conversation with the artist.

Many Times
S. Kalidas writes four stanzas in response to Vibha Galhotra's work Many Times, which is part of the exhibition, Re-visioning Materiality – a group show of sculptures and installations, displayed at Gallery Espace, New Delhi.

Artcurial Auction: A Lesson to be Learnt  
As contemporary Indian art continues to consolidate its triumphant debut over the last 10 years on the world art market in London, New York, and Dubai, Paris is following suit in saluting this extremely promising state of affairs, currently still in the early stages. On December 3, 2007, Artcurial met the challenge by organizing an inaugural auction, the first devoted to modern and contemporary Indian art in France . A report by MOA correspondent.

Mark Wallinger wins the Turner Prize 2007
Mark Wallinger won this years The Turner Prize 2007 for his work State Britain.
A report....

Art by the Sea
Vrushali Dhage shares her experience at the RPG Art Camp, at Marve, Mumbai .

Sweatopia
Jitish Kallat will be showing his drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs (2005-07) in Chemould Prescott Road and Bodhi Art , Mumbai from December 8, 2007 onwards. A sneak preview…

The Desert of the Present: Paintings by Suneel Mamadapur
Art Musings and Palette Art Gallery are currently exhibiting Baroda-based artist
Suneel Mamadapur's recent works in Mumbai. Renowned art writer Ranjit Hoskote has written the essay for the catalogue.

Interpreting Art  
Sreejata Roy attends Copal Dialogue: Looking at Art lecture by Ranjit Hoskote on Atul Dodiya's painting Gangaavtraran after Raja Ravi Varma at IIC Annexe, New Delhi, on November 24, 2007. A report…

At the End of Ten Creative Years….
Kashi Art Gallery is celebrating 10 years of its existence in this December, Tanya Abraham reports

At the End of Ten Creative Years….
Kashi Art Gallery is celebrating 10 years of its existence in this December,
Tanya Abraham reports

Postcard from Tallinn
Kavita Shah writes about her experiences in Tallinn where she attended Impact 5, International Printmaking Conference/Symposium, in October 2007.

My Work:Transmogrification of a City  
Jaideep Mehrotra recently held a show of his recent paintings at Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai, from November 26 to December 2, 2007. The eminent artist writes about his works.

Sonnet for the Silent Machines
The Guild Art Gallery is currently presenting recent works of Rakhi Peswani . Born on 14 October 1977, Rakhi Peswani has a Bachelor's degree in painting and a Master's in sculpture from M.S University of Baroda . She has participated in numerous group shows and solo shows and was also the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award, 2007, presented by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA), Vadehra Art Gallery , New Delhi .

Flight
Bodhi Art is currently exhibiting Flight by Nataraj Sharma at Art & Public: Cabinet PH, Geneva from November 10 to Dec 1, 2007. Here is the artist talking about his inspiration and his work.

Metaphors for Living: paintings and sculptures by Piraji Sagara 
The founder member of Progressive Painters' Group, eminent artist Piraji Sagara 's paintings and sculptures are being shown at Sarjan Art Gallery , Baroda as the season's first solo exhibition, which is on view from October 21 to November 3, 2007. Anand Gadapa from Baroda reports.

M.F. Husain In Exile Celebrated
M.F. Husain completed is 92 nd birthday on September 17, 2007. On October 2, 2007,
Sahmat celebrated the exiled painter's birthday in New Delhi. Sohail Hashmi reports…  

Why is He in Exile?
Artist and photographer Ram Rahman discusses the reasons why M.F. Husain , the best-known and publicly beloved artist our country has produced in the post-Independence era, might never be able to return to India for the rest of his life.

To Draw a Line: Homage to Nasreen Muhammedi and Bhupen Khakar
Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts, celebrated the 60 years of Independence in different manner through a 36 hour vigil with art production, alteration and destruction. Conducted by eminent artist Vivan Sundaram, the workshop was participated by the students and alumni of the faculty of fine arts.  

Chronicle of Death Foretold
A special feature by Nachiketa .

Raghava's Yatra
Swapna Sathish in his catalogue essay for the solo exhibition of Raghava K.K. writes how in choosing the artist himself as the protagonist, the paintings are studies in identity and individuality.

Impersonal Metropolis
Gallery Threshold and Aicon Gallery recently presented Rathin Kanji's works at Sridharani Gallery, New Delhi. MOA presents the catalogue essay written by Anirudh Chari.

My Work:Black River
Upendranath T.R. recently had a solo show of his recent works in Jehangir K.S. Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai, presented by Bombay Art Gallery. The Kochi-based artist's staement about his works...

Pulsating Rhythms on Paper
Surya Singh in his catalogue essay for the Tangerine Art Space 's exhibition discusses how the works cover several subjects and ideas and contain several experiences, expressions and connotations of complex urban locations and inner realities.

V.i.s.t.a.a.r…..
Sushma Bahl in her curatorial essay for Vistaar presented by Limited Editions at the Stainless Steel gallery in New Delhi discusses her concept, approach, range and aesthetics which takes forward the rationale of art as a complete human activity.

Kya Cool Hain Hum!
COOL 5: Cool Art, Cool People is an exhibition conceived and curated by Himanshu Verma of Redearth, New Delhi. The show starts in Lansdowne Gallery, Mumbai on September 21, 2007. In his curatorial essay Himanshu verma tries to explore issues of the supposed coolness of Indian art.

Monument of Uneasiness : An Overview
9/11 has changed the outlook of human race in this planet. The day marked the ending and the newer beginings of an unjust history. The tyrants have deviated the prospects for a future while the sufferers have subverted that future to avenge a past. The world becomes a left-over of human injustices that are incapable of producing newer histories or civilizations. The birth of radical human being as epitomized by Des Cartes and realized by Rodin through his famous ‘Thinker' have rendered as mere imposters of a wider history of colonizations and the political investments of the powerful at this juncture of the present.

Bacon, Freud, Mehta, Souza
Grosvenor Vadehra will be showcasing Bacon, Freud, Mehta, Souza as the second in their programme of International Art exhibitions in New Delhi from August 31, 2007. Starting in the spring of 2006 with a show of Picasso, this next exhibition progresses to look at those who were in many ways indebted to his legacy, four of the masters of post-war 20th century painting. Though contrasting in their cultural backgrounds, these painters are in many ways connected through their artistic beginnings and their response to a London ravished by war, each respectively exposing through their work the anxieties and fears of man in the shadow of its aftermath. Toby Treves discusses these issues in the catalogue essay for the exhibition.

Monsoon Fashion
Curatorial essay by Mayank Mansingh Kaul and Himanshu Verma

My Work:It Doesn't Bite
Susanta Mandal talks about his earlier works and his recent works which is on view at GallerySke, Bangalore.

The Creative Time of Thermocline: Conflicts between and Becomings of Different Time-Spaces
MOA reproduces Wonil Rhee's, curatorial essay of the exhibition Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves which is on view at ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art in Karlsruhe, Germany

Portrait of Man
Since 1999, Al Saidi Hassan has been living in – exile in New Delhi, in past years this was due to his disagreements to the former Iraqi regime, and currently because of the invasion and the occupation…he is as a singularity in the world of contemporary art; an artist who has experienced life as both a cosmopolitan nomad and a "homo sacer" His life hangs in between the sovereignties of state. Hassan work offers a glimpse of a possible Iraqi modernism, albeit one that is suspended and deferred. Art Jhuggi, New Delhi, recently presented Hassan's selected art works from 2001-07 from June 17 – July 1, 2007. The show was curated by Takahiro Naguchi. The artist speaks of his works…

Anish Kapoor Displays Svayambh in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, in France, is taking part in the Estuaire Nantes Saint Nazaire 2007 project, from June 1 – September 1, 2007. To mark the occasion, Anish Kapoor was invited to create a work especially for the Museum.

On Strategies of Surviving, Camouflage and Conflicts in Art
Himanshu Verma, founder director of Red Earth, New Delhi, was selected along with others from Switzerland, Poland and Macedonia to attend a residency programme - ‘Live, Survive, and Create' -specially designed for curators in Bytom, Poland, by Kronika Gallery, Bytom and Pro Helvetia Warsaw. Himanshu specialises in curating visual art, art festivals and in multi-media art projects. A first hand account of the residency from Himanshu Verma.

Obelisco Transportable In Central Park
Berlin-based Damián Ortega's Obelisco Transportable is on display at At Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park, Lexinton Avenue, New York.. The project which is a part of Public Art Fund is on view till October 18, 2007

A perspective on the MSU events
Eminent photographer and activist Ram Rahman writes an open letter condemning the recent attacks on artists and art institutions.

Art Attacked!
Statement of facts by Shabnam Hashmi of ANHAD, on the attack by the Sangh Parivar on July 6, 2007 at St Xavier's Social Service Society

My work: Fragranceofearth
Pradeep Mishra talks about his first solo show which is on view at The Guild, Mumbai

Contemporary Indian Art in Rural America
The Proximities exhibition served to celebrate the inauguration of a new India Studies Program at the University of Connecticut. By Kathryn Myers

Chandra Bhattacharjee – Visioning the World
Deeksha Nath in her catalogue essay writes how Chandra Bhattacharjee incorporporates his “visions” in his paintings.

Legs
Anahite Contractor in her catalogue essay for Dileep Sharma's recent works titled Crazy Stills writes about how the artist's works are deeply self-referential and highly individualistic.

The Street
Giridhar Khasnis writes how Yusuf Arakkal in his new series of paintings The Street present compassionate portraits of ordinary people integrated to a murky landscape. The solo show is jointly presented by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto

‘Ring the Alarm – Another Sound is Dying’ *
One among the leading contemporary artists in India, Shibu Natesan traces the thought processes behind the six paintings presented in his solo exhibition Each One Teach One. The show presented by Sakhsi Gallery is on display at the Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, till June 29, 2007

Anamorphosis
Experimenta 2007 held in Bangalore and Mumbai gave a new lease of life to experimental films, says Dhanya Pilo

Anecdote
Eminent art critic and curator Roobina Karode writes about the incommunicable essence of Mekhala Bahl’s works which will be on display at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi on April 27, 2007

Anecdote
Eminent art critic and curator Roobina Karode writes about the incommunicable essence of Mekhala Bahl’s works which will be on display at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi on April 27, 2007

Metamorphoses Retold
Madhavi Gore and Nivedita Magar in their catalogue essay write about Ratna Gupta’s installation of body casts at Gallery Beyond, Mumbai from April 18-May5, 2007.

Images of the Mindscape
Dr. Alka Pande, in this catalogue essay to the two-man show, Touch Retouch, looks at how Binoy Varghese and Murali Cheeroth use photography, cinema and digital medium
– as the basic iconography of their work to create their own visual language.

Of Duality, Transformations and Metamorphoses of Life
Deep under the apparent simplicity of Shanthi Swaroopini’s sculptures, there is a complex phenomena and exploration of the cyclic nature of life, says art critic and curator
Marta Jakimowicz.

Installation as Representation
Anand Gadapa reports Anju Dodiya’s recent show entitled Throne of Frost mounted
by Bodhi Art in Durbar Hall of Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara.

Death Penalty and Freedom of Expression
Delhi-based Iraqi artist Al Saidi Hassan was manhandled for wearing a T-Shirt with the inscription DEATH PENALTY on it, as part of a performance. Isn’t this violation of the freedom of expression, asks MOA Correspondent.

My Work: An Indian from India
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew talks about she how portrays her own 'otherness'
through her works .

Spirit and Matter/Form and Material The Work of Ganesh Gohain,
2005-2007
Peter Bevan in his catalogue essay for Ganesh Gohain’s latest exhibition Temple of the Future hosted by The Fine Art Company, Mumbai writes how the artist through his works presents us moments of awareness and personal insight, in which we can share.

Residues of Realistic Observations
Marta Jakimowicz in her catalogue write-up describes how Rajeswara Rao in his recent paintings tells us stories about his people and offers us insights into slightly trivial but charming and revealing moments of their live.

Art Photography: The Eye Within & Beyond
Sushma Bahl discusses various aspects of art photography in her catalogue essay for Vision Beyond curated by Sandeep Biswas and hosted by Art Indus, New Delhi.

A Buddha for the Possible…
Abhijeet Tamhane, in his catalogue essay for Sachin Karne's solo show, Connexions, looks at how landscapes reside in his works, and how the works find equal space for despair and desire.

Funtitled
Rajendra Kapse’s exhibition Funtitled is starting at Arndean Gallery, London, from March 25, 2007 onwards. Artist and curator Himanshu Desai in his catalogue essay writes how Kapse has converted his funny, almost jeering personality into his subject and resource for experiment.

Female Subjectivity and Force of Nature
Vaidehi Chitre have a critical look at the video-and-sound installations ‘Anna Moore’ and ‘Force of Nature’ curated by Julie Orser.

Re-marking the River: Landscapes by Atul Bhalla
Shukla Sawant on Atul Bhalla’s recent body of works which deals with themes of nature, ecology and the preservation of natural resources which are on display at Anant Art Centre, Noida.

…And it Was No More
Jenson Anto reflects his thoughts in his catalogue essay for Manish Kansara’s latest exhibition Residual Moorings at the Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi .

Edward Said: The Man Who was Never Out of Place
Vaidehi Chitre reports on the screening of Edward Said: The Last Interview, screened by Mohile Parikh Contemporary Center on February 15, 2007 at Little Theater, NCPA.

Peace for All, Peace for the World: Performance/Light Installation
Anil Dayanand was invited by Gallery Art Resource Trust to take part in the Kala Ghoda Festival 2007 in Mumbai. He tells us how he shared his thoughts with the public on ‘Peace’ by doing a simple gesture of lighting the candles and distributing the same to the viewers and making them light candles around a slogan “Peace for All, Peace for the World”.

Too Personal to Comment Upon
A joint Diary…Studio Visit: Artist Sabrina, visitors Deepa Kumar and
Rahul Bhattacharya.

Vidya Kamat - Tales From The Edge
Logging in and Out of the Matrix of Faith: Vidya Kamat in performance.
Nancy Adajania in her catalogue essay for Vidya Kamat's latest exhibition in
The Guild, New York.

“A Powerful Abstract Work Inspires Me More”
Anoop Kamath in conversation with Paris-based artist Sujata Bajaj. Her recent works are on view in Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, from February 8 – 26, 2007. Excerpts… .

Freedom Yeah Right
Dianne Hagen talks about her work which she executed for Buddha Enlightened project at Bodhgaya, Bihar.

ENLIGHTENMENT™
A project by Peter Burke for Buddha Enlightened in Bodh Gaya, India in November 2006.

Buddha Bound and Bushwhacked
Carol Hummel is a United States artist based in Ohio. In addition to working as a sculptor, she teaches and lectures. Hummel holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Kent State University and has exhibited large-scale site-specific work internationally. For Buddha Enlightened 2006, she created two personal pieces – Buddha Bound and Bushwhacked – and one collaborative piece, Family Photos.

My Work:Reliving the Metropolis
Rritu Singh elaborates on how her lived experiences
in the city inform her imagery and form.

The Wounds of Conscience
Shubhalakshmi Shukla reports Sanjoy Mallik’s talk on Somnath Hore titled, ‘The Oeuvre of Somnath Hore: Wounds that refused to heal/wounds that he refused to heal’

Female Subjectivity and Force of Nature
Vaidehi Chitre have a critical look at the video-and-sound installations ‘Anna Moore’ and ‘Force of Nature’ curated by Julie Orser.

Soup Fails When Cooks Collaborate
Based on two group shows at Nandan-Academy of Fine Arts complex in Kolkatta, Oindrilla Maity analyses the reasons as to why the premises fails to draw art lovers.

Gestures Speak: A one-off take on Brand Bangalore
by Aditi De

The Visual Culture of Swaminarayan Sect
Atreyee Gupta reports the lecture on the collective research on the temples of the Swaminarayan sect, by Prof. Shivaji Panikkar, on January 23, 2007, at the School of Art and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Shruti Nelson – A Visualsmith
Jasmine Shah Varma writes a note on Shruti Nelson’s works on display at Haceindia Gallery, Mumbai.

Touching Art
Vaidehi Chitre takes a round through Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai, where one can touch and feel some interesting public art works.

Realistically Imaginative
Aditi Chitre reviews the TRI Continental Film Festival, which screened an array of imaginative and powerful documentary films.

Peace Rice
Buddha Enlightened, an international art project for world peace, which took place in Bodhgaya, was one of the biggest site-specific projects in India. More than 30 artists participated in this project, which is “an effort to explore and experiment with the material and spiritual technology”, from October 20 to November 30, 2006. Tomoyo Ihaya tells us about her work which she did for this project.

Made in Chindia
French artists Nelly Massera shares her experiences from the Buddha Enlightened project, which took place in Bodhgaya, Bihar during October-November, 2006.

Enlightment™
Australian artist Peter Burke writes about his work which was part of the Buddha Enlightened project at Bodhgaya, Bihar

My Work:Re-winding the Modern
Rakhi Peswani shares some concerns related to her recent works.

The Best Art of 2006
Brooklyn-based artist and writer Paddy Johnson comes up with a top-10 list for best of American art.

All the Spices and More…
Aditi Chitre previews 9th Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, which is an amalgam of art, literature, fun, protest, colour, light and sounds.

‘Writing Art’ and a Plethora of Ideas
Oindrilla Maity reports on Writing Art, a workshop conducted for aspiring art writers by Vadehra Art Gallery and ART in New Delhi.

The Diary of a Dropout
Deepa Kumar gives her experience on Writing Art, a workshop conducted for aspiring art writers by Vadehra Art Gallery and ART in New Delhi.

Art for a cause
The Sandarbh workshop held in Baroda was where artists worked on both individual as well as collaborative projects was a new creative experience, says Bosundhara Mukherjee.

Soft Spoken, Hard Talks
Soft Spoken, a group show featuring six women artists and curated by Bose Krishnamachari has some curiosity to it.

Thota Vaikuntam
The man of vibrant spaces, Thota Vaikuntam, one of the senior artists of Hyderabad inaugurated a show titled Tryst with Telangana, which comprised the works of young and eminent artists of Hyderabad at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda. When Anand Gdapa confronted him with his first question, the immediate response was strategic, yet self-contradictory.

Gold Fingers: Speaking Through Touch
Jean-François Gavoty writes about Laura Martin’s work, which she did for Buddha Enlightened project in Bodhgaya.

My Work: Noah Fischer
Noah Fischer writes on the Rhetoric Machine the work showcased in his recent solo show, an installation that took up the two rooms of the Oliver Kamm gallery in New York.

Urban Peripheries as Human Experiences
Sudhir Patwardhan’s paintings explore the aesthetics of the urban living and industrialised landscapes, says Shubhalakshmi Shukla

Portrait of the artist as an abstract painter
Sudhakaran profiles, Tomma Abts, the U.K.-based German painter who won this year’s Turner Prize.

Photographic Memory or Chronicles of Photography
Vaidehi Chitre files in her diary on 'Art in Portland'

My Work: City Without End
Ravi Kumar Kashi talks about his recents works to be exhibited from December 20 onwards in Bangalore

Art in the Subways: Going Underground
Akansha Rastogi takes a critical look at the artworks commissioned in the metro stations and subways of Delhi

My Work:Earth and Water
Subodh Kerkar tells us why he considers himself as an ocean artist

The Scenic Eye
Wolfgang Storch who curated the exhibition talks about how art becomes theatre in his concept note

Kanchan: the story so far works from three decades ( 1976-2006 )
Excerpts from the essay authored by art critic Roobina Karode

Imprints of Space
Solo show by Soumen Das is on from December 1 to 10, 2006 at Hacienda Gallery, Ground Floor, Great Western Building, Next to Artists’ Centre, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai