Fixation for light skin is not just prevalent in our society but has sadly penetrated the art world aswell. Indian mythological character’s are depicted light-skinned in paintings and other popular medias even though our ancient scriptures and texts describe them as striking beauties with dusky lustrous complexion? In Mahabharat, one of the major epic of India, Draupadi, a “fire born” daughter of Drupada, emerged from the yajna (sacred fire) as a beautiful dark-skinned young woman. Vyasa (author of the Mahabharata) described her Continue reading
Turner: master of seascapes
J. W. Turner’s experimental seascapes were known for its drama and action. His art style was much ahead of his time, many art historians believe that his approach defined the bases for impressionism. Continue reading
Nari-Kunjar, a Unique Genre of Art
Nari-Kunjar a remarkably unique art genre which started trending amongst the Indian artists, starting early 17th century was a result of the influence of an art-style from Persia. The main composition of the artform is a framework of a Kunjar, a Sanskrit word, which means, the Elephant, within the shell, figures of women, nari, are artistically intertwined and seated in a creative manner. The figures are generally dancers, musicians or just a Continue reading
Radha’s many Avatars
Radha’s divine love for Krishna has inspired and influenced Indian art in all forms. In spite of these copious creative manifestations, Her avatar as such has no precision, there are numerous version’s to Her character in Indian literature and art. The number of role’s assigned to Her are astonishing- a devotional milkmaid, personification of Kundalini shakti, Mother nature (Prakriti), Supreme Goddess (Devi), Krishna’s favorite gopi and more. Continue reading
Claude Monet’s love affair with nature
Claude Monet, one of the most famous painter in the history of art, known best as the father of Impressionism had a fanatical fascination for landscapes. His style of capturing light and natural forms laid the foundation of the revolutionary art movement- impressionism. All his life he experimented with variations of color, passing effect of light and reflection. Continue reading
Street Art- an open gallery
Street art unlike traditional Art is displayed in public urban locations with an attempt to capture larger audience. Mostly the artist’s motive is to either convey a strong socio-political message or to beautify a public space with their own trademark style. The law considers it an illicit activity which makes it even more thrilling and intriguing for the public. Continue reading
Che Guevara’s iconic photograph -an intriguing subject for artists
Argentine revolutionary- Che Guevara’s iconic photograph taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda has been stylized in numerous ways by many artists. The photograph is arguably the ultimate symbol of revolution and youth rebellion, it is considered to be the most popular photograph of 20th century. Continue reading
6 Reasons to why you should visit Art Exhibition’s
We can probably list out hundreds of reasons to visit an Art exhibition however let’s start with 6 points to spare you the torture of a long post.
To take pleasure of an artworks’ grandeur and enormity, one must view it physically. Times have changed, art lovers can now view paintings on online galleries but experiencing art the traditional way has a charm of its own. Continue reading
How to select art for your interiors
In practice, there are two ways of going about it, if you believe in “art for art’s sake” then decorate the interiors and select the art piece. On the other hand if you feel strongly about art, then select the artwork and plan the decor around it. However, irrespective of the path you follow out of the two, ultimately the decor and art should support each other for a visual appeal. Continue reading
Krishna- a perfect muse
Lord Krishna true to his name meaning- “he who attracts everyone” has been the ultimate source of inspiration for the creative art for centuries- Fashion, Paintings, Movies, Classical dance, Creative writing and more… He’s arguably the most influential Indian mythological figure, no other character so far has been captured artistically in so many ways and means. Continue reading