After some of the stunned amazement had worn off and I could manage to unlock my hands from being claws gripping into my kitchen cupboards, my knees had stopped shaking with fright, and the streams of tears had slowed, practical solutions had to be thought about to what we were dealing with, how to cope, manage... organise.... research had to be done, information had to be found, comparisons had to be made to other similar bodies, an artist of comparable capacity to find a level.  We had to…

Why would an artist take the pain of painting if he can click a shot and create art. The gap that remains between photography and photorealism is that, photography binds us to capture what we see before us. It only allows the liberty in changing the angles, hence the points of view. But art gives one, the liberty to shape the vision, shown by nature to ones own.

The clear articulation of…

Welcome dear reader to the New Year, with yet another new thought from the editorial desk of artetc. news & views. After the enthusiastic response with which you had accepted our last two issues on Cutting Edge Art Practices in India, we thought it would be a refreshing diversion to take a close look at some of India’s most successful Modern Masters.

Coincidentally, most of them emerged from what…

Each sculptor and their practice and method in this show carries the essence of their language, life, success and how their work helped to unfurl the epoch and understanding of a practice- about their own experience and understanding that is profound and timeless. 

Contemporary Sculpture in India and the works of the 20 sculptors living in…

The formation of Progressive Artists Group in Bombay in 1947, was the symptom of a ‘Spirit’ or ‘Zeitgeist’ of Modern Indian Art during the few years before and after the Independence which we achieved during the same year.The independence in 1947 was a “moment” of continued nationalist fervor combined with a fresh nationwide excitement and optimism, inspite of the heavy suffering due to the partition of the sub-continent. Calcutta during the mid 1940s had witnessed artists like Somnath Hore…

On the 10^th of December, Aakriti Art Gallery organized an interactive session about the attitude of viewership with regard to contemporary art displayed in various places. The agenda of the discussion was the lack of interest among the common mass with regard to visiting different exhibitions that…

As the year draws to a close, we take this opportunity to share with you a few thoughts that have shaped Artetc: news & views since January 2011. Firstly, it has been our constant endeavour to provide you, dear reader, with a complete reading experience relating to art and culture. It was primarily with this thought in mind that we merged the erstwhile Artetc: news & views togetherso that we can bring together a more specialised and complete approach towards providing you with…

As the year draws to a close, we take this opportunity to share with you a few thoughts that have shaped Artetc: news & views since January 2011. Firstly, it has been our constant endeavour to provide you, dear reader, with a complete reading experience relating to art and culture. It was primarily with this thought in mind that we merged the erstwhile Artetc: news & views togetherso that we can bring together a more specialised and complete approach towards providing you with a…

Terror, fear, marginalization are not the words, which we have come to know recently. The two world wars, the postcolonial hangover, and lastly the terrorization of rebel societies have crumbled the life of the common person. We have come to reside at the edge of marginalization.…

There was a phase at a certain point of time when Satish Gujral’s art provoked tears in our eyes and jolted us out of insouciant comfort and content. They struck a chord with above all those people who, like Gujral himself, had passed through one of the most agonizing times of modern Indian history – the Partition and its aftermath. Those drawings, with a strong expressionist verve and a deep humanistic concern brought pain and despair back to our consciousness.

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