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Life and Legacy of Buddhist spiritual master Guru Padmasambhava

Life and Legacy of Buddhist spiritual master Guru Padmasambhava

January 23, 2019 — 0 Comments

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Known for his engagement with #toys, #cartoons and #caricatures, Anant Joshi’s #collateral #exhibition at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale was a #playful and #satirical take on the world narrated through a fictional #character called ‘#batata’. True to its #English equivalent, which is a potato, the ‘batata’ in Anant’s exhibition is an organic-looking, cartoonish form that has a unique appearance in each of the frames and canvases mounted as part of the #show. LINK IN BIO @kochibiennale @kochibiennalefoundation #anantjoshi #batata #photography #photooftheday #artists #indianart #indianartists #artistsoninstagram #artists #artists_insta #artexhibition #contemporaryart #canvas #oil #acrylic #art #anitadube #anantjoshi #artandculturediary #artwriting #fortkochi #kochibiennale @bosekrishmumbai

This wood sculpture of #Christ, recently seen in the ‘India and the World‘ exhibition, has its arms and the #cross missing. In typical representations of the #Crucifixion scene in #art, the crown of thorns is seen around Christ’s head. His hands and feet are nailed to the cross. Virgin #Mary, Mary #Magdalene and John the #Baptist are also present, along with the thieves who crucified Christ. There are other symbols too, such as a skull or a pelican at the foot of the cross. But this nearly 100-cm long exhibit, because of its missing parts, appears to have been pared down to focus only on the fundamental form of the Christ. LINK IN BIO #photooftheday #goa #india #christianity @csmvsmumbai @nmnewdelhi #artexhibition #easter #resurrectionsunday #artwriting #basilicaofbomjesus #sculpture #polychromedwood #middleages #medievalart @britishmuseum #indiaandtheworld #stxavierfrancis #romancatholicism #faith #missionary #colonialism #portuguese #history #biblejournaling #bibleverse

Manisha Parekh’s welded #steel and enamel #paint wall #installation @shrineempire represents the artist’s exploration with the form of the ‘#line’ in her work, while bringing into focus the play of #light, #shadows and #space. On the face of it, this artwork evokes an #urban setting where so many #scaffolding-like structures are a common sight. For Parekh, however, these exhibits stand for connections or #relationships that are forged through conversations between two bodies or people. With the presence of shadows behind each of the objects, the artist wants to know: what is #real or #illusory? Is its #sculptural quality real or the shadow created by it? It is obvious that the installation does not depict anything specific that one could identify with—a kind of work that is often referred to as ‘non-representational’. It is for this reason that Parekh’s #practice is mostly referred to as ‘#abstract art’- a label she is not comfortable with. And yet, her works tend to evoke an #experience, which could easily be in the form of a #memory or any other kind of association. It is like #music, the artist says. Sometimes we are not able to comprehend its #language but simply listening to it develops a connection. The exhibit is part of Shrine Empire #Gallery's #exhibition 'Shadow Lines: Experiments with #Light, #Light and #Liminality' (April 6 - May 18, 2019). @manisha.parekh #video #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #art @meeramenezesart #3ddrawing #indianartists #artandculture video by - @artandculturediary music - bensound

Is there more to an artwork than just receiving a certain number of ‘likes’? The answer could be found in a unique #Kochi-#Muziris Biennale #workshop, held last month, where participants are invited to bring their artworks for evaluation based on a unique criterion. The #artworks were a piece of #text, #photograph, #collage, #video, #painting or #sculpture. But there’s a catch: the submissions were not evaluated on the basis of their #quality, #whether they are good or bad. In fact, the live feedback session, open to all Biennale #visitors, involves judging their #art on its ‘energy’ quotient. First two pictures by @kochibiennale @kochibiennalefoundation Picture 3 - Cabral Yard, the workshop venue @ #fortkochi #studio #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #artist #attworkshop #kochibiennale #kochibiennale2018 #cabralyard #cabralyardpavilion #artcriticism #artclass #artclassroom #biennale #artcritic #swissartist #biennale

Jitish Kallat’s sculptural #installation at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale was an #abstract work that combined themes from the prehistoric past and future, while deriving a part of its form from the iconic Doomsday Clock. The installation, made out of dental plaster with mild steel supports, is called ‘Untitled (Two Minutes to Midnight)’. The title of the 2018 work is a direct reference to the Doomsday Clock, which was created in 1947 as a symbolic/hypothetical representation of how close humanity is to a man-made catastrophe. Developed by a group of scientists, scholars and Nobel laureates, represented by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the clock was recently set to 11:58 pm — which is two minutes before the symbolic apocalyptic midnight. Situating his work in the context of nuclear weapons and climate change being cited as one of the potential causes for the world’s end, Jitish’s work re-imagines the clock by placing the six #sculptures on a #plinth that is shaped liked the Doomsday Clock. LINK IN BIO Pictures by @kochibiennale @kochibiennalefoundation #jitishkallat #studio #artcritic #kochibiennale #kochimuzirisbiennale2018 #sculpture #contemporaryart #artexhibition #mattancherry #photooftheday #indianart #indianartists #artwriting #artblogging #doomsdayclock #climatechange #catastrophe #kerala #kochi #endoftheworld #art #artistsoninstagram #artistsofindia #artistsofinsta #artist #art_spotlight

Studying at the naturally rich environs of #Santiniketan, where she spent five years, @jayashreechakravart learnt how to approach nature in her work through the teachers. She felt increasingly drawn towards the #natural materials, including #clay, even as she sparingly uses #oil, #colours and #acrylic in her works. Her most recent #exhibition @akar.prakar focused on the artist’s perception of nature embodying a linear quality, seen along the world of #plants, #roots and other forms. The exhibition comprises of large, evocative canvases and #scrolls, in which she uses a whole gamut of #organic materials. LINK IN BIO Picture courtesy @akar.prakar #jayashreechakravarty #studio #femaleartists #womenartists #canvaspainting #contemporaryart #calcutta #kolkata #saltlake #art #artshow #aakarprakar #newdelhi #mixedmedia #artwriting #artcriticism #indianart #indianartists #artandcraft @reenalath

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