by Archana Hebbar Colquhoun · Published 4 November 2022 · Last modified 5 November 2022
An important lesson I learnt from doing this show was that when an idea starts to take the shape of an object a dynamic external entity may completely hijack your carefully planned art work.
Shalini Patel’s drawings, some in pencil and others in charcoal were done during lockdown. Nowhere to go, nothing much to do outside with friends, acquaintances or passers-by; she had all the time on her...
The trajectory of my art practice takes on a zigzag path sometimes; and at other times a circuitous one or a U-turn that I didn’t expect to take. The work “The General” is one...
The sculpture shown below is a faithful depiction of the person I passed by in the street in as far as the main feature of “a man walking backwards” (seen from the point of view of the feet) is concerned. But there are other metaphorical features to the form of the body, all of which are hidden at the back, which are revealed when the viewer goes around the sculpture to inspect the feet.
The trajectory of my art practice takes on a zigzag path sometimes; and at other times a circuitous one or a U-turn that I didn’t expect to take.
Using an integrated art
methodology to study works of Madan Lal Gupta…..in conversation with Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
The Bhagawad Gita (15.1) Lord Krishna describes the divine Ashvattha tree, as that whose roots grow upwards and the branches of which extend downwards; its leaves are the sacred knowledge of the Vedas; the...
Installation Art I would like to quote from the Tate glossary of art terms a definition of Installation Art. “Mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period...
Depicting the ephemeral shadow through three-dimensional form – Torii sculptures and Installations Innovations in visual language that surfaced from my subconscious, which I discuss in this write-up relate to the play of light and...
a sculptural representation Covid-19 and Social Distancing The current global coronavirus pandemic leading to COVID-19 shows no signs of dying a natural death; far from it, we are nowhere near finding a solution...
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