Spic Macay – Pt. Rajan Mishra – IIT Delhi Program
The pandemic is growing rapidly all over the world. With aim of spreading hope and remembering Pandit Rajan Mishra ji (who passed away on the 25th of April), SPIC MACAY dedicates its online 3-day...
Category: Art
Madan Lal Gupta – Innovations in Bricks/Archana H Colquhoun
Using an integrated art
methodology to study works of Madan Lal Gupta…..in conversation with Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
Autumn Tree of Pleasure – Japan/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...
The X factor of Installation Art/Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
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...
Torii gateways and shadows/Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
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...
Renowned Sculptor, Jyotsna Bhatt, passes away
Known to be one of India’s best-known ceramic artists, Baroda-based Bhatt breathed her last on July 11, two days after she suffered a stroke. She was 80. “She was a gentle and generous person, who made wonderful work. A nodal figure for artists working in ceramics, her works received wide recognition and she would often travel to conduct workshops across the country,” says artist Nilima Sheikh.
Social Distancing or Physical Distancing? / Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
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...
The World on its Hands and Knees | Archana Hebbar Colquhoun
A Sculptural Representation of Covid-19 The timeline of the global pandemic of the coronavirus and its deadly manifestation as Covid-19 needs no introduction. The scale and the enormity of the destruction caused by Covid-19,...
Significance of Props- Gouri Nilakantan
Loosely described as, “objects used by the actor and those that are placed on stage” props are considered important as long as they serve on the stage. After the show is over very little...
The Belgian Embassy: A Masterpiece Revisited / Seema Bawa
This multi domed, arched, brick complex on Shanti Path is not only a landmark that defines the Delhi landscape but is perhaps also a watershed in Indian architecture. As such the Belgian Embassy has...
