Mental Health and Art -Part 1
Mental Health has never been hidden in the world of art, it is actually quite the opposite; it ha
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Cat lover’s CATalogue with Devaki Singh
A Mumbai raised animal lover first and foremost, Devaki Singh has a list of roles she is known for; a writer, a filmmaker, a fa
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Illusions to Ganesha’s Allusions with Babu Xavier
Babu Xavier's Malayali roots radiate through his paintings much like his vibrant pigments. He uses a melange of media through his artworks but the two prominent ones are acrylic and watercolour. Read more -
Then there is art Therapy
it’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see
- Henry David Thoreau We have ascertained by reading many studies on how effective color and art therapy is. There is something about the harmony of colors and a subconscious need to express our pain, confusion and questions on to a blank paper hoping that we get our answers and, in the process, heal ourselves. I have dug out five quest -
F.N SOUZA : THE MASTER SERIES
“The whole meaning of Life is Life itself ”, was F.N Souza’s favourite statement. Ever so often, he repeated, “ Everything happens according to Nature’s intention”. And so he lived….and so he died….while celebrating the individual and celebrating love.
His skeptical view of the establishment and his dry humour expressed itself in his paintings with a madness – whether it was h
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Ram Kumar: The Indian Master Series
Ram Kumar’s brother, Nirmal Verma, couldn’t have described his works any better when he said, “History and memory become inseparable. There is something so delicately disturbing in his paintings. They evoke what we remember…creating an equivalence between memory and image.”
Ram Kumar, the master of quietude and tranquil practitioner of abstract landscapes, has left his stamp of individuality on Indian Art forever.<
