This painter has interpreted Kashmir's legendary poet Agha Ali's poems on canvas
More than a decade after the poet laureate of Kashmir, Agha Shahid Ali, handed over seven couplets to Masood Hussain, the painter has...
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Mona Lisa
While some claim that Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting is a self-portrait of the artist himself in drag, research has concluded it is likely a portrait of a woman named Lisa Gherardini, a member of a prominent Florentine family and wife of a wealthy silk merchant. Leonardo’s father allegedly knew Gherardini’s father very well, and the painting was possibly commissioned by him.
The Starry Night
The small town depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night is Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France. Van Gogh painted the work while he was a patient at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy. Presently, the hospital has a wing named after the painter.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Picasso’s abstract depiction of five Barcelona prostitutes was deemed immoral when it debuted at the artist’s studio in 1907. Picasso created over 100 preliminary sketches and studies before setting his vision down on canvas, and in previous incarnations the figure at the far left was a man.
Loosening up with performance art
By Creative juices trickle as the government allows--and funds--an exhibit that's getting a lot of attention, the Tribune's Michael A. Lev finds. Michael A. Lev, the Tribune's Beijing correspondent, was on assignment in Singapore | September 5, 2001
The most eye-catching photograph in the newspaper last week was of the woman walking backward down Mountbatten Road with a high-heeled shoe stuffed in her mouth. She is Amanda Heng, a performance artist whose "Let's Walk" series will be one focus of a daring art exhibition opening Friday at a Singapore gallery. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of paternalistic Singapore, where an American teen was caned in 1994 as punishment for vandalism, would recognize two things: That this...
Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood
26 June - 6 October 2002
Film hoarding by Balkrihn Arts, oil on canvas, India, 2002, Museum no. IS.115-2002
Featuring works from pre-independent India to the present day, this exhibition charted the historical, political and cultural changes experienced by the country, as seen through the eyes of the Indian film industry.
The exhibition brought together some of the most remarkable examples of Indian cinema art, from large-scale hoardings and posters to photo cards, booklets and original film trailers. Posters from many classic films were represented: the Oscar nominated epic 'Mother India', 'Sholay' (with its distinctive and influential typography) and recent blockbusters such as 'Lagaan' and 'K3G'.
The extraordinary talent of the hoarding artist was highlighted, with artists from India specially commissioned to demonstrate their unique art. Three works were hand-painted on site at the V&A, providing a rare opportunity to see this fascinating technique first-hand.
The exhibition also displayed the work of contemporary artists who have commented on or have been influenced by Bollywood and its imagery, including Catherine Yass, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew and Adam Bartos.
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