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India time at Saatchi
Indian art goes places with an exhibition
at the famous gallery in London, writes
Nonika Singh
HERE
is a tumble of discarded chairs mocking at Indian democracy. A
monumental bucket is spilling over with several smaller utensils
in a work titled Spill. A camel is tucked inside a trunk. UFO
2007 is made up of several smaller brass utensils. A dilapidated
Xerox machine is turned into an art object. Bone-shaped
alphabets recreate Gandhi’s historic speech before his famous
Dandi march. |
A work by Bharti Kher
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Neglected art
Thousands of paintings,
embroideries, tribal wood and stone carvings and other such rare
artefacts lay crammed in the two-storey Home of Folk Art, says Amar
Chandel
I
had heard quite a bit about K.C. Aryan’s Home of Folk Art but
nothing had prepared me for the actual magnitude of this art treasure
tucked away in a non-descript two-storey house of Gurgaon when I
visited it.
An
art form in danger
The government must give
subsidies on the raw material used for badge making by craftsmen of
Malerkotla. Only then will this art form survive the test of time,
reports Shariq Majeed
Ralph
Lauren, Gucci, D&G and Ramsey London. What do these
well-known brands have in common with India? The answer is that all
have one thing which is universal. They may be world class foreign
garments brands, but they also depend on Indian hands to convey a
basic identity to their clothes.
Painted
species
Rock paintings have revealed
species that once roamed India, says Quaid Najmi
SIvatherium,
a giraffe-like creature with two pairs of horns and extinct for 8,000
years, once roamed central and western India. So did the aardvark, an
ant-eating creature now found only in Africa.
Wear
earrings, look cool
Earrings on a man can be
looked at as an extension of his personality. He can even put on
custom-made studs to make a fashion statement, says Harihara
Menon
LONG
ago I had seen my grandfather with diamond earrings, and he did look
classic, as he presided over family functions. Now I see my grandson
sporting baubles in both his ears, and he is equally at ease.
Tranquil
Palampur
The hill town, famous for its
Kangra valley tea, is a perfect retreat for nature lovers and art
enthusiasts that has not yet been commercialised by tourism, writes Sudha
Mahalingam
THE
Kangra valley toy train is waiting for us at the Pathankot
railway station. Like all hill trains, this one is a narrow gauge tin
box with big windows and a noisy engine. There is only one class of
travel – janta – and we board the bogie right next to the
engine, the only one with cushioned seats.
Hansiba: From an artisan
to a brand name
Azera Rahman
Twenty-three
years back, Hansibaben was just another artisan in a little known
village in Gujarat. Today, at 92, she has a cloth brand-named after
her, which has reached such heights that international names are
scurrying to have tie-ups with it.
Rewarding
journey
Aniruddha Roy Choudhury talks
to Shoma A. Chatterji about his National
Award-winning film Antaheen
AD
filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Choudhury’s second film Antaheen
(Bengali) has won the National Award for the Best Feature Film of the
Year 2008. The film bagged awards in other sections also.
‘I
am an idiot’
After the success of 3
Idiots, Vidhu Vinod Chopra is all set to begin his next project Broken
Horses. The filmmaker in conversation with Sreya
Basu
FROM
Sazaa-e-Maut to 3
Idiots, Vidhu Vinod Chopra has always been associated with
‘good’ cinema
That’s because I am an
‘Idiot’. I follow my heart and make films that I want to
make. I am not concerned about what others are doing. I make films
that I like and believe that people will like.
Spielberg
to make documentary on World Trade Center rebuilding
Oscar-winning
film director Steven Spielberg is to make a TV documentary on the
rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center, which was destroyed in
the Sept. 11 2001 attacks.
Transformers
to go 3D
AFTER
Harry Potter, Transformers has become the latest movie
franchise to catch on the post-Avatar rush, with its third
outing reportedly to be released in 3D.
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