The significance of tantric imagery today
by Badri Narayan The artist as philosopher, thinker and meta-physician seems to come to the fore every now and then, in contradistinction to the artists as pure painter. Which is to say that the manipulation or handling of paint in a painting qua painting becomes less important than the idea of the image. The personal
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by Badri Narayan The plurality of styles and of uneven dogmas that confront the beholder in the world of contemporary art must certainly confuse him. Yet a little serious contemplation on the historic development of art in the world following the Industrial Revolution will reveal that it is not so absurd or illogical
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by Badri Narayan For Indian artists, the festival has provided a welcome platform of exposure. Those associated with the selection of works in the three sets of art exhibitions, each at a different venue, are persons with great concern for the general health of art in modern India. Their efforts deserve appreciation;
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