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The transformation of Calcutta to Kolkata, via art
From the treasures of East, Shuvaprasanna’s work depicts all he has witnessed from the transformation of Calcutta to Kolkata. As he states, ‘There isn’t another city like Kolkata anywhere in the...
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Painter Seema Kohli on conception of the Eternal Truth
I first met Delhi-based Seema Kohli in Prague two years ago. We were together at an Art Camp. I was most impressed by her sharp-strokes, her surrealism and her speed. The elaborate gold in her...
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GR Iranna: Searching for Life within Art
I first met GR Iranna at an Art Camp in Scandinavia. At first I found him a bit dour, and distant. Pronouncedly aloof, socially inert. But as he opened up bit-by-bit, he came through as a warm, emotive...
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Painter Rekha Rao: Keeping Her Father’s Legacy
My first meeting with Rekha was on the cruise from Stockholm to Oslo. Graceful, soft-spoken, mild-mannered and very very polite: Rekha is the epitome of good upbringing and great lineage. A pleasure to...
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Vinod Sharma: Every Artists’ Best Friend
I was first introduced to Vinod Sharma as the artist all artists want to befriend. A smile never leaves Vinod’s face. Jovial, warm and effusive, 64-years old Sharma is the perfect picture of bonhomie....
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The Banker whose Art is Worth more Zeroes than you can Count
Krishen Khanna lives in a beautiful bungalow in the tony DLF 1 neighborhood of Gurgaon. As I ring the doorbell, I expect to be ushered in by the house-help. But the door is held open by the legend...
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Artist Charan Sharma on painting prayers and puppets with love
Charan Sharma is a painter of prayers, creating canvases that are hymns of joy and devotion. From humble beginnings in Nathdwara, Charan has graduated to a luxurious lifestyle in Mumbai, metamorphosing...
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Laxma Goud: Bringing eroticism alive with every brush-stroke
I called Laxma Goud a few days after the sad demise of his wife Ramulamma Goud. He was a shattered man. She was ‘my pillar of strength’, he said to me. We mourned together in silence. Laxma Goud, a...
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Meet Pandurangaiah Daroz, the M. F. Hussain of Indian Pottery
Pandurangaiah Daroz is to Indian pottery what M. F. Hussain is to Indian art. His ceramic installations are massive — large murals for hotels or office lobbies, huge abstracts and massive facades. But...
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Master sculptor K S Radhakrishnan: For me size matters as I can express...
I was first introduced to ‘Radha Sir’ though his portrayal of Maiya as Selkit, an Egyptian goddess, through whom the divine is shown in a human form, to assure us mortals that it is possible to attain...
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‘My roots are Indian, my creations global’
The Lady from Eiffel is everything I think she is not. Traditionally attired, accoutered in black, embellished with silver jewelry and speaking her mother- tongue as if she has never been away … Sujata...
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Sujata Bajaj: My roots are Indian, my creations global
MUKUL RAI BAHADUR interviews Paris-based abstractionist Sujata Bajaj Sujata Bajaj, artist extraordinaire, who flits between Paris, Dubai and Mumbai mesmerising patrons globally with works that inspire...
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