This was art that went beyond just the visual. Meet The Eight The Eight(Nyolcak) was an experimental art movement started by Hungarian painters, mostly active in Budapest from 1909-1918. These are not to be confused with American group of painters also known as The Eight who were later absorbed into the Ashcan school. The members of the [...]
With other art forms becoming more glamorous; poetry seems to be fading into a rather eloquent memory Sameena Kenaz feedback@postnoon.com Gone are the days when poetry was seen as an art of high regard; it was perceived as a rare talent that not many had. Poetry wasn’t confined to romance; it spanned across and covered [...]
Art exists in a rose and thorn imbalance of aesthetics and obscurity today. But in our materialistic world are art courses a viable option? Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com Ingeniously fashioned to resemble an archaic fortress, the Department of Fine Arts, Hyderabad Central University is a cultural collision from the outside. Enter, and you will not be [...]
If it wasn’t for this scandal in 1910, we would’ve never known art forms like body art Ever wondered how Body art originated? Body art evolved form the various paintings of the scandalous exhibition ‘Knave Of Diamonds’ that opened in Moscow in December 1910. The ‘Knave Of Diamonds’ or the ‘Jack Of Diamonds’ is a [...]
Setting fire to art in Christie’s posh Manhattan showrooms would usually get you arrested. But when a senior auctioneer lit up a $1 million art work Friday — that was the point. Brett Gorvy, head of Post-War and Contemporary Art for Christie’s, held a lighter to one of 14 candle wicks protruding from “Untitled (Standing),” [...]
Land art documents the landscape and its symbols through the eye of an artist to convey a specific idea. Demolished buildings, piles of bricks, an odd tree and colonial style homes arranged in artistic shapes are the symbols of new age “land art” for a handful of contemporary artists from the West who have made [...]
This new plastic idea ignores the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour There were major revolutions and breakthroughs in the field of art in the early 20th century. The whole world was in awe of the work of artists who drifted from the traditional style of art. In Netherlands too, [...]
While cubism and precisionism were on the rise in Europe, a similar form of art was on the rise in Russia — Suprematism Suprematism originated by Kasimir Malevich in 1915. He was an established painted who had exhibited his futurist works in the Donkey’s Tail and the Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue Rider) exhibitions in [...]
“Lost in societal complexity, swept away by populistic measures, perpetually running after never attainable dangling carrots…We sometimes portray a very amusing picture of ourselves. Are we the same individuals who carry certain biological genes that are supposedly unchangeable or are we the obvious results of the choices we made as we evolved?” This is what [...]
Andhra Pradesh is a treasure trove when it comes to art and handicraft. Here’s a look at one type of traditional embroidery work done in the state — maggam art. It is a combination of zardosi, beads, zari and semi-precious stones.
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Women’s ill-health is cause for big concern
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Can England retain their crown?
England’s credibility is on the line as they take on West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The heavy defeats in the Middle East and the Sub-Continent over the last few months have raised a lot of questions over whether England can sustain their No 1 ranking in the long run. They [...]
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