Alka Pande
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This book, a two-volume set, contains thought-provoking essays on sustainable development as well as award-winning photographs from Photosphere 2016, which culminated in an outdoor exhibition titled 'Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead'. The exhibition, held at New Delhi's India Habitat Centre, aimed to create not only a new language of photography but to sensitise the public on significant stories about sustainability through photo-installations that were freed from ...
Divine Gesture: The Magnificence of Mewar Spirituality is undoubtedly an important art historical document. The book serves as a catalogue for the 308 sculptures that are a part of the collections of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur. What makes this book unique is the fact that there is perhaps no gallery or catalogue that documents an unbroken tradition of sculptures, from the 7th century CE to the 20th century CE, from a specific ...
A trenchant critic of both British imperialism and Indian militarism, Brij Mohan Anand’s highly politicised aesthetic tracked India’s emergence from Partition, Independence and its journey through the technological challenges of the Cold War and the complex modernity of the later twentieth century. B.M. Anand (1928-1986), an accomplished and principally self-taught artist, fashioned an exceptional range of work from scratchboards, sketches, genre ...
Food in India has a long and glorious tradition, having been influenced by climate and geography, history and politics, religion and ritual, social customs and relationships. Mukhwas is a singular and personal attempt at untangling the various strands of this rich food culture and exploring the current state of Indian cuisine. While keeping in mind that the best food in India is most likely to be had in someone’s home, Mukhwas also delves into the theory ...
Shringara is a metaphor of love in its various expressions including the spiritual dimension. Shringara is equally an aesthetic that explores the pleasure of being the lover and exuberance for the beloved, who is also manifestly the divine. Shringara journeys as the king of rasas through forms that bind the ancient to the modern. The book presents a multidisciplinary interpretation through poetry, painting, architecture, visual arts and brings alive the joy of ...
Complemented by family photographs and a brief biography by Dr. Alka Pande, this book traces the journey of Hemi Bawa, a Delhi based artist. It chronicles Bawa’s life in terms of the art she nurtures-- from a young painter without formal training to her explorations of several creative media; a fiercely focused artist who is equally at home with painting, photography, ceramics and now as an innovative sculptor and a path-breaking artist using cast glass in ...
Rarely has the subject of erotica come under the serious purview of Indian art. Grossly under-represented and misused – as a source of titillation by some; a marketing principle by others – erotica has finally found the focus it deserves with this book. From the earliest terracotta images of the Mother Goddess to tantric diagrams, from palm-leaf paintings to celluloid depictions, from the fine details of miniature paintings to modern art and advertising ...
Illustrated from museums across the world, Masterpieces of Indian Art is a rich and stunning portrayal of the most precious treasures of Indian Art. Extensive photo research and detailed examination of every facet of the arts make it nothing less than a book of illustrated art history. Its scope stretches across nearly four millennia, and it covers ground beginning from the art of the Harappans to Chola bronzes, Mughal miniatures, and the exquisitely crafted ...
Heterosexual, bisexual, transgendered, third gender, transsexual, gay . . . same-sex love, hermaphrodite, cross-dressing, femininity, masculinity. . . from straitjacketed definitions, some of which bear the stigma of ostracisation, the twenty-first century is finally ready to probe the challenging confusions and dynamics of the 'accepted' and the 'aberrant'.
While western perceptions have always classified human beings into either male or female, the Indian ...
This book explores the rich but little-known world of Punjab folk instruments. With case studies and directories and tracing the birth, development and current status of over 70 instruments from the northern state of India, the book is must for lovers of folk traditions and those interested in world music.