PERFORMING TO PAINT: THE ART OF KALAMEZHUTHU
With its festivals, rituals, and practises deeply ingrained in its cultural heritage, India as a country has a lot to offer. Kerala,…
CHALLENGING THE BINARY OF ART AND CRAFT
Contemporary times are a complex matrix of evolving social and cultural processes. What we understand as ‘art’ also finds itself in the…
LAIPHADIBI: THE MAKING, EVOLUTION AND PROCESS PART II
The Laiphadibi dolls of Manipur, over the years, have undergone a plethora of changes. The Laiphadibi dolls, originally playthings and objects for…
LAIPHADIBI: THE GUARDIANS OF MANIPUR PART I
It is interesting to realise how dolls have been a medium to give ‘life’ to inanimate objects, where people (children, to be…
FROM MADHUBANI TO TIKULI: THE VARIOUS ART FORMS OF BIHAR
A string of flowers melted within an elephant and a group of colourful cotton balls hanging down the branches of a banyan…
THE SOCIAL BOUND OF ORNAMENTS OF NAGA TRIBES BEYOND LIFE
Ever wondered why we wear jewelry? Or what else would a jewelry be, if detached from its nature of decoration? The Burmese…
THE LIVING METAL CRAFT AND THEIR MAKERS: WEST BENGAL
The Metal Age or the last prehistoric phase is the kernel of the beginning of what we recognize as Metalworks today. When…
The Case Of Woodcraft In West Bengal
Although the Indian subcontinent widely practices the art of extracting beauty out of wood, West Bengal – an eastern state in India…
The Art Of Taana-Baana
In an attempt to (re)define art over the time, Art Hi(story), ever since it’s conception has regarded connotations to that which is…
TANT – HANDLOOM OF WEST BENGAL
With shops/markets closed due to the on-going threat of COVID 19, the weaving communities have incurred huge losses as the month of…