Ayan Ghosh
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This brochure, published as an exhibition catalogue by the Bangalore-based gallery Kala Yatra, carries a reprint of an important article written by Phyllis Granoff on sculptor S. Nandagopal 's works. Assessing the early works of S.Nandagopal, Granoff places the visual processes of Nandagopal's…
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
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'Dialogues on Alice Boner' was a symposium held on September 3, 2016, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents' (September 1 – October 30, 2016, National Museum, New Delhi).
This video presents the first two…
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Kirit Mankodi
The Rani ki Vav or ‘Queen’s stepwell’ is situated in Patan, which was the medieval capital of the Solanki empire, located 125 km north of Ahmedabad. The stepwell, a sacred memorial built entirely below ground level, is one of India’s unique contributions to the architectural heritage of the world,…
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Kirit Mankodi
Rani ki Vav is replete with sculptures that symbolize water and fertility. There are hundreds of sculptures of young celestial women, known as apsarās, surasundarīs or nāyikās; of god Viṣṇu as Nārāyaṇa and personifications of the river goddesses.
Apsarās/Nāyikās
The walls of…
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Jain-Neubauer, J. 1999. The Stepwells of Gujarat. India International Centre Quarterly, 26.2:75–80.
Mankodi, K. 1991. The Queen’s Stepwell at Patan. Bombay: Franco-Indian Research Pvt. Ltd.
———. 2012. Rani Ki Vav at Pattan. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
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M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
The works of K. Shyamkumar (born 1955) form a rare blend of shamanistic mysticism, fantasy and science fiction. Shyam crafts his works in different channels such as stone, terracotta, bronze and mixed media for his sculptures, and produces intricate pen-and ink-drawings and…
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