Culture is more than a Rabindranath Tagore painting hanging at the NGMA or a black-and-white video flashing in an uptown art festival. Culture is also the time we spend looking at art and talking about it. Without culture, Bangaloreans would probably talk about nothing but traffic and real estate. Art making is a solitary exercise. […]
How To Be A Successful Artist
How do you define a successful life in the arts? Is it selling a painting for six figures? Do the heavens part when you make the cover of Artforum? Does achievement come with an invitation to show at a biennale? Or is success defined by the quality, dedication and passion of the artist’s journey? Believe […]
Should Visual Artists Give Their Paintings A Description
Many years ago, I watched a contemporary dance performance by a dear friend at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore. It was a complex piece, somber, dark even accusatory at times and since I knew my friend, I also knew there were deeper meanings behind it. A mix of modern and ballet, “Spirit” by […]
9 Ways To Make Sure Your Art Is Noticed By Galleries
When I recently spoke to Sathya Harshan who works at Gallerie Sara Arakkal, one of the most sought after galleries in Bangalore, he admitted that he is continually deluged with requests from artists to get involved with their art in one way or another either by showing it, selling it, representing it, critiquing it or […]
My First Exhibition At Galerie Sara Arakkal
Galerie Sara Arakkal has chosen to represent my work and if you are reading this, I’m very happy to invite you to their 14th Annual Show 2017 at the gallery. The preview is on Saturday, 16th September 2017 at 6pm where you can meet artists and view art created by 48 eminent and promising contemporary […]
5 Reasons Why Artists Are Jealous Green-Eyed Monsters
I’m always trying to make new artist friends so when I met this older lady painter and her student at an art-related workshop, I made every effort at being social and nice. It doesn’t come naturally to me because I quite like my own company most of the time. But, it’s nice to sometimes share […]
