Bukhara exhibition brings Central Asian suzani and ikat textiles to Chennai

[ad_1] Bukhara at the National Crafts Museum, Delhi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Step back in time to the 19th Century, where the hues and patterns of Central Asian textiles flourished along the Silk Route, beside spices, precious metals, glassware, horses, and cultural ideas. Bukhara, a city along the route, was at the heart of […]

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Chennai to host its first studio potters’ market

[ad_1] One of the pieces on display | Photo Credit: special arrangement A tree house hinged on the shell of a turtle? As bizarre as it sounds, this single piece of intricate art entirely done in ceramic, speaks volumes of the craftsmanship behind pottery as an art practice.  Sculptural and most often utilitarian, pottery across […]

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This art exhibition at Chennai’s DakshinaChitra blends local with modern and post-modern styles

[ad_1] Artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is something fiery about artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy’s pencil sketches at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery. Rivers of gazes, deconstructed bodies, faceless gods, portraits devoid of the oculus — in essence, spill over from the frame, lending the gallery fires of the artist’s subversion and dissent.  A sketch […]

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This art exhibition at Chennai’s DakshinaChitra blends local with modern and post-modern styles

[ad_1] Artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is something fiery about artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy’s pencil sketches at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery. Rivers of gazes, deconstructed bodies, faceless gods, portraits devoid of the oculus — in essence, spill over from the frame, lending the gallery fires of the artist’s subversion and dissent.  A sketch […]

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