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  • Longlist announced for 2022 JCB Prize for Literature

    Longlist announced for 2022 JCB Prize for Literature

    The longlist was chosen from a vast range of submissions by writers from sixteen states writing in eight languages including English, published between 1st August 2021 and 31st July 2022…reports Asian Lite News

    The 5th edition of the longlist is announced for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature. The list of ten novels was selected by a panel of five judges: A.S. Panneerselvan, (Chair) journalist and editor, Amitabha Bagchi, author; Rakhee Balaram, author, and academician; Dr. J. Devika, translator, historian, and academician; and Janice Pariat, author.

    The longlist for 2022 is dominated by 6 translations. Amidst titles in Bengali and Malayalam, titles in Urdu, Hindi, and Nepali have been featured in the longlist for the first time. A truly diverse representation of what Indian fiction has to offer, the 2022 longlist brings forth stories from Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Kalimpong, Punjab, Kolkata, Kerala, and the heartland.

    The longlist was chosen from a vast range of submissions by writers from sixteen states writing in eight languages including English, published between 1st August 2021 and 31st July 2022.

    Commenting on the longlist for 2022 and the overall reading experience, A.S. Panneerselvan, Chair of the jury observed, “This year’s deliberation to select the novels for the JCB prize for the 2022-long list was an enriching experience. It was a rich collection, the translations from different languages showed how writers were pushing the linguistic and creative boundaries to document our lives. These ten novels are in a sense a metaphor of contemporary India, where each language is permitted to shine; its intrinsic beauty is not subsumed by the other.”

    The 2022 longlist are:

    Rohzin by Rahman Abbas, translated from Urdu by Sabika Abbas Naqvi (Vintage Books, 2022)

    Imaanby ManoranjanByapari, translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha(EKA, 2021)

    Escaping the Land by Mamang Dai (Speaking Tiger, 2021)

    Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed, translated from Urdu by Baran Farooqi (Juggernaut, 2022)

    Song of the Soil by ChudenKabimo, translated from Nepali by AjitBaral(Rachna Books, 2021)

    Spirit Nights by EasterineKire (Simon &Schuster, 2022)

    Crimson Spring by Navtej Sarna (Aleph Book Company, 2022)

    The Odd Book of Baby Names by Anees Salim (Penguin Hamish Hamilton, 2021)

    Tomb of Sandby Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell(Penguin Random House India, 2022)

    Valli by Sheela Tomy, translated from Malayalam by JayasreeKalathil (Harper Perennial, 2022)



    The JCB Prize for Literature is now in its fifth year, and the 2018 Prize was granted to Benyamin for his Jasmine Days, which was translated from Malayalam by Shahnaz Habib. Madhuri Vijay won the prize in 2019 for her film The Far Field. The Prize was awarded in 2020 to S. Hareesh for his Moustache, which was translated from Malayalam by JayasreeKalathil, and in 2021 to M.Mukundan for Delhi: A Soliloquy, which was translated by Fathima E.V. and Nandakumar K.

    Talking about the journey of the JCB Prize for Literature and the support it has had from the industry, MitaKapur, Literary Director, said, “The JCB Prize is chuffed with pride to announce a Longlist of ten books that are bracing, vigorous, transformative, experimental in voice and story. Elemental to storytelling, each book takes soaring flights of imagination even as it is strongly rooted in India. The Prize enters its fifth year, marking 50 Long-listed titles that catch the pulse of our literary traditions. This journey, of course, would be incomplete without the publishers who bring these stories to light, the bookstores, online and offline, that give them a platform, and the readers who open themselves to the new worlds these books create.”

    The JCB Prize for Literature is awarded each year to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer. The jury will announce the shortlist of five titles in October. The winner of the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature will be announced on 19th November. If the winning work is a translation, the translator will receive an additional Rs 10 lakh. Each of the 5 shortlisted authors will receive Rs 1 lakh; if a shortlisted work is a translation, the translator will receive Rs 50,000.

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  • Christie’s New York celebrates Asian Art Week

    Christie’s New York celebrates Asian Art Week

    Christie’s is honored to present the dedicated online auction Thoughts Across The Waters: Asian Art From the David Drabkin Collection taking place during Asian Art Week in New York on 14-28 September…reports Asian Lite News

    Christie’s New York celebrates Asian Art Week with nine auctions, five live and four online. Explore this sweeping landscape of offerings, featuring fine Himalayan bronzes, samurai armor, Japanese swords and a selection of early ceramics, Imperial porcelain, huanghuali furniture, jade and hardstone carvings from China. Encounter diverse artistic traditions, beginning with Indian court paintings, Tibetan art and fine woodblock prints by Toshusai Sharaku, Kitagawa Utamaro and Katsushika Hokusai. Discover how modern South Asian artists like Maqbool Fida Husain, Ram Kumar, Francis Newton Souza, Arpita Singh and Manjit Bawa interpret narrative figuration. Experience a range of highlights from important private and institutional collections, including The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, the T. Eugene Worrell Collection, the J. M. Hu Zande Lou Collection, the David Drabkin Collection, the Collection of Romi Lamba, The Ehime Bunkakan Collection, Kaisendo Museum Collection and others.

    South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

    21 September 2022 | 12:30PM

    This various-owner sale presents a significant group of works from South Asia and its diaspora in the 20th and 21st centuries. Highlights include remarkable early paintings by Ram Kumar, Maqbool Fida Husain, Francis Newton Souza, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, George Keyt and Anwar Jalal Shemza, held for years in private collections and appearing at auction for the first time. Also included are exceptional works by Narayan Shridhar Bendre, Tyeb Mehta, Sayed Haider Raza, Jagdish Swaminathan and Krishen Khanna and important works on paper by Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Nasreen Mohamedi, Zarina and Bhupen Khakhar.

    Centering the Figure: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art from the Collection of Romi Lamba

    21 September 2022 | 10:00AM

    The significant collection from which this selection is drawn was assembled over the last thirty years by Romi Lamba and his wife Sagiri, longtime collectors, supporters and patrons of the arts based in Hong Kong. Highlights include important paintings of Arpita Singh, Manjit Bawa, Anjolie Ela Menon and Jogen Chowdhury, largely unseen in public and appearing at auction for the first time. Also included in the catalogue is an exceptional collection of contemporary Indian photography by artists such as Dayanita Singh, Pushpamala N. and Vivan Sundaram, and contemporary negotiations with figuration by Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Jitish Kallat and Ravinder Reddy among other artists.

    Japanese and Korean Art

    20 September 2022 | 10AM

    Our diverse offerings of Japanese and Korean art are highlighted by an array of important arms and armor of the samurai, including rare Japanese swords from the Kaisendo Museum. Other highlights include, fine woodblock prints by Toshusai Sharaku, Kitagawa Utamaro and Katsushika Hokusai from private and museum collections; innovative Japanese modern and contemporary art by Shinoda Toko, Suda Kokuta and Iwasaki Eri; exceptional lacquerware, sculptures, paintings, screens and important Korean works of art and paintings.

    The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection

    21 September 2022 | 8:30AM

    The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, comprises works of art from across the Himalayas and South Asia. Noted scholars in the fields of Buddhism and Asian art history, Susan L. Huntington and her late husband, John C. Huntington, made immeasurable contributions to the field over the course of four decades as professors at The Ohio State University. Many of the works in their collection are published in their seminal publications, including The Circle of Bliss and Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, representing their passion and interest in every work they collected. Highlights from the collection include a fifteenth-sixteenth-century Tibetan Vajravali mandala painting, an inscribed Pala-period stele of standing Buddha, and an idyllic painting from the late eighteenth-century ‘Bharany’ Ramayana series. Further works from this collection will be offered in a concurrent online sale, Indian and Himalayan Art Online featuring The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection.

    Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

    22 – 23 September 2022 | 8:30AM

    This sale features works from important private collections and institutions such as the J. M. Hu Zande Lou Collection, the T. Eugene Worrell Collection, the David Drabkin Collection, and the Ehime Bunkakan Museum. Highlights of the sale include a very rare and large gilt-decorated Yongzheng-mark-and-period celadon-glazed vase, ganlanping; a rare and important Yuan dynasty molded and biscuit-reserved Longquan celadon octagonal vase, meiping; a rare Yongzheng mark-and-period Ge-type vase from an important private collection; a very rare huanghuali round-corner tapered cabinet from an important private New York collection; a rare pair of Qianlong mark-and-period green jade gu-form vases from a Hong Kong collector, and a selection of rank badges from the David Hugus Collection.

    Online Sales:

    Japanese and Korean Art Online

    14-27 September 2022 | Online

    This season’s Japanese and Korean Art online offers our selections over diverse genres. From a Kamakura Period sculpture to a Joseon Dynasty two-tier chest, this auction presents an exciting set of armor, woodblock prints including a fine selection of surimono and works by Harunobu, Hiroshige and Hasui; edition works by Shinoda Toko; selections of paintings, sagemono, sculptures.

    Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection

    14-28 September 2022 | Online

    Christie’s is honored to present the dedicated online auction Thoughts Across The Waters: Asian Art From the David Drabkin Collection taking place during Asian Art Week in New York on 14-28 September. The collection was assembled over decades by David Drabkin, spanning major dynasties and across a wide range of media including primarily Chinese works of art, Chinese paintings and Japanese art. Highlights include a 16th century monumental landscape attributed to Wang Shichang, a Jichimu corner leg table and Kano School screens, as a testament to the collector’s unfailing curiosity and wide-ranging interests.

    Indian & Himalayan featuring The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection

    14-28 September 2022 | Online
    This fall, Christie’s presents Indian and Himalayan Art Online featuring The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection. Headlining the sale is the John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, which will include a large selection of Tibetan paintings and Indian and Himalayan works of art collected by the noted scholars over the course of their career. The sale with also include property from other esteemed private collections, including a vast offering of Indian court paintings, South Asian sculpture, fine Himalayan bronzes, and Tibetan paintings. With estimates ranging between $600 and $120,000, this sale presents opportunities for both burgeoning and established collectors. Highlights from The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection will also be offered in a live sale on 21 September.

    Art of China Online

    14-29 September 2022 | Online

    This season’s Art of China online features a diverse selection, from ceramics and jades to textiles and landscape paintings. Highlights of the sale include a pair of huali-inset boxwood square stands, an embroidered midnight-blue silk Daoist robe, and a large blue and white ‘phoenix and qilin’ jar, as well as rank badges from the David Hugus collection.

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  • ‘An Ancient Modernness’

    ‘An Ancient Modernness’

    In January 2022, tapestries based on Madhvi and Manu Parekh’s Parekh’s paintings provided a dramatic background for models at Christian Dior’s haute couture show in Paris DAG…reports Asian Lite News

    DAG announced its participation in the 10th edition of Frieze Masters 2022 with Madhavi Parekh: An Ancient Modernness, a solo artist presentation featuring ten works from the 1970s, a decade that marked a pivotal period in the artist’s life as she relocated, with her family, to New Delhi-exchanging the cultural and cultured life of Calcutta (now Kolkata) with one that was more opinionated and opulent.

    The blue-chip gallery will stage Madhvi Parekh in the Spotlight section dedicated to 28 women artists born between 1900 and 1951. Inspired by both village art and a modernist vocabulary but belonging to neither, Parekh’s works explore relationships between people as well as their environment, emerging from her interest in art when she was pregnant with her first child. Thoughtfully curated by Kishore Singh, Senior Vice-President, DAG, the exhibition opens on 12 October 2022 for five days until 16 October 2022 and marks the debut for the artist’s work in Great Britain.

    Reserved by temperament, 1970s turned Parekh’s inwardness towards the care of her young daughters. For them, she created a world of alternate fantasy, a visualisation of all that was fantastic and magical, an escape from reality in which she was free to explore the sea she had left behind in Bombay (now Mumbai) or the memories of a happy and joyful childhood growing up in a village in Gujarat in western India. Her escapism provided her, the key to an idyllic world, one in which beings real and imagined, winged or terrestrial, friendly or reviled, co-habited together in a space that was equally everyone’s. Amorphous shapes assumed identities and personalities, the non-living shared space with the living, no one’s existence threatened the others, and their co-dependency was thrilling as well as enthralling.

    Her paintings took the form of stories she told her little girls, filling their heads with lessons from an ancient past that were creative and laced with the songs and innocence of childhood. Her use of colours exemplified this cheerful optimism but the technique recounted too the manner in which village homes, brushed with mud and raked by sharp implements to create patterns, would be used as canvases for painting familiar motifs. Her canvases replicated the pattern to give the paintings a texture that became part of her unique identity as an artist. In reinforcing a world of dependency, Parekh used a folk language that she created as a modern artist-presciently, as it turns out-that the environment is not the domain of a few humans but belongs equally to all.

    In January 2022, tapestries based on Madhvi and Manu Parekh’s Parekh’s paintings provided a dramatic background for models at Christian Dior’s haute couture show in Paris. “This endorsement of a vitally important Indian woman artist by an international company such as Dior strengthens our belief in Madhvi Parekh’s uniqueness and her global appeal,” said Ashish Anand, CEO and Managing Director, DAG.

    “Her work occupies a territory entirely of her own making,” according to Kishore Singh, the curator of the Spotlight booth on Madhvi Parekh, “She has constantly resisted pressures to conform and established her presence in a voluble art market where she stands apart for her distinctiveness and uncompromising focus.”

    Often extolled as a ‘woman’ painter, Parekh’s art has never been premised on gender. Instead, she occupies an artistic realm with strong ethical values based on a sense of humanitarianism, environmental inclusion, and memory. Entirely self-taught, Madhvi’s interest in art was spurred to an extent by her artist husband, Manu Parekh, and began with a perusal of Paul Klee’s Pedagogical Sketchbook. Dots and lines fascinated her, and soon she was playing with them, creating an art form that has challenged critics and art writers because there is no easy category to which she can be easily confined. At most, it can be said that her work parallels folk art, even though it is not like any known folk form in India or elsewhere, and has the rawness and energy of modernism. Sometimes referred to as a folk modernist, hers is a style that is distinctive as well as unique.

    Owing to the long-standing relationship with the artist, DAG has shown Madhvi’s work at major exhibitions around the world and also featured in books in India and overseas. A major retrospective exhibition, ‘The Curious Seeker’ organised by DAG, opened in New Delhi in 2017 and travelled to Mumbai, Ahmedabad and New York to critical acclaim. The artist has been featured in a documentary film along with her artist husband.

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  • ‘AAKAAR’: Vibrant creations of visual language

    ‘AAKAAR’: Vibrant creations of visual language

    The key elements of Bhaskar Singha’s canvases that give the viewer a feeling of illumination are his transparent technique and use of delicate, fresh colours…reports Asian Lite News

    The title of the group composition by fourteen artists from KALAAKALPAM organisations from around India is AAKAAR, which signifies Form or Shape. The stunning group art exhibition, titled AAKAAR, will run from September 1 through September 7, 2022, at the third and fourth art galleries of Lalit Kala Akademi in Mandi House, New Delhi.

    Aashima Mehrotra depicted the difficulties of independence, inventiveness, and emancipation while painting the “distorted liberation”. Through the intricate use of colour, she aimed to illustrate real-world circumstances.

    Anoop Kumar Srivastava paints on a variety of subjects, including Shreengar, Samarpan, Spiritualism, and the world of our childhood that has been forgotten.

    The key elements of Bhaskar Singha’s canvases that give the viewer a feeling of illumination are his transparent technique and use of delicate, fresh colours.

    On his most recent canvases, Ganga Narayan Maharana uses transparent and translucent acrylic paints. He draws inspiration from the Natyashastra, a work of mediaeval literature that discusses the “Nine RASA” philosophy. One of the group’s more experienced artists, Gautam Partho Roy, thinks like a little child. He constantly anticipates miracles or magical surprises. He uses a direct style of communication to establish a rapport and make his artistic products understandable. His canvases are great instances of vigorous brushwork, clarity of line, and lyrical colour harmony with exquisite imagery.

    Gurdeep Singh created a wooden sculpture that uses little metal to represent the Hindu mythological figure of the war goddess “Kali” as a symbol of Shakti or Power. A talented artist, Kangkan Barman values the originality of conception in his works of art. Since he spent the majority of his life outside of the home, city life had an influence on his works.

    When travelling outside, Mamata Samantaray used to depict aspects of the adversity faced by rural women by covering their faces with a ghunghat. An academic once observed, “Art is the mysterious manifestation of the secret of nature.” Manoj Kumar Sahu draws inspiration from nature for his works as well. He considers the universe to be a sizable living area.

    Meenaketan Pattnaik is a Bhubaneswar-based figurative colourist. His current art practice is on “contemporary social emotions”, which is the philosophy of sociology linked with youth psychology.

    Artist Rajender Kumar has always been moved by force and energy that has inspired him to create a passion for life in the discrete images and figures created by him. Rita Dutta is a sculptor who mostly made sculptures in the bronze medium. She got inspiration from her daily lifestyle. Rita tries to get the ideas in three-dimensional form.

    Sanjeev Kumar Singh is a keen observer of social issues across sections of society irrespective of class and colour. To understand the deep-rooted problems of our country, Sanjeev picks up the struggle of the existence of rickshaw pullers and farmers, including child labour, and portrays their world in an impressionist way. Santanu Sarkar is a self-communicator. He loves to talk with himself because he loves himself and rejects the false love of others towards him.

    This artist group has been active for the last decade in organizing different artist camps and exhibitions across the nation under the banner of ‘Art Convergence’. The group was renamed and registered as KALAAKALPAM in 2022. Come to Lalit Kala Akademi and celebrate the rich thoughts of each artist by looking at the masterpieces, the signature of spectacular creations of visual language.

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  • Serendipity Arts Festival back after two years

    Serendipity Arts Festival back after two years

    Quasar Thakore Padamsee will helm the Theatre segment of the festival and Prahlad Sukhtankar will curate the culinary quotient…reports Asian Lite News

    The line-up of curators for the fifth edition of Serendipity Arts Festival 2022, scheduled to take place from December 15 to 23 in Panaji, Goa, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic has been announced.

    Curating the section on Craft, Pramod Kumar K.G. will highlight the world of specialist books on the art history of India through an immersive exhibition, and Anjana Somany will enliven the world of craft and its traditions of materiality through space-making.

    Quasar Thakore Padamsee will helm the Theatre segment of the festival and Prahlad Sukhtankar will curate the Culinary quotient.

    Bickram Ghosh and Ehsaan Noorani will curate music with a wide range of live concerts covering a multi-genre range of classical, folk, indie pop, and rock. Geeta Chandran and Mayuri Upadhya will put together classical, experimental and contemporary dance performances and workshops this year. Visual Arts curators Sudarshan Shetty and Veerangana Solanki will showcase filmmakers to operate and explore the post-pandemic transition from the virtual to the physical.

    Speaking about the festival, Sunil Kant Munjal, Founder Patron, Serendipity Arts Foundation, said, “In our attempt to grow the economy over the last many decades, the enormity and significance of India’s cultural heritage and its arts often get missed. As a result, we have allowed the arts to go into decline. This festival showcases the many dimensions through which the arts and culture touch and enrich our lives. Through the many diverse programmes and events, we hope to get more and more people interested and engaged, in the process enhancing one of the most fascinating aspects of India’s true soft power.”

    Smriti Rajgarhia, Director, Serendipity Arts Foundation, added, “We have announced our curators for the Serendipity Arts Festival 2022 and we are aiming to host an inclusive festival that challenges the public at large to push beyond accepted notions and conventions in arts and culture.”

    In addition to the core programming, several special projects have also been lined up, including a collaborative exhibition between four galleries; a special archival exhibition by Jyotindra Jain; an international collaboration between Rahaab Allana and Pascal Beausse (CNAP, France); an exhibition on NFTs; and film screenings curated by Harkat Studios.

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  • Exhibiting the incredible India’s illustrious history

    Exhibiting the incredible India’s illustrious history

    Tourists can also stop by the Snack Point run by Caf Delhi Heights with a specially crafted menu and the Souvenir Shop managed by Luv India Concepts…reports Asian Lite News

    The monument at Red Fort, a top-notch visitor centre has opened in the Red Fort, according to Mitra, Dalmia Bharat Ltd. The multi-story centre, which opens to the public exhibits the rich heritage of the Mughal-era when the fort was created and has been curated in close cooperation with the Ministries of Culture, Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

    At this transcendent centre, visitors can learn about Incredible India’s illustrious history through mesmerising major attractions like interactive experiences and distinctive exhibitions. A historic British barrack from the 19th century that has been preserved serves as the home of the Red Fort Centre.

    Commenting on the inauguration of the national attraction in the capital, Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director, Dalmia Bharat Limited, said, “We welcome our fellow citizens and guests from across the world to visit and experience Delhi’s old-world charm through the best-in-class Red Fort Centre. It aims to provide a first-hand understanding of how the transformation and history of Delhi and the majestic monument’s grand opulence have left a mark. We are hopeful that our nation-building efforts will lead to greater awareness about our country’s rich heritage and we also look forward to giving back to the community through multiple facets, including employment generation that this endeavour is creating.”

    Two levels make up the Red Fort Centre. Visitors can enjoy a unique 10-minute 360-degree immersive viewing experience with wall, ceiling and floor projections on the ground floor, as well as a space for augmented reality photography. Tourists can also stop by the Snack Point run by Caf Delhi Heights with a specially crafted menu and the Souvenir Shop managed by Luv India Concepts.

    The first floor houses the Interpretation Centre which is divided into the following sections:

    * Safar: An introduction to Delhi before the establishment of Red Fort and Shahjahanabad

    * Zindagi: The magnificent architecture, royal traditions and luxurious living in the fort

    * Tareekh: Defining moments in India’s history with Red Fort as the fulcrum

    * Hum Ek Hain: Positioning Red Fort as the Fort of India and India’s unity in diversity. This section houses the Harmony Installation, the Unity Room and the Pledge for India

    From Tuesday through Sunday, the Red Fort Visitor Centre is open to the people from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Red Fort is shut for the public on Mondays). The first floor Interpretation Centre, the 360-degree Show, and the AR Photography will each require a little ticket costing Rs 100 per person. Costs for the Snack Point and Souvenir Shop will be based on the menu and price list.

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  • ‘Who will not be disturbed by this?’

    ‘Who will not be disturbed by this?’

    Talk to her about the peculiar silence of moderate Muslims whenever violence manifests in the name of Islam, and she asserts that have a very “different character”…writes Sukant Deepak

    Even as images of author Salman Rushdie being stabbed multiple times on stage in New York by Hadi Matar, suspected of being sympathetic to Shia extremism, continues to haunt, another author

    against whom several fatwas shave been issued for her “anti-Islamic remarks” says that she is extremely disturbed after a religious leader, addressing a rally of thousands in Pakistan yesterday called for her to be assassinated.

    Known for her writings on the oppression of women and criticism of religion, several of her works are banned in Bangladesh, the country of her origin. She has been living in exile since 1994. After living for more than 10 years in Europe and the US, she moved to India in 2004.

    “While I have had several fatwas issued against me in the past, this is the first time that someone has announced my name in front of such a huge gathering and demanded that I be killed. Who will not be disturbed by this? Look at my Twitter handle, there are so many comments saying that after Rushdie, it is now my turn. I am still confused about whether to delete or retain those tweets. Maybe I should not, if something happens to me, people should get to know… Of course, I do have protection, but anyone will feel insecure after what happened to Rushdie, no?” she tells.

    Talk to her about the peculiar silence of moderate Muslims whenever violence manifests in the name of Islam, and she asserts that have a very “different character”.

    “While some progressive Muslims are against violence, they are afraid to speak as that might put their lives in danger. But then, silence is of two kinds — one that emerges from fear — and the other that comes from supporting them without speaking a word.”

    Stressing that while many religions have slowly evolved, changed with the times and started considering man and women equal, one can still face dire consequences if Islam is criticised, Nasrin adds: “If I scrutinise Islam, rest assured, I will be attacked. Sadly, it has been exempted from criticism. Let us not forget that Islamic rule has been used for political purposes as well.

    “Instead of laws based on equality and justice, they have rules against them. Children are being brainwashed to become fundamentalists and terrorists. So how do you expect change?” she concludes.

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  • ‘Art alive gallery’ announces partnership ‘The quorum’

    ‘Art alive gallery’ announces partnership ‘The quorum’

    A curated selection of artworks from the Gallery’s collection will also be on display in the other areas of the club…reports Asian Lite News

    The Art Alive Gallery has announced a partnership with The Quorum, a contemporary members-only work and social lifestyle club, as the new art collaborators for their clubs — The Quorum Gurugram and The Quorum Mumbai.

    Through this collaboration, the gallery is looking forward to expanding its presence in Gurugram, showcasing exclusive collections of modern and contemporary art by masters, mid-career artists and emerging contemporaries.

    The Alley in The Quorum Gurugram was envisioned as a place to showcase artists and innovators and provide them with a space that nurtures creativity. The gallery says that this makes it the perfect platform to host Art Alive’s curated shows and talks, artist interactions, and book launches, among other creative initiatives.

    A curated selection of artworks from the Gallery’s collection will also be on display in the other areas of the club.

    The expansion of the gallery into the space of the club in Gurugram will be inaugurated with the show ‘Rearranging the Familiar’, curated by Premjish Achari, featuring works by emerging and mid-career contemporaries like Anjaneyulu G, Vipul Rathod, Anil Thambai, Vandana Kothari, Roshan Chhabria, Teja Gavankar, Sharmi Chowdhury, and Meera George.

    “We are very excited about this collaboration and share a vision to create a stimulating aesthetic environment with a strong art program at the club to aid and promote a sense of creative inspiration and facilitate the growth of Indian art through patronage,” said Sunaina Anand, Director, Art Alive.

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  • Synthesis of Difference

    Synthesis of Difference

    Jeong Heon Ki, the curator of this exhibition said, “Koreans have India on their bucket lists. Through this exhibition, I hope there will be more art exchange between Korea and India in the future as well.”…reports Asian Lite News

    The Korean Cultural Centre India hosts an art exhibit “Synthesis of Difference.” The exhibition unites the works of four South Korean artists who represent their country and six Indian artists to depict the fusion of traditional and contemporary, analogue and digital, static and kinetic, through new media art, paintings, animation, video art, installation, and performances.

    H.E. Chang Jae Bok, the ambassador of the Republic of Korea to India, Adwaita Gadanayak, the director general of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Jaya Asokan, the director of the India Art Fair, Mahinder Sehgal, the programme director of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, as well as the artists and curators, started the opening ceremony.

    The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to India, said, “Through this exhibition, art lovers and you will have a unique opportunity to appreciate rich artistic traditions of Korea and India, realise the subtle similarities and differences in out two countries’ artistic creations and develop mutual understanding”, rightly summing up the essence of this exhibition.

    Adwaita Gadanayak, the Director General of National Gallery of Modern Art, said, “The artwork is like meditation, a synthesis of time and space that has been done in layers, and once you start peeling this layer you discover the hard work everyone has put in.”

    Jeong Heon Ki, the curator of this exhibition said, “Koreans have India on their bucket lists. Through this exhibition, I hope there will be more art exchange between Korea and India in the future as well.”

    The contemporary era of humanity is observing a critical indifference state in which the unpredictable and crisis-ridden paths of time are thrown into an undifferentiated abyss where everything disintegrates. Therefore, “difference” refers to a break from the rhythmic modalities of survival and the synthesis of created time that synchronises our lives and experiences.

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  • Bombay art Society launches its first- ever ‘Art Carnival’

    Bombay art Society launches its first- ever ‘Art Carnival’

    The BAS, founded in 1888 and one of the oldest non-profit art institutions in the Asian subcontinent, is presenting its first Art Carnival 2022…reports Asian Lite News

    The Bombay Art Society (BAS) hosted its first Art Carnival exhibition from August 15 to 21, 2022. The first Art Carnival features 104 artworks by 32 artists. The carnival seeks to foster direct communication between artists and art viewers, including art critics and buyers. Many artists live outside of major art markets and find it difficult to showcase their work in the mainstream art arena. Society hopes to bridge this gap by providing artists with exposure for their work while also providing art collectors and buyers with access to that art through Art Carnival.

    The BAS, founded in 1888 and one of the oldest non-profit art institutions in the Asian subcontinent, is presenting its first Art Carnival 2022.

    Rajendra Patil, President, The BAS, shared, “It always has been a dream of every artist to exhibit in a metro city like Mumbai in search of a wider audience for their art! The financial capital offers continuously expanding art platforms and new art spaces, keeping the art scene vibrant as ever. Keeping in mind the infrastructure and financial constraits, The Bombay Art Society is launching its first- ever ‘Art Carnival’, which is a series of art exhibitions or sort of group shows which are affordable for emerging artists.

    The inauguration of the “Art Carnival” will be held at 5 p.m. on August 15 at the Bombay Art Society, Bandra, at the hands of Achyut Palav, eminent artist and International calligrapher, in presence of the art fraternity.

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