arts

Sheba Chhachhi: Travels in Hyperreality

Georgina Maddox

Sheba Chhachhi’s quest for multimedia explorations is captured in a book as arresting as her work

Ravi Agarwal: In the Realm of Nature

Shreya Ray

Ravi Agarwal’s photography forces us to ask: Is this what we do to nature? Is this what we do in turn, to ourselves?

The Art of Pursuit at Close Quarters

Rosalyn D’Mello

Our columnist’s visits to the studios of leading artists will bring together the intimacy of appreciation and the privacy of creation

Avinash Chandra: The Disappearing Artist

Somak Ghoshal

Avinash Chandra’s work is riveting, often for its shocking amorality

Waswo X Waswo and R Vijay: The Miniaturists

Annapurna Garimella

The American photographer Waswo X Waswo and Rajasthani artist R Vijay have created acclaimed miniature paintings that bend genres and are as exquisite as they are contemporary

Ebrahim Alkazi: The Idealist

Somak Ghoshal

Ebrahim Alkazi’s lifelong project was to burst the seemingly exclusive bubble in which the appreciation of art and theatre appeared to take place

Himmat Shah: A Lone Figure of Grandeur

Rosalyn D’Mello

The rawness of emotion and the earthiness of material give the sculptures of Himmat Shah a primeval aura

The Mark of A Modernist

Somak Ghoshal

Although Nasreen Mohamedi lost most of her motor functions, she did manage to retain control over her right hand. Her last work remains ethereal, meticulous but also filled with palpable gravitas

The Crayon Revolution

Nandini Nair

What is the lure of the adult colouring book? Is it a sign of boredom and loneliness? Does it alleviate stress? Is it a return to childhood? Or is it a symptom of ‘rage against the machine’?