The chase had stopped. The conflict had resolved. The white had played its role. The lightening ghost was slept under the twinkling night. Breaking all the mirages the dark has raised and the light of his life became a white.
"The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas", remarked Edvard Munch, the great Norwegian painter. A recent visitor to Varanasi feels the same. She is from Norway as well. Theme is important but so are colors.
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced". Leo Tolstoy, the greatest novelist, said this.
Hannah, who visited Varanasi from Norway, shares the same reason for buying a painting. Above everything else, a painting has to speak to her.
A painting is not the same everyday. Everyday you get a new meaning out of it. Rahul, creative head at Mojarto.com shares his preference for Abstract works and the reasons he finds them fascinating.
Ashish Saxena, a senior IT executive, shares his experience of how his son's interest in art has encouraged him to get intimate with paintings? Fascinating stuff, this is.
Art is different for every eye it meets. Let's find out what's art for actor/director Nandita Das. We met Nandita at Jashn-e-Rekhta, and asked her if she has ever bought a painting and why?
Possibly, everyone, but potential buyers. Buyers who are looking for great works of art at an affordable rate, but are not aware of where to look for them. Don’t worry, the picture isn’t that sad. Read on.
He went into the house and came back with the bamboo parasol. Ramanna's eyes were filled with tears when Beni Dada handed the parasol to him. Today Ramanna's childhood dream had come true.
She often ends up exhausted playing these roles but deep down her satisfaction revitalizes her, the satisfaction that she hadn't lost herself in web of relations. She kept identifying herself through her paintings. She is still able to hear her inner voice. Just like these lanes that encapsulate such diversity yet able to retain their unique identity.