Thukral and tagra biography of mahatma

  • Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra's latest show, titled Arboretum, has opened at the Nature Morte Gallery in Dhanmill on the 21st of January.
  • A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Jacob Kramer (1892 - 1962) Jacob Kramer was a Russian born artist who loved his entire life in England.
  • FICA's MEMOIR BAR project by artist duo Thukral & Tagra is at BOOTH P14. The project invites viewers to write a memory down on paper, shred.

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    New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS): Often called the 'Picasso of India', M.F. Husain's unique artistic vision not only celebrated the peculiarity and complexity of Indian culture but also ensured that he was celebrated internationally.

    Husain's artistic journey might have begun in the 1940s, and by the 1950s, but it has not ended even after years of him passing on (2011). Interestingly, he was one of the few artists recognised by even those who had no interest in the arts, his work had become synonymous with Indian modernism. His vibrant color palettes, and depictions of human figures, animals, and mythological themes stunned everyone. While his work may be termed as deeply personal, it never 'isolated' him and had resonance the world over.

    Born in 1915 in Pandharpur in a Suleymani Bohra family, he got fascinated with art through studying calligraphy while he stayed at a Madrasa.

    One of the founding members of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, his modern techniqu

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    Further Reading List
    Books

    Don Pavey. Art-Based Games. 1979.  London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.

    Iona and Peter Opie. Children’s Games; in Street and Playground. 1969. Great Britain: CPI Group (UK) Ltd.

    Robert Wraight. The Art Game Again! 1965. England. Readers Union.

    Sportification: Eurovisions Performativity and Playgrounds. Italy. 2017. Viaindustriae

    Website

    Thukral & Tagra. Q. 2013.
    Retrieved from: http://www.thukralandtagra.com/q/

    Thukral & Tagra. Match Fixed. 2010.
    Retrieved from: http://www.thukralandtagra.com/match-fixed/

    People’s Archive of Rural India. Farming and its crisis. 2018.
    Retrieved from: https://ruralindiaonline.org/

    All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee. Dilli Chalo! Support the Farmers of India as they March to Delhi to demand a special session of Parliament on the agrarian crisis. 2018.
    Retrieved from: https://dillichalo.in/

    Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. Serving Farmers And Saving Farmers. 2019.
    Retri

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    Safdar Hashmi’s activism still betydelsefull 30 years after his death

    FREE AND HOW: The memorial on Hashmi this year has Nilanjan Das’ artwork as part of Experiment with Truth exhibition held at the day-long event whose theme this year was 150 years of Gandhi
    NEW DELHI: If Mahatma Gandhihad an Aadhaar card, what would it look like? You could see it at this year’s Safdar Hashmi Memorial where artist Nilanjan Das created an Aadhaar card with Gandhi’s photo and details printed on the two sides. The memorial is organised every year on January 1 in memory of activist, poet and actor Safdar Hashmi who was fatally attacked while performing a street play on this day in 1989.Das’ artwork was part of Experiment with Truth exhibition, curated bygd Vibha Galhotra, held at the daylong event whose theme this year was 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi.
    Another highlight of the exhibition was the latest work bygd the artist duo of Thukral and Tagra. Titled ‘Bread, circuses and TBD’ it talks about the farmi