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Armed with his Crayola white chalk, Canadian actor, author, chalk artist and calligrapher Rajiv Surendra works with quiet confidence. He knows that if he doesn’t like what he is drawing on the wall, all he has to do is just erase it .
Surendra, who is equally at home carving and shaping his own cutting board from wood that he chopped down, weaving cloth from wool of sheep sheared by him, or even re-caning a wicker chair, is drawn to the ephemeral beauty of chalk.
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Having a reputation for bringing to light overlooked art, the 54-year-old, who is the new head of the world s most popular art museum, could change its skewed appreciation.
How does a Delhi artist, all set for her first solo showing in London, cope when a global pandemic upsets her plans? She goes virtual. Seema Kohli’s new show ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ “you exist in everything and the universe exists within you”is a collection of 35 multi-media works currently on display virtually at the London-based SA Fine Arts Gallery. Large, expansive and vibrant, Kohli’s art is a reflection of her inner world there is a strong influence of spirituality giving her creations a distinctive appeal. On display are paintings, drawings, sculptures, etchings, serigraphs, and hand-painted archival prints based on videos made as performance art.