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The constant phoenix - GR Iranna
Tue, Apr 20 2021 8:21 IST |
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The constant phoenix - GR Iranna. Image Source: IANS News
The constant phoenix - GR Iranna. Image Source: IANS News
The constant phoenix - GR Iranna. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 20 : For artist GR Iranna, ash represents the parallels between life and death. My affair with it can be traced right back to my childhood days. I did my schooling at an aashram where there was a tradition of wearing vibhuti (holy ash) on the foreheads. So, I am not new to the use of ash. Even when I was back in college, I would use materials like black ash and charcoal, says the artist whose latest exhibition Budi (Ash) can be viewed at Gallery Espace.
New Delhi– For artist GR Iranna, ash represents the parallels between life and death.
“My affair with it can be traced right back to my childhood days. I did my schooling at an aashram where there was a tradition of wearing vibhuti (holy ash) on the foreheads. So, I am not new to the use of ash. Even when I was back in college, I would use materials like black ash and charcoal,” says the artist whose latest exhibition ‘Budi’ (Ash) can be viewed at Gallery Espace.
Overwhelmed by the response to the two month long exhibition that started in February, the artist feels that in unnatural times of the pandemic like this, it is a good idea to extend the duration of an exhibition, so that it can be attended in a staggered manner. “The visitors come in two’s and three’s at a time, and not in large crowds. This is why we chose to hold the exhibition over a longer duration. Also, visitors get to interact more intimately with the artwork,” says Iranna, whose work ‘Naavu’
The legacy keepers
Sun, Apr 18 2021 8:27 IST |
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New Delhi, April 18 : While sisters S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, two of the most popular Carnatic musicians from the younger generation and great-granddaughters of M.S. Subbulakshmi, recipient of the Bharat Ratna honour feel fortunate to be the musical inheritors of the MS legacy, they say that while drawing inspiration from that, they also maintain their own musical individualities, ensuring there is freedom to operate in their own spaces while still remaining under the framework of the legacy. My Grandmother Radha Viswanathan was the main reason for this as she assiduously taught me a huge repertoire of the songs which constitute the MS Bani (Gharana). However, we both of us have also learned under different Gurus. While I have been training under Karnataka Kalashree Smt Jambu Kannan, Saundarya has been under the tutelage of Sangita Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal. This helps us in getting exposed to di
What s up with Tisca Chopra?
Fri, Apr 16 2021 8:06 IST |
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What s up with Tisca Chopra?. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 16 : She has just written, directed and produced the short film Rubaru . She is just back from Rajasthan where she was shooting a web-series for Hot Star. She is collaborating with her husband for writing some web series and developing a script a crime drama that which she plans to direct by the end of this year.
But that s not all actor Tisca Chopra has also written her second book What s Up With Me , published by Westland Books. I just can t sit still, she smiles.