By Jugneeta Sudan
Issue no 19
National award winning artist Vitesh Naik, who began from humble beginnings in Jan 1974, has been awarded the 2021-22 Pollock–Krasner Foundation grant. Considering his passion and perseverance, the outcome has been most satisfying. It began with a sketch of his teacher in history class for which he was suspended for 3 months.
Bu Jugneeta Sudan
Issue no. 14
Understandably, Solomon’s priority then was to set out on a project of celebrating his grandfather’s village first, by painting murals of its iconic men and women, on public walls. It takes a village to raise a palpable cultural environment, and Saligao ranks high on this account. The village welcomed Solomon with open arms and he was sighted perched on his ladder…
By Jugneeta Sudan
Issue no. 13
My chat series with him has been slotted between his scheduled work on two huge abstract works. In his red aachakan embellished with golden thread work and matching pyjamas he looks sharp, his silvery white beard and moustache offsetting his profile aglow with the sunrays filtering in through the open window.
By Jugneeta Sudan
Issue no. 12
‘There is war, there is peace, and then there is ambiguous truth.’..Ashwin Kumar, filmmaker and part-resident at Sangolda, Goa, recently completed his trilogy on Kashmir. His third film No Fathers in Kashmir, which was released on 5th April, mirrors human stories of militants, uniformed men, politicians and the commoner with their multiple truths .
By Jugneeta Sudan
Issue no. 8
Quixotically Vamona read chivalrous texts passionately and then implemented the ethos into his existence. Regrettably, reality had moved away and become inequitable, random and prejudiced. It did not share his faith in codes of chivalry. Every time he was subjected to physical abuse and psychic tortures, he drew courage from his readings …
