Shirin Aliabadi: Artist and Artwork
Shirin Aliabadi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1973 and grew up surrounded by artists and intellectuals. Her mother being an artist and her father a poet influenced Aliabadi to also go for a creative field for herself. She was mentored by her elder brother who coached her on art, music, and pop culture. Aliabadi […]
Featured Artist: Ismail Shammout
Art can be a form of relief and a means of expression for the people living in places afflicted by violence and oppression. Art provides a way to share experiences which otherwise remain untold and restricted within an individual. The role of political art is very significant in places experiencing tyranny and forced occupation as […]
Art of Banksy
One of the world’s top political artist, known for his irreverent wit and thought provoking art, Banksy has created a wave of revolution across the cities around the globe. There has hardly been any street artist/ graffiti artist who created such an impact through art across the globe as Banksy did. Although his actual identity […]
Performance Protest and Aesthetics
Performance art as we know it is an art form which mostly, directly or indirectly deals with some kind of protest (within oneself or any socio political issue) to bring transformation. Performance artists use their body and actions (in most of the cases without verbal communication) to express and oppose or integrate socio political changes. […]
Public Art
Public art is a form of art involving public participation either direct or indirect in a public space. It can be any form of art in any media created for general public that focuses on public or universal concept rather than commercial or personal perception. It’s art for the people and with the people in […]
Origami – the art of Paper folding
The beautiful art of sculpting by only folding a square shaped paper sheet popularly known as Origami, originates from Japan.Many two dimensional and three-dimensional figures can be formed by folding paper sheets. Cutting was a part of traditional origami, but modern origami practitioners or folders prefer to create forms without any use of cutting, gluing […]
Digital painting
Digital painting is an emerging art form unlike any other form of painting we have previously known about. It’s whole new form of art different from traditional painting techniques. Digital painting has pawed new and easy ways for artists to create a bulk of artworks without actually occupying physical space. One can store thousands of […]
Winter and Art
In western art depiction of snowy landscapes began in 15th century when artists moved from religious subjects to plein- air landscape paintings. Snow fascinates people and to preserve such astonishing phenomenon Artists use the quality of grey winter light to create special winter atmosphere. The recent developments in art have provided us with a variety […]
Art and Activism
Art has always been used to fascinate viewers in the first-place but most importantly art has a kind of power that can be utilized to make an impact. An impactful art has the tendency to do more than just grab the attention, whether it’s for beautification or created for resistance, it can leave an impression […]
The Art of Calligraphy
Among many art forms, art of Calligraphy is one of the most beautiful form of visual arts which has retained its importance despite shifting circumstances in the world of art. One of the oldest art form known to human beings, Calligraphy is created with pen, ink brushes and other writing instruments. The word “calligraphy” is […]
