The historical signifanc of Calligraphy about Muharram
Calligraphy is as important art form as Painting or Sculpture and has had a glorious past especially in th Islamic word as well as in Chinese art. Calligraphy with brushes is believed to be rooted in the Shang dynasty of ancient China which gradually became more common during the Han dynasty. The word ‘calligraphy’ literally […]
Brought Together
Glimpses of First International Online Art Competition by Callisto: Callisto Art and Culture, a Kashmir based art organization recently came up with its first international online Art contest inviting artists from all over the world to participate in an exhibition/competiton which was free and open to all. The event received an overwhelming response from artists […]
A Tribute to the Literary Legend
Sultan Ganaie By Manzoor Narvaw Walla The literary era of poetry in Kashmir phase out from ‘’ Vakhs”(four line couplet style) of Lalleswari ,whose mystic and ascetic verses are practically on every Kashmiri’s lips, commonly known as “Nightin-gale’’ of Kashmir . Downhill to Sheikh-Noorud-Din (Nund Rishi): Patron saint of Kashmir who modernized the Kashmiri Language, […]
A PLEA FROM A GIRL
They say one can feel the pain of others by putting himself in their shoes. Come on, put yourself in our shoes and put a question mark on yourself being a girl. Put yourself in our shoes and start the struggle to even breathe every moment. Put yourself in our shoes and know that being” […]
To be literate means…
By: Zubair Hamid Parray To be ‘literate’ means to be able to read and write correctly and to understand a text, and it is an essential of life, being the basis of almost all intellectual occupation. Reading is therefore, one of the first things children learn to do in school and perhaps even before schooldays, […]
Edvard Munch: Frieze of Life
“My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find myself drawn inexorably back towards the chasm’s edge, and there I shall walk until the day I […]
Gert Heinrich Wollheim: Artist and Artwork
Born on 11 September 1894 Gert Heinrich Wollheim was a German expressionist painter who later moved to New York City and obtained American Citizenship. Originally from Dresden-Loschwitz Wollheim studied art at the College of Fine Arts in Weimar, under the instructions of Albin Egger-Lienz and Gottlieb Forster. He spent almost three years in military service […]
The horrors of Covid19- I have lived it all!
'Indelible Black Marks
BY: Kulpreet Singh The irreparable loss of lives, the anger and misery suffered by millions of people, the long queues of the dead bodies, waiting for the last rites the lack of space in crematoriums, many bodies burning on a single pyre, I have lived it all. Volunteered help in the hospital, helped in burning […]
Kulpreet Singh: Artist with a Cause
Kulpreet Singh, is a young emerging artist from Patiala, Punjab who works with a tremendous energy. Most of his work can be defined as a visual commentary of current events happening around the country and the world. With a revolutionary approach Kulpreet through his work poses some serious questions about how societies are being manipulated […]
The purpose of Art
The purpose of art may be difficult to attach to single concept as it has played different functions throughout its history. Art critics and artists themselves came up with different opinions to describe the purpose of art and majority of opinions suggest that art is an expression of imagination, a powerful way of communication and […]
