The Paranoiac-Critical Method
"The only difference between myself and a madman, is that I am not mad!" Dali.
The paranoiac-critical method is a surrealist technique and creative process emerging from psychological methods. In art it was developed by Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the 1930s, for the exploration of the creative potential of dream imagery and subconscious thoughts.Paranoia in general sense is a mental condition which creates a sense of betrayal, distrust, and […]
Appropriation in Visual Art
Appropriation in visual arts means to use, or to borrow, adopt or rearrange pre-existing material or artwork and present it as inventive work of art. Unlike plagiarism appropriation in visual art has been widely accepted and many artists around the globe have been successfully using it to reframe existent and notable artworks. Appropriation is the […]
Triptych
Triptych is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and, in some cases, it can be folded shut or displayed open. The term Triptych is derived from the Greek adjective “triptukhon” which means three folds. It can broadly bedescribed as […]
Art from Praise to Protest
Art has evolved as everything else with time and so are definitions that governit. Apart from modern period artists solemnly depended on elites who sponsored their art and thereby controlled it. For a long period of time artists served Elites (Monarchs, popes, rulers of any kid etc) praising them and their ideas. One could hardly […]
Performance Art with Lee Wen
Lee Wen was one of the most important performance artists who shaped the development of performance art in Asia. Born in 1957 Singapore-based artist brought performance art into new heights with his audacious approach and social engagements. He worked on the notion of identity, ethnicity, freedom, and the individual’s relationship to communities and the environment. […]
Street Art
Street art has achieved new heights with many young artists preferring street art over other forms of art. The key factor that makes street art more prominent art form is its direct exchange with public. Street art like other forms of art developed through time and what we see now around the streets has only […]
EL Seed: Art For People
El Seed is a French-Tunisian calligraphy artist known for his large-scale public art projects. As acontemporary artist his practice crosses the discipline of painting and sculpture. Most of his projects convey the messages of peace and harmony between the communities around the world. He uses phrases from writers, poets, and philosophers as well as from […]
Calligraphy andCalligraffiti
Calligraphy is the art of lettering in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. It is known in Arabic as ‘KhattArabi’ which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. Islamic Calligraphy is mostly based on verses and chapters of Islamic Holy book […]
Islamic Calligraphy
Calligraphy is the art of lettering in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. It is known in Arabic as ‘KhattArabi’ which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. Islamic Calligraphy is based on Qur’anic verses and chapters and its development is […]
Art Attack
In a recent London event, a group of environmental protestors entered the National Gallery and threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,” one of the six surviving images of sunflowers painted by van Gogh in 1888 and 1889. It was not the first time that protestors used such an approach to press their demand. […]
