Mequitta Ahuja
Mequitta Ahuja was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1976. She is a contemporary American feminist painter of African American and South Asian descent who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work is mainly representation of multicultural heritage and the construction of identity that is depicted in vivid self-portraits and figures. Ahuja shares the mixed heritage […]
Mir Sayyid Ali Master of Tabriz
Mir Sayyid Ali,the master of miniature painting and founder of Mughal school of painting started his career in Persia. Initially Mir worked in the ateliers of the Safavid monarchs Shah Ismail and Shah Tahmasp, before joining the Mughal Emperor Humayun’s temporary court in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1549. And later in 1555, He accompanied the Emperor […]
Red, a magical colour
By: Ghazala Fatima How can a single colour symbolize diverse feelings? a red stain of blood can scare to death and the red flower can evoke a feeling of love into you. Red, such a powerful hue it is, has a power to representstrongest emotions. It can symbolize danger, warning, violence,death, war and anger and […]
Art and emotions
By: Ghazala Fatima How can an expression or a dialogue bring tears in many eyes, one phrase of a song gives goose bumps to many listeners, a single joke brings laughter to many audiences and an image can evoke feeling of resistance or encourage spirits of many? Artists have a beautiful ability to evoke such […]
Reverspective Art
Perspective in art usually refers to the representation of three-dimensional objects or spaces in two dimensional artworks. By using perspective techniques artists are able to create a realistic impression of depth. Perspective has been alongside with art for a long time and it has been extensively employed by artists in their paintings. As artists grew […]
Twisters Twisting
Twisters are the people who twist balloons into different forms to create balloon animals and other twisted balloon sculptures; they are also called as Balloon Benders or more simply Balloon Artists. The art of twisting, is the most common and attractive public art practiced and appreciated around the globe. The most beautiful thing about this […]
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. […]
