A retrospective in his native Kerala displays Abu Abraham’s many creative tensions – as cartoonist and parliamentarian, patriot and cosmopolitan[…]
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Tag: fine arts
തിരയുടെ താളത്തിലാഴത്തില് കടലിനെ വായിക്കുമ്പോള്
തീരദേശ ജീവിതത്തെ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന കടൽപ്പാട്ടുകളെക്കുറിച്ചു ടിനോ തോമസ് എഴുതുന്നു.
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Woven Legacies: Women Weavers Reviving the Killimangalam Pulpaya Tradition
The art of weaving grass mats is fast disappearing from a small village in Kerala, yet eight women weavers hold the fort against rapidly changing economic conditions. What is at stake in keeping alive an art form that seems to have outlived its times? Aswathy delves into this universal question by telling the story of the Killimangalam pulpaya and its makers.
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Caught between Myth and History: The Case of Pattanam and Muziris
Nimmi brings together the Pattanam excavation and the subsequent cultural reimagination of Muziris to present how history and myth come alive through art.
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Playful Pastiche, Hybrid Subjects: David Kalal’s Diasporic Art
New York-based artist David Dasharath Kalal takes us through selections from his “Ravi Varma Recreational Vehicle”(RVRV) series combining the heavily reproduced work of Raja Ravi Varma, ever-familiar to the Malayali, with present-day South Asian Americans.
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The World of Malabar Circuses
Accompanied by lively illustrations of her own, anthropologist Eléonore Rimbault takes us through the ways in which Kerala’s circuses are entangled with India’s history.
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Mr. Family Historian (or kudumba-charitrakaaran): The Syrian Christian Case
Accompanied by original sketches, Nidhin Donald presents a tongue-in-cheek perspective of the trend of producing written ‘family histories’ among Syrian[…]
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Spices, Mattancherry, and the Making of a Children’s Book
Filled with illustrations as colourful and flavourful as the spices it describes, A Little Spice Is Extra Nice is the[…]
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Kerala’s Architectural Heritage: Some Sketches
Radhika K. M.’s sketches of Kerala’s lesser-known architectural marvels combine detail with a sense of liveliness. From ancient places of worship to traditional homes in Thrissur and Alappuzha, the sketches remind us that Kerala’s heritage goes beyond a few tourist destinations.
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Where the Skies Descend: Everyday Sketches of Kerala Monsoons
Through his evocative illustrations, Vipindas stirs an emotion shared by Malayalis in any part of the world, and transports them to a shared space and time—Kerala’s monsoons.
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