waiting for aug-sep issue.why so late?

Dear Renu, Congratulations for such a timely cover story. I too have been asking this question myself esp.when I go through any art magzine. Majority of the articles pertain to conceptual/new media art.... It is heartening to know from eminent painters that painting is alive and kicking. No doubt that all forms of art are expressions of artists' innermost urges, however I personally feel that multimedia installation/conceptual art is a different experience compare to painting, there is something magical about the painting to feel the texture, the colour, the form is a very exciting and sublime experience. I do not know how many feel the way i do. I also feel that the painting comes out of a very primordial urge and therefore, it can not die. Congratulations once again. Anupa mehta's views under Art ECG came across as a pleasant surprise. These views coming from such a respected name like her is most welcome. I am sure many of us found their concerns voice in her article wherein she mentions that art has to be inspiring and has to have emotive content. Manisha Parekh touches a chord when she says that there is huge disconnect between what is being produced and actual life experience. It is heartening to know that "pursuit of beauty" is still valued and should be an integral aspect of art practice. I can not resist the temptation to refer to Jeanette Winterson's article "ART OBJECTS" its towards the end of essay that she makes her point. The essay is about the relevanance of art in our lives. We know that the universe is infinite, expanding and strangely complete, that it lacks nothing we need, but in spite of that knowledge the tragic paradigm of human life is lack, loss, finality, a primituve doomsaying that has not been repealed by technology or medical science. The arts stand in the way of this doomsaying Art objects. The noun become an active force. Art objects. The cave wall paintings at Lazcaux, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the huge truth of a Picasso, the quieter truth of vanessa Bell, are part of the art that objects to the lie against life, against teh spirit, that it is pointless and mean." Hoping that a concerns expressed by Anupa Mehta and Manisha Parekh would find its takers and we would get to see art works which move something within us and hopefully we will return from galleries inspired, reconnected, reinvigorated.

Dear Renu, Congratulations for such a timely cover story. I too have been asking this question myself esp.when I go through any art magzine. Majority of the articles pertain to conceptual/new media art.... It is heartening to know from eminent painters that painting is alive and kicking. No doubt that all forms of art are expressions of artists' innermost urges, however I personally feel that multimedia installation/conceptual art is a different experience compare to painting, there is something magical about the painting to feel the texture, the colour, the form is a very exciting and sublime experience. I do not know how many feel the way i do. I also feel that the painting comes out of a very primordial urge and therefore, it can not die. Congratulations once again. Anupa mehta's views under Art ECG came across as a pleasant surprise. These views coming from such a respected name like her is most welcome. I am sure many of us found their concerns voice in her article wherein she mentions that art has to be inspiring and has to have emotive content. Manisha Parekh touches a chord when she says that there is huge disconnect between what is being produced and actual life experience. It is heartening to know that "pursuit of beauty" is still valued and should be an integral aspect of art practice. I can not resist the temptation to refer to Jeanette Winterson's article "ART OBJECTS" its towards the end of essay that she makes her point. The essay is about the relevanance of art in our lives. We know that the universe is infinite, expanding and strangely complete, that it lacks nothing we need, but in spite of that knowledge the tragic paradigm of human life is lack, loss, finality, a primituve doomsaying that has not been repealed by technology or medical science. The arts stand in the way of this doomsaying Art objects. The noun become an active force. Art objects. The cave wall paintings at Lazcaux, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the huge truth of a Picasso, the quieter truth of vanessa Bell, are part of the art that objects to the lie against life, against teh spirit, that it is pointless and mean." Hoping that a concerns expressed by Anupa Mehta and Manisha Parekh would find its takers and we would get to see art works which move something within us and hopefully we will return from galleries inspired, reconnected, reinvigorated.

Dear Renu, I don't think we have met but after reading your article on whether painting is dead, I could not resist but write to you as how relevant this subject is in these times. So many younger galleries and artists are hooked upon conceptual art using different material. They reject and discard the idea of painting completely. As a gallerist of two decades, I have looked at all these ideas for such a long time. Your interviews with artists are so revealing, meaningful and apt. Congratulations !

Why is there no coverage of women artists and painters? Surely, there are Indian women who are also artists. The Sacred Feminine has been lost by our culture though it is slowly seeing a revival in the homes. Oils by Indian women have won awards abroad but I never see them covered in India. I hope your coming issues will. Thanks.

it is very much part of me.