A special Indianness, in a very modern context No looking her back, she started design career at the age of 19. Choosing to use her signature cow motif, in 2017, she representing India in an exhibit displaying designs of Levi’s trucker jacket. Masaba Gupta https://www.houseofmasaba.com/ married a film producer in 2015 in a civil ceremony, in late 2018 they announced …
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Physical intensity of writing, where word is the thing itself She is one of the most distinctive of Indian poets writing in English. When she am most deeply absorbed in writing a poem, she feel that translating images, and sounds, such as should be the sweet rhythms: an emotional tone into her words. Her first collection won the Asian Commonwealth …
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Asha Puthli, a name that is legendary for many reasons Best known for her stirring vocals on free jazz legend, she is one of the most successful Indian vocalists. Born into a Brahmin family and grandson of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, her mother was a homemaker, while her father was a businessperson. From Stratus’ album Fear of Magnetism, Asha Puthli https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/asha-puthli returned …
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When you have an artistic family background From the very beginning of his life, it has been his aim to be able to express joys and sorrows through colour and line. In 1986, Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar https://www.gallery7.com/artists-work.php?id=NDQ was award the Rayotsava Award from Karnataka State (Karnataka). Leater, he was conferred the Padma Bhushan by Government of India (New Delhi). He …
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People, raw materials, accessories and tools for South Korean creativity The canon of beauty that concerns the human being collects the most desirable characteristics of physical beauty; yet, it has expressed itself in various forms in history and in artistic expressions. The Korean ideal of beauty connected to white and glowing skin contributes to social success. Contemplating Korean beauty and …
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Jungwoo Hong: Korean Traditional Art and American Action Painting He is not Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning or Jean-Michel Basquiat, yet just like them, he mixes various mediums in his paintings. As an artist, he prefers to work in places other than the studio, even on the street or in any bar, because it allows him to visualize …
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Before taking pictures, you need to feel the abstract atmosphere where you are Experiences with ceramics, painting and calligraphy helped to influence his approach to photography. Born in Korea in 1961, she started photographing in the early 1980s. She is appreciate for her photographic work printed on handmade mulberry paper. She loves to create photographic landscapes that mix traditions of …
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If you studyed fashion designer, also into a library It was in 2014 that she started her brand Leesle. In the Parisian summer of 2017, she made a long journey from Korea to present an attractive variation of a very traditional piece of clothing (the hanboklei). She studied Public Relations, however, she realised that was more passionate in designing clothes. …
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If poetry tries to capture the realm of faith Korea has produced a poet of great originality. The simplicity of Ku Sang‘s http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/Kubio.htm poetic world has meant that until quite recently his work was undervalue among readers eager for poetry. His parents were Catholics and his elder brother a priest, but he underwent a crisis of faith during his student …
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Shin Hae-chul, the freest speaker in all of K-pop history Extending his musical world, from love songs to techno, Shin Hae-chul https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2021/06/732_310428.html has written a completely new chapter in the history of Korean pop. Disappeared at the age of 46, this singer-songwriter was love by young people in the 90s with hugely successful songs. In 1997, he disbanded his musical …
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