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Read More »A WORLD APART – Author’s travel to India
So different, that can offer everything, even authentic English tea. Yes, you can think of India as a separate world, a place which holds millennia of art, land permeated with religiosity. Here, past and present coexist, giving the the chance to enjoy it with all your senses. A 2370 km (1473 miles), 61 hours of drive, gives you opportunity to …
Read More »MISTAKEN – Poem by Vikram Seth
He has published six books of poetry and three novels. Traditions and rites, beliefs and aspects of everyday life are the expressive horizon within which he spends words. In addition to writing, he likes music. In fact, he plays flute and cello. Cosmopolitan and polyglot writer Vikram Seth, in his works transmits the influence of the trips and cultures with …
Read More »THE SHADOW LINES – Novel, by Amitav Ghosh
He received honorary doctorates at Queens College in New York and the Sorbonne in Paris. Together with Margaret Atwood, he was also a winner of a David Dan Award in 2010. In 2011 he was awarded with the International Grand Prix at the Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal. Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He is a writer, …
Read More »NO MAN WILL EVER LOVE YOU – Raghupathi Dixit
He was born in 1974 in Mysore (the third most populated city in the state of Karnataka, India). http://www.raghudixit.com/ He also produced music for contemporary theater productions. After his UK concerts, collaborating with artists, in 2013 he released the second album (Jag Changa), composed of eight songs (in Hindi, Canadian and Tamil). In an interview, he said: “Every 200 kilometers …
Read More »JOGEN CHOWDHURY (1939), INDIAN PAINTER
KNOWLEDGE, ART AND MEMORIES JOGEN CHOWDHURY 1/2 – He is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century. His most famous paintings are ink, watercolor and pastel color. The impulse and rhythm of his art comes from an affinity with nature and the environment. He is a master of lines and has mastered to make curves …
Read More »LALITA LAJMI (1932), INDIAN PAINTER
PAINTING INNER STRESS REFLEX LALITA LAJMI 1/2 – She described natural bond between women and between mother and daughter. She is a self-taught artist, who has not received any formal art formation. Coming from a family involved in the arts, as a child she has enjoyed classical dance. But she also had the impetus to paint, and her uncle had …
Read More »SUNIL DAS (1939/2015), INDIAN EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER
PAINTING 7000 HORSES IN TEN YEARS SUNIL DAS 1/2 – To prevent the production of the same type of work, he continued to change his vision of art. From the day, when people began to regard him as a painter, a huge responsibility fell on his shoulders – to respond to people’s feelings. His creative horizon was inspired by the …
Read More »INDIAN FRAMMENTS – Images of India
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Read More »IRAN – Author’s travel to Iran, through art and miracles of human creativity
With its inhabitants, area of shopping malls and tourist attractions, consider this island an experiment for a future Iran. Exactly here begins our trip, in Kish (a tourist island in southern Iran in the Persian Gulf), where you can see men and women in jetski (with a nylon chador, provided by the local club). Iran has recently become an extremely …
Read More »SHAHRAM KARIMI (1957), IRANIAN VISUAL ARTIST – Lifelong issue: the search for a place to call home.
THE GRAY-BLUE COLORS OF MEMORY SHAHRAM KARIMI 1/2 – He lives and works between Germany and the United States, but he was born in 1957 in Iran, growing up in Shiraz. He is a self-taught artist, who has achieved success both in his country and in the West. http://www.shahramkarimi.com/ His paintings depict the dilemma of contemporary Iranian, seeking identity combining …
Read More »NASSER OVISSI (1934), IRANIAN PAINTER – One of few pre-Islamic Revolution artists, who achieved success prior and after the revolution
NASSER OVISSI 1/2 – He was born in Tehran in 1934, where he studied Law and Political Sciences at the Unversity of Tehran. In Rome (Italy), he studied Fine Art. He was diplomat and Cultural Attachee at the Iranian Embassy in Rome and Madrid and currently he resides in Virginia (USA). http://galleryovissi.com/ During his diplomatic activity, he worked to bridge …
Read More »FARID JAHANGIR (1958), IRANIAN PAINTER
FARID JAHANGIR – Born in 1958 in Teheran, he attended university courses in UK and USA. Returning to Iran in 1979, he attended courses at the University of Fine Arts, also teaching painting in his studio. Http://www.farid-jahangir.com/ He has participated in numerous collective and personal exhibitions (in Iran and abroad). The intellectual property of the images that appear in this …
Read More »ART AND REALITY, WATER AND CLOUDS – Shams Langroudi’s poetic horizon
Along with Hafez Moosavi and Shahab Mogharabin, he founded a contemporary poetry magazine, being convinced that “the relationship between art and reality is similar to that of water and cloud.” Although it seems that there is no relationship between They are, however, inseparable.” In his recent works, he used a more simplistic approach to language, along with sarcasm, building a …
Read More »ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN – Romance, by Mahbod Seraji
He is an Iranian-American author, whose novel “Rooftops of Tehran” was acclaimed by critics in 2009. Mahbod Seraji was born in Bandar Anzali in 1956. He moved to the United States in 1976 to attend the university. He received his BS in Civil Engineering, MA in Broadcasting and Film, and Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of …
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