Art Talkies

Artists has been bringing preferable amount of changes from the beginning by depicting powerful social issues through their artworks. Art has the power to revolutionize the world even on a small scale. It gives voice to the voiceless. Powerful art themed around social issues and pressing matters are essential tools for bringing about reform in the social and political spheres. Socially engaged art can ignite outrage and stimulate social change if steered in the right direction. It has the power to change narratives by initiating important conversations and discussions.         //Ethnicities//  Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Art and society: Art is an extension of our creative expression, thoughts, and experiences. In its various forms, art captures the collective memory of a society and reflects its ever-changing values and culture. As society develops and grows, art changes to reflect its new developments. Cultural progress and social change give mom...

As Theodore Dreiser said and I quote,  “Art is the stored honey of the human soul. ” The human race is filled with passion and artistry floods through our vein in divergent forms whether be it painting, beauty, poetry, romance, love, dancing, and musical. Art instigates enthusiasm in our mundane existence. And sometimes, Art magnificently works as a method of healing; all those loud internal screaming, our unheard cries for help, the anger, the frustration, the insurmountable grief releases through art as Masterpieces that changes and inspires the world in ways that amazes humankind and affects the souls into believing in the beauty of constantly making art. It evokes emotions in us whether good or bad, changes our perspective towards the society, and everytime we contemplate the beauty of it's own, we lose ourselves in the ocean of curiosity, trying to put a picture to the artist's state of mind while making the art.  Art makes the world seen and felt....

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional powers is the general definition of art. There stands a multitude of different genres and types of art which emerges from the minds of the maker. There are many forms of art whose basic philosophy and primary focus would be to give the audience or observer a basic visual stimulation or visual pleasure. However, many art forms exist which offer a broader spectrum of interpretation to them. Many of such art are symbolic in nature and require a deeper understanding of things for their specific interpretation. Art may also be directed towards a specific audience, just like the eye of providence or the symbolic illustration of Baphomet; both of whose exact philosophy are still being debated in today’s current world as both of those were directed towards the secret society and the ...

Traditional paintings can never be dated on a timeline accurately, the origin can be extremely debatable. The first made cave paintings that we have been able to find and date is of a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was painted at least 45 and a half thousand years ago in Indonesia. The oldest painting on canvas was made between the mid 14th century and the early 15th century though the dating is highly controversial.  In the pre Renaissance period the paintings were made on solid medias like wooden panels. The process of painting on physically media that could be touched and felt was the only known and possible way for hundreds of years.  But the things were about to change with the introduction of digital art. The term was first used in the early 1980s when engineers created a program what could paint. Later Harold Cohen became the pioneer of a group of artists who focuses primarily on non physical media to paint on, a.k.a Digital artists. Almost 70 years p...

“He has made everything beautiful in its time”- Ecclesiastes3:11.  The origin of every existing artistic creations hides beneath the monolith of age old human desire to connect themselves with that grand design. Thus the quest begins and thus word “Art” comes to play. Now throughout this epic quest, “artists” invented many “tools” and “techniques” to colour up their thoughts. From the cave art of Lascaux to the renaissance art, they created numerous methods to make their “art” more realistic, more vibrant. They observed the world , the views, the scenarios, the events which to them was “real” and tried to replicate that “realism” through their works, through their own reflections. As the river flows, some of those seekers succeed to create their personal variation of the real world, they understood that words like truth and real can be deceiving and unique simultaneously. Thus all those variations of “traditional art” continue to contribute concentrically to this great quest. Till ...

 If you walk down the picturesque, colourful lane of Fontainhas in Goa, you will come across colours of the colonial past, in structures, architecture and hues. But most importantly, you will come across painted tiles , mostly blue and white, being used as nameplates, to depict the scenes of Goa, in galleries and normal houses alike. These tiles, known as the Azulejos tiles, are the impactful artistic gifts that the Portuguese introduced to this country and its people. While the presence of this art form had vanished from India with the departure of the Portuguese from Goa, it was recently brought back and rejuvenated by artists and these tiles are painted and prepared in bulk all around Goa at present. This art form has been deeply ingrained in the cultural folding of Goa and reflects its past and present alike. The origin of the word Azulejo traces its root back to three languages: Spanish, Portuguese and Arabian. There are several accounts of history depicting the birth of this ...

At present, artists are continually looking for ways to expand the reach of their arts in the best possible ways. One of the most important source to enable artists expand their artworks in social media.  Here are some specific strategies to be followed:-  1. Marketing your artwork: social media enables artists at all levels and skills to market themselves free of charge. As an artist, you will often find yourself looking for every possible opportunity to advance your career and improve your work. Social media provides a free, fairly simple way to do this.  2. Developing target audiences: Regardless of your artworks, you want people who are enthusiastic to present it forward. If you are putting paintings of cityscapes in front of nature lovers, your sales probably won't increase but finding target audience would develop greater impact.  3. Find peers and inspiration: While utilising social media, you can meet and interact with people around the world. Fir...