Art world seems to be getting more and more crazy towards installations. Are paintings loosing out? Installations are jazzy, trendy and perhaps more communicating. Recently concluded Delhi Art Fair also reflected this in a big way. Installations carried big space, bigger price tag and biggest buyers. A look at some of the installations- ‘Music of our Times’ by Surendra Pal Joshi A huge helmet with created with 50,000 safety pins. A steel skeleton pinned with big size pins. A headphone is attached to the helmet. Work signifies life and living in post modern age. ‘Spiderman PK’ by Mukesh Sharma Using computer keys, ropes, ribbons and wires- synthesising materials to explicate a complex idea of a Superman in a straight word narrative! ‘The Enchanted Forest’ by Alex Davis An over
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Maqbool Fida Husain or M.F. Husain was indeed India's most celebrated painter and a charismatic artist who took Indian art to world fame. He doesn't need to be introduced any more. Having forced to live in exile in his last years due to protest from fundamentalist elements on many of his paintings, galleries in India often used to have cold feet in displaying his work. Recently some of his paintings were displayed at Delhi Art Fair in Delhi. A look at few of them- Horses have always been one of his favourite character. His another painting titled Horse (appropriation) Two of his paintings from the Ganesha series Eternal Mother I (left) and II (right). Husain has painted mother a lot. Three of Husain's paintings from the 'Mother' series Paintings from Husain's 'Folklore Kera
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