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"A photograph is a window and not the view...                   don't photograph what you see, photograph what you feel."                                  - Emeka Okereke, photographer Recently, while researching for an article for  Art Radar , I came across a brilliant six-part documentary series on Al Jazeera titled  Artscape - The New African Photography . Each of the 25-minute films profiles a photographer from and working in Africa, their journey, experience and project(s). For a continent that has too long and too often been represented in the global media through a lens that focuses on aspects like poverty and exoticism, more often than not by those who are visitors and who pursue an image that they have been predisposed to find, this is a refreshing look at what's going on in the African art scene. The media also often forgets tha...

I spoke to Jayasri Burman at her studio in Delhi, discussing her artistic process and inspiration, the playful nature of her paintings and how she chooses which stories to tell. This article was originally published on Art Radar (14 March 2014). Image: Jayasri Burman. Image courtesy Gallery Sumukha. Jayasri Burman, exhibiting her first solo show in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Visual Art Centre in March 2014, creates art that merges the traditional with the contemporary. Combining graphics and bright colours, Burman places her characters in mythological settings and stylised surroundings, creating a discrete tension between old and new, real and unreal.  Born in 1960 in Kolkata, India, Jayasri Burman creates paintings and graphics that have been exhibited across the world. Her work has been part of several important exhibitions such the International Triennale, Germany (1987), “A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh” at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (1991), and “Indian Cont...

February was eventful. Lots of art - and some good food. Following our exploration of what St.Art Delhi has done to Shahpur Jat (see previous post), here's more. At the India Art Fair Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme at INSERT2014, Mati Ghar, IGNCA INSERT2014 Crafts Museum Cafe Lota Subodh Gupta at the NGMA Lodi Gardens __ Delhi February 2014