The Art Space

Anonymous street artist ‘Banksy’ is essentially one of the most controversial artists of our time. He rose to prominence after he began spray-painting his signature stenciled designs around Bristol in the early 1990s.   Banksy is one of the few living artists who have gained a big name for themselves in the world of art.  His political statements and vision have been a thought-provoking subject for many people around the globe. During the year 2013, Banksy undertook a month-long residency in New York titled ‘Better out than in'. During which he disguised himself as a street vendor and set up a stand in Central Park where he sold his black and white original paintings for 60 Dollars. He later confirmed this on his website.  Later in 2017, Banksy participated in the designing of the Walled Off hotel Bethlehem right opposite to Israeli West Bank barrier. His creation was originally supposed to be a temporary piece of installation art but later on, turned out to be so successful that i

An Art movement that emerged in the 1950s was largely a British and American cultural phenomenon. It emerged to light in reaction to consumerism, mass media and popular culture.  The term 'Pop' was introduced by the British Art critic Lawrence Alloway to describe a new type of art that was inspired by the imagery of Popular culture. Started with New York artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg, an interesting transition from traditional subjects to more common and everyday objects was witnessed. Pop artists started celebrating ordinary things which could resonate with people of all classes.  One of the most significant objectives of the movement was to make art accessible to everyone and not just to the elite classes. It aimed to restructure the social order in the society by bringing this new and dynamic approach to the world of Art.  The movement that started in New York became wildly popular in Britain too.  The bright and vibrant colour p

Born in 1913, Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian- Indo painter. She spent her early years in Budapest with her family and later on moved to Shimla, a hill station in India. Known as the Pioneer of modern Indian Art, Amrita started her formal art education at the age of eight. At the age of 16, she entered the Ecole dex Beaux-Arts in Paris. The artist gained her first recognition at the age of 19 for her painting titled ‘Young Girls’, she received a  gold medal for her painting in 1933.  Amrita Sher-Gil is also known as the Indian Frida Kahlo was greatly influenced by the lives of Indian women in 1930. However, her early works predominantly reflect western influence and techniques. The artist often painted her friends and sister as subjects and also ended up making a series of self-portraits. Her oeuvre of the painting showed a gradual transition after her return to India and it was nowhere similar to what she was doing earlier. Sher-Gil started experimenting with the Indian elements and t