A new art magazine in the circuit

Are you an avid art collector? Well, here is something new to look forward to.

New Delhi, June 20: Are you an avid art collector or an investor? Do you have a passion for art? Well, here is something new to look forward to. A new quarterly art magazine Art Etc launched by Kolkata-based Emami Chisel Art Private Limited Friday.

Chisel Art, owned by the Emami Group, has one of the biggest auction houses in eastern India and manages an art house, Aakriti Gallery, in Kolkata. The magazine - a colour spread of 136 pages - was launched by senior artist KG Subramanyan. Along with the launch there were several rounds of discussions on contemporary art and its current state. The inaugural issue is pan-Indian with articles as diverse as art practices in Vadodara, a review of Sharmila Samant`s show at the Biennale of Sydney in 2008, profiles of several young artists and a history of the Emami Chisel Art Auction House. Vikram Bachhawat, one of the directors of Emami Chisel Art, said the first issue of Art Etc was important because it contained essays on art and profiles of artists who live and work on the margins. "While Moushumi Khandali explores the contemporary art practices of the northeast ravaged by violence, Rajashree Biswal examines the Dalit issue in art represented by Savi Savarkar, a neo-Buddhist," Bachhawat said. The launch of the magazine will be complimented by a solo show by senior artist KG Subramanyan at the Akriti Gallery June 20 as a belated tribute to the artist on his 85th birthday. "We will showcase 72 paper works, 21 reverse paintings on acrylic sheets and nine canvases painted by the artist in 2007-2008," Vikram and Priya Bachhawat, owners of the Aakriti Gallery, told reporters. IANS