Visual Artist

Taking inspiration from Kalidasa’s long poem ‘Ritusamhara’, in which specific elements of nature are personified as lovers, South-Goa-based Vivekananda uses the practice of psychic automatism to draw up feelings that live in the depths of their being, translating them into colours, patterns and bodies that come together in sensorial self-portraits. These multimedia works that represent the act of creating art are accompanied by the interdisciplinary artist’s poetic musings
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Visual artist Gaurav Ogale delves deeper into the stories of the six pieces that form his newest mixed media installation ‘majha’, created in conjunction with sound artist Farah Mulla
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Delhi-based visual artist Imdad Barbhuyan recalls the memory of when his mother dressed him up in one of her saris – it was a moment in which he felt like the most authentic version of himself. Over two decades later, the now-27-year-old recreates the emotionally significant series of photographs taken that day in 1999
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We speak to creative entrepreneurs who’ve found a home away from the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle in the slow-paced state of Goa
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Growing up with the likes of actor Salman Khan, media personality Barkha Dutt, and author Vikram Seth, their sisters – Alvira Agnihotri, Bahar Dutt and Aradhana Seth – are women driven by their own visions and passions. Verve meets the feisty trio....
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