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Pop art at the crossroads between worlds with Ketna Patel

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Born in 1968, Ketna Patel  is a British-Indian contemporary pop artist based in Singapore. She has lived in three different continents: Africa; Asia; and Europe. She is of Indian descent but is born in East Africa and holds a British citizenship. After graduating from The Architectural Association in London with a degree in architecture, Ketna Patel moved to Singapore to begin her career as an architect. Afterwards, a disillusionment with the corporate world led her on a journey of metaphysical exploration, when she started questioning her existence, her place in the world, and society in general. Having given up a corporate career, Ketna Patel then embarked on a career as an artist. The art of Ketna Patel reflects much of her own personal journey as an outsider and global citizen, observing, discovering and embracing one’s cultural identity and the desire to belong to a community. Reflections of socio-political and cultural identity exploration in everyday life of today and yesterday are common themes portrayed through her art. Her mission is simply to communicate the story of the lesser-known individual …

Art in technicolor with Yashasvi Mathis

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Contemporary Indian visual artist Yashasvi Mathis is a self-taught artist whose unconventional art work flits between simple sketches, painting and digital media. Yashasvi Mathis is an illustrator and print designer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Knitwear Design from NIFT in Mumbai. She is currently exploring set design and working on her fashion illustration skills. Across her work there is a deep tension in the slightly contorted figures she depicts : her colorful work navigates between reality and fiction. Depending on the elasticity of our imagination, the layers in her work can take us far away. Yashasvi Mathis’ personal artworks are often led by a female protagonist and an audacious use of colors. They are usually about the universe of her mind.  Yashasvi Mathis produces a lot of fashion illustrations and also collaborates with various indie musicians. Her work has been published in New York based Unemployed Magazine, Elle India and 100% Sketchbook, among others. 1. Do you consider yourself as a figure of Contemporary Art ? Yashasvi Mathis : No, I don’t. 2. How would …

A.R Rahman ou “le Mozart de Madras”

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Illustre figure de la musique indienne contemporaine, Allah Rakha Rahman est devenu une icône de toute une génération. Mixant des rythmes traditionnels issus de la musique gazhal et des sonorités nouvelles, expérimentant de nouveaux procédés et des genres différents, mélangeant des techniques modernes et des instruments de la cour des grands Moghols, Rahman est un compositeur qui se situe entre orient et occident, nord et sud, tradition et modernité, richesse et pauvreté. Essentiellement compositeur de musiques de films, Rahman s’est révélé au monde entier à travers la bande originale du premier film d’un triptyque du tamoul Mani Ratnam (Roja,1992) consacré au terrorisme, dont les mélodies se sont répandues à des millions d’exemplaires. Enchaînant les succès avec les films tamouls (Gentleman, Kdhalan, Indian…), les films hindis (Rangeela, Taal, Lagaan…), il a connu en 1997 un succès mondial avec la sortie de l’album “Vande Mataram” qui célèbre le 50ème anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’Inde. Reconnu par les grands maîtres de la musique indienne tel que Zakir Hussain aux côtés duquel il a travaillé, et diplômé de la Trinity College …