Art by Aarohi » press http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog Welcome to my world of art! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:34:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 In iDiva http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2012/01/in-idiva/ http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2012/01/in-idiva/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:19:53 +0000 aarohi http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/?p=2288 I had no clue about this write- up. Got a call from a friend in Delhi who saw the paper first thing in the morning. And then congratulated me on Facebook.

Me? I am clueless at that point.

So I did a little digging, found the write up was indeed about my work and my house :-)

Thank you Meenakshi for the wonderful write up.

Thank you Pavita for sending the hard copy to me all the way from Delhi to Bangalore.

Here it is…

Sorry it took me over a month to post this… too much happening!

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Thank you Rekha Nambiar. Prismma has recently changed it’s format into a delightful spread of little nuggets spread across six sections. Very well done.

My work has been featured along with the super talented Vineeta Nair of Artnlight, Swati Seth of Colour Caravan and last but not the least, Varnam at Shopo.

]]> http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/12/in-prismma-again/feed/ 1 Get out there and get your hands dirty!! http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/09/get-out-there-and-get-your-hands-dirty/ http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/09/get-out-there-and-get-your-hands-dirty/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:14:17 +0000 aarohi http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/?p=2163 It’s wonderful to see so much that is ‘ Hand Made’ again.

The other day sitting at home with my husband, I was feeling a little unfulfilled and dissatisfied with life, when there was actually no reason to be. We got to talking about what makes us content as human beings. The answer was actually very simple. Working with our hands! For both of us, the tactile is very important.

We are cerebral souls with a  lifetime of working spent on that aspect of living. But, ever so often we both need to create something that not only fulfills the soul, nurtures the intellect but also lets one ‘touch’. My painting/art gives me all of that. The reason I felt low and lost was because I had not painted in a while… I am happy to say- I have rectified the situation!!

This month, my work got featured in the India Today Magazine supplement called ‘Home’. It’s a feature that celebrates everything Handmade :-)

You can read the article here.

I also want to share with you a wonderful interactive poster by Roland Tiangco.

 

While removing the poster from it’s envelope, you can’t help but get your hands dirty. The back of the page is covered in ink :-) As the unfolded poster is felt, touched, handled, the text becomes visible: “The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty.”

Brilliantly done.

Simple, yet effective.

 

 

I also don’t want to give you the impression that only creating a tactile object of some kind will give me/you that satisfied/ fulfilled feeling. It’s I think, the willingness to put yourself out there, in thought, word and deed. On that note I want to leave you with two more links on what some friends are doing to highlight issues they feel strongly about.

- www.theuglyindian.com
On Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ugly-Indian/123459791046618

- www.strays.in 
On Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/strays.in

 Both are completely voluntary in nature. They are willing to get their hands dirty ( quite literally) for a cause they believe in. 

Are you?

 

 

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You can click here to read the entire article which features my work along with that of Play Clan.

In their own words Lx-World.com brings you Life’s Little Luxuries!
It offers its customers a 360-degree experience of Luxury through its different sections: And my work got featured in Lx-Report this month :-)

Lx-World.com is an online media and e-commerce portal dedicated to serving the exponentially growing segment of consumers of luxury products and services in emerging markets. It plans to become the destination of choice of these emerging Internet savvy customers of Luxury. And is available to it’s customers in English and Mandarin with Spanish and Bahasa versions scheduled for launch soon.

 

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See the interactive version here  ( pages 162-171)

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Kehte hain- Daane daane par likha hain khaane wale ka naam. ( It is said- Every morsel has the name of the person who is going to eat it, inscribed on it).
My husband now says- Har ketli par likha hain paane wale ka naam. ( Every kettle already has a patron somewhere in this world).

Oh! and both the kettle and I made it to the pages of Deccan Chronicle on 21st Aug 2011.

 

I started this kettle on Thursday, it was ready by Friday, got lacquered Saturday morning and went to Freedom park Saturday afternoon. And on Sunday it was with Anna!!

Truth be told it was not made for him. It was a concept that I had been toying with for quite a while. And using Sonia Gandhi’s image was also only to be able to better depict the word play of ‘Gandhi vs. Gandhian’ in todays context. I want to say here, that Sonia Gandhi came to my exhibition in 1994 at the Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi. She was extremely courteous, encouraging and actually a pleasure to interact with. And I can not fault her on anything as the person who met me that day. I quite liked her in fact. I still do. I am amazed at how far she has reached. And in that capacity alone, if nothing else, she will feature in my work again.
But, I also have to say- I don’t entirely agree with her politics either.
 
Here are two videos of my kettle being introduced at Freedom Park here in Bangalore on 20th Aug 2011 and one of me speaking to the crowd. I understand that given the nature of imagery on the kettle, it was not carried on to the dais at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi. It was in fact accepted by Team Anna and now sits in their office.
 
 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/08/update-gandhi-vs-gandhian-kettle-goes-to-team-anna-in-delhi/feed/ 4 Ufffff, he quit his job!! http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/08/ufffff-he-quit-his-job/ http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/2011/08/ufffff-he-quit-his-job/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:24:50 +0000 aarohi http://www.artbyaarohi.com/blog/?p=2050 Mr. Tom, that is!

So on Aug 5th, 2009. I get an email from one Mr.Tom who works in the Visual Team at The Future Laboratory.

This is what he had to say-

“I am contacting you from The Future Laboratory, a leading trends and insights consultancy. We are interested in featuring some of your designs in a report we are writing studying global trends. The Future Laboratory is a well-respected trend forecasting company which produces several industry related publications: THE magazine, Viewpoint magazine, LS:N and quarterly futures books focusing in on the future of specific industries such as food, luxury and retail. I have attached some additional information about Viewpoint magazine, and our website LS:N Global. I am wondering if you could send us a small selection of high res images of your work (300 dpi) please  including  your Chequered Past Kettle……”

 

So as you can imagine, I scrambled and did the needful and promptly forgot about it!!  :-(

Yeah…I know, daft of me to forget. But…

Now, turns out that Mr.  Tom has moved to greener pastures and the company takes out multiple reports every month/year. So they have to trawl through all that data to find my report. And the task is harder as they don’t know what keywords it’s referenced under.

So I can’t actually post the report or even a picture from it just yet….but I can share this little nugget of news with you :-)

Update- Oh! and as I just found out…some of their reports are licensed at about 2500 pounds each !! So I don’t think they will allow me to post the report after all !!!!!!

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How cool is that?!! I know, it’s but a mention. But I got my work in a must visit/see/buy guide book on India. I love it :-)

Oh! and this is the address  for those in Delhi wanting to have a dekho at the store.

Maximum Store Pvt. Ltd.,
5-J/1, Ground floor, Shahpur Jat,
New Delhi – 110049
t: +91 11 26493150, 46168026m: +91 98183 18196
e: communicate@themaximumstore.com

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