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21-606: The magazine was established by Arkajit Mandal and Siddharth Sivakumar . The idea of Tinpahar was developed from Resonance , a magazine edited by Siddharth and published by Patha Bhavana and Visva Bharati . It was launched on 14 September 2012. Tinpahar has special columns dedicated to comparative literature , arts, and gender studies in India. Tinpahar aspires to erase the boundaries between discrete academic disciplines of literature, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, art history and so on in order to create

42-402: A "free and fertile" space for constructive discourses on/in humanity. Recently Tinpahar has initiated a programme to support enthusiastic groups engaged in serious cultural endeavours by making them websites for free. The upcoming Tamil website of Tinpahar will act as a platform for students to express themselves on matters of humanities, arts, music, and literature. In 2014, Tinpahar was

63-773: A Bachelor's and master's degrees in English Literature from Visva-Bharati University. In 2015, he received the Charles Wallace Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh , Scotland and was also sent to Yunnan University , China as part of a student delegation from Visva-Bharati. He was selected for a short-term course ‘Researching the Contemporary’ offered by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2017. Siddharth

84-566: A creative thinker, has an entrepreneurial streak which led to him becoming the Founding Editor of Tinpahar , an online publication on art and culture, 14 editions of which he edited between 2012 and 2016. He is also a co-founder of the Yellow Curtain Store and Design Lab (2018–2020). Benode Behari Mukherjee Benode Behari Mukherjee (7 February 1904 – 11 November 1980) was an Indian artist from West Bengal state. Mukherjee

105-562: A sculptor. In 1925, he joined Kala Bhava Bijn as a member of the teaching faculty. His notable students included painter Jahar Dasgupta , Ramananda Bandopadhyay, K.G. Subramanyan , Beohar Rammanohar Sinha , sculptor & printmaker Somnath Hore , designer Riten Majumdar and filmmaker Satyajit Ray . In 1949, he left Kala Bhavan and joined as a curator at the Nepal Government Museum in Kathmandu. From 1951 to 1952, he taught at

126-538: A travelling exhibition featuring Benode Behari Mukherjee ’s longest ever scroll, his other handscrolls and some murals — Scenes from Santiniketan and Benodebehari’s Handscrolls (2023) — that has travelled to Santiniketan in collaboration with the Santiniketan Society of Visual Art and Design and Durbar Hall at Kochi in collaboration with the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi ; Raza Festival celebrating

147-698: Is presently the Creative Director of Gallery Rasa and the Curator & Director of the first edition of a one-of-its-kind arts festival in Bengal - the Bengal Biennale. He has organised and curated two landmark shows in Kolkata since assuming office at Gallery Rasa - "The World Through Abu's Eyes: A Centennial Celebration" and "Roots to Petals, Peaks to Sea: The Paintings of Chameli Ramachandran". In his earlier role as

168-457: Is the son of art historian R. Siva Kumar and Mini Sivakumar . He hails from a family of filmmakers that include Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Padmarajan . Thus, coming from a background steeped in the arts, he is deeply passionate about making an impact in the world of art and culture. Siddharth spent his growing years in Santiniketan, completing his schooling from Patha Bhavana before pursuing

189-634: The Banasthali Vidyapith in Rajasthan. In 1952, he along with his wife Leela, started an art training school in Mussoorie . In 1958, he returned to Kala Bhavan , and later became its principal. In 1979, a collection of his Bengali writings, Chitrakar , was published. In Oxford Art Online , R. Si'va Kumar claims, "His major work is the monumental 1947 mural at the Hindi Bhavan, Sha'ntiniketan, based on

210-628: The Head of Visual Arts and Publication at the Kolkata-based multidisciplinary arts centre, Kolkata Centre for Creativity. He takes a keen interest in the matters of the art world and regularly writes for art magazines such as Art and Deal, ArtEast, and Art India. His articles on socio-cultural issues have appeared in National dailies including The Hindu Business Line , The Statesman , The Wire, and The Telegraph (India) among others. Siddharth Sivakumar

231-485: The Head of the Departments of Visual Arts and Publishing at Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Siddharth organised and executed over 30 wide-ranging exhibitions. Some of the major ones include a 3-volume Satyajit Ray Centenary Show — the final volume of which travelled to Kochi in collaboration with Kerala Lalithakala Akademi ; a one-of-a-kind immersive exhibition of Nikhil Chopra's works titled The Afterlife of Performance ;

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252-559: The Indian miniature paintings in the frescoes of Mughal and Rajput periods. Idioms of Western modern art also bore heavily upon his style, as he is often seen to blend Cubist techniques (such as multi-perspective and faceting of planes) to solve problems of space. He painted grand murals inside the Visva-Bharati campus. In 1948 he went to become director of National Museum of Kathmandu, in Nepal . In

273-449: The inaugural edition of Bengal Biennale, the largest arts festival of the region, that envisions itself as a cultural platform enriched by confluences, the meeting of history and the present, the tradition and the unorthodox, selfhood and community, home and the world. Siddharth's contribution to the art scene of Bengal and beyond has been significant with him organising and curating multiple impactful shows, including in his previous role as

294-419: The later years he went to Doon valley, where he started an art school but had to discontinue due to the financial shortage. In 1972 Mukherjee's former student at Santiniketan, filmmaker Satyajit Ray , made a documentary film on him titled " The Inner Eye ". The film is an intimate investigation of Mukherjee's creative persona and how he copes with his blindness being a visual artist. [1] . In 1974, he received

315-644: The life and works of S. H. Raza in collaboration with the Raza Foundation ; and a 2-year long exhibition, showcased in two phases, titled Freedom and Awakening at the Alipore Jail-turned-Museum. He has also, as part of the Museum exhibition, organised two major art camps involving both prominent and promising artists from the state and beyond. As the HoD of the publishing department at KCC, he has also overseen

336-453: The lives of medieval Indian saints and painted without cartoons. With its conceptual breadth and synthesis of elements from Giotto and Tawaraya Sotatsu, as well as from the art of such ancient Indian sites as Ajanta and Mamallapuram , it is among the greatest achievements in contemporary Indian painting." Mukherjee's wife, Leela Mukherjee , collaborated on some of his work, such as a mural at Hindi Bhavan, Santiniketan, in 1947. His style

357-484: The publication of several catalogues and other publications of the organisation during this time. Siddharth is also passionate about imparting education to young minds. He has had a short stint as a Business Skills faculty at Tata Consultancy Services , Trivandrum in 2016 and was a Visiting Faculty at the Performing Arts Department at Presidency University, Kolkata for the even semester in 2022. Siddharth,

378-650: The publishing partner of the Poetry Slam hosted by the Literary Society, Presidency University . In 2015 Tinpahar became one of the Online Media Partners of the Festember festival. Siddharth Sivakumar Siddharth Sivakumar is a curator, art critic, and writer. He is presently the Creative Director of a Kolkata-based gallery and archive space, Gallery Rasa. He is also the Curator & Director of

399-508: Was a complex fusion of idioms absorbed from Western modern art and the spirituality of oriental traditions (both Indian and Far-Eastern). Some of his works show a marked influence of Far-Eastern traditions, namely calligraphy and traditional wash techniques of China and Japan. He took lessons in calligraphy from travelling artists from Japan. During 1937-38 he spent a few months in Japan with artists such as Arai Kampō . Similarly he also learnt from

420-474: Was born with a severe eye problem. Despite being myopic in one eye and blind in the other, he continued to paint and do murals even after he lost his eyesight completely following an unsuccessful eye cataract operation in 1956. In 1919, he took admission in Kala Bhavana , the art faculty of Visva-Bharati University. He was a student of Indian artist Nandalal Bose , and a friend and associate of Ramkinkar Baij ,

441-721: Was one of the pioneers of Indian modern art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism . He was one of the earliest artists in modern India to take up to murals as a mode of artistic expression. All his murals depict a subtle understanding of environmental through pioneering architectural nuances. Binod Behari Mukherjee was born in Behala , in Kolkata although his ancestral village was Garalgachha in Hooghly District . He taught at Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan . He made his early learning from Sanskrit Collegiate School . Mukherjee

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