Waste Not Want Not 123
Waste Not Want Not 123

Waste Not Want Not 123

The measure of wellbeing in society may take into consideration the availability of provisions for sustenance, food, shelter, health, etc. The freedom to achieve well-being is a matter of what people can do and be, and thus the kind of life they are effectively able to lead. The capability approach pioneered by Amartya Sen rests on (1) the assessment of individual well-being; (2) the evaluation and assessment of social arrangements; and (3) the design of policies and proposals about social change in society. Extensive public discussion sharing values and resolve in a transparent democratic manner addressing inheritance of past transgressions at global and local levels may be the start of progress towards the attainment of wellbeing at a societal level. Implementation of policies at a local level may be piloted and measured for effectiveness and checked for avoidance of arbitrariness.

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We'll Grow on You- II, relief painting on henna, by Tania Sen
We'll Grow on You -II, relief painting on henna, 18x18x6 inches

We’ll Grow On You

Grasp, relief painting, 24x20 inches, putty, fork, henna on canvasSpeak, relief painting, 30x30 inches, putty, fork, henna on canvasResidual Love, sculpture, putty, henna, ink, bamboo skewers, 14x12x12 inchesnew material composite,…

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Growth Ring, painted tree bark, (12x8)x2 approx.
Growth Ring painted tree bark, (12x8)x2 approx.

Revisiting Growth Rings

"In addition to increasing emissions, deforestation contributes directly to a change in rainfall patterns in the affected region, extending the length of the dry season, further affecting forests, biodiversity, agriculture and human health," Greenpeace

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Trenton Art Fair Shooting and my Otherness
Dilemma of Durga, oil on canvas

Trenton Art Fair Shooting and my Otherness

...I was their primary contact, and my face was brown.  The deep divide among the people of NJ and other parts of the country, makes artists suffer and defeats the purpose of art itself.  My hope is that if there is a single purpose to this financially decrepit pursuit, that is art, it will be that of inclusion.

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Natraaj, Tallur and the Cosmic Soup
L. N. Tallur's work at the Armory Art Fair 2014

Natraaj, Tallur and the Cosmic Soup

The organized expression of spirituality is religion, which always depends on cultural and historical context. Unfortunately, religion often ossifies and the teachings are expressed as dogma; experience is replaced by faith. You have to believe; you don’t have to experience. These religions, all over the world, also align themselves with politics and very often with right-wing politics."

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The Artist, the Marketer and the People @ SF Moma
Penelope Umbrico

The Artist, the Marketer and the People @ SF Moma

Where does the artist play a part in all of this? Historically, he or she does not. His work evolves until it reaches the place where it permeates the psyche of the art lover/ collector, leading to his popularity and spiking price of artworks! Hence we view with bewilderment  Picasso’s early works of forlorn realistic faces, Gerard Richter's early portraits as if in motion with blurry borders, perhaps suggesting the temporality of a situation, and Warhol’s early portraits such as the one of Elvis capturing the movements of a rock star and sold for chump change of $30M and wonder what carved the journey of these artists?! Until such time that the artist himself smartens up to the machinations of marketing and blasts his audience with mass-produced dots,  I’m not naming names here!

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