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 MF Hussain’s Ahmedabad gallery vandalised by mob
Posted by admin on Wednesday, February 15 @ 20:00:54 CST (3371 reads)
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MF Hussain apologises for paintings
Posted by admin on Saturday, February 11 @ 01:43:08 CST (3716 reads)
Controversial ‘Bharatmata’ painting withdrawn..
Under attack from Hindu fundamentalists over his painting allegedly depicting “Bharatmata” in an nude, noted painter M. F. Hussain last night apologised, and the controversial painting to go into auction in an exhibition in Delhi today was withdrawn.
In the wake of persistent protests by the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) and VHP for displaying the painting on websites, Hussain said he apologised to the people for the same. Sharan Apparao, curator of Apparao Galleries in Delhi where the painting was to go into auction, said she had been receiving numerous calls regarding the painting with people demanding its withdrawal.
“There were many calls, mostly from Maharashtra. Some of them were using abusive language which I think is not acceptable. But, basically some of them were saying remove the nude painting. Don’t sell India, why is Mother India being shown nude,” she said.
The HJS had filed a case with the Mumbai and Thane police and appealed to President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take action against the “anti-national and perverse attitude of the great artist”. The outfit had held demonstrations against Hussain in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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Nude Mother India creates furore!
Posted by admin on Thursday, February 09 @ 23:39:59 CST (4874 reads)
Piyush Roy (HT Style)
Mumbai, February 8, 2006
Husain is back where he finds himself often - in the middle of a controversy over his nudes. This time, he is in the firing line of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Vishwa Hindu Parishad over a painting, Bharath Mata, which has a nude woman's outline resembling the map of India.
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Nude 'Mother India' draws flak
Posted by admin on Thursday, February 09 @ 23:34:11 CST (2657 reads)
Religion and creative freedom are once again on a collision course!
Barely days after the cartoon controversy hit the Middle East and the West, India has been hit by one of its own.
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'Iqbal' star steps into Hussain's boots
Posted by admin on Saturday, January 07 @ 22:40:55 CST (1366 reads)
NEW DELHI: From deaf-mute cricketer to celebrated painter - few can switch roles with such ease. Fresh after the astounding success of 'Iqbal,' actor Shreyas Talpade is ready for the daunting task of essaying the role of MF Hussain in 'The Making of a Painter.'
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Mixed fortunes
Posted by admin on Saturday, January 07 @ 22:36:59 CST (1294 reads)
Anonymous writes "While contemporary Indian art becomes solid gold for investment, other arts don’t find many takers
ALKA RAGHUVANSHI
India has always perceived of art as part of a flowing river syndrome - nothing was forever and yet within the ephemeralness there has been the permanence of continuity. This year the perception that art is some kind of a super blue chip investment percolated to the middle classes and the clamouring for art hit an all-time high. All kinds of art found buyers and art for its sake became a thing of the past. The new mantra was art for investment sake. The only people laughing all the way to the bank were artists who suddenly found that whatever they produced had takers! Nevermind that people ended up buying a lot of morbid, disturbing art that they couldn’t live with. Finally contemporary art in India seemed to have come into its own.
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yahoo group for Contemporary Art (India)
Posted by admin on Saturday, January 07 @ 22:32:44 CST (1212 reads)
Anonymous writes "A new group for for modern and contemporary art from India has been formed.All the art lovers and artist's are invited to join.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contemporaryarts/"
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Kajol in M.F Hussain's next?
Posted by admin on Saturday, January 07 @ 22:31:23 CST (1604 reads)
Anonymous writes "Kajol in M.F Hussain's next?
by Debasis Jana
Eminent painter M.F Hussain's fascination for Madhuri Dixit is a well-known phenomenon. For some time he found his inspiration in Tabu, and made 'Meenaxi' casting Tabu in name role. Meanwhile he had announced a film with Urmila, but the thing didn't take shape. And as per latest his current obsession is none but Kajol. In an interview recently, the movie struck artist declared his future plan:
"I am making two movies based on my autobiography. The first movie will be directed by my son and the second one would probably be a comedy with Kajol."
" Rumours, Rumours..
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MF's first Iqbal ready
Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 31 @ 17:02:55 CDT (1587 reads)
Anonymous writes "Artist M F Hussain watched the movie at a screening for a select audience on Wednesday at Fame Adlabs, Andheri.
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Hussain to paint ‘Iqbal’ theme
Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 31 @ 17:02:42 CDT (1515 reads)
Anonymous writes "Famed artist M.F. Hussain graced the screening of Subhash Ghai’s Iqbal, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, a few days ago. Highly inspired by the theme of Iqbal -- of bravery, pride and human achievement -- Hussain called upon Ghai and expressed his desire to create paintings on its theme. It may be noted that the gifted artist has never put a film on canvas except for the ones directed by him.
When Nagesh Kukunoor gave up his job of a chemical engineer to make movies, he couldn’t have imagined that seven years later, his film’s premiere would be one of the most attended events in Bollywood. Last Wednesday, when Iqbal was shown at Fame Adlabs (Andheri), the who’s who of the film fraternity turned up to congratulate Kukunoor on what is his first foray into Hindi-language cinema."
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