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Rukminee Guha Thakurta

Zakir Hussain Maquette

Dayanita Singh has frequently acknowledged the influence of two individuals on her practice — her mother Nony Singh and the tabla maestro…

May 19, 2024

Zakir Hussain Maquette

May 19, 2024

Go Away Closer

What does one do with a fleeting idea that lights up a moment but threatens to fade away? Or a snatch of a tune? Or a passing phrase that…

May 19, 2024

Go Away Closer

May 19, 2024

The Poetic Problem

According to the great Parisian designer of the Art Deco period, Cassandre, a poster has to contain the solution to three problems: an…

Apr 20, 2024

The Poetic Problem

Apr 20, 2024

Where Mortals Fear to Tread

The red carpet is a ubiquitous visual representation of any international film festival. As surely as an aircraft takes flight from a long…

Apr 20, 2024

Apr 20, 2024

“It’s Anything but B&W”

A photographer widely known for her black-and-white work, Dayanita Singh tells her design collaborator, Rukminee Guha Thakurta, why “it’s…

Apr 6, 2024

“It’s Anything but B&W”

Apr 6, 2024

The Modernity Project

In the centennial year of the Bauhaus, Rukminee Guha Thakurta recounts the global conversations it sparked and assesses its considerable…

Apr 2, 2024

The Modernity Project

Apr 2, 2024

The Lion Capital Pillar of Sarnath: The Production of an Ancient Sacred Monument and Its Symbolic…

… the Church is [not] by anyone to be divided. But whosoever, monk or nun, shall break up the Church, shall be made to don white robes and…

Mar 30, 2024

The Lion Capital Pillar of Sarnath: The Production of an Ancient Sacred Monument and Its Symbolic…

Mar 30, 2024

The Longing of Lotus-eyed Krishna: Interpreting a Folio from a Kangra Gita Govinda

This Pahari painting (Fig. 1), a nineteenth-century Gita Govinda belonging to the Kangra School,[1] captured my attention for its…

Mar 29, 2024

The Longing of Lotus-eyed Krishna: Interpreting a Folio from a Kangra Gita Govinda

Mar 29, 2024

The Artist and the Artisan: Dichotomies of the Colonial Period in India (c. 1850–1900)

“…it is now a virtual truism that art is ideological, political, and served Imperial purposes.”

Mar 29, 2024

The Artist and the Artisan: Dichotomies of the Colonial Period in India (c. 1850–1900)

Mar 29, 2024

Rukminee Guha Thakurta

Rukminee Guha Thakurta

Designer, teacher and writer. This site collects her selected writings. Selected design projects by her can be viewed on www.letterpressdesignstudio.com

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