Publication – Arthshila

ARTHART A biannual Indian arts journal

Multi-arts. Focusing on the intersections, the relationships, the discourse, and the collaborations in creative expression and ideas, from the visual to the performing, the traditional to the experimental.

Inclusive. A celebration of our diverse heritage. Including nonmainstream, alternative, out-of-the-box, socially significant practices and initiatives across the country, in different languages, with different segments of society.

Art and community. A space for new thinkers and writers, for the voices of practitioners, promoting discussion to develop critical thinking and positive critique.

Cover Price ₹750.00

Arthart: Arts in Dialogue

ARTHART A biannual Indian arts journal Multi-arts. Focusing on the intersections, the relationships, the discourse, and the collaborations in creative expression and ideas, from the visual to the performing, the traditional to the experimental. Inclusive. A celebration of our diverse heritage. Including nonmainstream, alternative, out-of-the-box, socially significant practices and initiatives across the country, in different languages, with different segments of society. Art and community. A space for new thinkers and writers, for the voices of practitioners, promoting discussion to develop critical thinking and positive critique.

Cover Price ₹750.00

Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture

Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture chronicles seventy years of an architect’s life through the places and edifices he designed, built and lived for, through the events that shaped his country and him post-Independence, and through the people who accompanied him along the way. In this memoir, Ramu Katakam shares the ‘prana’ that has influenced his work and continues to inspire him.

Cover Price ₹1250.00

Patna: Facts, Frames and Frozen Memories

Patna is the charismatic land which has basked in the limelight for over 5,000 years. Its mutli-layered history speaks of the people, cutures and dynasties that flourished here through the ages. Pataligram to Patalipatnam to Pataliputra to Pa-lin-fou to Patlibothra to Kusumapura to Azimabad, and several other names in between, Patna has held its own.

Cover Price ₹2500.00

Patna - Facts Frames and Frozen Memories

Cover Price ₹2500.00

Somnath Hore

Somnath Hore is a book to commemorate 100 years of the artist’s life and work. Curated by sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan and featuring over 1,100 artworks by Somnath Hore, it pays tribute to one of the most remarkable and multi-faceted artists of the 20th century, who is deeply admired for the consistency and intensity with which he explored human suffering by way of numerous techniques of printmaking and bronze sculpting.

Cover Price ₹5000.00

Inspirations for Graphic Design from India

India’s heritage is a veritable treasure trove of crafts and design. Graphic design in India goes far beyond a visually aesthetic experience. It embraces not just universal concepts, but also accords great importance to the cultural and historical context in which the art tradition emanates from. Each element in ethnic art has a designated place arising from a plethora of customs and rituals. The meanings arise out of deep philosophical roots within communities. In fact, it is a part of the artists’ and craftspersons’ very identity. This publication seeks to provide a wider context and inspiration to design professionals and artists anywhere in the world to understand the significance and ancient values behind India’s design elements. It relocates and aligns the history of design as seen through the domain of Indian crafts with modern concepts of graphic design.

Cover Price ₹1200.00

Modern South Asia: A Visual Archive of South Asia’s Modernist Heritage

The MSA series of photography based books explores modern architecture built in South Asia with a focus on buildings of historic importance. Each book focuses on a single project allowing for an in-depth visual exploration of the architecture through contemporary photographs along with newly commissioned critical writing and architectural drawings. The intent of this series is to build an accessible visual archive of modern architecture complimented by critical writing.

Balkrishna V. Doshi - Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

The first book in the Modern South Asia series is an exploration of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore by the Pritzker Prize winning architect, Balkrishna V. Doshi (1927–2023). This volume presents a detailed visual tour of the complex architecture of IIMB with contemporary photographs by architectural photographer Randhir Singh. B.V. Doshi is recognised as one of India’s pre-eminent modernist architects and IIMB is considered to be one of his most significant buildings. With over one hundred pages of photographs, and a compelling essay by the architect and educator Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, the reader is invited to explore both the building and philosophy of B.V. Doshi.

Cover Price ₹1600.00

Kuldip Singh Mahendra Raj - National Cooperative Development Corporation

The second title in the Modern South Asia series is an exploration of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) offices in New Delhi. This iconic building is a collaboration between architect Kuldip Singh (1934-2020) and structural engineer Mahendra Raj (1924-2022). The volume presents a detailed visual tour of the innovative architecture and engineering of NCDC with contemporary photographs by architectural photographer Randhir Singh and a compelling essay by Amit Srivastava and Peter Scriver.

Cover Price ₹1600.00