Renaissance with a Modern Twist
There is more than a lifetime of knowledge to gain from master artists and their relationship with colour, culture and society.
Task
The students were exposed to the styles and techniques of various master artists. They were then asked to recreate an iconic painting with a modern twist or create their own unique artworks taking inspiration from the artists’ style.
“They can put me in a jungle, still I can create”
- M.F. Hussain
Artist Credits:
Sarthak Seksaria, Nirantara Goel, Viaan Bakliwal
“Art comes from joy and pain...But mostly pain”
- Edvard Munch
Artist Credits:
Aarinie Pradhan
“Bindu is a point where I concentrate, my energy, my mind”
- S.H.Raza
Artist Credits:
Aanvi Shyamsukha, Miraya Saigal, Falak Modi, Aarna Maheshwari, Shriya Maheshwari
“The mind loves images whose meaning is unknown since the meaning of mind itself is unknown.”
- René Magritte
Artist Credits:
Shanaya Sharup
“Everything you can imagine is real”
- Picasso
Artist Credits:
Sanika Daga, Esha Jain, Avantikka Goenka
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream”
-Van Gogh
Artist Credits:
Veda Goel, Yashvi Shyamsukha,
Anaaya Ruia, Navya Bhimrajka
Artist Credits:
Shanaya Sharup
“There is no must in art because art is free”
-Kandinsky
Artist Credits:
Yashvi Shyamsukha
“Art is anything you can get away with”
- Andy Warhol
Artist Credits:
Krisha Singhal, Avantika Kampani
Warhol X Johannes Vermeer
Artist Credits:
Tarini Mazumdar
“Are you sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?”
- M.C. Escher
Artist Credits:
Mihika Sanghvi, Ahana Kanoi, Rhea Parekh
“I’m just another dot in the World”
- Yayoi Kusama
Artist Credits:
Elisha Rajpal, Nirantara Goel, Yashvi Shyamsukha
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them”
- Henri Matisse
Artist Credits:
Mihika Sanghvi, Ansh Somani, Veda Furia
Artist Credits:
Aviraj Bhartiya, Ananya Maheshwari
“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, because the painting has a life of its own”
- Jackson Pollock
Artist Credits:
Naisha Bhimrajka