#Sonny Malhotra

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This One Song… Martha on Please Don't Take Me Back

This One Song… Martha on Please Don’t Take Me Back

Tell you what – we love hearing from artists when things go right. We equally love hearing from artists when things go dreadfully wrong. A song that was a piece of piss, written in 20 minutes? Or years in the making and a bastard to write? Whether it’s a song that came together through great duress or one that was smashed out in a short amount of time, we’re getting the lowdown from some of our…

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Approaches to Postmodernism: Parody

Sea is for Cookie, Digital Media, Sonny Malhotra, 2013.

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Reading Response 1-Postmodernism

Postmodernism is the rejection of and response to modernism in which artists are straying away from modern art rules with the thought of art as an authentic and original production by the artist. Postmodernists created worked around the idea that there is no originality in artworks just recreations of previous works that have influenced the individual. The time and culture we live in reinforces that idea and has become prominent as influence and inspiration as at people's fingertips with social media and the internet. The text mentions how postmodernists believe that art is a clash and cluster that culture has more of an influence on the piece than the individual. High and low art are also discussed, and it was nice to see Jeff Koons make “kitschy art” that embraced the “cheap, tasteless and tacky” art that modernists claimed it to be. Doing so this allowed art to take more forms that seems it would have made art more accessible and easier to create without the judgement of a modernist view. In its totality, I enjoyed the reading and agreed with these tactics and strategies of postmodernism but, that is not to say that modernists and the art from that time are in a wrong position. There are great works and tradition that have come from modern works of art, but postmodernism seemed inevitable. Though postmodernism claims to be the pasts recreations there are so many amazing things made that reflect an individual or a cultures perception of these things that, in a sense is a new work in its own right. 

1)Escaping the confines of museums

Artist-Thomas Evans

2)Collapsing boundaries between high and low

Artist- Naruki Kukita, Oil on Canvas, ‘Virtual Japonism’, 24 x 36

3) Rejecting originality

Artist- Victionary, digital art, ‘Asian Inspiration’, 6 3/4 x 8 3/4

4)Jouissance 

Artist- Miquel Angel Reyes, ‘4-way’, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 22" x 22"

5) Collaborative works

Artists- Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol, ‘Olympic Rings’, 1985, acrylic and silk screen on canvas, 81 x 183

6) Appropriating

Artist- Andy Warhol, ‘Cambells soup cans’, 1928-87, polymer paint on canvas, 20 x 16

7) Simulating

Artist- Greg Olson, ‘The Spirit of Christmas’, 2009, 

8) Hybridizing

Artist- Tom of Finland, ‘Sailors Dream’, 1959, graphite on paper, 7 1/2 x 10 3/4

9) Mixing Media

Artist- Caleb Hahne, ‘Medea’, 2017, gouache, acrylic, graphite and marker on stretched linen, 34 x 28

10) Layering

Artist- Jessie Craig

11) Mixing Codes

Artist- Barbara Kruger, ‘Loser’, 2016

12) Re-contextualizing

Artist- Felix d’Eon, ‘La Bandera’, archiva ink and archival fine art paper, 24 x 16

13) Confronting the gaze

Artist- Sarah Lucas, ‘Pauline Bunny’, 1997

14) Facing the Abject

Artist- Cindy Sherman, ‘Untitled A’, 1975, gelatin silver print on paper

15) Constructing Identities

Artist- Manuel Paul, ‘Maricon’, Ink on paper

16) Using Narratives

Artist- Jean-Honore Fragonard, 1767, ‘The Swing’, oil painting, 2 ft 8 x 2

17) Creating Metaphors

Artist- Do Ho Such, ‘Staircase III’, 2010, 

18) Irony, parody and dissonance

Artist- Sonny Malhotra, ‘Sea is for Cookie’, 2013

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11. Mixing codes

Untitled, by Banksy, unknown date, stencils and spray paint

12. Re-Contextualizing

“Scanned Women” by Kei Imazu, 2016, oil on canvas

13. Confronting the Gaze

Untitled, by Leah Schrager, unknown date, Nikon D610, painted

14. Facing the Abject

“Untitled (Kardon glass case)” by Eva Hesse, 1968, mixed media construction

15. Constructing identities

“Five Day Forcast” by Lorna Simpson, 1991, camera

16. Using narratives

“Beauty Parlor” by Mary Woronov, 2013, oil paint

17. Creating metaphors

“Mac World” by Kate VandenBerghe, unknown date, digital illustration

18. Irony, parody, and dissonance

“Sea is for Cookie” by Sonny Malhotra, 2013, digital illustration

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Themes of Postmodernism

1. Escaping the confines of museums

“Smiling King Bear” 2017. Okuda San Miguel. Life is Beautiful festival.

I chose this as my example because while it is now resting in an art gallery in Vegas, it was meant to be an installation as part of the Life is Beautiful festival, which I think is incredibly fitting for this category. 

2. Collapsing boundaries between "high" and "low"

Unknown.

I chose this picture because it is a pop art version of a famous picture of Albert Einstein, and while it does not look as serious as the original photo is (because obviously), it still somehow portrays a different, more upbeat meaning to me.

3. Rejecting originality

“Yellow Islands” 1952. Jackson Pollock.

I chose this picture because it is quite literally just dripping paint on a canvas and letting it dry, which isn’t as original as one might think. In attempt to become more abstract, I feel as though people look to dripping on canvas as a way to do that, but it ends up being just like so many other pieces that have already been made.

4. Jouissance

“Jouissance” Paul Saucier.

I chose this artwork with the new Tumblr guidelines in mind, since there is more of a filter now than there was before. But you can still tell that this is a passionate painting with the way the woman arches her neck towards the man’s face.

5. Working collaboratively

2013. Michelle Maher. Beaumont Hospital School.

I chose this piece because it was the first picture that popped up that wasn’t a school project for children.

6. Appropriating

Barack Obama “Hope” Poster. 2008. Sheperd Fairey.

This is the most iconic image that I think of when I think of appropriation. While Sheperd went through legal action on this photo because he didn’t get permission to use the original image, this is a perfect example of editing another work to create a new work (but I suppose in this case, not enough to call it original).

7. Simulating

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I was having trouble finding a good simulation artwork because that word could be applied to a lot of other things, but then it dawned on me that the most obvious simulation artwork would be the idea of the matrix.

8. Hybridizing

“Hybridizing Earth” 2016. Lee Leenam.

I chose this artwork because he drew the traditional painting that’s in the background, but then used a software tool to add the glowing lines with the VR headset to represent that virtual work will probably be the new future of art.

9. Mixing Media

Art Anthology.

This clearly has different elements/mediums in the artwork, from the fake rose, to the picture, to the background that looks like it’s some type of pattern. No doubt this is a mixed media artwork.

10. Layering

2013. Pu the Owl.

This person actually explained how they made this artwork on their blog, and it was almost entirely digital with the manipulation of light, objects, layering, and digital images using various layers.

11. Mixing codes

Samuel F.B. Morse in Morse Code. 1999. Ken Knowlton.

I chose this because I noticed there were a lot of art installations that included QR codes, and while that might not be exactly the same/too literal, I think the picture in morse code looks cooler and flows more smoothly.

12. Re-contextualizing

“The Craftsmen Series: The Silver Collection.” 2011. Stacey Webber.

I chose this because this tape measure sculpture is made entirely of coins. This definitely makes you re-examine the object you are looking at, which I would think would be the point of the sculpture.

 13. Confronting the gaze

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Here is a picture that is clearly a clap-back of the idea of the male gaze. The woman is shooting a dagger into a much smaller man, which is a clear disscontempt.

14. Facing the abject

“Untitled #175″ 1987. Cindy Sherman.

This definitely looks like various foods left or have melted on the ground, next to sunglasses (a very mundane item). They look to be squished, old, and undesirable, which is what the abject is.

15. Constructing Identities

“Roberta Construction Chart #2″ 1975. Lynn Hershman Leeson.

I chose this to represent identities because I feel as though more and more people choose to alter their looks in order to create/grow into or to change their self identity. They believe that altering their face is what will make them prettier, and more womanly. This is definitely a piece that is trying to portray that issue and how it can be such a problem.

16. Using narratives

“My Son Peter” John Wilkison.

This picture I think is open to interpretation, but also clearly represents a narrative being that this older man is reminiscing. However, about what, or what those lines mean is unclear.

17. Creating metaphors

2006. Banksy.

This picture is a metaphor for how people worship shopping, and how sales can take over people’s lives and wallets because that is all they live for. It is almost like a religion for some people in that they keep up with the sales to the point where some people keep up with sermons, and follow the Bible religiously.

18. Irony, parody, and dissonance

“Sea is For Cookie” 2013. Sonny Malhotra.

This is probably my favorite section because there are so many good parody pieces out there. This one is based off of “Kanagawa oki Nami ura (The Great Wave at Kanagawa)” 1830-32. Katsushika Hokusai. Which is honestly one of my favorite pieces of art.

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FMP Research - Sonny Malhotra

I decided to look for some photographers who are still taking pictures through the pandemic and Lockdown.

Sonny spent weeks in lockdown on his one exercise a day cycling round London, taking pictures and chatting socially distanced with his friends around the area, resulting in photos of these people in isolation.

These select images show people looking at the outside world from their locked down homes, all of which are isolating. The photographer explains that for the first few days, the images mostly showed people bored but happy for some brief human contact, through a window, however after days of being in lockdown, he found them more frightened and concerned.

The third one particular interesting as it looks like the bars on the window could be seen as a prison, and someone wanting to escape again into the free world, and as they progress, they are looking less amused by the situations.

I definitely find this work interesting and it would be equally interesting to see how it develops, relating this to my theme though, I dont want to directly link it to COVID and lockdowns surrounding it (taking pictures of others in lockdown and their emotions.) I want to portray the emotions felt through my photos indirectly, meaning the photos represent the emotions myself and others may feel during lockdown. These photos focus solely on the emotions and expressions of these people.

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My interview with Dagny for Best Fit’s Ones To Watch 2017. Photographs by the talented Sonny Malhotra!

READ IT IN FULL HERE!

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New Age Banking Awards 2019 presented at NABS Dubai on 30th July

BusinessLive Middle East’s New Age Banking Summit and Awards 2019, held on 30th July at Armani Hotel Dubai received an overwhelming response. The summit was designed to address key challenges and explore technologies that can accelerate the regional banking sector in the digital age.

The deliberations at New Age Banking Summit, Dubai 2019 helped the audience gain expert insights on disruptive technologies, global banking trends and new age customer needs, and an opportunity to network with industry peers and banking solution providers.

Featuring sessions on blockchain, AI, digital transformation, customer experience, open banking, data analytics, the event stressed on driving efficiency across various channels for better customer experience as well as the need to be in line with regulatory norms while embracing digitization.

New Age Banking Awards

The best performing banking and fintech companies were presented with The New Age Banking Awards at the Summit. The Awards were presented by Atulya Sharma, CEO, UMS Group and Poonam Chawla, Associate Publisher, BusinessLive ME. 

Commercial Bank of Dubai won the Best Digital Bank Award. The Award was received by Amit Malhotra, General Manager Personal Banking Group

The Best Corporate Bank Award went to Bank of Sharjah. Fares Saade, Senior Manager Banking Operations received the trophy on behalf of the Bank

Excellence in Innovation in Digital Banking was won by Mashreq Bank. The Award was received by Sandeep Chouhan, EVP – Group Head Operations and Technology. Mashreq Bank also took home the coveted Most Innovative Bank of the year award

Adam Dance, Senior Executive Officer, IG Limited received the Best Online Trading Award on behalf of the company

The Best Bank for Transaction Services Award went to HSBC, Ian Pettigrew, Regional Head of Innovation for Global Liquidity and Cash Management took the Award on behalf of HSBC

Al Ahli Bank Kuwait was the recipient of the Fastest Growing Bank in the Middle East. Meshari Ibrahim Al Ali, Executive Manager, Wealth and Real Estate Department received the Award

The highly contested Emerging Fintech of the Year (MENA) Award went to Vneuron. An elated Mahmoud Mhiri, Executive Partner of Vneuron did the honours on behalf of the Fintech

Mena Migally Khalil, Senior Director Middle-East received the Excellence in Fintech Award for Riverbed Technology

The final Award was for The Best International Bank of the year and it went to Standard Chartered. Sonny Zulu, Managing Director, Retail Banking received the Award on behalf of the Bank.

The New Age Banking Summit was sponsored by Mashreq Bank, Bank of Sharjah, HSBC and Commercial Bank of Dubai.

IG Trading were Support Partners of the New Age Banking Summit 2019. Maveric Systems was the Digital Transformation Partner.

HPS and Credentek were the supporting partners of the event.

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Enjoy that brief moment where your brain tells you this is a photo of a crowd at a large concert. pic.twitter.com/SzegeRTAZt

— Sonny Malhotra (@PhotoSonny) November 3, 2017

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Enjoy that brief moment where your brain tells you this is a photo of a crowd at a large concert. http://pic.twitter.com/SzegeRTAZt

— Sonny Malhotra (@PhotoSonny) November 3, 2017

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VIDEO: @DreamMclean & @TheLastSkeptik - Doing Bits On Monday (23rd January), Dream Mclean and The Last Skeptik will be releasing their EP Cheese On Brown Bread (pre-order here). Before that, we get a cool visual for 'Doing Bits', directed by Sonny Malhotra.

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Rewd Adams & The Last Skeptik - Everything's OK

South Londoner Rewd Adams does not want to be put into a box. Not that he's claustrophobic, it's more of a creative limitation thing. He raps and sings, plays and produces and although his defining influences are drum&bass MCs his style is predominantly hip-hop. While Adams carves his own path, Sonny Malhotra carves books to make videos like this one. Combining his own drawings with chopped up and bastardised literature to create an entertaining mish-mash of stop motion madness.

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My interview with Deptford Goth for London in Stereo magazine. Print issues coming soon, for now you can read my interview and the rest of the mag here, which I obviously highly recommend you do. Photographs by the ever talented Sonny Malhotra.

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New Age Banking Summit, Dubai 2019: Digital Transformation in Banking & Finance

BusinessLive Middle East’s New Age Banking Summit 2019 drew an exceptional response from the banking and fintech sectors. Held on 30th July at Armani Hotel Dubai, the summit was designed to address key challenges and explore technologies that can accelerate the regional banking sector in the digital age.

The deliberations at New Age Banking Summit, Dubai 2019 helped the audience gain expert insights on disruptive technologies, global banking trends and new age customer needs, and an opportunity to network with industry peers and banking solution providers.

Featuring sessions on blockchain, AI, digital transformation, customer experience, open banking, data analytics, the event stressed on driving efficiency across various channels for better customer experience as well as the need to be in line with regulatory norms while embracing digitization.

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 The Welcome and Opening addresses were delivered by Poonam Chawla, Associate PUblisher – BusinessLive ME and Atulya Sharma, CEO, UMS Group respectively. Tariq Qureishy, Founder/CEO, EQXponential/MAD Group delivered the Chair Address.

Session 1: The Era of Digital Banking

The first session, Era of Digital Banking, started with a presentation by Sandeep Chouhan, EVP – Group Head Operations and Technology, Mashreq Bank.

The Fireside Chat, ‘Offering exemplary customer service experience – The biggest differentiator’ brought to the fore, some interesting industry insights. The panel comprising Amit Malhotra, CBD and Ahmed Alrefaei, Al Masraf Bank was moderated by Mayank Singh, Chief Editor of Business Live Middle East.

Muraleedhar Pai of Maveric Systems presented next, on Data Fabric as a necessity for driving ROI in digital transformation and Zeeshan Pervez from The Saudi Investment Bank provided insights on the changing trends in banking product development.

The panel discussion on ‘The Future of Finance in an Era of Fintech’ was moderated by Mohamed Roushdy of FinTech Bazaar. The panelists were Guilherme Rodrigues from FAB; Devid Jegerson of National Bank of Fujairah; and Monte Safieddine of IG.

The first session concluded with Union Insurance’s Anshul Srivastav presenting on ‘Innovations and Disruptions: Decoding the New Normal’. 

Session 2: Open Banking

The second session of the Summit provided a unique platform for banking and finance professionals to discuss new developments in Open Banking. The speakers included Soheyl Kadjani of Emirates NBD; and Alejandro Monterde of RakBank.

The fireside chat on ‘Debunking the Myths of Open Banking and Understanding it’s Benefits’ was moderated by Tristan Brandt, Head of Digital FS Practice, Oliver Wyman and included Sonny Zulu, MD, Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Bank UAE, and Ian Pettigrew, Regional Head of Innovation for Global Liquidity and Cash Management, HSBC (MENAT).

Session 3: Banking 4.0

The final session highlighted how banking continues to move to digital. The line-up of speakers included Tariq Queishy of EQXponential/MAD Group; Ali Khawaja of Dubai Blockchain Center; and Kareem Refaay from the London Institute of Banking & Finance.

The fireside chat on ‘Fight against fraud in a digital world’ was moderated by Paul Epping of EQXponential. Ani Dave of CX Unicorn and Noman Rasheed of Noor Bank were the panelists.

Mashreq Bank, Bank of Sharjah, HSBC, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and IG were Support Partners of the New Age Banking Summit 2019. Maveric Systems was the Digital Transformation Partner. HPS, Credentek, and Enabler ONE were the supporting partners of the event.

The New Age Banking Awards was also co-located with the New Age Banking Summit. The best performing banking and fintech companies were felicitated at the Awards.

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