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Monday
18 April 2011
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Manifestations V
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Manifestations 5
April 18 – June 18, 2011
Manifestations 5, an exhibition of 75 works by significant Indian artists of the 20th century, is part of Delhi Art Gallery’s biannual series introduced to fulfill the need to present an edited slice from its collection. Its format consists of a single work of each chosen artist which is carefully examined within the unique experiences of his artistic journey. What is exciting is the freedom to select artworks without constraints of chronology, style or subject. Such a vast survey of artists and time spans has been possible because of the artworks collected over the years which, by intent, are not restricted to the few who have been well documented in Indian art history. Manifestations 5 includes works that cut across histories and geographies, mediums and materials, to represent a slice of the best in Indian modern art. Scholars and art-historians have documented these works at some length, describing each work for its uniqueness. The result is a range of artistic interpretations that examine conflicting ideologies and purposes, experiments in materials and mediums: all making us aware of the constant shifts and changes that art undergoes as artists take on fresh challenges and risks. ...
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Manifestations 5
April 18 – June 18, 2011
Manifestations 5, an exhibition of 75 works by significant Indian artists of the 20th century, is part of Delhi Art Gallery’s biannual series introduced to fulfill the need to present an edited slice from its collection. Its format consists of a single work of each chosen artist which is carefully examined within the unique experiences of his artistic journey. What is exciting is the freedom to select artworks without constraints of chronology, style or subject. Such a vast survey of artists and time spans has been possible because of the artworks collected over the years which, by intent, are not restricted to the few who have been well documented in Indian art history. Manifestations 5 includes works that cut across histories and geographies, mediums and materials, to represent a slice of the best in Indian modern art. Scholars and art-historians have documented these works at some length, describing each work for its uniqueness. The result is a range of artistic interpretations that examine conflicting ideologies and purposes, experiments in materials and mediums: all making us aware of the constant shifts and changes that art undergoes as artists take on fresh challenges and risks.
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Tuesday
30 August 2011
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Chittaprosad, A Retrospective, 1915-1978
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Chittaprosad, A Retrospective, 1915-1978
July-August 2011
One of India’s most principled, humane and compassionate painters, Chittaprosad’s work here is documented in full, comprising of his political drawings, his propaganda posters, his rich oeuvre for children, and his experiments across mediums that included puppetry. Mounted on a scale that aims to do justice to his intellect, curiosity and experimentation, this is among the most important exhibitions ever to be mounted on an artist in India. For some, it will change their understanding of Chittaprosad; for others, it will change the way they view art. ...
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Chittaprosad, A Retrospective, 1915-1978
July-August 2011
One of India’s most principled, humane and compassionate painters, Chittaprosad’s work here is documented in full, comprising of his political drawings, his propaganda posters, his rich oeuvre for children, and his experiments across mediums that included puppetry. Mounted on a scale that aims to do justice to his intellect, curiosity and experimentation, this is among the most important exhibitions ever to be mounted on an artist in India. For some, it will change their understanding of Chittaprosad; for others, it will change the way they view art.
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Monday
12 September 2011
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Gogi Saroj Pal
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Gogi Saroj Pal
August-September 2011
One of India’s earliest artists who have been tagged ‘feminist’, and certainly the first woman artist to wear that label, Gogi Saroj Pal’s work, important as a seminal study of the issues, concerns, challenges and solutions to be found within the paradigm of the feminine gender, spans her entire career. The works represent her growth as an artist and map her changing concerns, though the central theme remains that of gender and society. ...
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Gogi Saroj Pal
August-September 2011
One of India’s earliest artists who have been tagged ‘feminist’, and certainly the first woman artist to wear that label, Gogi Saroj Pal’s work, important as a seminal study of the issues, concerns, challenges and solutions to be found within the paradigm of the feminine gender, spans her entire career. The works represent her growth as an artist and map her changing concerns, though the central theme remains that of gender and society.
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Monday
24 October 2011
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Manifestations VI
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Manifestations VI
October-November 2011
The sixth edition of the biannual exhibition from the Delhi Art Gallery collection that takes 75 iconic artists (and their most seminal works) and grounds them in extensive research and documentation. In being non-thematic and non-linear, the process allows for the best selection based on each artist’s unique or distinctive quality, and is among the most looked-forward to events on the Indian art calendar. ...
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Manifestations VI
October-November 2011
The sixth edition of the biannual exhibition from the Delhi Art Gallery collection that takes 75 iconic artists (and their most seminal works) and grounds them in extensive research and documentation. In being non-thematic and non-linear, the process allows for the best selection based on each artist’s unique or distinctive quality, and is among the most looked-forward to events on the Indian art calendar.
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Thursday
5 January 2012
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G R Santosh
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G R Santosh
January
-January 2012
India’s best-known tantric artist was an unparalleled abstractionist whose mystical paintings unfold the secrets of one of India’s best-known philosophies. This retrospective aims to explore his genius whose carefully calibrated interpretations are read by scholars as one of the best treatises of modern art explored in the modernist idiom. ...
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G R Santosh
January
-January 2012
India’s best-known tantric artist was an unparalleled abstractionist whose mystical paintings unfold the secrets of one of India’s best-known philosophies. This retrospective aims to explore his genius whose carefully calibrated interpretations are read by scholars as one of the best treatises of modern art explored in the modernist idiom.
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Wednesday
25 January 2012
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The Art Of Bengal
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The Art Of Bengal
January-February 2012
A complete and holistic view of the most important art movements, schools and groups that emerged from this state at the cusp of the 18th-19th centuries, and had an all-pervading influence on the development of Indian modern art. The Bengal School, Calcutta Group and Santiniketan, among others, produced artists whose footprints have left a deep impact on the genesis and growth of 20th century art in India. Yet, no overview has looked at all these movements comprehensively together. Simply put, this will be one of the most important exhibitions of modern art in India. ...
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The Art Of Bengal
January-February 2012
A complete and holistic view of the most important art movements, schools and groups that emerged from this state at the cusp of the 18th-19th centuries, and had an all-pervading influence on the development of Indian modern art. The Bengal School, Calcutta Group and Santiniketan, among others, produced artists whose footprints have left a deep impact on the genesis and growth of 20th century art in India. Yet, no overview has looked at all these movements comprehensively together. Simply put, this will be one of the most important exhibitions of modern art in India.
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Monday
26 March 2012
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Manifestations VII
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Manifestations VII
March-July 2012
Our biannual show Manifestations is on view again this summer, in its seventh edition, from March to June, 2012. Featuring a select collection of seventy-five artists, Manifestations VII features significant modern and contemporary Indian artists from 20th century.
The exhibition features several works of academic realist portraiture from early 20th century – vivid oil portraits by masters of the form such as Pestonji Bomanji, M. F. Pithawalla, Baburao Painter and L. N. Taskar as well as charcoal sketches by M. V. Dhurandhar, an academic artist of renown of the same period. The selection features Western academic oil-influenced works on mythological themes by the school referred to as Early Bengal and two works painted in a Raja Ravi Varma-derived style – an anonymous work by the Ravi Varma ‘School’ and Aroomoogam Pillay.
The Progressive Artists’ Group is represented in their entirety by the artists M. F. Husain, S. H. Raza, K. H. Ara, S. K. Bakre, H. A. Gade and F. N. Souza; and other modernist masters featured in the selection are names like Bikash Bhattacharjee, Nikhil Biswas, Sunil Das, Bijan Choudhary, Jogen Chowdhury, Laxma Goud, Ganesh Haloi, Gopal Ghose and K. K. Hebbar. The ‘Bengal School’ is represented by Nandalal Bose and Mukul Dey, whose limited-edition published volume of twenty signed drypoints, Indian Life and Legends is a highlight of the exhibition. Tantra is represented handsomely by masters Biren De, K. V. Haridasan and G. R. Santosh, while other artists known for their tantra association – Sohan Qadri and S. H. Raza are seen here with their abstract works of an earlier period. Of tremendous significance is the inclusion of two landscapes – by Nicholas Roerich, an artist rare to come across, and an equally rare, early landscape by Jamini Roy, a work unusual in its large scale. Our sculpture section is led by master-sculptor Ramkinkar Baij and features well-known modernist sculptors, D. P. Roy Chowdhury, Chintamoni Kar, Tarak Garai and G. Ravinder Reddy.
With unusual inclusions such as a collage by sculptor Himmat Shah and an impressionistic landscape Jamini Roy, known otherwise for his folk-inspired art, this edition of Manifestations is a sub...
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Manifestations VII
March-July 2012
Our biannual show Manifestations is on view again this summer, in its seventh edition, from March to June, 2012. Featuring a select collection of seventy-five artists, Manifestations VII features significant modern and contemporary Indian artists from 20th century.
The exhibition features several works of academic realist portraiture from early 20th century – vivid oil portraits by masters of the form such as Pestonji Bomanji, M. F. Pithawalla, Baburao Painter and L. N. Taskar as well as charcoal sketches by M. V. Dhurandhar, an academic artist of renown of the same period. The selection features Western academic oil-influenced works on mythological themes by the school referred to as Early Bengal and two works painted in a Raja Ravi Varma-derived style – an anonymous work by the Ravi Varma ‘School’ and Aroomoogam Pillay.
The Progressive Artists’ Group is represented in their entirety by the artists M. F. Husain, S. H. Raza, K. H. Ara, S. K. Bakre, H. A. Gade and F. N. Souza; and other modernist masters featured in the selection are names like Bikash Bhattacharjee, Nikhil Biswas, Sunil Das, Bijan Choudhary, Jogen Chowdhury, Laxma Goud, Ganesh Haloi, Gopal Ghose and K. K. Hebbar. The ‘Bengal School’ is represented by Nandalal Bose and Mukul Dey, whose limited-edition published volume of twenty signed drypoints, Indian Life and Legends is a highlight of the exhibition. Tantra is represented handsomely by masters Biren De, K. V. Haridasan and G. R. Santosh, while other artists known for their tantra association – Sohan Qadri and S. H. Raza are seen here with their abstract works of an earlier period. Of tremendous significance is the inclusion of two landscapes – by Nicholas Roerich, an artist rare to come across, and an equally rare, early landscape by Jamini Roy, a work unusual in its large scale. Our sculpture section is led by master-sculptor Ramkinkar Baij and features well-known modernist sculptors, D. P. Roy Chowdhury, Chintamoni Kar, Tarak Garai and G. Ravinder Reddy.
With unusual inclusions such as a collage by sculptor Himmat Shah and an impressionistic landscape Jamini Roy, known otherwise for his folk-inspired art, this edition of Manifestations is a substantial and rich offering of modern Indian art.
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Saturday
18 August 2012
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Indian Landscapes-The Changing Horizon
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Indian Landscapes-The Changing Horizon
August-September 2012
An overview of three hundred years of landscape art in India
Delhi Art Gallery is privileged to present the first-ever comprehensive overview of landscape art in India,Indian Landscapes: The Changing Horizon, that documents the evolving form of this genre in Indian art over three centuries – from the late eighteenth century to the recent past, representing artists from all major centres of art production in India.
Landscape art arrived in India through travelling European artists who brought the aesthetic of painting mountains, rivers and trees against the sky and a distant horizon – nature as a subject in itself – to Indian art, where it had traditionally only formed a backdrop in narrative-driven, figural paintings. The genre remained popular throughout the nineteenth century with a great demand for landscapes of India both in Europe and among the newly anglicised elite in India. Its popularity began to wane with the advent of modernism and a growing emphasis on the human figure, but several Indian artists, a significant name among them Gopal Ghose, continued to practice the form, now absorbing a wide range of new artistic trends and influences.
The exhibition brings together the work of the earliest European artist-travellers to India, such as Thomas Daniell, William Hodges, Edward Cheney and Robert Grindlay, academic realist oil landscapes by acknowledged masters of the form, J. P. Gangooly and Ravi Varma, as well as a strong representation of academic Indian art school-trained artists from the 1920s-60s who specialised in landscapes – such as S. L. Haldankar, M. K. Parandekar, L. N. Taskar, D. C. Joglekar and S. G. Thakur Singh – and Bengal School’s Far East-inspired innovations seen in the works of Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Prosanto Roy, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Indra Dugar. Master printmaker Haren Das, known for his serene, bucolic landscapes of rural Bengal, finds special and substantial representation. ...
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Indian Landscapes-The Changing Horizon
August-September 2012
An overview of three hundred years of landscape art in India
Delhi Art Gallery is privileged to present the first-ever comprehensive overview of landscape art in India,Indian Landscapes: The Changing Horizon, that documents the evolving form of this genre in Indian art over three centuries – from the late eighteenth century to the recent past, representing artists from all major centres of art production in India.
Landscape art arrived in India through travelling European artists who brought the aesthetic of painting mountains, rivers and trees against the sky and a distant horizon – nature as a subject in itself – to Indian art, where it had traditionally only formed a backdrop in narrative-driven, figural paintings. The genre remained popular throughout the nineteenth century with a great demand for landscapes of India both in Europe and among the newly anglicised elite in India. Its popularity began to wane with the advent of modernism and a growing emphasis on the human figure, but several Indian artists, a significant name among them Gopal Ghose, continued to practice the form, now absorbing a wide range of new artistic trends and influences.
The exhibition brings together the work of the earliest European artist-travellers to India, such as Thomas Daniell, William Hodges, Edward Cheney and Robert Grindlay, academic realist oil landscapes by acknowledged masters of the form, J. P. Gangooly and Ravi Varma, as well as a strong representation of academic Indian art school-trained artists from the 1920s-60s who specialised in landscapes – such as S. L. Haldankar, M. K. Parandekar, L. N. Taskar, D. C. Joglekar and S. G. Thakur Singh – and Bengal School’s Far East-inspired innovations seen in the works of Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Prosanto Roy, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Indra Dugar. Master printmaker Haren Das, known for his serene, bucolic landscapes of rural Bengal, finds special and substantial representation.
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Saturday
13 October 2012
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The Printed Picture Four Centuries Of Indian Printmaking
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The Printed Picture
Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking
Curated by Dr. Paula Sengupta
Delhi Art Gallery proudly presents The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, the first-ever comprehensive overview of the history of the print in Indian art. Printmaking arrived in India in the 16th century with visiting European Jesuits who brought the first printing presses to Goa. It flourished as an industry under colonial British rule, and the growth of the vernacular printing industry spawned several indigenous schools of printmaking located in the bazaars of urban centres like Calcutta, Pune, Bombay, Mysore and Lahore.
Curated by artist and scholar Dr. Paula Sengupta, the exhibition charts printmaking’s eventful journey in India from its inception as a tool of the colonial enterprise to its rapid success in the printing industry in the 18th century, and the entry of the Indian bazaar print in the hands of the artisan as well as the art school-trained artist. It examines the changes in themes, techniques and aesthetic triggered by modernism, whose first seeds were sown in Santiniketan and Calcutta and seen in the works of stalwarts such as Ramendranath Chakravorty, Gaganendranath Tagore and Haren Das, the subsequent expansion of printmaking to various regional art centres and institutions spread across the country, and the medium’s increasing use of technology. These centres, with their ongoing European influences, have produced at least two generations of gifted printmakers, and the exhibition records the contribution of such pioneering Indian artist-printmakers as Somnath Hore, Jyoti Bhatt, Krishna Reddy, Kanwal Krishna and Jagmohan Chopra, and also the work of the younger generation of talented printmakers represented by artists such as Anupam Sud and R. Palaniappan.
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The Printed Picture
Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking
Curated by Dr. Paula Sengupta
Delhi Art Gallery proudly presents The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, the first-ever comprehensive overview of the history of the print in Indian art. Printmaking arrived in India in the 16th century with visiting European Jesuits who brought the first printing presses to Goa. It flourished as an industry under colonial British rule, and the growth of the vernacular printing industry spawned several indigenous schools of printmaking located in the bazaars of urban centres like Calcutta, Pune, Bombay, Mysore and Lahore.
Curated by artist and scholar Dr. Paula Sengupta, the exhibition charts printmaking’s eventful journey in India from its inception as a tool of the colonial enterprise to its rapid success in the printing industry in the 18th century, and the entry of the Indian bazaar print in the hands of the artisan as well as the art school-trained artist. It examines the changes in themes, techniques and aesthetic triggered by modernism, whose first seeds were sown in Santiniketan and Calcutta and seen in the works of stalwarts such as Ramendranath Chakravorty, Gaganendranath Tagore and Haren Das, the subsequent expansion of printmaking to various regional art centres and institutions spread across the country, and the medium’s increasing use of technology. These centres, with their ongoing European influences, have produced at least two generations of gifted printmakers, and the exhibition records the contribution of such pioneering Indian artist-printmakers as Somnath Hore, Jyoti Bhatt, Krishna Reddy, Kanwal Krishna and Jagmohan Chopra, and also the work of the younger generation of talented printmakers represented by artists such as Anupam Sud and R. Palaniappan.
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Thursday
22 November 2012
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MANIFESTATIONS VIII
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