PAINTING & SCULPTURE EXHIBITION : Recent Works by Veteran Artist Amit Ambalal at Gallery Espace, New Friends Colony - 21st July to 12th August 08

• Time :
• 21st July : Preview at 6:30 pm
• 22nd July to 12th August : 11:00 am to 7:00 pm ( sunday closed )

• Event Details : Gallery Espace presents “Recent works by Amit Ambalal”; a solo exhibition of new works (paintings in oil on canvas & a large installation in bronze) by Ahmedabad-based veteran artist Amit Ambalal. The exhibition will be accompanied by a well-documented book on the artist’s stylistic oeuvre by independent critic and curator, Gayatri Sinha. Also on view will be a unique installation of 35 bronze crows which attracted widespread attention when it was first shown in Ahmedabad. .
• Says Ms. Renu Modi, Director, Gallery Espace: “Ambalal’s work may be seen within a critical phase of Indian modernity, his adaptations and resistance, as he seeks to create a language that is both recognizable and intensely personal.”
• About Amit Ambalal : Born in Ahmedabad in 1943, Amit Ambalal qualified in Arts, Commerce and Law to become a businessman before taking up painting full time in 1979. So taken in was he by his childhood dream of becoming a painter that he sold off his family-owned business (textile mill) in 1977 to pursue this passion. Trained under veteran artist and teacher Chhaganlal Jadhav, Amit’s engagement with the arts extends to a wide ground of historical research, documentation and collection and his particular interest in the Nathdwara School of Painting. He has to his credit a book on the subject, Krishna as Shrinathji - Rajasthani Paintings from Nathdwara, published by Mapin in 1987, followed in 1989 by an exhibition of Nathdwara paintings from his collection. His work can basically be divided into two categories. One has a contemporary approach to tradition via the popular religious traditions. And the other is the historical Rajasthani Nathdwara devotional paintings he has been creating for the last two decades now. Part of his work also revolves around human drama.
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• Place : Gallery Espace, 16 Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi - 110025
• Website : galleryespace.com

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