"Post Colonial Trends - Situating Indian Art In An Age Of Multiculturalism" a group show of paintings & sculptures at Open Palm Court Gallery, IHC, Lodhi Road > 1st-7th October 2010
Time :
1st October : 5:00 pm - Inauguration
1st to 7th October : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Exhibition on view
Entry : Free
Event Details : 'Post Colonial Trends - Situating Indian Art In An Age Of Multiculturalism' a group show of paintings and sculptures by Laxman Aelay , Jagadish Chinthala, Chippa Sudhakar, Babu Xavier, Rajesh Deoria, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Tarun Maity, Ritwick Banerjee, Satadru Sovan, Pradip Rakshit , Kalyan Mukherjee, Gopal Samantray.
While the expressions have changed, the conflict between the self and the other has remained as a matter of the artist’s consciousness down the moments of history; history here in a certain timeless sense of the term. Both the narrative discourse and the purely visual aesthetics have combined at large to create a unified and holistic measure in order to get the Indian feel in the art of the present hour. The colonial contact is not just reflected in the language or imagery of the artistic texts, it is an entire context against which human dramas are enacted in order to talk about the Indian identity, relationships and culture.
This exhibition is a document to this analogy. The sexual promises of a woman mixes with the wealth promised by the colonies. The reverse logic sees marine motifs in a stylization that does not urge extensively to search out for a dominant discursive narrative. Parallel to both the first and the second, there is also a third story-telling where the narrative is expressive but relaxed.
Amidst this turmoil, where then lies the seeds of the Indian identity? Is it a part of the smooth color that suggests the sophisticated cosmopolitan nature of the land? Is it in the rough pen or brush strokes that suggest the harsh realities of the Indian ethos? In a multicultural land like that of ours, can there at all be a homogenous national identity without any forcible coercion? Maybe the audience and spectator will be able to find an answer to this… our exhibition does not intend to provide the right answers, but to raise the appropriate questions!
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1st October : 5:00 pm - Inauguration
1st to 7th October : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Exhibition on viewEntry : Free
Place : Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
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While the expressions have changed, the conflict between the self and the other has remained as a matter of the artist’s consciousness down the moments of history; history here in a certain timeless sense of the term. Both the narrative discourse and the purely visual aesthetics have combined at large to create a unified and holistic measure in order to get the Indian feel in the art of the present hour. The colonial contact is not just reflected in the language or imagery of the artistic texts, it is an entire context against which human dramas are enacted in order to talk about the Indian identity, relationships and culture.
This exhibition is a document to this analogy. The sexual promises of a woman mixes with the wealth promised by the colonies. The reverse logic sees marine motifs in a stylization that does not urge extensively to search out for a dominant discursive narrative. Parallel to both the first and the second, there is also a third story-telling where the narrative is expressive but relaxed.
Amidst this turmoil, where then lies the seeds of the Indian identity? Is it a part of the smooth color that suggests the sophisticated cosmopolitan nature of the land? Is it in the rough pen or brush strokes that suggest the harsh realities of the Indian ethos? In a multicultural land like that of ours, can there at all be a homogenous national identity without any forcible coercion? Maybe the audience and spectator will be able to find an answer to this… our exhibition does not intend to provide the right answers, but to raise the appropriate questions!
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"Post Colonial Trends - Situating Indian Art In An Age Of Multiculturalism" a group show of paintings & sculptures at Open Palm Court Gallery, IHC, Lodhi Road > 1st-7th October 2010
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