Venue : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV
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24th November : 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Add to Calendar 24/11/2017 18:00 24/11/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Opening of "Yujo" a solo show of photographs by Ashok Ahuja Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/11/exhibition-yujo-solo-show-of-images-by.html Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening
25th November to 23rd December : 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 25/11/2017 11:00 23/12/2017 19:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION "Yujo" a solo show of photographs by Ashok Ahuja Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/11/exhibition-yujo-solo-show-of-images-by.html Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY (Closed on Sundays) - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Venue : Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
Venue Info : About | Map | Events | Nearest Metro Station - 'Moolchand(Violet Line)'
Event Description : EXHIBITION "Yūjō यूजो" a solo show of images by Ashok Ahuja
This show is born of my friendship with Japan and its people. It is a reflection of my deep appreciation of their culture and thought, leading to an engagement with Japanese arts, crafts, poetry and philosophy—not to forget, technology.
In trying to understand different cultures, it soon becomes obvious that one’s own reality always seems familiar: photographic. That of the other, is pieced together from fragments of experience and information, and is invariably ‘constructed’. Nevertheless, it is hard to miss the correspondence between Indian and Japanese cultures with their roots dug deeply into the past even as they both eagerly embrace the future.
The three groups of images in this show refer to an earlier time but their context is contemporary. One string recreates a street in Tokyo, where the shutters of the shops have been painted with images of Japanese life of an earlier era. Every evening when the shutters are closed, the flat images merge with their surroundings to acquire more than just another spatial dimension as the past and present come together in the same frame.
This keeping alive of the past in the present is also a function of festivals. It is evident in the collection of subjective impressions shown here from the summer festival of Nebuta in Aomori, in northern Japan, with its large floats depicting brave warrior-figures battling demonic forces in narratives drawn from a whole range of sources including myths and folk tales. It bears a relationship of theme, form and process, with the towering effigies of the demon king Ravana erected during the Dussehra festival in northern India. In both these instances, the festive intent overrides the ferociousness and despicable nature of even the most odious characters transforming them into beautiful, sometimes lovable, forms and objects.
All three groups here presented, are the ‘people’s art’. This show is intended to be a simple, straightforward, accessible document of the creative expression of people, that is shaped and determined by them, addressed to each and every person in the collective open space that belongs to all. This art ‘of the people’ evolves through repetition, year after year, adapting to, yet challenging a fast changing world. It represents the people’s participation in the continuum, which is the very celebration of life itself.
-Ashok Ahuja
Supported by Gallery Espace
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24th November : 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Add to Calendar 24/11/2017 18:00 24/11/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Opening of "Yujo" a solo show of photographs by Ashok Ahuja Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/11/exhibition-yujo-solo-show-of-images-by.html Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening
25th November to 23rd December : 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 25/11/2017 11:00 23/12/2017 19:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION "Yujo" a solo show of photographs by Ashok Ahuja Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/11/exhibition-yujo-solo-show-of-images-by.html Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY (Closed on Sundays) - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Venue : Tenshin Okakura Gallery, The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
Venue Info : About | Map | Events | Nearest Metro Station - 'Moolchand(Violet Line)'
Event Description : EXHIBITION "Yūjō यूजो" a solo show of images by Ashok Ahuja
This show is born of my friendship with Japan and its people. It is a reflection of my deep appreciation of their culture and thought, leading to an engagement with Japanese arts, crafts, poetry and philosophy—not to forget, technology.
In trying to understand different cultures, it soon becomes obvious that one’s own reality always seems familiar: photographic. That of the other, is pieced together from fragments of experience and information, and is invariably ‘constructed’. Nevertheless, it is hard to miss the correspondence between Indian and Japanese cultures with their roots dug deeply into the past even as they both eagerly embrace the future.
The three groups of images in this show refer to an earlier time but their context is contemporary. One string recreates a street in Tokyo, where the shutters of the shops have been painted with images of Japanese life of an earlier era. Every evening when the shutters are closed, the flat images merge with their surroundings to acquire more than just another spatial dimension as the past and present come together in the same frame.
This keeping alive of the past in the present is also a function of festivals. It is evident in the collection of subjective impressions shown here from the summer festival of Nebuta in Aomori, in northern Japan, with its large floats depicting brave warrior-figures battling demonic forces in narratives drawn from a whole range of sources including myths and folk tales. It bears a relationship of theme, form and process, with the towering effigies of the demon king Ravana erected during the Dussehra festival in northern India. In both these instances, the festive intent overrides the ferociousness and despicable nature of even the most odious characters transforming them into beautiful, sometimes lovable, forms and objects.
All three groups here presented, are the ‘people’s art’. This show is intended to be a simple, straightforward, accessible document of the creative expression of people, that is shaped and determined by them, addressed to each and every person in the collective open space that belongs to all. This art ‘of the people’ evolves through repetition, year after year, adapting to, yet challenging a fast changing world. It represents the people’s participation in the continuum, which is the very celebration of life itself.
-Ashok Ahuja
Supported by Gallery Espace
Related Links : Exhibitions
EXHIBITION "Yujo" a solo show of photographs by Ashok Ahuja > 24th November to 23rd December 2017
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