Nitanjali Art Gallery presents "Looking Back to Look Forward" A Group Exhibition at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, Lodhi Road > 10am-8pm on 21st-25th April 2011

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21st April : 7:00 pm - Inauguration by two prominent cultural leaders Mr. Suresh K. Goel, Director General of ICCR and Mr. Rob Lynes, Director, The British Council, India

21st to 25th April : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Place : Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )

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Event Details : Nitanjali Art Gallery presents 'Looking Back to Look Forward' A Group Exhibition of 100 works of art by 40 artists to mark the 10th anniversary of the gallery.

The kaleidoscope of art works travels back and forth as the artists reflect on the concept of time and space in a contemporary context. The works especially created by a fairly varied group of 40 artists from across the country and beyond, representing different genres, regions and schools of art, thought and generation; presents an interesting interconnect, an overview of the current Indian art practice and aesthetics. 

Reflective of the changes over the last decade, the collection in wide-ranging oeuvres, media, sizes and forms features the overt and covert, the evocative and the provocative, the sublime and the ridiculous, the secular and the profane and the routine and the innovative! It searches within and beyond to try and put the spotlight on the changing face and colors of contemporary Indian art in the globalised world of today. The exhibition captures the elusive picture of multi-layered socio-political economic contexts and groupings in an assimilation of the old with the new- to review the past, represent the present and foretell what is to come- looking back to look forward…

A 180 page hard bound illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition featuring the new works made by the artists as well as examples of their earlier work to rewind and retrace their artistic track and appreciate what changes, if any, have occurred and how far, if at all, it tells the story of the shift in the artist’s own stance or of our times to represent the age, our thinking and concerns. There are images sprouting from the realms of pop culture, installation and mass media besides traditional painting and sculpture or mixed media work that seem to look ahead and yearn for a different future.  

The participating artists are:

Amiya Bhattacharya, Anshika Varma, Atul Bhalla, Baba Anand, B. Srinivas Reddy, Ebenezer Sunder Singh, Ganesh Gohain, George Martin, Heeral Trivedi, Jatin Kampani, Josh P.S., Kaaru, Kamar Alam, Ketna Patel, Mukesh Sharma, Paresh Maity, Puja Bahri, Pooja Iranna, Prajakta Palav, Rajesh Sharma, Rani Rekha, Ravi Kumar Kashi, Rima Kundu, S. Ravishankar,   Sachindra Nath Jha,  Sandeep Biswas, Santana Gohain, Satish Gupta, Seema Kohli, Shipra Bhattacharya, Subba Ghosh,  Sudhanshu Sutar, Sujata Bajaj, Sunil Chejara, Suresh Muthukulam, Tushar Waghela, Thota Vaikuntam, Vineet Kacker, Vaishali Oak & Vinay Sharma.

A panel discussion around the theme of the exhibition is to be held in the gallery amidst the works on display on Sat 23 March at 4 pm where the visitors will be able to interact with some of the participating artists.   

For information or visuals of the works in the exhibition please contact the gallery.  

Curated by Sushma Bahl with inputs from Elizabeth Rogers

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