Grosvenor Vadehra presents "IDA KAR: Portraits of F.N. Souza" Photography exhibition at British Council, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 4th-15th October 2011
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4th October : 6:30 pm - a preview and talk 'F.N. Souza: The London Years' Conor Macklin, Director, Grosvenor Gallery in conversation with Yashodhara Dalmia and Krishen Khanna
5th to 15th October : 10:00 am - 6:30 pm (Sunday closed)
- Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Event Details : Grosvenor Vadehra & British Council invite you to a 'IDA KAR: Portraits of F.N. Souza' Photography exhibition.
To coincide with a major retrospective of photographs by Ida Kar at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Grosvenor Vadehra is proud to present Portraits of F.N. Souza 1957 – 1961 by Ida Kar. These images were taken during the period 1957-1961 and have never been published or exhibited before. The exhibition was opened in London in May followed by New Delhi on the 4th of October, Mumbai on the 6th of October and Goa on the 8th of October 2011. A talk with scholars and personal acquaintances of the artist will take place at each venue and will form a part of an academic paper.
Ida Kar (1908-1974) was an Armenian photographer, who after spending a period in Paris established her own photographic studio ‘Idabel’ in Cairo. There she met and married Victor Musgrave who went on to open Gallery One in 1944 in London. Here she started as a theatrical photographer, taking sophisticated shots of young actors. However, she became most well known for the photographs she took of artists and writers, some of which have become defining portraits and important social documents of cultural life in post-war Britain.
She had her first solo exhibition in London at Gallery One - Forty Artists from London and Paris in 1954. Her photographs included those of artists Stanley Spencer, Tsugouharu Foujita, Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray and Le Corbusier. She became the first photographer to be honoured by a major retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 - Ida Kar: Portraits of Artists and Writers in Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. In preparation Kar travelled to Moscow, photographing Dmitri Shostakovich, and in Paris secured sittings with playwright Eugène Ionesco and co-founder of Cubism, Georges Braque.
F.N. Souza was with Gallery One when he had his first solo exhibition in 1956. The founder of the Indian Progressive Artists Group, Souza is one of India’s most important and recognized artists. She took several images of Souza seven of which are being exhibited at Grosvenor Vadehra. They show the artist in his studio. These photographs of the artist during 1957-1961 document a crucial phase in both Kar’s and Souza’s artistic careers. The exhibition and the events around it will shed light on this period and the relationship between Kar and Souza whilst they were immersed in London’s flourishing art scene.
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4th October : 6:30 pm - a preview and talk 'F.N. Souza: The London Years' Conor Macklin, Director, Grosvenor Gallery in conversation with Yashodhara Dalmia and Krishen Khanna
5th to 15th October : 10:00 am - 6:30 pm (Sunday closed)
- Exhibition on ViewEntry : Free
Place : British Council, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
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To coincide with a major retrospective of photographs by Ida Kar at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Grosvenor Vadehra is proud to present Portraits of F.N. Souza 1957 – 1961 by Ida Kar. These images were taken during the period 1957-1961 and have never been published or exhibited before. The exhibition was opened in London in May followed by New Delhi on the 4th of October, Mumbai on the 6th of October and Goa on the 8th of October 2011. A talk with scholars and personal acquaintances of the artist will take place at each venue and will form a part of an academic paper.
Ida Kar (1908-1974) was an Armenian photographer, who after spending a period in Paris established her own photographic studio ‘Idabel’ in Cairo. There she met and married Victor Musgrave who went on to open Gallery One in 1944 in London. Here she started as a theatrical photographer, taking sophisticated shots of young actors. However, she became most well known for the photographs she took of artists and writers, some of which have become defining portraits and important social documents of cultural life in post-war Britain.
She had her first solo exhibition in London at Gallery One - Forty Artists from London and Paris in 1954. Her photographs included those of artists Stanley Spencer, Tsugouharu Foujita, Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray and Le Corbusier. She became the first photographer to be honoured by a major retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 - Ida Kar: Portraits of Artists and Writers in Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. In preparation Kar travelled to Moscow, photographing Dmitri Shostakovich, and in Paris secured sittings with playwright Eugène Ionesco and co-founder of Cubism, Georges Braque.
F.N. Souza was with Gallery One when he had his first solo exhibition in 1956. The founder of the Indian Progressive Artists Group, Souza is one of India’s most important and recognized artists. She took several images of Souza seven of which are being exhibited at Grosvenor Vadehra. They show the artist in his studio. These photographs of the artist during 1957-1961 document a crucial phase in both Kar’s and Souza’s artistic careers. The exhibition and the events around it will shed light on this period and the relationship between Kar and Souza whilst they were immersed in London’s flourishing art scene.
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Grosvenor Vadehra presents "IDA KAR: Portraits of F.N. Souza" Photography exhibition at British Council, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 4th-15th October 2011
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