"Urban Reflections" an exhibition of fine art prints by Chandu Mhatre at Arpana Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature (AFAL), 4/6, Sirifort Institutional Area > 11am to 7pm on 13th to 23rd March 2015
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"Urban Reflections" an exhibition of fine art prints by Chandu Mhatre
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Arpana Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature (AFAL), 4/6, Sirifort Institutional Area, New Delhi
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Event Description : "Urban Reflections" an exhibition of fine art prints by Chandu Mhatre.
This is to solicit a story on Chandu Mhatre’s fine art prints exhibition “Urban Reflections”. The exhibition marks a significant departure in the professional career of well-known photojournalist Chandu Mhatre. After shooting all major news events unfolding in India in the past four decades, he has lately been focusing on what can be characterized as fine art photography. Although the pictures that form ‘Urban Reflections’ are primarily motivated by artistic considerations, they also tell the urban story of Mumbai’s soul. ‘Urban Reflections’ is a result of Mhatre’s many journeys through Mumbai to chronicle how the city has changed under the impact of globalization and economic liberalization. The aim has been to capture the city far from its stereotypical images and give the city a touch of fine art photography.
Urban Reflections :
Urban reflections, is a collection of realistic and surreal images of Bombay (Mumbai, India), as seen by me, over the last seven years. These images capture the rapidly changing life in Mumbai, which has adopted the path of vertical growth during the last decade.
This ‘makeover’ in the name of ‘development’ is changing the city’s skyline rapidly; in their quest for materialism, people are uprooted from their cultural moorings thereby resulting in urban chaos. Sea links, highways and flyovers inundated with vehicles have added to the frantic pace of life. The resulting images are seen reflected, on mirrored walls, windows and doors. Contemporary life in Mumbai is a vibrant kaleidoscope of colours and images.
The continuous flow of migrants to Mumbai makes it a melting pot of cultures and traditions. People from all levels of society come with hope, intellectual inputs, traditional values, religious beliefs and cultural nuances. They provide manpower needed to keep the city running. This in turn has an impact on urban life, creating opportunities as well as tensions due to conflicts of interest, beliefs, values and their survival instinct.
All these trends are powerfully reflected in images of the city. “Urban Reflections” captures these images as reflected on glass façades, mirror walls, doors and dressed up windows. Documenting life in Mumbai is an on-going process as the city is always changing. Mumbai as seen in these reflections evokes different emotions as one tries to distinguish the real from the illusion. These photographs with their multi-layered images make us reflect on the future of this vibrant city on the Indian subcontinent.
About Chandu Mhatre :
Based in New Delhi and Mumbai, India, Mhatre has worked for a wide variety of international media groups and global organizations. Apart from all the leading publications, leading international and Indian magazines and newspapers as well as a variety of global organizations has published his works. Chandu’s pictures have been extensively used by UNICEF, UNDP, United Press International, Associated Press, Reuters News Agency, Fortune, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Washington Post ,Geo, The Times London, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Marg Publications, CBS 60 Minutes, Debonair, India Today, Bombay Magazine, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Onlooker, Mirror, Imprint, The Times of India and The Indian Express.
Additionally, Chandu documented Portuguese history in Goa for the Institute of Cultural affairs in Macau, Government of Portugal. He photographed a book on “The Warli” for Lalit Kala Akadami. He has also researched and worked with CBS 60 Minutes for their program in India, 50 years of IIT, AIDS, Medical Tourism, Most beautiful woman in world, Aishwarya Rai and Bikram Yoga. He photo documented 1st Jazz Yatra, which was organized by The Bombay group in Mumbai in 1978.
Chandu was a close friend of Late Philips Jones Griffiths, photographer who President of Magnum Photo Agency, and worked for a documentary on him in 1999 for Wales Television, the United Kingdom. He was assistant photographer “BOMBAY”, the Time and Life series Great Cities of the World. He had an exhibition on "Bombay" in 1980 in Mumbai and Delhi. He has photo-documented handicraft of Kutch, Bastar and Warli tribes for “Festival of India” in UK in 1982. He has contributed to several exhibitions out of India. He has been teaching and holding photo workshops for the last 20 years. He is a Visiting Faculty for photography at Industrial Design Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai. “Urban Reflection” Exhibition was held in Mumbai at Piramal Gallery, NCPA Mumbai, March 13 to 26, 2013. Techfest at IIT Powai, “Make A Difference Foundation” and “Canon India” are some of institutions for which he has held photo workshops on “Street Photography”. He has photo documented, Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai for Celebrate Bandra in 2013. He has been photo documenting Mumbai city for the group “Vanishing Bombay ~ Documenting the heritage” of Mumbai, which he has formed in August 2011.
He also specializes in fine art photography and archive exhibition photo printing for which he has set up his own printing unit. At present he is working on photo features and projects in India on human, social and environmental issues.
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Venue : Arpana Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature (AFAL), 4/6, Sirifort Institutional Area, New Delhi
Landmark : Opp. Siri Fort Auditorium Gate No. 2
Landmark : Opp. Siri Fort Auditorium Gate No. 2
Event Description : "Urban Reflections" an exhibition of fine art prints by Chandu Mhatre.
This is to solicit a story on Chandu Mhatre’s fine art prints exhibition “Urban Reflections”. The exhibition marks a significant departure in the professional career of well-known photojournalist Chandu Mhatre. After shooting all major news events unfolding in India in the past four decades, he has lately been focusing on what can be characterized as fine art photography. Although the pictures that form ‘Urban Reflections’ are primarily motivated by artistic considerations, they also tell the urban story of Mumbai’s soul. ‘Urban Reflections’ is a result of Mhatre’s many journeys through Mumbai to chronicle how the city has changed under the impact of globalization and economic liberalization. The aim has been to capture the city far from its stereotypical images and give the city a touch of fine art photography.
Urban Reflections :
Urban reflections, is a collection of realistic and surreal images of Bombay (Mumbai, India), as seen by me, over the last seven years. These images capture the rapidly changing life in Mumbai, which has adopted the path of vertical growth during the last decade.
This ‘makeover’ in the name of ‘development’ is changing the city’s skyline rapidly; in their quest for materialism, people are uprooted from their cultural moorings thereby resulting in urban chaos. Sea links, highways and flyovers inundated with vehicles have added to the frantic pace of life. The resulting images are seen reflected, on mirrored walls, windows and doors. Contemporary life in Mumbai is a vibrant kaleidoscope of colours and images.
The continuous flow of migrants to Mumbai makes it a melting pot of cultures and traditions. People from all levels of society come with hope, intellectual inputs, traditional values, religious beliefs and cultural nuances. They provide manpower needed to keep the city running. This in turn has an impact on urban life, creating opportunities as well as tensions due to conflicts of interest, beliefs, values and their survival instinct.
All these trends are powerfully reflected in images of the city. “Urban Reflections” captures these images as reflected on glass façades, mirror walls, doors and dressed up windows. Documenting life in Mumbai is an on-going process as the city is always changing. Mumbai as seen in these reflections evokes different emotions as one tries to distinguish the real from the illusion. These photographs with their multi-layered images make us reflect on the future of this vibrant city on the Indian subcontinent.
Based in New Delhi and Mumbai, India, Mhatre has worked for a wide variety of international media groups and global organizations. Apart from all the leading publications, leading international and Indian magazines and newspapers as well as a variety of global organizations has published his works. Chandu’s pictures have been extensively used by UNICEF, UNDP, United Press International, Associated Press, Reuters News Agency, Fortune, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Washington Post ,Geo, The Times London, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Marg Publications, CBS 60 Minutes, Debonair, India Today, Bombay Magazine, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Onlooker, Mirror, Imprint, The Times of India and The Indian Express.
Additionally, Chandu documented Portuguese history in Goa for the Institute of Cultural affairs in Macau, Government of Portugal. He photographed a book on “The Warli” for Lalit Kala Akadami. He has also researched and worked with CBS 60 Minutes for their program in India, 50 years of IIT, AIDS, Medical Tourism, Most beautiful woman in world, Aishwarya Rai and Bikram Yoga. He photo documented 1st Jazz Yatra, which was organized by The Bombay group in Mumbai in 1978.
Chandu was a close friend of Late Philips Jones Griffiths, photographer who President of Magnum Photo Agency, and worked for a documentary on him in 1999 for Wales Television, the United Kingdom. He was assistant photographer “BOMBAY”, the Time and Life series Great Cities of the World. He had an exhibition on "Bombay" in 1980 in Mumbai and Delhi. He has photo-documented handicraft of Kutch, Bastar and Warli tribes for “Festival of India” in UK in 1982. He has contributed to several exhibitions out of India. He has been teaching and holding photo workshops for the last 20 years. He is a Visiting Faculty for photography at Industrial Design Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai. “Urban Reflection” Exhibition was held in Mumbai at Piramal Gallery, NCPA Mumbai, March 13 to 26, 2013. Techfest at IIT Powai, “Make A Difference Foundation” and “Canon India” are some of institutions for which he has held photo workshops on “Street Photography”. He has photo documented, Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai for Celebrate Bandra in 2013. He has been photo documenting Mumbai city for the group “Vanishing Bombay ~ Documenting the heritage” of Mumbai, which he has formed in August 2011.
He also specializes in fine art photography and archive exhibition photo printing for which he has set up his own printing unit. At present he is working on photo features and projects in India on human, social and environmental issues.
"Urban Reflections" an exhibition of fine art prints by Chandu Mhatre at Arpana Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature (AFAL), 4/6, Sirifort Institutional Area > 11am to 7pm on 13th to 23rd March 2015
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