EXHIBITION "Wander lens" a solo show of photography by Sudhir Kasliwal at Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate > 10:30am-6:30pm on 10th to 17th April 2016
Time : 10:30 am - 6:30 pm
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EXHIBITION "Wander lens" a solo show of photography by Sudhir Kasliwal
Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/04/exhibition-wander-lens-solo-show-of.html
Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate, New Delhi-110003
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Entry : Free
Venue : Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate, New Delhi-110003
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Event Description : Sanskriti Foundation presents "Wander lens" a solo show of photography by Sudhir Kasliwal
Sanskriti Foundation will unveil a suite of photographs by Sudhir Kasliwal, winner of the World Photography Contest UNESCO in 1993. Kasliwal belongs to the
renowned
Kasliwal Jewellers in Jaipur - The Gem Palace. In his foreword art historian Aman Nath states:
“ A many-faceted nomad with many belongings must roll on, as each facet of Sudhir Kasliwal’s personality hungers for more. Looking at his work in books or in his portfolio, one walks away from his art carrying the seductive innocence of faces, faces, faces : faces loved and left behind, faces that bring us back to his beloved Rajasthan, its landscape and its walls with the patina of history.”
65 photographs will endeavor to give us Rajasthan beyond the desert sands. Images that celebrate the light of Rajasthan and the visual elements, as well as everyday life studies. Where Kasliwal differs from others who have attempted to capture the desert state through images is in his willingness to traverse unfamiliar routes. Kasliwal has travelled to the heart of the desert, recording the life and journeys of nomads, traced the remnants of forgotten trade routes and marvelled at the architectural brilliance of ancient edifices. Consequently, this body of work is at once a visual archive and an examination of continuity and change in a way of life that remains outside the realm of iconography.
Thematically, many of these photographs remain distinctly dramatic and full of allure. Crimson veiled odhinis shine through as much as sun burnt skins, women washing at a water pond with water-pots, magnificent forts and temples are motifs in the visual culture that have been captured. The salient feature here is the quality of reproductions. Each photograph, reproduced in a large format and accompanied by a caption, heightens the drama of the setting because of its remarkable clarity.
Kasliwal’s technical prowess is also unquestionable. These images provide a breathtaking view of the stunning, limitless landscape, revealing, yet again, the frailty of human enterprise to master nature. But Kasliwal does not ignore the ingenuity of humans to survive the harsh terrain. His studies that blend building facades and individuals seep through in the haunts of history and candour.
Titles in his photographs too have a sense of deepened distinctions and ideations.The darker studies are as enchanting as the sun light filled brighter zooms.This show traverses both geography as well as architectural splendour as well as portraits in poignancy.With more than four decades of photography behind him with meticulous printing procedures this show will take us beyond desert sands.
Kasliwal has held exhibitions all over the world. His photography classes, beginning with technical description of one of his classic photographs, beautifully leads to the narratives of its creation that can include the subjects social milieu, routine, origin and aesthetics of their costumes, jewellery and occupation and how they have been photographed over the century with what camera's and lenses and darkroom processes… and by the end of the lecture, the students, besides understanding the camera well, sense the subject in photograph as a person they have met, known and admired. An art more important than knowing intricacies of camera, whose material, like other art forms, is not stone or paint or sounds, but real people.
Picked from his oeuvre built with glass negatives, large formats, 35 mm's, transparencies, digital photographs and every conceivable photographic process Kasliwal’s photographs reveal an eye for piquant situations and an impeccable sense of timing.
A fifth generation royal jeweller whose family came to the Pink City in the middle of the 19th century on invitation of the erstwhile ruler, photography for him is a consuming passion which takes him deep into the villages, at times jostling through teeming crowds at folk fairs and often back to his darkroom.
Sudhir’s photographs have received international recognition and have appeared regularly in leading journals world over. He was commissioned by the Government of Rajasthan to shoot aerial pictures of Jaipur for a special brochure to be presented to visiting state dignitary, U.S. President Bill Clinton. In 2009 Kasliwal won accolades for curating an exhibition of 255 rare and exquisite photographs of Rajmata Gayatri Devi at the Jaipur Jewellery Show. In October 2014, Sudhir was awarded the Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh Award for Excellence in Photography by Maharaja S. Mansingh II Museum Trust, City Palace, Jaipur; an apt recognition of having internalized Rajasthan via his lens.
Related Links : Exhibitions
Entry : Free
Venue : Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate, New Delhi-110003
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Event Description : Sanskriti Foundation presents "Wander lens" a solo show of photography by Sudhir Kasliwal
Sanskriti Foundation will unveil a suite of photographs by Sudhir Kasliwal, winner of the World Photography Contest UNESCO in 1993. Kasliwal belongs to the
renowned
Kasliwal Jewellers in Jaipur - The Gem Palace. In his foreword art historian Aman Nath states:
“ A many-faceted nomad with many belongings must roll on, as each facet of Sudhir Kasliwal’s personality hungers for more. Looking at his work in books or in his portfolio, one walks away from his art carrying the seductive innocence of faces, faces, faces : faces loved and left behind, faces that bring us back to his beloved Rajasthan, its landscape and its walls with the patina of history.”
65 photographs will endeavor to give us Rajasthan beyond the desert sands. Images that celebrate the light of Rajasthan and the visual elements, as well as everyday life studies. Where Kasliwal differs from others who have attempted to capture the desert state through images is in his willingness to traverse unfamiliar routes. Kasliwal has travelled to the heart of the desert, recording the life and journeys of nomads, traced the remnants of forgotten trade routes and marvelled at the architectural brilliance of ancient edifices. Consequently, this body of work is at once a visual archive and an examination of continuity and change in a way of life that remains outside the realm of iconography.
Thematically, many of these photographs remain distinctly dramatic and full of allure. Crimson veiled odhinis shine through as much as sun burnt skins, women washing at a water pond with water-pots, magnificent forts and temples are motifs in the visual culture that have been captured. The salient feature here is the quality of reproductions. Each photograph, reproduced in a large format and accompanied by a caption, heightens the drama of the setting because of its remarkable clarity.
Kasliwal’s technical prowess is also unquestionable. These images provide a breathtaking view of the stunning, limitless landscape, revealing, yet again, the frailty of human enterprise to master nature. But Kasliwal does not ignore the ingenuity of humans to survive the harsh terrain. His studies that blend building facades and individuals seep through in the haunts of history and candour.
Titles in his photographs too have a sense of deepened distinctions and ideations.The darker studies are as enchanting as the sun light filled brighter zooms.This show traverses both geography as well as architectural splendour as well as portraits in poignancy.With more than four decades of photography behind him with meticulous printing procedures this show will take us beyond desert sands.
Kasliwal has held exhibitions all over the world. His photography classes, beginning with technical description of one of his classic photographs, beautifully leads to the narratives of its creation that can include the subjects social milieu, routine, origin and aesthetics of their costumes, jewellery and occupation and how they have been photographed over the century with what camera's and lenses and darkroom processes… and by the end of the lecture, the students, besides understanding the camera well, sense the subject in photograph as a person they have met, known and admired. An art more important than knowing intricacies of camera, whose material, like other art forms, is not stone or paint or sounds, but real people.
Picked from his oeuvre built with glass negatives, large formats, 35 mm's, transparencies, digital photographs and every conceivable photographic process Kasliwal’s photographs reveal an eye for piquant situations and an impeccable sense of timing.
A fifth generation royal jeweller whose family came to the Pink City in the middle of the 19th century on invitation of the erstwhile ruler, photography for him is a consuming passion which takes him deep into the villages, at times jostling through teeming crowds at folk fairs and often back to his darkroom.
Sudhir’s photographs have received international recognition and have appeared regularly in leading journals world over. He was commissioned by the Government of Rajasthan to shoot aerial pictures of Jaipur for a special brochure to be presented to visiting state dignitary, U.S. President Bill Clinton. In 2009 Kasliwal won accolades for curating an exhibition of 255 rare and exquisite photographs of Rajmata Gayatri Devi at the Jaipur Jewellery Show. In October 2014, Sudhir was awarded the Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh Award for Excellence in Photography by Maharaja S. Mansingh II Museum Trust, City Palace, Jaipur; an apt recognition of having internalized Rajasthan via his lens.
Related Links : Exhibitions
EXHIBITION "Wander lens" a solo show of photography by Sudhir Kasliwal at Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate > 10:30am-6:30pm on 10th to 17th April 2016
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