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Open Eyed Dreams Gallery in Kochi
Kochi, the art hub of Kerala will have a new gallery in July with the inauguration of Open Eyed Dreams Gallery on 19th August 2007. Equipped with modern lighting facilities, huge display areas and parking lot, OED Gallery will be one of the major art attractions in Kochi. Located at near the Durbar Hall at the heart of the city, OED is established at the second floor of the Old IMA building in Warrium Road. ‘The Double’ a group show of fifteen young artists, curated by JohnyML will be the inaugural show of OED. more details »
India Now Exhibition at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
The Noble Sage Art Gallery is proud to announce its collaborative exhibition with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Kensington for the Mayor of London’s INDIA NOW Festival. On the 2nd August, The Noble Sage will be opening a large-scale exhibition of more than thirty superb artworks sourced from India. The show is set to highlight the growing artistic talent throughout India as well as the country’s ever-strengthening international art market.
The exhibition will spotlight well-known artists such as F.N. Souza, K.M. Adimoolam, Tasaduq Sohail, Rekha Rao, Achuthan Kudallur, Alphonso Doss, A.P. Santhanaraj and S. Dhanapal as well as other up and coming artists who have had great success in The Noble Sage and in other galleries throughout the world. New names with enduring talent: S. Ravi Shankar, M. Siva, Benitha Perciyal, C.F. John and M. Natesh.
‘India Now’ will be the official exhibition of the Mayor’s Festival and is set to take centre stage in the events. The Grand Opening and Private View of the exhibition at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan will take place on the Thursday 2nd August, 6.30 – 9pm, and is open to all members of the public to attend!
Goodbye Blue Sky at Shriram Centre
Atelier Theatre repeats its well-known theatre production GOODBYE BLUE SKY at Shriram Centre, Mandi House on August 11, 2007 at 7:30 pm. The play has been performed at various important venues in Delhi and was always produced a thought provoking platform for scholars, thinkers and students.
Subsequently, it was also invited by Sahitya Kala Parishad for its festival in 2005 after its selection as one of the best plays of the year 2005. This is going to be the 15th staging of the production and the duration of the play is 63 minutes without any intermission. The show is written and directed by Ravi Shankar and Kuljeet Singh.
‘Representations’ at Triva Contemporary Art Gallery, Trivandrum
Set up by a few art lovers Triva Contemporary Art Gallery, Trivandrum will have its inaugural show on 7th August 2007 at the Vyloppilli Bhavan, Trivandrum. Titled ‘Representations’, this show will feature artists namely, Bose Krishnamachari, Santhosh TV, Alex Mathew, N N Rimzon, Rajan Krishnan, Babu Xavier, Reghunathan K, Zakkir Hussain, Sosa Joseph, Jyotikumar and Mohandas N N. The show will be on till 13th August 2007.
Round & Round: Polka II
The second annual show of the Polka art gallery brings together an exhibition of new works by a group of 29 artists with their divergent socio political backgrounds, experiences, concerns and aesthetics from all around India. Centered on the concept of bindu or polka which in Indian philosophy is the source of all energy and trigger for the universe that goes round and round in an endless circle, the exhibition presents a plurality of thoughts, expressions and palettes around Bindu, dot, circle, world, universe, seed, musical notations, swirls of a dance or entrapments in the whirlpools of life and much more- the endless cycle of birth, life and death. 1st-5th August 2007, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi Curated by Sushma Bahl
Himashu Verma in Curators transcend borders Project
 Himanshu Verma, a young Indian curator was selected along with others from Switzerland, Poland and Macedonia to attend a residency programme specially designed for curators in Bytom, Poland, by Kronika Gallery, Bytom and Pro Helvetia Warsaw.
In an effort to work across borders and encourage cross-cultural amalgam, the Pro Helvetia offices in Warsaw and New Delhi selected Himanshu Verma to represent India, at the residency specially organised for curators, by the Kronika Gallery at Bytom. Himanshu Verma is the founder director of Red Earth, an arts company working with diverse forms of cultural expression. He specialises in curating visual art, art festivals and in multi-media art projects. Participating at the Residency along with Himanshu Verma were, Fanni Fetzer from Kunstmuseum Langenthal, Switzerland, Hristina Ivanoska & Yane Calovsky from Skopje, Macedonia and Barbara Piwowarska from Warsaw, Poland.
Sandarbh Workshop invites applications
Started by Chintan Upadhyay and a team of young artists in 2002, Sandarbh is one of the site specific workshops in Vagad District of Rajasthan. During 2007-2008 Sandarbh is planning to have its annual workshops and residencies.
1 November 2007 – 15 November 2007 ( 15 days two artists residency )
16th November 2007 – 25th November 2007 ( 10 Days 10 artists workshop.)
20th November 2007 – 20th December 2007 ( one month 3 artists Residency )
20th February 2008 - 25th March 2008 ( one month 10 international Artists Workshop.
Interested artists could contact the following members:
Chintan Upadhyay +91 98204 36009
chintanupadhyay@hotmail.com, chintanupadhyayunlimited@rediffmail.com
Sakshi Gupta +91 98181 26979 sakshi_10@hotmail.com
Yatin Upadhyay Beneshwer Lok Vikas Sansthan Bedwa. Partapur. Dist Banswara. Rajasthan. Pin- 327024, +91 9413306201, blvsjaipur@yahoo.com
Chemould Prescott’s Twin Shows
Photograph by Surekha
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Chemould Prescott, Mumbai presents two shows of the Bangalore based women artists, Surekha and Shanthamani on 17th August 2007. As a multi-media artist Surekha has been exploring the gendered self as a self conscious choice. Her works from the 1990's explored diverse materials as metaphors. She negotiates the public and private realm with ease, transcending genres and locating the body as a site of contestation and appropriation. Her show is titled ‘Flames, Flowers and Other Images’. Shanthamani’s recent works are focused on the gestures of the hand in acts of labor and celebration. Her work "silent speech" is not about opposing growth but locating the self in it. Her body is the canvas of subjective interpretation and transformation, as she layers it with codes and text that voice her social concerns.
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