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Tangerine Art Space Launched with 14 Artists' Show

Bangalore based Tangerine Art Space headed by the young art promoter, Leena Chethan presented fourteen young artists from all over India, in its inaugural show held at the Chitrakala Parishad Exhibition Hall on 1st February 2007. Anil Kumar, Reji Arakkal, Swapna Biswas, Siji Krishnan, Sujith K.S, Sujith S.N, Mahesh Baliga, Mahesh G, Lochan Upadhyaya, Lokesh Khodke, Bhagat Singh, Piyali Ghosh, Shefali Jain, Benitha Perciyal are the participating artists.

Steel, Stainless Still opens in New Delhi

Druv Mistry’s latest solo ‘Steel, Stainless Still’ opened at Travancore Palace, New Delhi. Presented by Bodhi Art Gallery, this exhibition showcases the works done between 2004 and 2006. Keeping his stylistic peculiarities intact Dhruv has moved into the realm of steel in a bigger way. A few years back he had exhibited his small scale steel works in Queens Gallery, British Council, New Delhi. Dhruv has experimented with two dimensional images using positive and negative spaces on the flat surface of steel. Taking a cue from the philosophical writings of Paul Klee, these works maintains a strong abstract quality. The show continues till 23rd February 2006.

Discourse of the Minor at MS University

Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Fine Arts Faculty, MS University, Baroda organizes a three day long seminar on the topic, ‘Cultural Practice and the Discourses of Minor’. The seminar will start on 5th February 2007 and will continue till 7th February. Noted art historians and scholars namely Shivaji Panikkar, Deepak Kannal, T.A.Ansari, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Paresh Naik, K.Satyanarayana and so on will present papers. A few art history students from the same department also will present papers.

Ramkinkar Baij International Seminar at Santiniketan

To celebrate the birth centenary of the illustrious sculptor late Ramkinkar Baij an international seminar is organized at Kalabhavana, Santiniketan. The seminar starts on 16th February 2007 and concludes on 18th February. Internationally known scholars like Irit Rogof, Olu Oguibe, Geeta Kapur, Grant Watson, Parul Dave Mukherjee and so on will present papers. Raqs Media Group, Khoj International and the independent artist Sharmila Samant will do artistic presentations. The seminar that discusses the theme of Aspects of Modernity/Public Nature of Art Practices is expected to be attended by scholars and art lovers from all over India. Noted young art historian Anshuman Dasgupta leads the team of organizers.

N.S.Harsha and Natraj Sharma at Kalaghoda

Mumbai Kalaghoda Art Festival would present two grand works by the noted artists N.S.Harsha and Natraj Sharama. Harsha’s works is titled ‘A Mirage’ and Natraj Sharma’s work is titled ‘Alternative Shapes for the Earth’. The installation A Mirage created by N.S. Harsha, is a life size model of  the French fighter jet, Mirage 2000 mounted on a platform of sleeping figures. Attempting to cement a linearity between form and material, the Jet swathed in white Khadi, combines two powerful symbols of Indian arsenal. Khadi symbolizing tolerance and non-violence in contrast to the Mirage which firmly stands as a symbol of power and aggression. The Khadi clad Mirage placed atop a myriad imagery of people in various positions of sleep forms a veritable tapestry of identities which stirs uneasy thoughts on notions of the relationship between 'the protector' and 'the protected' . The works will be on view from 3rd February 2007.

Thotta Vaikuntam at Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

Noted painter Thotta Vaikuntam presents his latest series of paintings at the Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi. The opening of the show was attended by the who is who of the Delhi art circle. The show will continue till 12th February.

A.Balasubramaniam at Talwar Gallery, New Delhi

After a brief interval A.Balasubramaniam presents his works in New Delhi. His solo show titled ‘(In)Visible’ was opened on 27th January at Talwar Gallery. The show will be on view till 31st March 2007.

Sandarbh Baroda Chapter Concludes

Conceptualised by the noted artist Chintan Upadhyay, the site specific art workshop concluded successfully in Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University, Baroda. Artists namely Chintan Upadhyay, Raghav Acharya, Indrapramit Roy, Rambali Chauhan, Vinlima Gulati, Sarbhi Saraf, Indropramit Roy, Shashidharan, Yatin Upadhyay, Atul Mahajan, Ashok Kansara,Suresh Parashar, Shreyas Karle, Dilip Chobisa, Shankar Natarajan, Chinmoy Pramanick, Lochan Upadhyaya, Anish Tikoo, Narendra Patel and Sohika were the participating artists. The workshop was held between 20th January to 30th January 2007. See our Feature Section for more.

Making History Our Own Opens at AIFACS

The well known non-governmental organization SAHMAT (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Art Trust) organizes a touring exhibition titled ‘Making History Our Own’. The Delhi leg of the show was opened at the AIFACS Gallery on 30th January 2007. A group of artists were asked to interpret history in their own ways. The works by artists made specially for this show interpreting individual histories, inspirations and trajectories. A collective visual history of the arts made by artists. A confluence of creative histories in the midst of celebrating National histories. It launches simultaneously as a web exhibition: www.sahmat.org/makinghistoryourown.html.