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Staging the Set - Bharati Kapadia

Bharati Kapadia at Guild, Mumbai

The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai presents a preview of Bharti Kapadia’s latest oeuvre of works on 3rd March 2008. The show will be on till 5th March  2008.. Bombay based artist Bharati Kapadia is a well-known personality on the contemporary Indian art platform.  Over the years, she has consistently shown work which is strikingly original in formal innovation. Dealing with issues related to inner evolution, memory and identity, she works with techniques in which the intervention of light becomes crucial for a complete experience of the art work. The current body of work will be shown in a solo exhibition at the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna from 7th - 28th May '08 and then in a joint exhibition with sculptor Thomas Holzer, Klaus Lea Galerie, Munich, 4th - 24th June '08.

Book Launch and Exhibition at Soul Flower Gallery, Bangkok

Gallery Soulflower announces thier first major exhibition of both Thai and Indian contemporary artists. A book featuring some of the most high profile artists from both countries will be launched in conjunction. Brian Curtin is the curator of the exhibition and editor of the book. Titled ‘From Surface to Origin: Journeys Through Recent Art From India And Thailand’ explores questions of process for visual art. From the practice of preliminary studies through to autobiographical self-reflection and the means of creative development, this showcase brings the viewer on a journey through the physical, emotional and conceptual trajectories of contemporary art production. The show will be on from 14th March to 12th April 2008.

Vernacular Chants II-by Vivek Vilasini

Vivek Vilasini at Arushi Arts Gallery

Delhi based Arushi Arts Gallery presents the new works of Vivek Vilasini in a solo show titled ‘Between one Shore and Several Others’. The show opens on 29th February 2008 and will be on view till 20th March. In his new works, Vivek Vilasini explores the identity of people vis-à-vis the attributed names.

K.G.Subramanyan at Guild, New York

The Guild Gallery, New York presents the paintings on platters by the veteran artist K.G.Subramanyan. This show has already been shown in Mumbai. The show opened on 27th February 2008 and will be on view for a month. A book on K.G.Subramanyan’s art on platters written by Prof.R.Sivakumar was released on the opening day.

Yashwant Deskhmukh at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai

Aditya Ruia of the Bombay Art Gallery presents the new works of Yashwant Deshmukh. Titled ‘Circling the Mountain of Light’ the show was opened on 25th February 2008 and will be on till 15 March 2008. “The light that animates Yashwant Deshmukh’s paintings is filtered through cloud, tinctured with shadow. The faint penumbra that attends many of his objects accentuates, instead of softening, the suddenness and irrefutability of their advent,” observes Ranjit Hoskote in the catalogue.

Bharat Sikka at Matthieu Foss

Mumbai based Matthieu Foss gallery that specializes in showcasing photography art presents the young photography artist Bharat Sikka in an exclusive solo show titled ‘Space in Between’ at Chatterjee and Lal Gallery, Mumbai. The show opened on 28th March 2008 and will be on till 12 March 2008.

CSN Panaik at Threshold, Delhi

Gallery Threshold, New Delhi recently presented the drawings and sculptures of CSN Patnaik at the Gallerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi. Patnaik’s works capture the rhythm and energy of rural life both in graphic and sculptural mediums.

Nandini Valli Muthiah at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

Sakshi Gallery presents The Definitive Reincarnate by Nandini Valli Muthiah. The exhibition opens on 21st February 2008 and will be on view till 15th March 2008. 
The imagery in Nandini Valli's photographs is dramatically styled, saturated with color and truly sentimental.

Her work borrows from mythological calendar images laced with heavy doses of kitsch. "The idea behind The Definitive Reincarnate is to take Vishnu and sort of update him" says Nandini. Therefore we have a frame in which the fantastic "Vishnu" pauses in a moment of despair, taking a break by the way-side, from his hectic schedule of looking after the sorrows of mortals.

Hema Upadhyay at Bodhi, Singapore
Bodhi Art Gallery, Singapore presents the latest works of Hema Upadhyay in her solo titled ‘Acrobats and Their Scenes’. The show opens on 6th March 2008 and will be on view for a month. “Hema Upadhyay’s works in general move around the notion of trauma as a socio-political and economic product. She speaks (about) the ‘unspeakable’. Looking at the traumatized people as the victims of a breached social contract, Hema articulates the unspeakable through much palatable narratives, visually surrogated as appealing but complicated designs and as repetitive grand patterns consciously trying for symmetry,” says JohnyML in the catalogue.