Saffronart and the Guild Art Gallery Present 'A New Vanguard: Trends in Contemporary Indian Art'
Posted on: Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:38 CDT
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Saffronart and the Guild Art Gallery present the exhibition `A New Vanguard: Trends in Contemporary Indian Art' from September 16(th) to October 1(st) 2009 at Saffronart the Guild Art Gallery New York. The show includes works by eighteen contemporary Indian artists that encompass diverse artistic practices including painting, digital printmaking, sculpture, site specific installation and video art, and will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with essays by critics Santhosh S. and V. Divakar. The works may also be viewed online at www.saffronart.com.
Saffronart is the world's largest online fine art auction house. A global company with offices in Mumbai, New York and London, Saffronart has brought Indian art to the forefront through its pioneering online auctions. It also offers such services as art advisory, private sales, appraisals and valuations, and specialized art storage.
'A New Vanguard: Trends in Contemporary Indian Art' offers a glimpse of the artists and artworks at the very forefront of India's diverse contemporary practices, illustrating the wide-range of idioms and temperaments that lend shape to this genre. Each work in this exhibition offers a unique perspective on the negotiations and struggles of present-day life, across the various stages on which it plays out, from the intimate to the public, the village to the megalopolis.
Many of the works on display are reactions to India's rapidly evolving sociopolitical and environmental landscapes. Arunkumar H.G.'s 'Habitat 1', for example, juxtaposes an industrial landscape with a large green and yellow field. Here, the artist highlights the dramatic contrasts that exist in the country without belittling or demonizing either. Voicing a similar sentiment, Vivek Vilasini's photograph, 'The Blind Leading the Blind', places images of traditional Kathakali dancers in New York's Times Square, recreating a classical painting by Pieter Breughel. This striking image accentuates the cohabitation of the Indian and the Western, the classical and the popular.
Each of the eighteen artists featured in this show raise interesting questions about the coexistence of the rural and the urban and the tension between wanting to preserve traditions and the urge to move forward as technology-embracing urban citizens.
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Media Contact: Robin Davis at The Townsend Group, (203) 622-1334 or Email: robindavis@townsendgroupmedia.com
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