University, Baroda and The Slade School of Fine Art, London in the 1960s. His last solo exhibition, GAGAWAKA + Post-Mortem (2015), engaged the audience in compelling dialogue around material, fashion, ecology, body image and the idea of aging. Bedi, Nandini On Going Project On The Artist "A Biography” Guest Advisor At The Rijksakademie, Amsterdam Sundaram participated in the landmark 1981 exhibition Place for People in Bombay and Delhi in 1981, the force for which germinated during the Artists' Workshops he had organized in Kasauli in the late 1970s. Early life and education. Biography. The series employed the concept of the archive, and drew also on The Sher-Gil Archive, which Sundaram had created in 1995-6. Their work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Arken Museum of Modern Art and the Haus der Kunst.Vivan Sundaram's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $1,354 USD to $64,466 USD, depending on the size … For more information, You can manage the artists and galleries you follow in, Discover the Best of Contemporary Art Now, Forming in the Pupil of an Eye: A report from Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, 'Enactments and each passing day': South Asian moving image art at Kiran Nader Museum of Art. Amrita Sher-Gil: A Biography by N. Iqbal Singh, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd., India, 1984. Working primarily from Baroda in the 1970s, he participated in the Artists' Protest Movement and was among a group of emerging artists advocating local concerns through a language of figurative narration. Vivan Sundaram’s exhibition, Trash, develops a theme that has engaged him since 1997… Vivan Sundaram
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Penguin India published a biography of Amrita Sher-Gil in 2006 and Vivan Sundaram will edit "The Letters and Writings by Amrita" for Tulika Press in New Delhi. Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943, Shimla. Vivan Sundaram Biography. He produced for that show Bunk-Bed, which used the structure of a bed to consider issues of sleep, desire, and sexuality. A Kolkata art student during the Maoist uprising in India in the early 1970’s, Gupta demonstrated against routine acts of violence and terrorism. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Movies. The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) has come up with their first exhibition Enactments and each passing day: An exhibition of moving images solely dedicated to the challenging and powerful medium of video art. Her work dealing with self-exploration, gender issues, and post-colonial identity was influenced by Paul Gauguin. A Conversation With Vivan Sundaram On Amrita Sher-Gil’s Biography The compilation offers a glimpse into the remarkable life of a painter whose legacy continues to endure…. it.out.in.Delhi, presentation made at the solo show by Vivan Sundaram, LKA Galleries, New Delhi, India IMMERSIONS, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (solo) KHOJ- International Artists Association Khirkee, Saket, New Delhi, India (solo) 2001 Small but Significant, Arpana Fine Arts, AFAL, New Delhi, India 2000 University, Baroda and The Slade School of Fine Art, London in the 1960s. Vivan Sundaram – The Hungarian Great Plain, 2001, digital photomontage – © Vivan Sundaram Vivan Sundaram biography Artworks | VAG Exhibitions | Biography | Press. A compilation of works by 15 contemporary artists ranging from young and dynamic practitioners like Shilpa Gupta, Rohini Devasher and... Be among the first to know when new artworks and exhibitions by Vivan Sundaram are added to Ocula. His parents were Kalyan Sundaram, Chairman of Law Commission of India from 1968 to 1971, and Indira Sher-Gil, sister of noted Indian modern artist Amrita Sher-Gil. Experimentation with alternative media led to a shift away from painting in 1991. He has exhibited in the Biennials of Kochi (2012), Sydney (2008), Seville (2006), Taipei (2006), Sharjah (2005), Shanghai (2004), Havana (1997), Johannesburg (1997) and Kwangju (1997). List of Indian women artists; References. [Vivan Sundaram : artist file] Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives, DIA Research Library & Archives: creatorOf: Sundaram, Vivan. Probir Gupta’s canvases are enormous in their scale and narrative. Khopkar, Arun, " Figures Of Thought" Bhupen Khakhar, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani. Manipulating photographs of Amrita Sher-Gil taken by Umrao Singh (Sher-Gil's father and Sundaram's grandfather), the artist complicated issues of preexisting artistic agency and familial relationships and history. VADEHRA ART GALLERY D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 24622545 / 24615368 D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T + 91 11 46103550/ 46103551 / 65474005 E art@vadehraart.com | W www.vadehraart.com . 1990: Mahler-Wein, Lutz, Film Series "One World Art" 2001: Lall Ein “The Broken Spine” A Documentary Film On The Artist. In the 1930s, she practised Bohemian circles of Paris. To make artwork enquiries, follow artists & galleries, save & share artworks and receive our newsletter. Veteran Artist and nephew of Amrita Sher-Gil Vivan Sundaram talks about his two volume book 'Amrita Sher-Gil: a self portrait in letters and writings'. Geeta Kapur, Place for People: An Exhibition of Paintings by Jogen Chowdury, Bhupen Khakhar, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 9 November – 15 November, 1981 and Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 1 November – 3 December, 1981, n.p. With the project Collaboration/Combines, executed in New Delhi and at Gallery Chemould in 1992, Sundaram became one of the first artists in India to produce installation art. First as a painter and subsequently in large-scale conceptual installations, Vivan Sundaram's artistic practice has responded to contemporary politics with radical vanguardism. ISBN 818522949X. House/Boat (1994) narrated the trope of migration away from one's home, suggesting also a dialectic between monumental construction and detailed craftsmanship. Sundaram's seminal installation Memorial (1993) responded powerfully to the December 1992 destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and the violent aftermath. His initiatives at the Kasauli Art Centre in 1976 saw some of the most important artists come together and set the pedagogical frameworks within which contemporary art in India can be understood. Her younger sister was Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil), mother of the contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Vivan Sundaram lives in Delhi. The series Riverscape (1992-93) used traditional artists materials like charcoal on paper alongside industrial products like engine oil and steel, fashioning three-dimensional elegies to a decayed environment. Amrita Sher-Gil, by Baldoon Dhingra. Gupta’s paintings appear as grand history paintings, … Simply click the link and enter your new password to complete this process. The painting won her many accolades including a gold medal at the Paris Salon, a renowned art show, and the election as an Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris in 1933; she was the youngest m… In my last story, I mentioned about Vivan Sundaram’s book (can we call it a biography?) Signs of Fire, a solo exhibition of works on paper and mixed media that referenced materials and changes in the natural environment, was held at Gallery Chemould, Bombay, in 1985. Her early paintings depict an influence of western modes of paintings, especially, post-impressionism and engagement with the works of Hungarian painters, especially the Nagybanya school of painting. Vivan Sundaram is one of Indian’s most prolific artists and active political voices. The book covers her life told through letters she had written to family members. Vivan Sundaram, Self: Titkolt történetek 1956-ból - Baktay és Nehru. Sixth Triennial International, New-Delhi. … The artist's sustained exploration of the politics of 'home' culminated in his 1999 solo exhibition Shelter. View Vivan Sundaram’s artworks on artnet. Her younger sister was Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil), mother of the contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 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Алмрита Шер-Гил (Будимпешта 30. јануар 1913 - Лахор 5. децембар 1941) био је еминентна мађарско-индијска сликарка. 0-7069-2474-6 VADEHRA ART GALLERY D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 24622545 / 24615368D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T + 91 11 46103550/ 46103551 / 65474005 E art@vadehraart.com | W www.vadehraart.com, Vadehra Art Gallery BOOK|STORED-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 46594456The Nook, Triveni Kala Sangam, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001, IndiaE bookstore@vadehraart.com, VADEHRA ART GALLERY D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 24622545 / 24615368D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T + 91 11 46103550 / 46103551 / 65474005E art@vadehraart.com | W www.vadehraart.com Timings: Monday - Saturday | 10 am - 6 pm, D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 24622545 / 24615368, D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T + 91 11 46103550/ 46103551 / 65474005, D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 46594456, The Nook, Triveni Kala Sangam, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001, India. The first two editions of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale – in 2012 and 2014 – used art to initiate a dynamic dialogue between the Indian port town of Kochi and the ancient trading city of Muziris, which have been settled over the centuries by Arab, Chinese, Jewish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and migratory South Indian working-class communities. on Amrita Sher-Gil. A great amount of his energy has been directed into developing platforms for robust political dialogue and collaborative spaces for artists and intellectuals. The early 20th century produced luminaries like Amrita Sher-Gil who, with her audacious paintings of women and rural Indian life, became one of the pioneering female faces in modern Indian art. In 2010, Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-portrait in letters and writings, edited and annotated by Vivan Sundaram, was published by Tulika Books, Delhi. Amrita Sher-Gil was born on January 30, ... * "Re-take of Amrita", by Vivan Sundaram. 1986. Vadehra Art Gallery BOOK|STORE D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 46594456 Throughout her practice she has displayed an unwavering relationship with surrealism, narrative, and the nature of things. TV Shows. His work with activism during his student years later manifested into his work with Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat), of which he is a founder member and trustee. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. …Through 22kms…; Living. Allied Publishers, 1981. 1987. 0-86186-644-4. In 1932, she made her breakthrough with the oil painting, Young Girls. He is married to eminent art historian and critic Geeta Kapur. Amrita Sher-Gil and Hungary, by Gyula Wojtilla . Amrita Sher-Gil is India’s most distinguished and admired artist. ... SAHMAT, curated by Vivan Sundaram, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi 2012 Scenes of Selves, Occasions … Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 … In order to present the best of contemporary art our gallery membership is by application or invitation only. View artworks for sale by Sundaram, Vivan Vivan Sundaram (36, Indian). Your personal data is held in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Amrita Sher-Gil: Essays, by Vivan Sundaram, Marg Publications; New Delhi, 1972. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. He has had solo shows in many cities of India as well as in New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Toronto, Montreal and Copenhagen. He studied painting at M.S. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1981. Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter.She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art. In 2007, Sundaram exhibited his Retake series, along with his other works that drew in his aunt thematically, at the landmark exhibition Amrita Sher-Gil at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, and the Tate Modern, London. He studied painting at M.S. Menu. Two Person Show (With Surendren Nair) Gallery 7, Mumbai. 2001, Tulika. His work been part of several important exhibitions in Tate Modern, London; International Centre for Photography, New York; Queens Museum; Mori Museum, Tokyo; Haus der Kunst, Munich ; Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna ; ZKM, Karlsruhe ; Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago ; Haus der Kulteren Welt, Berlin among others. Admission is determined by a select group of influential gallerists by vote. Belonging to a generation of figurative artists that emerged from the Baroda School in the early 1960s, Vivan Sundaram has consistently and passionately engaged with the historical and political particularities of his own position as a subject in India and in the world at large. Vivan Sundaram is an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1943. We have sent you an email containing a link to reset your password. 1986. This site is an online resource for Amrita Sher-Gil’s biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. Amrita Sher-Gil, born in Budapest in 1913, grew up in Hungary and India.At the age of 16 she moved to Paris and returned to India in 1934. Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943, Shimla. Inspired by a wide range of sources and making practices, she employs the readymade in wide arc of meaning and transformation. Vivan Sundaram : re-take of Amrita : digital photomontages based on photographs by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil (1870-1954) and photographs from the Sher-Gil family archive by Vivan Sundaram ( Book ) My name is Amrita-- : born to be an artist by Anjali Raghbeer ( Book ) Awards. Vivan Sundaram (born 1943) is an Indian contemporary artist. Vivan Sundaram - Disjunctures Deepak Ananth, Andreas Huyssen, Katya García-Antón, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Vivan Sundaram, Haus der Kunst München (host institution) Published by Prestel 2018-07-01, Munich (2018) View Vivan Sundaram biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. She died in Lahore in 1941. In 2001-2, Sundaram began the photomontage and video project Re-take of Amrita. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library: referencedIn She was the niece of Indologist Ervin Baktay. Bharti Kher’s oeuvre spans more than two decades and includes paintings, sculptures and installations. Artist Biography Born in Bangalore, 1956, Pushpamala N has been called “the most entertaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art”. Umrao Sher-Gil, a scholar in Sanskrit and Persian, studied philosophy and religion and spoke five languages fluently. Last edited on 25 October 2020, at 18:42. The… Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. After graduating from the MS University, Baroda in 1965, Sundaram held a Commonwealth Fellowship for study at the Slade School, London between 1966-68, becoming politically active as a student and remaining so afterwards. In cooperation with the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi, and the Goethe-Institute, New Delhi. Sundaram, Vivan, 1943-. Biography. His own artistic practice which moved from painting during his college years to engaging with everything from readymades, photographs, videos to sculptural installation has been crucial in the definition and development of installation as a practice in the country. First as a painter and subsequently in large-scale conceptual installations, Vivan Sundaram's artistic practice has responded to contemporary politics with radical vanguardism. HOME BIOGRAPHY SCULPTURES DRAWINGS ... ‘Seven Young Sculptors’ Curated by Vivan Sundaram, Kasuali Arts Centre, Rabindra havan , New- Delhi.