Visit to Art Galleries - The Guild art Gallery Colaba Mumbai

I have heard and read a lot about the gallery ‘The Guild’ and it was a dream come true  when I made my first visit to this most popular gallery on 23-11-2011  It was a pleasant experience that  I was treated  like a ‘chief guest’ by their  courteous staff Urvi, though I was a new visitor to the gallery. This  warm hospitality  is definitely the one that distinguishes ‘The Guild’ from other art galleries.

How to reach there?

Address:

 02/32, Kamal Mansion, 2nd floor, 

Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba,

Mumbai 400 005 India.

Phone number : + 91 22 2288 0116 / 0195

Mail: theguildart@yahoo.com , theguildart@gmail.com 

Land mark:  Radio club Colaba  Mumbai.

A detailed Google map is also available in the site of the gallery: http://www.guildindia.com/aboutus.htm

Gallery Timings:

Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 6.30 pm

Please note that the gallery timing is extended during 2^nd Thursday of every month up to 9:30 PM and  to accommodate the art enthusiasts, it is open on every 4^th Sundays also  from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm

 About the gallery?

History:

·         Established in late 1997

·         From 2006 , for a period of 5 years it had its presence in New York to show works of artists from Diaspora and other South Asian Regions

“The focus of the gallery has been to discover and promote young emerging artists, to provide a platform for discursive practices, innovative ideas and to promote the represented artist at international levels.”

Ambiance:

Since its inception it has moved to different places coping with the growth and now in the above address in a building surrounded by contemporary art galleries. The ambiance of the art gallery is so good that it is in a building with a high raised ceilings and a  spacious hall to display art work of any size in a magnificent way.

Books published by the gallery:

Apart from conducting art exhibitions, The Guild is promoting great awareness about contemporary art in many ways like annual workshops, interactive sessions with artists and audiences. 

As a part of awareness creation process, The Guild has published 7 books which are the landmarks in contemporary art world:

  

        

                                                                 

The gallery is having very good inventories also.

Current Event in The Guild Gallery:

       

Ravi Agarwal - Of  Value and Labour

 16th December, 2011 – 2nd January, 2012 

Preview: Thursday, December 15, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

A detailed post on this will come soon.

Visit to Art Galleries - 'ART MUSINGS' Colaba, Mumbai ,shaping contemporary Indian Art

My dream to visit art galleries came true on 23-11-2011 during my stay in Mumbai. With great eagerness and thrill I started my journey from my place to Church gate and reached the galleries that are located in and around Colaba area.

Art Musings

How to reach there?

Address:

No 1, Admirality Building

Colaba Cross lane, Colaba, Mumbai.

Phone number :91 22 22163339 and 91 22 22186071

But it is difficult for any one to reach the place by just following the above postal address. However when I contacted the gallery over phone they readily helped me , talked to the cab driver and guided him.What you need to know is  the land mark. Unlike the Public Galleries, the private and popular  gallery is situated in a small lane adjacent to Colaba Bus Station. You can reach the place by taxi from Churchgate at a very reasonable price. The Bus route numbers are 132, 137 and 70.

later on when I browsed their web site I saw a very useful location map ( I should have checked it before starting my trip !)

About the gallery?

The gallery though situated in a small lane, is very appealing and spacious with ground floor and first floor having enough space to display large art creations.

Picture Courtesy: http://www.artmusings.net

The gallery was founded in 1999 and around 60 shows have been conducted here within the 12 years of its establishment.

 In their own words, "The gallery has been extremely responsive to the emergent vocabularies shaping contemporary Indian art and has played a key role in nurturing a spectrum of artistic practices. Over the years Art Musings have offset exhibitions by renowned Indian modernists such as F N Souza, Ram Kumar, S H Raza, M F Husain, Akbar Padamsee, K G Subramanyan, Anjolie Ela Menon, Sakti Burman, and Jogen Chowdhury with shows by contemporary artists such as Nalini Malani, Baiju Parthan, Reena Saini Kallat, Gopikrishna, Smriti Dixit, Paresh Maity, Jayasri Burman, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Suneel Mamadapur, Maya Burman, Shibu Natesan, Raghava KK & Nilofer Suleman. It is our endeavour to take the works of these artists, and others, to a collector base that is spread across Asia, Europe and North America."

What was the event on the day of visit?

Besides visiting the gallery my another motivation for this trip was the Art Exhibition called "Exquisite Cadaver" by the great artist K.K. Raghava. To know about this artist please see our post in art bay india blog

 

The gallery looked bright with narrative text in style about the title of the exhibition and about each creation displayed.

I spent lot of time in seeing around 16 abstract paintings of acrylic and water color media, displayed in both the halls. Of them the best paintings of my choice are - 

"24:00" Acrylic on canvas

" In addition to Domestic Disaster Relief" - Water color on paper

"Preferred to the shadow" -Water color on paper

"The six digit Fidget" - Water color on paper

Current Exhibition:

'50 REVOLUTIONS AROUND THE SUN'

A Solo Show by NIKHIL CHAGANLAL