International Art Exhibitions- Paul McCarthy Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools

What is the event?

Paul McCarthy Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools

McCarthy’s ‘Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools’ (2010 – 2011), on view in St. James’s Square until 15 February 2012, is a monumental bronze sculpture of a small ship carrying ten abstracted children. McCarthy has modelled the work on Hummels, mid-century kitsch German figurines that embodied innocence and purity. Here, McCarthy explores cultural representations of childhood and naivety, themes that have played a significant role throughout his artistic practice. 

Who is the Artist?

Paul McCarthy is one of America’s most influential artists. Based in Los Angeles, California, McCarthy is known for his challenging work in a variety of media including performance, drawing, painting and sculpture. His work has been shown in major institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Whitechapel Gallery, London, England; and Tate Modern, London, England. 

Where?

St. James's Square

Mayfair
London W1S

When?

16 November 2011 – 15 February 2012, St. James's Square

Gallery hours:

Monday to Friday,
9 am – 4.30 pm

Courtesy: http://www.hauserwirth.com/

Art Exhibition - Paintings of Artist Gurucharan Sing at The Viewing Room gallery Colaba Mumbai

What is the event?

Twilight Tales

'Twilight Tales''- oil on canvas by Gurucharan Singh

'The Story'

 

Who is the Artist?

Gurcharan Singh

Born in 1949 at Patiala, Punjab Five Year Diploma in Applied Art from Government College of Arts and Craft, Chandigarh.

SOLO EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS Chandigarh, 1970, 1972, 1973 India House, Paris France, 1977 Hamilton Artists Co.Op. Gallery, Hamilton, Canada 1977 Shridharini Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1981 & 1986 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1984 & 1993 Art Heritage, New Delhi, 1987 Gallery 7, Mumbai 1989 & 1996 Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 1990 & 1993 Birla Century Art Gallery, Mumbai 1997 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1998, 2002 & 2008 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai, 1997 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2006 

GROUP SHOWS Gallery Delichow, West Germany, 1974 Kulturevein Herdecke, West Germany, 1975 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1979 Six Painters, Maurya Hotel, New Delhi, 1984 Gallery 7, Mumbai, 1986 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, 1987 & 1998 Contemporary Art Exhibition, organized by gallery 7 Mumbai, London, 1988 4 Visions, Hong Kong, 1996 Looking Glass, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai 1997 LTG, New Delhi, 1997 Surya Gallery, 5th Anniversary, Hyderabad, 1998 Gallery 7, Mumbai, 1999 Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2006 Shridharini Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2009

REPRESENTED EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY Lalit Kala Academy, National Award, New Delhi, 1976 Sanskriti Award, New Delhi, 1982 Tokyo Biennale, 1984 The 15th International Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 1984 Festival of India, USSR, 1987 Contemporary Indian Paintings, Moscow, USSR 6th Bienelle Cleverland, U.K. 1983 2nd Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan, 1985 Seoul Contemporary Art Asian Shows, S. Korea, 1986 CRY Exhibitions of Pain.

Where?

The Viewing Room       
   Elysium Mansion
   4th Floor, Opp. Cusrow Baugh
   7, Walton Road,
   Colaba Causeway, Colaba
   Mumbai - 400 005.
 
When?

Thursday, January 12, 2012 - Saturday, February 18, 2012

Monday to Saturday      11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

   Sundays closed

Contact:

   Tel : 022 - 2283 0026 / 27
   Fax : 022 - 2283 97 28
   E-mail : art@theviewingroom.in
    

http://www.theviewingroom.in/

India art Fair 4th edition at New Delhi – 26th - 29th Jan 2012

The 4th Edition of India Art Fair will be held on 25-29 January, 2012 at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi. As mentioned in our earlier post, Edition 3 was a grand success as per highlights mentioned in the web site of India Art Fair:

Key Highlights from India Art Summit 2011

• 1,28,000 visitors over 4 days from 17 cities in India, and 67 cities around the world
• 84 galleries exhibited from 20 countries in 8000 sq mtr. of exhibition space
• Speakers’ Forum included 42 world renowned experts from India and overseas like Homi Bhabha, Anish Kapoor, Geeta Kapur, Sheena Wagstaff, Hou Hanru and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
• Marketing and Public Relations worth over Rs. 19 Crores (US $4.1 million) covering India and 180 countries

More excerpts from the web site of IAF:

Art Projects

Subodh Gupta's Cascading Water (2011)- courtesy- TOI blog

The 4th edition of India Art Fair will include site-specific sculptures, multi-media installations, and interactive art projects meant to engage the general visitors and bring about a spontaneous connection between the art, the spaces & the people.

Speakers' Forum Book launches and Curated walks
This  will include a series of highly engaging topical seminars and conversations that brings together an illustrious panel of experts from the art world to discuss key issues pertaining to art in the region and at a global level. The seminars will be free of cost, and seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis only. No prior registration is required.
A series of book launches and conversations provide an opportunity for interaction between the artists and the audience & art enthusiasts.
A range of curated walks will be organised for visitors  at 2:30, 4:00 and 5:30 pm, 26-29th January 2012 Meeting Point  Information Desk

Exhibitors List  includes Art Galleries from India and many other countries like UAE, USA, Geramny, UK, Australia, Japan, France,  Spain and Singapore

 

VISITORS TIMINGS & TICKETS

25th January 2012
VIP Preview & Vernissage 3 to 8pm (by invitation only)

26th January 2012
Public Hours 1pm to 8pm (Last entry at 7pm)

27th - 28th January 2012
Business Hours 11:30am to 1pm
Public Hours 1pm to 8pm (Last entry at 7pm)

29th January 2012
Public Hours 11:30am to 6pm (Last entry at 5pm)

Tickets will be available for sale at the venue on 26-29 January 2012.

VENUE DETAILS

The NSIC Exhibition Grounds, in Okhla, is the new venue for the India Art Fair 2012. Spread over a vast area of 47 acres, a newly renovated Exhibition Centre and 16000 sqm of open ground space, the Exhibitions Grounds have hosted numerous events and trade fairs in the past. Strategically located in South Delhi, the fair venue is well connected with the International Airport, the New Delhi Railway Station and commercial districts like Connaught Place and Nehru Place. With a range of high end hotels, restaurants and markets in close proximity, and easy accessibility by the Delhi Metro, the NSIC Exhibition Grounds are the ideal choice to host India Art Fair.

Getting to NSIC Exhibition Grounds

Entry to the NSIC Exhibition Grounds is from Gate No. 4, conveniently located adjacent to the Govindpuri Metro Station For additional route details, please visit the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation website

Another hassle-free way to get to the venue is by Taxi or Auto Rickshaws, details for which are available here.

For driving directions to the venue, please click here

For an access map to the venue, please click here


Driving Distances to and from NSIC Exhibition Grounds:

Indira Gandhi International Airport	21 Km
Connaught Place (Central Delhi)	15 Km
Pragati Maidan	11 Km
India Gate	12 Km
Gurgaon, Haryana	30 Km

Information and picture courtesy: http://www.indiaartfair.in/

Art events in The Guild Gallery for january 2012- The Street and the Studio...

We reproduce the e-invitation from The Guild..

The Street and the Studio....

Kaiwan Mehta 

Art Exhibition - THUKRAL & TAGRA: "3227, Sector 23 (German Returned)"- at Nature Morte

Pic courtesy: http://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions

What is the event?

THUKRAL & TAGRA: "3227, Sector 23 (German Returned)

A solo exhibition by the dynamic duo of Thukral & Tagra

“The desires, fantasies, hopes and dreams of The Great Indian Middle Class converge into an installation steeped in saccharine sweetness and morbid longing. Thukral & Tagra, living and working in Gurgaon, paint pictures of the garishly inappropriate mini-mansions that pop up like weeds all around them in this precocious satellite city of New Delhi. But these paeans to conspicuous consumption are not rooted in the soils of Mother India. Rather, they float on clouds of limpid pastels, trussed up by gossamer threads and floral tributes, more Heaven than Home, their facades of an ersatz Classicism and unrecognizable references signaling a whole-hearted embrace of a Post-Modern Globalization. T&T wallow in the contradictions, lathering on the Kitsch with a sardonic wink that acknowledges the ancestry of European Surrealism in the construction of the contemporary Indian identity, the vampiric relationship between fashion and prestige which has come to define our domiciles.”

Pic courtesy: http://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions

Who are the Artists?

Thukral & Tagra

Jiten Thukral
Born 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
The Artist Lives and Works in New Delhi
Education: 1998 BFA, Chandigarh Art College
2000 MFA, New Delhi College of Art

Sumir Tagra
Born 1979, New Delhi, India
The Artist Lives and Works in New Delhi
Education: 2002 BFA, New Delhi College of Art
2006 PG, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
1999 Shankar’s Academy of Arts, New Delhi

Where?

Nature Monte’s gallery space in the luxury retail arcade of The Oberoi hotel in Gurgaon. 

NATURE MORTE
THE OBEROI, GURGAON
443, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V,
Gurgaon-122016 INDIA
Gallery: (91) 124-4010443
Off. (91) 11- 2956-1596
info@naturemorte.com / nmoberoi@naturemorte.com
www.naturemorte.com

(Note: this exhibition is not in their main gallery space at A1 Neeti Bagh, New Delhi.)

When?

Opening on Friday, December 23rd from 6 to 9pm.
Exhibition continues to Tuesday, January 31st, 2012.

Contact:

Nature Morte at The Oberoi Gurgaon is open every day, from 11am to 9pm. For more information and press photographs please contact Rajeev Dhawan at (011) 2956-1596 or Gary Jacob at (0124) 4010443.