Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library: referencedIn Two Person Show (With Surendren Nair) Gallery 7, Mumbai. 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. The book covers her life told through letters she had written to family members. 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. Amrita Sher-Gil: A Biography by N. Iqbal Singh, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd., India, 1984. 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'. …Through 22kms…; Living. 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. 0-86186-644-4. [Vivan Sundaram : artist file] Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives, DIA Research Library & Archives: creatorOf: Sundaram, Vivan. Vivan Sundaram, Self: Titkolt történetek 1956-ból - Baktay és Nehru. Her work dealing with self-exploration, gender issues, and post-colonial identity was influenced by Paul Gauguin. This site is an online resource for Amrita Sher-Gil’s biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. Probir Gupta’s canvases are enormous in their scale and narrative. Vivan Sundaram lives in Delhi. Vivan Sundaram is an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1943. Throughout her practice she has displayed an unwavering relationship with surrealism, narrative, and the nature of things. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1981. 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. Menu. Khopkar, Arun, " Figures Of Thought" Bhupen Khakhar, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani. Amrita Sher-Gil was born on January 30, ... * "Re-take of Amrita", by Vivan Sundaram. Vivan Sundaram’s exhibition, Trash, develops a theme that has engaged him since 1997… Vivan Sundaram

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She was the niece of Indologist Ervin Baktay. Vivan Sundaram (born 1943) is an Indian contemporary artist. Bharti Kher’s oeuvre spans more than two decades and includes paintings, sculptures and installations. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. 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. 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. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. 1987. 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. 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. 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 ) Sundaram's seminal installation Memorial (1993) responded powerfully to the December 1992 destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and the violent aftermath. HOME BIOGRAPHY SCULPTURES DRAWINGS ... ‘Seven Young Sculptors’ Curated by Vivan Sundaram, Kasuali Arts Centre, Rabindra havan , New- Delhi. 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. 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. Amrita Sher-Gil and Hungary, by Gyula Wojtilla . Your personal data is held in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Amrita Sher-Gil: Essays, by Vivan Sundaram, Marg Publications; New Delhi, 1972. Her younger sister was Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil), mother of the contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Simply click the link and enter your new password to complete this process. Artworks | VAG Exhibitions | Biography | Press. Sundaram, Vivan, 1943-. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. 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. First as a painter and subsequently in large-scale conceptual installations, Vivan Sundaram's artistic practice has responded to contemporary politics with radical vanguardism. In my last story, I mentioned about Vivan Sundaram’s book (can we call it a biography?) Awards. In 1932, she made her breakthrough with the oil painting, Young Girls. Artist Biography Born in Bangalore, 1956, Pushpamala N has been called “the most entertaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art”. Scan the QR Code via WeChat to follow Ocula's official account. 1986. Biography and art, auction, artworks, interview, statement, website: Vivan Sundaram. Sixth Triennial International, New-Delhi. Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943, Shimla. 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. 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. Vadehra Art Gallery BOOK|STORE D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India | T +91 11 46594456 1986. 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 Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. 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. First as a painter and subsequently in large-scale conceptual installations, Vivan Sundaram's artistic practice has responded to contemporary politics with radical vanguardism. Last edited on 25 October 2020, at 18:42. Bedi, Nandini On Going Project On The Artist "A Biography” Guest Advisor At The Rijksakademie, Amsterdam TV Shows. Vivan Sundaram – The Hungarian Great Plain, 2001, digital photomontage – © Vivan Sundaram Vivan Sundaram biography … Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 … 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. 1990: Mahler-Wein, Lutz, Film Series "One World Art" 2001: Lall Ein “The Broken Spine” A Documentary Film On The Artist. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. 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. The series employed the concept of the archive, and drew also on The Sher-Gil Archive, which Sundaram had created in 1995-6. Allied Publishers, 1981. Gupta’s paintings appear as grand history paintings, … 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. View Vivan Sundaram’s artworks on artnet. 2001, Tulika. 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. 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). A great amount of his energy has been directed into developing platforms for robust political dialogue and collaborative spaces for artists and intellectuals. Biography. To make artwork enquiries, follow artists & galleries, save & share artworks and receive our newsletter. 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Institutions are also welcome to join the Ocula gallery network. ... SAHMAT, curated by Vivan Sundaram, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi 2012 Scenes of Selves, Occasions … ISBN 818522949X. We have sent you an email containing a link to reset your password. Amrita Sher-Gil, by Baldoon Dhingra. 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) He is married to eminent art historian and critic Geeta Kapur. Umrao Sher-Gil, a scholar in Sanskrit and Persian, studied philosophy and religion and spoke five languages fluently. Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943, Shimla. The… Experimentation with alternative media led to a shift away from painting in 1991. 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. In order to present the best of contemporary art our gallery membership is by application or invitation only. Movies. 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…. 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. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. She spent most of early childhood in Budapest. 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. 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 . Vivan Sundaram is one of Indian’s most prolific artists and active political voices. He produced for that show Bunk-Bed, which used the structure of a bed to consider issues of sleep, desire, and sexuality. The artist's sustained exploration of the politics of 'home' culminated in his 1999 solo exhibition Shelter. In 2001-2, Sundaram began the photomontage and video project Re-take of Amrita. Her younger sister was Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil), mother of the contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. List of Indian women artists; References. 0-7069-2474-6 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 the 1930s, she practised Bohemian circles of Paris. 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 … He studied painting at M.S. University, Baroda and The Slade School of Fine Art, London in the 1960s. 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. She died in Lahore in 1941. Amrita Sher-Gil is India’s most distinguished and admired artist. Vivan Sundaram (born 1943), installation artist; Yantr; Sudarsan Pattnaik (born 1977) Sand Artist , Odisha , Puri; See also. House/Boat (1994) narrated the trope of migration away from one's home, suggesting also a dialectic between monumental construction and detailed craftsmanship. Алмрита Шер-Гил (Будимпешта 30. јануар 1913 - Лахор 5. децембар 1941) био је еминентна мађарско-индијска сликарка. View Vivan Sundaram biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. He has had solo shows in many cities of India as well as in New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Toronto, Montreal and Copenhagen. Early life and education. Admission is determined by a select group of influential gallerists by vote. 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. 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 2010, Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-portrait in letters and writings, edited and annotated by Vivan Sundaram, was published by Tulika Books, Delhi. 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 Biography. University, Baroda and The Slade School of Fine Art, London in the 1960s. 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