Art News: Kala for Vidya, Bangalore

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Art News: Art Scene India Recommends

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With so many art events happening, it can be a challenge to decide which exhibitions and events to visit, so I've handpicked a few for you - across India. I hope to add more cities and towns soon. Do visit those in your vicinity and let me know your views. Which ones resonated with you? Drop me a line here. I look forward to hearing from you.

Bangalore

NGMA Bengaluru, in collaboration with The Guild Art Gallery presents the exhibition "And the last shall be the first: G.R. Iranna Works 1995-2015", curated by Ranjit Hoskote, on view from 16th Jan - 16th Feb, 2016.

12th Annual Show at Galerie Sara Arakkal 

Show extended till January 30, 2016
Timing: 10am to 6pm on all working days

Mumbai

Tabiyat: Medicine and Healing in India

January 12 to March 28, 2016 | CSMVS, Mumbai

Medicine Corner’s centrepiece is an exhibition titled ‘Tabiyat: Medicine and Healing in India’, which examines the history and contemporary practice of sustaining human health in one of the world’s great civilisations. From January 12 to March 28, 2016, CSMVS, hosts dazzling antiquities and contemporary material culture assembled by Wellcome Collection, one of London’s most exciting new cultural spaces. Exhibits include the only known historical illustration of the interior of the human body as understood in Ayurveda. None of the antiquities have been exhibited before in their land of origin. The exhibition also features modern vernacular art in an aesthetically seductive, intellectually rich mix of art, science, history and the ordinary made extraordinary.

Kolkatta

‘The Piercing needle’ by Gopika Nath 

Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata,
from 6th Jan to 6th Feb, 2016

About the Exhibition:

In ‘The Piercing needle’, Gopika Nath presents herself as an artist-craftsperson. A predominant image in much of her work is the teacup. Peering into her cup emptied of garam masala chai revealed over time an appreciation for the quotidian beauty of residue. Her meditation on these marks and stains from tea serve as a catalyst for introspective enquires as well as initiating new methods of staining and burning to translate the effects onto fabric. While discomforting experiences are recalled and examined, threads are unravelled and surfaces scorched, burning through and beyond the heart of the matter at hand.

Using embroidery as an artistic marker, with the needle as a natural substitute for a pencil or a brush, Gopika forges a link with the age-old traditions of hand-crafting in India, to see the work of the hand as part of human creative expression and by extension - a process of discovery of who we are. She uses the language of embroidery with stitch as a spiritual metaphor, where working with needle and thread becomes therapeutic and cathartic – a healer and balancer. Even though Gopika is an artist that embroiders, rather than paints, she adeptly imbues her work with the same aesthetics as found in fine art painting – the same finesse, sensibility, and aesthetic of understanding between hand and canvas, between mind and image, and between perspective and result.


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ARTiculations - A workshop for artists, Bangalore

ARTiculations - Beyond the Image - A workshop for artists on Nov 22, 2015 at Talk Temple, Lavelle Road, Bangalore

By Nalini Malaviya
(Bangalore based art consultant, writer and blogger)

Enhance your verbal and written communication skills

Learn about:
● Art marketing
● Tools to promote and support your art practice
● How to write an artist statement

Who should join: Artists and photographers - recent graduates, upcoming and experienced creative professionals who wish to work on their marketing and communication skills to support their career.

Timings: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fees: Rs 1,800/- (coffee and light snacks included)
For registration contact*
Phone: 080-41507000/ 98806 30024
Email: nalini.indianart@gmail.com

Venue:
Talk Temple
92, 3rd Cross, Lavelle Road
Bangalore – 560 001

*Limited seats.

Please report by 9:45 am and bring a few images of your recent works as you will draft an artist statement by the end of the workshop. Let me know if you have any questions (nalini.indianart@gmail.com).
Confirm by 18th Nov.

About
Nalini Malaviya is a Bangalore based art consultant, writer and blogger. She has been writing for the media since 2003, and has contributed to Times of India, Financial Times, Bangalore Mirror, Femina, Deccan Herald and several other publications including art magazines and catalogs. Nalini publishes www.artsceneindia.com, a blog/ Ezine featuring art news, events and articles. The website functions as an artist resource and promotes artists. She curates art exhibitions and also teaches arts management and marketing for artists, through workshops.

Talk Temple is a Transformational Leadership Training Organization that enables and empowers people to exploit their potential. It believes that Human Resources can be developed to create a Unique Success Mantra that will differentiate the company and create tangible Results for Leaders and their Teams.
Contact: mail@talktemple.com/ Kavitha at 98806 30024, Office 080 41507000

Art News: Film Screening on Krishen Khanna

NGMA Bengaluru, in collaboration with Ananya-Drishya, is happy to announce the screening of a film titled "A  Far Afternoon", a film on Krishen Khanna, directed by Sruti Harihara Subramanian, at its premises on Sunday, 15th November 2015 at 4.00 pm. 

Art News: ARTiculations - A workshop for artists, Bangalore

Coming Soon:

ARTiculations

Beyond the Image
A workshop for artists on Nov 22, 2015 at Talk Temple, Lavelle Road, Bangalore

 

Enhance your verbal and written communication skills

Learn about:
● Art marketing
● Tools to promote and support your art practice
● How to write an artist statement

Register early. Limited seats.

Mail me at nalini.indianart@gmail.com for more details.