Planning and collating this exhibition, the second collaboration between Saffronart and The Guild, has been a delight and an important learning experience. Following in the footsteps of our 2004 show, Generation I, it is our endeavor to once again offer a glimpse of the artists and artworks at the very forefront of India’s diverse contemporary art practices.
In his essay for the Catalog Divakar V explains:The imperative to title this essay as “Band of Outsiders” is surely keeping in mind the famous film of Jean-Luc Godard by the same name. I am using the film’s 'script' as a conceptual framework for the show and am using the film itself as a script for structuring my essay. By freely taking some shots/ scenes from the film I would try to put the show in a context relevant to my propositions. Since Godard made this film on the pulp fiction based Hollywood B movies I found it as the most suitable context to write on a show which is being showcased in America. Like the characters in his film the artists in this show are in many ways outsiders other than really being ‘Non-American’…
I would try to investigate the linguistic traits these artists engage with, which may enable us in understanding the concepts and ideas each of the artist deal with. It seems that all of the artists have a discomfort with the reality being represented around them. There is also the possibility that even the dissent itself has been institutionalized by the respective christening forces of the market! Might be there is also the possibility that the stakes being high in the art field, the competence is proved only by rejecting all the consumable inscriptions the surface generally carries along.
‘Here I would not digress anymore on these aspects and let the viewer/ readers decide on those for themselves.’Each work in this exhibition offers a unique perspective on the negotiations and struggles of present day life, across the various stages on which it plays out, from the intimate to the public, the village to the megalopolis. It has been a pleasure working with the eighteen artists - ASHUTOSH BHARADWAJ, ABIR KARMAKAR, REMEN CHOPRA, K.P. REJI, BALAJI PONNA, GIGI SCARIA, KIRAN SUBBAIAH, SATHYANAND MOHAN, LAVANYA MANI, VED GUPTA, RAKHI PESWANI, LOKESH KHODKE, SUMEDH RAJENDRAN, PRAJAKTA PALAV AHER, ARUN KUMAR - who have contributed works to the show, and it gives us great satisfaction to bring these works to new audiences outside of India. The works in this exhibition, ranging from large-scale paintings and installations to sculptures and interactive videos, will be shown at both Saffronart and The Guild in New York. We look forward to welcoming you to the Preview on Wednesday 16th September at Saffronart from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
| Date : | 16 septembre 2009 |
| Heure : | 18:00 - 20:00 |
| Lieu : | Saffronart, New York |
| Adresse : | The Fuller Building 595 Madison Avenue, Suite 900 |
| Ville : | New York, NY |
| Téléphone : | 2122292110 |
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