Subodh Gupta
dal 11/2/2011 al 29/4/2011
Segnalato da
11/2/2011
Subodh Gupta
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
He is known for his paintings and installations dealing with the Indian way of life and everyday culture. Themes of economic growth, materialism and emigration are expressed through ordinary objects. Steel lunch boxes, thali pans or bicycles reflect besides India's great period of transition, also the artist's personal life and memories. The exhibition features 10 paintings, a 29 piece bodypaint series, as well as 18 sculptures and installations.
The spring season of the Sara Hildén Art Museum opens with an exhibition of Subodh Gupta, the superstar of India's contemporary art. Gupta is at the moment one of the most important names in international contemporary art. He is known for his paintings and installations dealing with the Indian way of life and everyday culture.
Subodh Gupta's (born 1964) art is essentially related to Indian tradition and change in the society. His paintings, sculptures, installations and performance art present Indian lifestyle in a recognisable, rich visual language. Gupta belongs to the generation of Indian artists who study their country's identity on a global level. Themes of economic growth, materialism and emigration are expressed through ordinary objects. Steel lunch boxes, thali pans or bicycles reflect besides India's great period of transition, also the artist's personal life and memories.
Subodh Gupta was born in the poor Indian countryside in Bihar, and is now based in New Delhi. Before his education as a visual artist, Gupta, passionate about film, was a street theatre actor. The artist's change of residence from his native village to Delhi is in a way an allegory of today's India. The growing middle class that migrated from villages to urban centres is eagerly clearing the path for change – global, capitalist culture. Gupta is interested in what inevitably disappears in the process of change. The monumental sculptures and installations made of stainless steel objects reflect the short journey from ancient Indian culture to the modern, from tradition to change.
The Sara Hildén Art Museum has compiled the exhibition in cooperation with the artist and the Hauser&Wirth (Zürich & London). The exhibition features 10 paintings, a 29 piece bodypaint series, as well as 18 sculptures and installations. A richly illustrated exhibition catalogue will be published in two languages (Finnish-English), with articles written by Professor Alexander Dumbadze from the University of Washington, and art critic Timo Valjakka.
Image: Two Cows, 2003-2008. Photo: Stefan Altenburger. Courtesy Subodh Gupta.
Matliisa Lehtinen
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Opening Saturday February 12, 2011
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