Subodh Gupta
dal 19/4/2004 al 30/5/2004
Segnalato da
19/4/2004
Subodh Gupta
The Showroom (old venue), London
I Go Home Every Single Day. The Showroom is pleased to announce that it has commissioned Delhi-based artist Subodh Gupta to make a new body of work to be presented at The Showroom. In the past, Subodh Gupta has employed a variety of media in his work to express his ideas about place and belonging. These have included cow dung, ash, wood, stainless steel, video and readymade objects. For The Showroom, Subodh Gupta will present a new body of work that continues to draw from his own immediate experiences in India.
I Go Home Every Single Day
The Showroom is pleased to announce that it has commissioned Delhi-based
artist Subodh Gupta to make a new body of work to be presented at The
Showroom.
Gupta's work has been included in high profile group projects such as the
Tree from the Seed, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, the Asian Section of the
Kwangju Biennale, South Korea and the inaugural show at the Palais de Tokyo,
Paris. His project for The Showroom will be his first solo show in London.
Subodh Gupta is best known for his sculptural works that elevate the status
of found objects from everyday items to artworks; his works have involved
casting bamboo sticks, kitchen utensils and most recently, a scooter in
metal. The objects that Gupta works with refer to a traditional way of life
in the sub-continent that is rapidly disappearing as India becomes a
homogenised, urban society. Gupta has said, about these works, that he
enjoys their absurdity and density, as well as their ability to become a
bridge between Eastern and Western cultural traditions.
In the past, Subodh Gupta has employed a variety of media in his work to
express his ideas about place and belonging. These have included cow dung,
ash, wood, stainless steel, video and readymade objects. For The Showroom,
Subodh Gupta will present a new body of work that continues to draw from his
own immediate experiences in India.
Opening 20 April 2004
19.00 - 21.00 hrs.
Wednesday  Sunday 13.00  18.00 hrs.
For further information please contact Kirsty Ogg or Bridget Crone on 020
8983 4115.
The Showroom is financially assisted by Arts Council England. Project
supported by The Elephant Trust and Charles Wallace India Trust. With thanks
to Delfina Studio Trust.
Mary Jane Aladren, Tim Allen, Adelaide Bannerman, Claire Barclay, Jordan
Baseman, Iwona Blazwick, Sarah Carrington, Paul Collett, Laura Emsley,
ezppl, Peter Fillingham, Rose Finn-Kelcey, FlatPack001, Rebecca Fortnum,
Eric Franck, Frieze, David Gilmour, Simon Grant, Jackie Haliday, Ceri Hand,
Margot Heller, Margot & Fergus Henderson, Paul Hobson, Claire Hooper, Martin
Hopkinson, Matthew Hunt, Sue Jones, Franz Koenig, Kate MacGarry, Lynn
MacRitchie, Anna Milsom, Moose Foundation for the Arts, Dave Muller, Paul
Nicholson, Kristine Nielsen, Campbell & Mairi Ogg, Harry Onslow, Michael
O¹Pray, Maureen Paley, Alison Raftery, Signwave, John Slyce, Simon Starling,
Straylight, Eva Tait, David Thorp, Transmission Gallery, Catherine Ugwu,
Isabel Vasseur, Grant Watson and White Window are all actively supporting
the work of the gallery by joining The Showroom's Friends Scheme.
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Nearest tube Bethnal Green on the Central Line. Buses 26, 48, 55, 106, 253,
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