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3/11/2007

Emblems & Urban Regeneration

The Air Gallery, London

A group show

Garnier Contemporary Arts exhibition Emblems & Urban Regeneration opens Sunday 4th November 2007 at the Air Gallery, 32 Dover Street, London. It promises to showcase some of the finest works from an exclusive selection of 5 successful and ground-breaking contemporary artists from India. The paintings and sculptures compliment each other displaying the exceptional talent being produced in India. The exhibition celebrates London’s annual Asian Art Week - in its tenth year. Asian Art London is one of the most important dates on the Asian Art calendar and Garnier Contemporary Arts is proud to be participating as one of its official members and leading contemporary participant. The five artists include; Alok Bal (Baroda), B. Manjunath Kamath (New Delhi), Pratul Dash (New Delhi), Sachin Karne (Baroda) and Vinod A Patel, Sculptor (Baroda).

Alok Bal graduated with a BA Fine Arts and a post diploma in Fine Arts at M.S University, Baroda. He has exhibited in solo and joint shows internationally and all over India. He paints on large canvases and carefully depicts the drab ‘black landscape’ of city life; concentrating on the regimentally built rectangular houses with their non architectural plainness in a deep perspective. A tree, perhaps symbolising the human struggle of survival and strife, but showing the light of hope in the bright reflection from the moon. A peacock beautifully posed brings beauty into his interpretation of the neglected grounds of urban life. When studied, Alok’s three works impact the mind in three different scenarios, the only common denominator being the palette.

B. Manjunath Kamath, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art and awarded an art Scholarship at the University of Cardiff. He has exhibited throughout India, Cardiff, Germany, Thailand and South Korea. His paintings follow an imaginative thought process, often associated with the colourful imagination of a child’s mind. Based in New Delhi Kamath creates his work through the innocent mind of a child, a mind in deep thought, skipping between various subjects as we do when we contemplate daily life. His colourful palette depicts these wild thoughts in bold statements dispersed with extraordinary sparseness throughout his compositions, each character or object connects not only in the individual canvases but throughout his works. Frequent amongst all his works and now very much his trade mark, is his placement of an object/item in the most stunningly strong pink. His paintings have given him great success, especially in India and now internationally. Kamath will put on hold future works by concentrating back on sculptor for which he is also talented and established.

Pratul Dash graduated with a BA & MA in Fine Art and was awarded an art Scholarship. He was also awarded by the Industrial Literature Society, Italy, won the M F Hussain Award, Delhi, Silver Jubilee award Orissa to name a few. He has exhibited internationally both solo and jointly in India, London and New York. His works are amongst many prestigious collections, both private and corporate throughout the world. Pratul’s tight and detailed compositions, filled with fine detail, looks at life through various different levels. An Indian tradition is to hang outside a new home spices, brings good luck for the future there, his bird, living in the hollows of the scaffolding claims this space as much as his home as any human does. The spices and fruit dangling from a nearby pole protects the birds new nest, giving thought that every creature deserves good luck, protection and safety, no matter where or by what means that home appears. ‘Cloned body’, possibly a self portrait explores the subconscious of how we are perceived by others, how, when we look at ourselves not through a mirror but as others see us. Would we react to our emotions, actions or words as strange gestures - to see yourself not through vanity of mirror image but through the eyes of strangers, would indeed make yourself appear such a stranger. Pratul works and lives in New Delhi.

Sachin Karne a lecturer and post graduate fine artist is based in Baroda. Was awarded a Fellowship, given an Honourable Mention and won 1st prize in an major portrait exhibition in Mumbai. His exhibitions both solo and jointly have appeared in India, Amsterdam, Singapore and Hong Kong. He shows his judgement on the national ethos versus socio-political reality, portraying through idealism, the heroes who, like ‘Emblems’ inhabit our minds. ‘Emblems I’ has to be viewed by the naked eye to really transport yourself behind the mounted hero, sat defiantly on his horse, deciding what he will claim for his own. The power this large canvas protrudes is indeed cause for celebration, the earthy tones, the detailed work the mere impact this piece commands shows immense praise to the talent who created it.

Vinod A Patel Graduated with a BSc in Physics before turning his attention to art. He went on to gain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture as well as an MA at the MS University in Baroda. Vinod has exhibited and is well received all over India. This exhibition will be his second showing in London and his most prominent. He has been commissioned to create massive pieces for the Dinosaur Park, Gujarat as well as many other public installations. Vinod creates eye-catchy stunning sculptors in metal, sourced from bike and scrap metal yards in Baroda. Inspired by nature and the physics of objects he creates insects and small animals, showing their true beauty in vastly increased sizes. Colours from polished metal to bright yellow and contrasting blacks; his sculptures make a bold statement of contemporary art. All the sculptures are adapted for modern living; all being dismantled slightly for easy transportation. Vinod works and lives in Baroda.

Christopher Garnier, Director of Garnier Arts and the curator of this exhibition has for the past four years been actively searching the sub continent to discover exceptional contemporary Indian artists. Like Indian artists from previous generations their inspiration comes from inherited traditions and provides an insight between past and present encounters in India today. The exhibition promises to be Garnier Arts most exciting exhibition to date, and purposely includes innovative metal sculptures; believing that this area of contemporary art from India is about to explode in popularity. Christopher’s passion to show the world the fascinating art emerging from India, funds much of the exhibition costs himself. In a time where the world’s contemporary art has maybe reached its pinnacle, Christopher reminds us all, not to give up yet. There is still exciting times ahead, and with the audience growing daily, the more opportunities arise in educating consumers, to the aesthetic pleasures this exciting and meaningful art brings.

Image by Pratul Dash, Cloned body, Acrylic on canvas

Private viewing (invitation only),will be held on Monday 5th November 5.30- 8.30pm;
invitations or further information can be can be obtained by emailing:mailto:info@garnierart.com.
Or visiting http://www.garnierart.com

The Air Gallery
32 Dover Street, London
Open daily 10.00am -7.00pm
Free admission

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