A two day introductory course directed by Sushma Bahl, aimed at those interested in the collection and appreciation of art. The curriculum covers classical Indian art- its history and aesthetics, western art traditions, progressive artists' group, contemporary art scene, new trends and media. The course content will also include illustrated lectures and discussions on how to look at art, what to collect,how to choose and display and, how to take care of one’s collection. The faculty of leading experts in the field will make their presentations interactive.
(Participation by prior registration only)
A practical hands on workshop for 14 year olds and above.
Sandeep Biswas finished Art College in 1993 and worked with an Advertising Agency for 2 years before taking to photography, as a career. He assisted photographer Pradeep Das Gupta for a couple of years and started his own independent practice in 1998. A recipient of the AIFACS ( All India Fine Art & Craft Society) award twice and the Fellowship for Photography in 2005 from the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre,Sandeep was also sponsored by Japan Foundation in 2001 along with a Japanese photographer, following which he was awarded the Japan Foundation Fellowship at Kyoto University of Art & Design.
Sandeep has been a part of over 30 group shows in India, France, Germany, UK & Sri Lanka and has held three solo shows including a show at Nairang Gallery, Lahore Pakistan in 2006. His works are exhibited as a part of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA SAFOTO 2007, Texas, USA and the ARTSINGAPORE 2007 & INDIA ART SUMMIT 2008 & 2009. He has also curated exhibitions of photographs including his own and other artists' works.
His works are included in various public & private collections in India and abroad and have been published in special features in magazines in India, Sweden, USA & Japan. He has taught at various institutes including National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi & has been an external Jury (photography) with Pearl Academy Of Fashion, New Delhi. He has also conducted workshops on photography for Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Canon Cameras and others.
Sandeep lives & works as a freelance photographer in Delhi.
'Draw & Paint’ Workshop for Aspiring Artists
Conducted By Artists & Art Teachers Kavita Nayar & Anandmoy Banerjee
A travel from drawing to painting starting with an illustrated interactive talk on what is drawing- its concept as preparation and as a complete work. From idea to drawing- fleshing it out through observation, learning about shapes and contours.
Hands on experimentation with examples
Still life drawings – objects and plants etc
Practice in drawing from line to shape/form
Introduction to oil pastels & water colours
Filling up the shape/forms- negative & positive spaces with colours, shading and tonal variations
Role, significance and qualities of colours and how to use them
Practice in colour rendering- its connotation and subjective powers
The participants will be asked to work on at least 1 drawing and 1 painting each during the two day workshop.
Participants are required to bring the following material:
A sketch pad of A3 size
Staedler pencils-2B, 4B & 6B
Oil Pastels (Camel)
Water colour tubes (Camel)
Brushes -no 4,8,12
Palette to mix colours
A bowl for water
Limited seats, interested participants in age group 14+ required to make prior registration
Art in Cinema
Eminent surrealist painter Salvador Dali was inhibited by his vein of films as a ‘secondary’ art form created by the intervention of many people. However, he also had the opportunity of working with a great director like Bunuel to be able to realize his cinematic dreams. Should a contemporary artist look at film as a ‘secondary’ art form? The Japanese film maestro Akira Kurosawa used to say that cinema has similarities with all major art forms like music, painting, theatre, literature and architecture, and yet it is unique in itself. The use of the digital technology allows the artist to use the camera like a brush, thereby introducing a new tool for the imagination and creative adventure.
A pioneer of video installation was Nom June Paik whose work from the mid sixties used multiple TV monitors in sculptural arrangements. Video installation is a contemporary art method that continues video technology with installation art. Today video installation is visible in a range of environments – from galleries and museums to site-specific works. Noted contemporary painter Ranbir Kaleka has combined the Physical presence of the painted image and the aura of an image of light and cinema and creates a different world of magic and myth. Now younger writers, artists and other creative persons are using video installation as a powerful tool of new expression. persons are using video installation as a powerful tool of new expression.
Programme:
Saturday 11 September | 3:00pm onwards - Films on Artists
1. As The Crow Files (An informal tête-à-tête with Akbar Padmasee) Dir. Kumar Shahani
2. Rabin (A film on least understood and neglected artist Rabin Mondal) Dir. Buddhadeb Dasgupta
3. Arpana Caur | Dir. Siddharth Tagore
4. Rebel With A Cause (A film on F.N.Souza) Dir. Rohit Suri
Sunday 12 September | 3:00pm onwards- Film by Artists
1. Experimental Video Art Films by Rameshwar Broota
2. The End and Time by Gopi Gajwari
3.I Go Home Every Single Day by Subodh Gupta
4. Wishes by Pratul Dash
5. Homage to Animals by Shridhar Iyer
6. " What Were You Thinking........ Any ways " (4 Mins/ 2009)
Concept, direction and performance by Seema Kohli
7. Ram Naam Satya Hai by Sanjay Bhattacharya
8. Energy Enigma Exile Hussain 95 by Vinod Bhardwaj
9. Maayaa…A Stop Motion Illusion by Puja Bahri
10. Barbed Wires and Beautiful Skies : Looking at Kashmir in Frames by Parthiv Stat
11. Art Videos by Vijay Raghavan
12. Juice Wale ke Haseen Sapne by Durga Kainthola
13. The Decorated Cow by Sidharth
Curator Vinod Bhardwaj is a Hindi poet and short-story writer, art and film critic as well as Art Curator. He has worked as a subject expert on several films on art produced by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Doordarshan and Art Galleries. Recipient of the prestigious Sanskriti Award in 1981, he was invited to serve as a jury member for the first International Non-feature Film Festival in Leningrad in 1989. He lives and works in New Delhi.
