Press Release: Curated by Ranjit Hoskote, ‘The Shadow Trapper’s Almanac’, is Tanmoy Samanta’s first solo exhibition in Bombay

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Curated by Ranjit Hoskote, ‘The Shadow Trapper’s Almanac’, is Tanmoy Samanta’s first solo exhibition in Bombay. It features gouache paintings on rice paper and recycled book sculptures, two integral facets of his practice. Samanta’s practice explores notions traditionally associated with sculpture, including “volume and void, relief and surface, container and content.” In Samanta’s delicate works on paper, we find elements of cutout and collage reminiscent of Surrealist and Dada practices as well as a nuanced surety that echoes the style of the miniature. Samanta begins a painting by layering rice paper onto a thicker base, using a series of colours going from dark to light. His book works explore various types of books, including the kitab, the muraqqa, and the laporetto.Each book engages the viewer’s imagination in a unique way. Samanta’s use of desaturated colour and texture evokes a sense of rich nostalgia in the ordinary. According to Hoskote “Tanmoy Samanta’s works, with their combination of exhilaration and menace, formal playfulness and philosophical depth, remind us that art is not an escape from the world, but a route that leads us back, replenished by dream and vision, to the perplexities of the everyday.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tanmoy Samanta (b. 1973) received a BFA and MFA in Painting from Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan in 1996. He has been awarded a Pollack Krasner Foundation Award (New York – 2013) and a National Scholarship from the Government of India (1995 – 1997).Samanta, who lives and works in New Delhi, was raised in an environment rich in literary and artistic experience. Both his parents were participants in the Bengali ‘little magazine’ movement; he grew up to savour the Tagorean ethos of Santiniketan, developing his practice there and later in the collegial setting of the Kanoria Arts Centre, Ahmedabad. Early in his career, he taught at Rajghat, the Krishnamurti Foundation’s school in Varanasi.

ABOUT THE GALLERY:

TARQ, Sanskrit for "discussion, abstract reasoning, logic and cause", is a new contemporary art gallery in Mumbai dedicated to growing a conversation around art from a diverse range of contexts. Our focus is on maintaining close relationships with our artists and patrons, and to encourage thoughtful acquisitions of art. We plan on showing art that is process driven and provoking. Apart from our regular shows, we are also committed to building an educational structure that enables the art community to grow through thought, discussion and action.Located at Dhanraj Mahal, one of Mumbai's iconic Art Deco buildings a stone's throw away from the Gateway of India, TARQ is spread over two floors and 3000 sq. ft.

Contact Details:

F35/36, Dhanraj Mahal, C.S.M. Marg, 

Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Mumbai 400 001

+91 22 6615 0424

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6th Dec 2014 Opening show at Art Gate Gallery

6th to 13th Dec :  opening 6PM 15th Nov at 12 pm to 7pm Art Gate Gallery, Churchgate Mumbai
Art Gate Gallery can be contacted at:022 4213 8855
or emailed at artgate.sc@gmail.com 

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'LOUDspeakers' Titled The Great Indian Promises, artist C Ganacharya's installation

Titled The Great Indian Promises, artist C Ganacharya's installation at Carter Road promenade takes a satirical look at the promises netas have been making election after election since the first Lok Sabha election in 1951. In his installation, the water tap and fan symbolize drinking water and electricity respectively that the successive governments have not taken to every Indian.

“Even after 60 years of Independence, the politicians' promises sound same as they had made during the first general election,“ says Ganacharya. “They have sold false dreams and duped the countrymen. I try to highlight this duplicity.“ The word “promise“ is translated in many different Indian languages to emphasise its wide prevelance.

Nov 25 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai)
Of empty vessels and politicians
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

‘The sense of quiet that pervades his work invites contemplation, not a gaze’- Sham Lal on Ramkumar

Drawings from the 60s

An exhibition of drawings by Ramkumar

8th-29th of November’2014

Ramkumar, is regarded as one of the first-generation of post-independence artists in India. His contemporaries included the likes of M.F Husain, F.N souza, SH Raza and Akbar Padamsee.  He began his artistic journey studying at Sharada Ukil school of Art. He later went to Paris and trained under Andre Lhote and Fernand Legar.

The 20th century modernisms in Paris, Vienna and London served as an inspiration for him, combined with a desire to ethnically belong to the homeland- in its inherent Indianness. Ramkumar’s search for an Indian identity has transcended mere motifs and figurations. As an artist he evolved from his short lived figurative phase into a master of abstractions. Having renounced the active engagement with the state and civil society that had earlier characterised his position, the artist had turned gradually inward, choosing to be in an internal exile of the spirit. This withdrawal gave him the space to reflect upon the great natural forces that had enthralled him, to gauge their metaphorical import: through his art. The 60’s and 70’s mark the phase of his career which was the beginning of his transcendence into abstract landscapes.

 Aakriti Art Gallery, New Delhi is hosting the exhibition 'Drawings from the 60’s ‘by the legendary artist Ramkumar, from 8th-29th of November’2014.The show would be curated by poet and art-critic Prayag Shukla, a close associate of Ramkumar for five decades, who has written extensively on him in Hindi and English. The drawings to be exhibited mark his transcendence from figurative works into abstraction. The drawings reflect sheer beauty through lines creating an experience rather than a discourse.The works presented in the show are sensitive charting of momentous happenings, in fine lines, and speak volumes for Ramkumar’s delicate rendering quality. These drawings take us into a memorable aesthetic journey through ‘wondrous paths, which can be seen, treaded and found only by the caliber of an artist like Ramkumar, to engage our mind, as well our hearts.

The exhibition simultaneously can be viewed on the website www.aakritiartgallery.com. The exhibition would provide a glimpse of Ramkumar’s works which directly connects with one’s inner self and reveals a world of infinite depth and beauty.

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