We are delighted to announce Prabhakar Pachpute's first institutional solo exhibition to open at the National Gallery of Modern Art (Mumbai) on 11 April 2016. The exhibition consists of site-specific sculptural interventions, shadow effects, and a wall-drawing around the perimeter of the dome gallery of the museum. Pachpute’s work is rooted in an investigation of mining labour and the way mining activity effects the natural and human landscape. Combining field research around the world and personal experience (Pachpute comes from a family of miners), with expressive and surreal imagery, the artist creates unexpected visions and encompassing installations. Land itself is under transformation, metamorphosing between different states of use and abandonment. The title, te tolanche dhaga navhate | no, it wasn’t the locust cloud is like an answer to a question, after the transformation of land.
Discursive program supported by the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
The NGMA will host two discursive events on the occasion of the exhibition by Prabhakar Pachpute in the Dome Gallery of the NGMA (Mumbai) opening 11 April 2016. The events are hosted in the auditorium space of the NGMA and are free of charge and open to all.
From Caves to Multimedia. Art in architecture
Date: 1 April 2016
Hours: 4 pm - 9 pm To be held in the NGMA auditorium.
Through a series of interviews, lectures and screenings, this event aims to introduce the work of Prabhakar Pachpute in a wider art-historical perspective, while, at the same time, inserting his practice within the idea of site-specificity and its relation to the museum and art institutions in general as sites of experiences.
From farmers to miners, from miners to farmersSpeakers: Dr. Manisha Patil (Professor of Art History and former dean, Sir JJ School of Art, curator, member of the NGMA Advisory Committee), Nalini Malani (artist, Mumbai) and Johan Pijnappel (curator and art historian specialised in video art, Mumbai), Dr. Manjiri Thakoor (art historian specialised in rock-cut temples, Deputy Curator NGMA, Mumbai) Luca Cerizza (art historian and curator, Berlin/Mumbai) Zasha Colah (curator, Mumbai/Berlin) and Prabhakar Pachpute (artist, Mumbai).
Date: 11 April 2016
Hours: 4pm - 7pm, followed by the opening and reception To be held in the NGMA auditorium and in the Dome gallery of the NGMA.
Through an extensive and dynamic format including projected videos, sound-clips, and documents, the event will mix talks, panel discussions, performances, and screenings. The event aims to discuss various implications that are raised by the installation and in general, by the practice of artist Prabhakar Pachpute. In particular, the discussion will address one of the main topics of Pachpute’s practice, namely the transformation of the landscape and the economy in contemporary India and the working conditions of Indian miners.
Speakers: Amita Malkani, (Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, Mumbai), the u-ra-mi-li project (filmmakers, Chennai), Abhay Sardesai (art critic and editor Art India Magazine, Mumbai) with Prabhakar Pachpute (artist, Mumbai), Aruna Chandrasekhar (researcher, Bangalore), Navjot Altaf (artist, Mumbai), Sapta Ranga (a seven member poet-miner-farmer collective, Chandrapur).
The talks and educational programs are supported by the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. Additional support in the talks and educational programs is provided by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. Special thanks to Experimenter, Kolkata.
For press and other enquiries please contact:
Zasha Colah, 0091 9819843334: zasha@
Luca Cerizza: info@luca-cerizza.com
The Press Release and images of the artist's previous works can be found at: http://www.kapsul.org/
Please find attached the full schedule of talks and press release.
National Gallery of Modern Art (Mumbai), Dome Gallery. NGMA hours: daily 11 am - 6 pm, Mondays closed. Sir Cowasji Jahangir Public Hall, M G Road, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400032. |
- VS Gaitonde
- Ram Kumar
- Akbar Padamsee
- Amrita Sher-Gil
- Vanita Gupta
- Smita Kinkale
- Ratnadeep Adivrekar
- Tathi Premchand
- Nilesh Kinkale
- Prabhakar Kolte
- Chintan Upadhyay
- Prabhakar Barwe
- Shankar Palsikar
- Yashwant Deshmukh
- Prabhakar Kolte
- Sanchita Sharma
- Prakash Waghmare
- Ranjit Hoskote
- Premjish Achari
- Pankaja JK
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Thursday 31 March 2016
PIN POSTER : Gallery of the NGMA (Mumbai) opening 11 April 2016.
Wednesday 30 March 2016
PIN POSTER : Jehangir Nicholson gallery at 6pm on the 12th of April, 2016.
We are delighted to have two of Mumbai 's most talented artists present their work at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, CSMVS on the 12th of April, 2016. Baiju Parthan and Sunil Gawde will trace the paths they have explored over several years of their artistic practice. The audience will have a chance to interact with them in a question and answer session that follows.
The presentations aim to provide a richer understanding of the exhibition The Journey is the Destination of which their work is a part.
Join us at the Jehangir Nicholson gallery at 6pm on the 12th of April, 2016. Tea will be served at 5.30pm.
Saturday 26 March 2016
PIN POSTER : Taj Art Gallery - Mumbai
Sunday 6 March 2016
PIN POSTER : Museum of Goa
Wednesday 2 March 2016
PIN POSTER : FEARLESS FILM MAKERS - This Thursday, March 3 from 6.00 p.m - 8.00 p.m at National Gallery of Modern Art, Fort.
FEARLESS FILMMAKERS - This Thursday, March 3 from 6.00 p.m - 8.00 p.m at National Gallery of Modern Art, Fort. Join Fearless Filmmakers Mary Dore of She's Beautiful When She's Angry, Vibha Bakshi ofDaughters of Mother India & Nishtha Jain of Gulabi Gang the documentary in conversation about using film as a medium to inspire social change with Anamika Chakravorty Goree Chief Cultural Officer of U.S. Consulate General Mumbai on March 3rd at the NGMA Mumbai. #InternationalWomensDay |
Tuesday 1 March 2016
PIN POSTER : The Journey is the Destination - that opens on the 15th of March, 2016 at 5pm. #artblogazine
We are delighted to present our new exhibition at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery - The Journey is the Destination - that opens on the 15th of March, 2016 at 5pm.
The exhibition traces the journeys of eight artists in the
Artist
Vivan Sundaram will release a catalogue that has been created to
document this narrative of journeys and speak to us of the many twists
and turns his artistic practice has taken over the last few decades.
Join us on the 15th of March at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, CSMVS, at 5.30pm. Tea will be served at 5pm.
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