Report by Santanu Ganguly: As a preview of the United Art Fair 2013, Peter Nagy and his curatorial team of Dr. Alka Pande, Ram Rahman, Meera Menezes, Heidi Fichtner, Mayank Kaul have assembled a diverse group of art works by some of the most promising up-and-coming talents of the Indian contemporary art scene. A mix of mediums and styles will give just the slimmest of hints of the diversity of art works that will be on display at the UAF 2013.
The United Art Fair is pleased to announce its second edition, happening from September 14th to 17th, 2013 in Halls 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Pragati Maidan.
While continuing with our radically new model of an artist-driven fair (as opposed to a gallery-driven fair, as most in the world are), in its second edition the United Art Fair will continue to expand on the parameters of contemporary art by looking at a wider variety of disciplines, practitioners, media and materials. Paintings, sculpture and photography will continue to be the majority of works on display, but the fair will also include examples from all fields of design (including graphic art, fashion, textiles, furniture, ceramics, and architecture) to expand on how we define "art" today. By also accommodating works from the genres of folk and tribal art, crafts and ritual arts, the fair will expand on how we define "contemporary" in India today. Boundaries between these various genres and disciplines will be breached, with exciting combinations of materials on display to challenge our preconceived categories of artistic production.
The fair will be organized into a variety of spaces to accommodate both group shows and solo shows of works by particular artists. While the emphasis will be on younger, undiscovered talent new to the marketplace and operating outside of the existing gallery system, senior artists whose works have been overlooked will also be exhibited. Through exhibition and installation strategies, dialogues between disciplines and generations will be created, visual excitement will take precedence over academic categorizations.
"Media Flourishes" showing artists, Anita Ghei Malhotra, Anand Jaiswal, Akash Gaur, Arundev, Basist Kumar, Devangana Kumar, Julie Skarland, Manil Rohit, Manisha Jha, Nidhi Agarwal, Nilanjan Banerjee, Parul Gupta, Shobha Deepak Singh, Suresh K. Nair, Shiv Verma, Tauseef Khan.
Opening on Sunday, April 28th, 4pm to 8pm. continuing to Saturday, May 4th. 10am to 6pm. Monday to Saturday
Venue: Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001
The United Art Fair is pleased to announce its second edition, happening from September 14th to 17th, 2013 in Halls 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Pragati Maidan.
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The fair will be organized into a variety of spaces to accommodate both group shows and solo shows of works by particular artists. While the emphasis will be on younger, undiscovered talent new to the marketplace and operating outside of the existing gallery system, senior artists whose works have been overlooked will also be exhibited. Through exhibition and installation strategies, dialogues between disciplines and generations will be created, visual excitement will take precedence over academic categorizations.
"Media Flourishes" showing artists, Anita Ghei Malhotra, Anand Jaiswal, Akash Gaur, Arundev, Basist Kumar, Devangana Kumar, Julie Skarland, Manil Rohit, Manisha Jha, Nidhi Agarwal, Nilanjan Banerjee, Parul Gupta, Shobha Deepak Singh, Suresh K. Nair, Shiv Verma, Tauseef Khan.
Opening on Sunday, April 28th, 4pm to 8pm. continuing to Saturday, May 4th. 10am to 6pm. Monday to Saturday
Venue: Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001
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