Art through a biodiversity lens
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How more and more artists are working with themes like climate change and depleting natural resources, and connecting with audiences
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Vibha Galhotra’s The Final Feast
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How more and more artists are working with themes like climate change and depleting natural resources, and connecting with audiences
Long before the elite left India in their private jets, abandoning the country in its pandemic distress, visual artist Vibha Galhotra had touched upon this raw nerve of the privileged leaving the planet after depleting its resources. In December 2019, she approached her colleagues and friends (the who’s who of the Delhi art scene) to create
A reawakening in the arts
Committed to the vision to educate, showcase and promote contemporary art, this edition, in an ongoing pandemic, has interesting events in the pipeline.
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The fourth edition of the Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) a week-long public celebration of contemporary art by seven galleries kick starts today at Bikaner House. Blueprint 12 (Ridhi Bhalla and Mandira Lamba), Exhibit 320 (Rasika Kajaria), Gallery Espace (Renu Modi), Latitude 28 (Bhavna Kakar), Nature Morte (Peter Nagy), Shrine Empire (Shefali Somani) and Vadehra Art Gallery (Roshni Vadehra) will feature a stellar line-up of artists.
Daily Times
April 8, 2021
With seven city-based galleries bringing works by over 70 artists, the fourth edition of the Delhi Contemporary Arts Week (DCAW), set to begin today (Thursday), promises to be a one-stop-shop for art enthusiasts.
The week-long art event at the Bikaner House will showcase works by a stellar line-up of the week-long art event at the Bikaner House will showcase works by a stellar line-up of artists – both stalwarts and emerging, including Ghulam Mohammad, Manisha Gera Baswani, Jyoti Bhatt, Kamrooz Aram, Anoli Perera, and Shrimanti Saha.
“The Delhi Contemporary Art Week is a curated forum drawing on the synergies between seven like-minded galleries in the city, who have been promoting contemporary art consistently and are committed to the vision of coming together to educate, showcase and promote contemporary art.
Galleries come together to launch a collaborative online exhibitions platform: In Touch
Maya Varadaraj, Imagine the Truth, 2020. Collage; print on paper, 18x18 in. Photo: Courtesy Nature Morte.
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.-In Touch is a digital exhibitions platform created in partnership between galleries to present online exhibitions. Its collaborative nature makes this a unique platform, bringing together a diverse range of programs and artists. In its fourth edition, In Touch presents thirteen galleries from India and Dubai. Participating galleries are Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai; Chemould Prescott Road, Bombay; Experimenter, Kolkata; Green Art Gallery, Dubai; Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai; Gallery Espace, New Delhi; Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai; Nature Morte, New Delhi; PHOTOINK, New Delhi; GALLERYSKE, Bangalore/New Delhi; Shrine Empire, New Delhi; Tradition and Beyond, New Delhi; and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.