Artistic Hearsay

China has reversed its decision to lend Asia Society nearly 100 objects from Chinese museums for an exhibition that focuses on revolutionary Chinese art from the 1950s through the ’70s, scheduled to open on Sept. 5 in Manhattan, the society’s president said.

Manny Farber, a painter whose spiky, impassioned film criticism waged war against sacred cows like Manny Farber, a painter whose spiky, impassioned film criticism waged war against sacred cows like

Orson Welles and elevated American genre-movie directors like Howard Hawks and Sam Fuller to the Hollywood pantheon, died on Monday at his home in Leucadia, Calif. He was 91.

The contemporary asian art fair in Singapore 2008 from October 10,2008 to 13, 2008.

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New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) For Indians unfamiliar with the fraternity of artists in Pakistan, master modernist Jamil Naqsh can be best described as Pakistan’s M.F. Husain - a man who lives by his art and on his own terms. India-born Naqsh, Pakistan’s leading modern artist, who leads a reclusive life in London, will host his first-ever solo show in the capital Sep 15 at the Alliance Francaise - exhibiting a cache of 40 paintings.New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) For Indians unfamiliar with the fraternity of artists in Pakistan, master modernist Jamil Naqsh can be best described as Pakistan’s M.F. Husain - a man who lives by his art and on his own terms. India-born Naqsh, Pakistan’s leading modern artist, who leads a reclusive life in London, will host his first-ever solo show in the capital Sep 15 at the Alliance Francaise - exhibiting a cache of 40 paintings.

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Richard Wilson has been described as Britain’s most prominent installation artist. He is perhaps best known as the man who sold Charles Saatchi a thousand gallons of used sump oil, and, having represented Britain at the Sydney, Sao Paulo and Venice Biennales and made major museum shows and public works in countries such as Mexico, USA, Italy, Japan and Croatia, his international reputation precedes him. This year Wilson gave us Turning The Place Over, an astounding architectural intervention for Liverpool's year as European City of Culture 2008.
Richard Wilson has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize and was awarded the DAAD Fellowship in Berlin 1992/93. In 2006 Wilson was made a Royal Academician.

Rise Up International is sponsoring a Painting Party
Event being held on Friday, August 1, at the Poet
House Art in Bend. Twenty local artists will be
painting during the August Art Walk, so that people
can watch all of the artists 'in action'. This is a
free event! We will be painting two canvases, each 6'
by 18', in an individual and collaborative like manner
from 5pm-9pm. These canvases will be the focal center
point for the Art for India Fundraiser that is to be
held Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.

The goal for the Art for India Fundraiser is to raise
money, resources and awareness specifically for Rise
Up's schools and orphanage in India .

To read more about our project visit:
http://riseupindia.wordpress.com/art-for-india-fundraiser/

Artist Abani Sen, one of the earliest modern masters, was more popular as teacher, than as an artist. The money he made teaching art took care of his vocation and family.

That was the era when India was battling to shake off the British, the troubled years between 1930 and 1947 when several artists, known as the “progressive group”, were struggling to come into their own.

There is a renewed demand for Indian art in both the domestic and global market, a trend that has proved to be a windfall for artists.

Das' horses are difficult to come by and cost more than Rs.10 million now. People are willing to spend on art both as an investment and for the love of the medium. This hikes the demand of Indian art and artists all over the globe.

The New South Wales police force has decided not to prosecute the Roslyn Oxley9 gallery in Sydney or the artist Bill Henson for an exhibition of works that was shut down by the police.

On 22 May, police seized nearly 30 works by Henson just before his solo exhibition was about to open to the public. The show included photographs of naked adolescents which some people considered offensive. Catherine Burn of Central Metropolitan said: “The Police did receive complaints,” and thus were obliged to investigate.

A spokesman for the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery confirmed that the police seized 12 photographs from the walls, and took a further 17 works from a storeroom. The gallery said that all the works were returned on Tuesday 10 June. Though the gallery was closed pending the investigation (during which time it showed at Art Basel), it reopened when police announced no charges were to be made. The Bill Henson exhibition was reopened to collectors by appointment and ended on 21 June.

In 1969 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art purchased its first major art collection, one that was described in contemporary newspapers as the greatest of its kind in the Western world. The purchase consisted of 345 South Asian and Himalayan sculptures, paintings, and decorative objects. Its acclaim rested upon the impeccable quality of the artworks, which had been selected by the renowned art dealer Nasli Heeramaneck for his private collection.

The twenty-nine paintings in this installation, which range in date from the mid-sixteenth through the early nineteenth century, were produced in the Hindu kingdoms of northern India and the Himalayan foothills. They include some of the best Rajput and Pahari paintings in the Heeramaneck collection and highlight the keen aesthetic sensibilities of a discerning collector.

The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of “increased consciousness” about it, say experts. This has been brought about by greater visibility of art and artists from the country and easy access to relevant information about Indian art from the internet, they say.

On June 11, a painting by F.N. Souza, an Indian artist who spent the better part of his life in New York, sold for $2.5 million, while an untitled painting by Tyeb Mehta (Figure in a Rickshaw) fetched 982,050 pounds setting new price records at the Christie’s auction in London.

Five of contemporary artist Subodh Gupta’s works were also sold in the same auction at record prices for 121,250 pounds while his “Magic Wands” and “Cotton Wicks” were sold for 169,250 pounds and 15,000 pounds respectively.

All these and many more such instances prove that the world is becoming a die-heart fan of Indian artists.

Bombay born UK based sculptor Anish Kapoor was the only Asian artist in the top 10 prices achieved at Sotheby’s Contemporary Day Sale at Bond Street London on July 2 2008.

Kapoor’s untitled black belgian granite work achieved a price of US$960,575. Born in 1954 and educated at the Chelsea School of Art and Design, Kapoor emerged in the 1980’s as one of a number of British sculptors working in a new style.

The theme of the exhibition is RED. A wide range of inspired artwork will be on view
and for sale focusing on the use of recycled materials.

“ReCreation Studio” is an eclectic group of artists/designers established in 2006.
Recycling materials, manipulating fabric and sharing inspiration is at the heart of the ReCreation Studio.

Enigma Gallery One in Bebington, Wirral, specialises in selling fine art and providing a professional picture framing service. It is open from 7July to 19 July 2008 at 10am – 5pm, Monday to Saturday with free parking at the front and off Kingsway. Further details are available from www.enigmagalleryone.co.uk or by telephoning 0151 609 1010.

New Delhi, Dec.22 (ANI): The India International Center (IIC) in the national capital suspended an art exhibition of artist M.Hussain after reportedly receiving threats from right wing groups.

The exhibition began on Tuesday under heavy security. The prestigious hub of liberal political and artistic discourse in the capital is yet to decide on continuing the show.

The exhibition features 20-odd prints from his Mughal India series. It is the first large-scale show of Husain’s works after almost 19 years.
Hussain is currently in self-exile in Dubai after protests in India over his bold depiction of Hindu goddesses.

After an era of struggle, Tyeb Mehta, an Indian artist from Mumbai, saw one of his paintings break the records for contemporary Indian work, at Christie's, New York.

Tyeb Mehta's paintings fetch the highest prices of any living Indian artist: recent pick, "Mahisasura," a 1997 rendering of the buffalo-demon of Hindu mythology, brought $1.58 million at Christie's in New York, the first time a contemporary Indian painting had crossed the million-dollar mark.

While the Osian Film Festival get highlighted next weekend, groove your mind. Opt masterpeices of Indian and Asianart from the Osian's Archieve and Library collection will be on display. Look out for artefacts from many cultures in countless styles and mediums. Timmings for the exhibition are from 10am-7pm.

 

Gallery KH is showcasing a unique Photo Fusion by Robert Berlin and M. Ellen Cocose. The Photo Fusion opens at the night of the 13th Annual Vision Event, Friday July 18 and closes on August 31, 2008.

“Wonderlust” is staging the State Art Collection which traits Indian, Australian and International artwork. This exhibition is a synchronization of painting, sculpture, photography, paper work, craft and projections.