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| Calendar
August, 2006 |
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| 1st – 5th August 2006
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Retrospective of Sanat Kar is being organised by Gallerie Nvya in collaboration with Art India Gallery, New York, and Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata. Born in 1935 at Kolkata, Kar has been a painter, print-maker and lately a sculptor. Former principal of Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharti University, Santiniketan, Prof. Kar has held many exhibitions in India and abroad. | ||
| 6th – 10th August 2006
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‘A Master of Atmospherics’: Gallerie Ganesha presents an exhibition of paintings by Late Satish Chandra, a landscape artist par excellence. A book on Satish Chandra will also be released at the opening. | ||
| 11th – 17th August 2006 | - | Anant Art Gallery presents 'Art Glass Sambandh', an exhibition that combines the rich cultural heritage of India with the long tradition and know how of Sweden in the field of art glass. It is the result of efforts made by a group of well-known glass artists from Sweden and India who joined hands in 2003 to work on the India-Sweden Art Glass Sambandh project, exploring the differences and similarities in art glass between the two countries. After a successful opening in Sweden last year, the exhibition will be shown for the first time in India at the Visual Arts Gallery. | ||
| 18th – 19th August 2006 | - | 'In America' - an exhibition brings together three series of works by Aditya Dhawan, a California based architect/ photographer. First series 'Streets of San Francisco' is a compilation of everyday moments captured in film, second, 'Little India' is an exploration of one culture trying to find its place in another, and the third – 'Taxiwallah: An Immigrant Story' explores the lives of South Asian migrants working as taxi drivers in the city of Berkeley. | ||
| 20th – 24th August 2006 | - | ‘Multiplicity and the Self’ is an exhibition with a difference — a multi-media experience of works by a talented group of young artists — brought alive by the Moon River Gallery and is being curated by noted art curator Dr. Alka Pande. The exhibition will showcase the growing maturity of the participating artists – Aditya Pande, Tarun Jung Rawat, Ayesha Kapur, Kriti Arora, Mekhala Bahl, Remen Chopra, Rohini Devasher, Simrin Mehra, Siya Singh, Sonia Mehra Chawla, and Vishal Dar. | ||
| 25th – 30th August 2006 | - | 'Encounters': India Habitat Centre in collaboration with Art Alive presents Encounters, a solo show of paintings and installation works by artist Veer Munshi. Encounters is a visual representation dealing with the whole politics of the Kashmir identity. The show will end on the 30th with a roundtable discussion on the issues of division, partition and migration. | ||
| 31st August – 4th September 2006 |
- | Vibha Galhotra "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Anant Art Gallery presents an exhibition of mix media works by Vibha Galhotra. She's taken the title of her show from the Gauguin's famous painting "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? The title itself is enough to give a picture of the show. But in concern to Vibha's work where she symbolically representing the contemporary world. One can see loneliness of a human, sorrow in eyes, self-explaining questions and a mysterious representation in her work. | ||
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| 1st - 4th August 2006 | - |
A group of eminent artists from Kolkata lead by Pradip Bhowmick under the banner of Galerie-a-la-mode will be showcasing paintings & Sculptures at an exhibition titled “The Eastern Wind” .The exhibition will offer a delightful insight into an almost magical universe of Art with the works of artists like Sawapan Kr. Das, Chandan Das, Shakti Karmakar, Goutam Basu, Dipak Mukherjee and others. | ||
| 5th - 9th August 2006 | - |
An exhibition on Shona art from Zimbabwe. Carved of stones like Serpentine, Cobalt, Verdite and Springstone on show will be world famous stone sculptures created by the Shona tribesmen in Zimbabwe. | ||
| 10th - 14th August 2006 | - | An exhibition of works by Subrata Modak | ||
| 15th - 19th August 2006 | - | ‘Cadium’ is a group show by Kolkata based artists including names like Chandan Das, Atin Mitra, Bhaskar Lahiri, Chandan Sengupta, Pulak Pal, Subrata Pal and Nikhil Biswas. | ||
| 25th - 27th August 2006 | - | School of Performing Arts & Creative Education (SPACE) presents an exhibition of works by their students. The works displayed will be using new mediums like video art, performance art, installation etc. | ||
| 28th - 31st August 2006 | - | India arts Forum presents ‘Bengal Watercolours’ The exhibition will comprise 35 oeuvres d’art that include names of noted artists – from Sanjay Bhattacharya, the late B.C Sanyal, Bikash Poddar, Prokash Karmakar, Aparup Mukherjee, Tirthankar Biswas, and many more. | ||
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| 11th August, 2006
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In an effort to engage the public in a live debate on burning issues in the society, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, organise their next People’s Forum monthly debate. People’s Forum provides a platform to the citizens to interact with the various service providers in the city and address the problems faces by the citizens. |
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| 14th August, 2006 | - |
"An Evening of Poetry Reading" |
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| Lobbies | ||||
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Society for Child Development hosts an exhibition in the lobbies of the IHC bringing alive the value of an interdependent society. It includes photographic display of children and young adults with mental retardation, textiles, papers products etc., created by the young adults of their vocational training and production centre. The exhibition will remain on view for three months. |
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| Workshop | ||||
‘Habitat- Paint Your Canvas’
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Join us for a unique creative experience in oil painting with artist Kavita Jaiswal. The oil painting classes that began in May 2006 will continue from July - August 2006 with a month-long break in June 2006. On Wednesdays 11am to 1pm & Fridays 11am to 1pm At the Palm Court Conference Room India Habitat Centre. Fee: Rs 1000/- per month For further details contact Mrs Krishna Kapur at the Visual Arts Gallery office #24682001-09; ext: 2037, 2038. |
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| Poetry Night at the Habitat | - | ‘Tuesday Nite is Poetree Nite’ Date & Time: Every Tuesday from 6:45 PM onwards Venue: Palm Court Conference room, IHC For details contact – Mr. Amit Dahiya Badhshah Mobile – 931312005 Email – poetamitdahiya@gmail.com or Visual Arts Gallery office, # 24682001-09 ext: 2037/2038 |
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Organized by the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre From 2nd July - 30th September The Classes will be conducted by Gagandeep Singh(MFA, UK) Course Content: Basic Sketching, Oil Pastels, Pen and Ink, Charcoal etc for shading, still life, architecture, portrait etc. Age Limit: 18 & above For Details and registration contact VAG |
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| IHC FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS | ||||
| Promising Artist Award 2006 | - | India Habitat Centre and ART India invite applications for the Promising Artist Award 2006. The award aims to encourage and give a platform to promising young artists while facilitating a closer public engagement with developments in contemporary Indian art. The Award supports promising young artists based in India with a grant of Rs 3,00,000/- to the winner. Last Date of Submission Extended to 15 August 2006 |
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| IHC Fellowship for Photography - 2006 | In an effort to promote photography as an art form, India Habitat Centre invites applications for India Habitat Centre Fellowship for Photography 2006. The winner will be awarded a citation along with an amount of Rs.1.20lakhs, and his works will be showcased in a photography exhibition at the gallery in the summer next year. Last date of submission: 31 Aug 2006 |
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| IHC Seminar | ||||
Seminar DRSTI: Experiencing Knowledge, Visually Date: January 6 & 7, 2007 Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 |
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As part of its program of disseminating art & aesthetics, and bringing civil society together through art, India Habitat Centre organises ‘DRSTI: Experiencing Knowledge, Visually’ - An international seminar. While shruti or the oral word, is the supreme source of knowledge, drsti or what is seen has its own unique place in the apprehension, experience and realisation of ultimate reality or atmajnana in the Indian tradition. The seminar will explore various aspects of drsti in the Indian tradition, both traditional and modern. It will feature panel discussions, exhibitions and performances highlighting drsti in its manifold aspects. For details click here... E-Mail: ihcseminar@gmail.com |
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ALL PROGRAMMES ARE SUBJECTED TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES. For further information contact the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 Phone: 24682001- 2009/ extn 2037, 2038 or email visualartsgallery@gmail.com, alkapande@indiahabitat.org |
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| The gallery is open from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm, Monday through Saturday. | ||||
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