Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram Archive
This archive presents the writing, curation, artwork, and art-initiatives by Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram, which include documents of landmark curated exhibitions and installation-art projects, an exclusive documentation of the renowned Kasauli Art Centre, and seminal essays on India’s modern and contemporary art. The archive also includes documents around India's art scene since the 1960s that include exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings, and other artists’ slides.
Geeta Kapur (b.1943) is among India’s most noted art critics and curators, and her work has been published and presented in anthologies and museums around the world. Vivan Sundaram (b.1943) is an artist and activist who is a pioneer of installation art in India, along with a sustained interest in collaborations and artist-run spaces. Kapur and Sundaram's archive thus encompasses multiple facets of the art field, from writing and curating to art-making and archiving.
104 Folders, 1721 Records
Relevant content
Off the Shelf | Photograph of Geeta Kapur, Meera Mukherjee, and Gogi Saroj Pal
A look at an image taken at the Kasauli Art Centre Artist Workshop in 1978
Practicing Friendship: Respecting Time as a Curator
Zoe Butt considers the significance of friendships for artistic languages and forms
Off the Shelf | Being Minorities — Contemporary Asian Art
Ha Bik Chuen's documentation of the 1997 Hong Kong exhibition curated by Oscar Ho
Another Life: The Digitised Personal Archive of Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram
Thu–Sun, 26–29 May 2011
Geeta Kapur | Citizen Artist: Forms of Address
Sat, 25 May 2013, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Vivan Sundaram | Artist, Activist/Curator
Fri, 24 May 2013, 11am–noon
Shilpa Gupta | That photo we never got
Mar–May 2016
Towards Modernism: Art of India from 1950 to 1990
Sat, 19 Mar 2016
Towards Modernism: Art of India from 1950 to 1990
WATCH: This talk explores concepts central to modernist artistic practice in India between 1950 and 1990