Festival of India Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition: A Small Note on the Exhibition

Context

'Contemporary Indian Art' was an exhibition held at The Royal Academy of Arts in 1982 as part of The Festival of India. The exhibition was conceived and brought together by The Visual Art Committee (a sub-committee of the Indian Advisory Committee, Festival of India), consisting of Richard Bartholomew, Geeta Kapur, and Akbar Padamsee. The show was divided into two parts of three weeks each. The first part of the exhibition, titled 'The Gesture, and Motif,' was inaugurated on 16 September and continued up to 5 October. The second part, titled 'Stories, Situations,' opened on 8 October and closed on 31 October 1982. 45 artists were represented in the exhibition, with 133 artworks on display.

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Online

author

Geeta KAPUR

Language

English

Keyword

exhibition history, Living Traditions

Publication/Creation date

1982

Creation place

India

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notes,

press material

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venue	date
The Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom	16 Sep – 31 Oct 1982

Artist

Bikash BHATTACHARJEE,

Biren DE,

Dhruva MISTRY,

Francis Newton SOUZA,

G. R. SANTOSH,

Ganesh PYNE,

Gieve PATEL,

Gulammohammed SHEIKH,

Curator

Organiser

Festival of India Advisory Committee,

The Royal Academy of Arts (London, United Kingdom)

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Festival of India Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition: A Small Note on the Exhibition

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