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TRADITION INSPIRING THE CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETING THE INDIAN MINIATURE TRADITION TODAY
The exhibition explores the miniature painting tradition through the lens of contemporary artists in different countries
How does the miniature painting tradition affect the artists interpretation in terms of space and technique
The concept of the multiple narrative used by different artists
Understanding social history across different cultural frontiers
India‐GulamMohammad Sheikh
Pakistan‐ Rashid Rana
United Kingdom ‐The Singh Twins
United Kingdom –Olivia Frazer
Total of eight objects All are paintings ( framed) One each of the four artists and four miniature paintings to illustrate the tradition
General text panel for introduction to the gallery with a map of South Asia
Four I‐pads containing information about the artworks, biography of the artist and other works by the artist
Video : Traditional process of making a miniature (2 min) and the artist speaking about his work (2 min)
Exhibitions Solo Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1960 National Exhibition, New Delhi, 1962 The VII Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan, 1963 Cinquieme Biennale de Paris, Paris, 1967 25 Years of Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra
Bhavan, New Delhi, 1972 III Triennale (India), Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 1975 Place for People (6 artists), Jehangir Art Gallery,
Bombay and Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 1981 Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Arts,
Festival of India, London, 1982 Returning Home, Solo Exhibition (a retrospective
selection of work from 1968 to 1985) at Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Modeme, Paris, 1985
Timeless Art, exhibition and auction, Times of India sesquicentennial at Victoria Terminus, Bombay, 1989
Realism as an Attitude, IV Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan, 1995
Two‐person show (with Bhupen Khakhar), Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2002
Sep, 2010 WATER WAYSWalsh Gallery Jun, 2010 EARTH Gallery OED Dec, 2008 BODY CHATTER: AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART Walsh Gallery
‘ARK’, Digital collage, 106 x 109 cm
ABU'L HASAN, SQUIRRELS IN A PLANE TREE , 1605–08 GOUACHE ON PAPER , 22 CM × 36 CM BRITISH LIBRARY
SPEAKING TREE FROM KAAVAD: THE TRAVELLING SHRINE, DIGITAL COLLAGE, 106 X 109 CM
Exhibitions Solo: 2011 Lisson Gallery, London
2010 Meeting Point, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York Perpetual Paradox, Musée Guimet, Paris
2007 Dis‐Location, Chatterjee & Lal in collaboration with Gallery Chemould, Mumbai Art Public – Cabinet P.H., Geneva, Switzerland The Politics of Fear, Albion, London Reflected Looking, Nature Morte, New Delhi Inaugural Show, National Art Gallery, Islamabad
2006 Reflected Looking, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2005 Identical Views, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai in collaboration with Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 Identical Views, V.M. Gallery, Karachi Identical Views, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2000 Non‐Sense, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad Non‐Sense, Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, NCA, Lahore
Red Carpet 1 2007
SHAH JAHAN CA. 1616‐1617 ,ABU'L HASANOPAQUE WATERCOLOUR AND GOLD ON PAPERVICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IM.14‐1925
I LOVE MINIATURESPAPER (DIASEC, DIGITAL PRINT) , 2002 BRITISH MUSEUM, 2011,3053.1
Amrit and Rabindra Singh educated at Contemporary Western Art at Liverpool University College of Chester.
Solo exhibitions at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and Birmingham City Art Gallery (1999), Leeds City Art Gallery (2001), UCR Sweeny Art Gallery, Riverside Art Museum, California USA (2003) and McMaster Gallery of Fine Art, Hamilton Toronto, Canada (2004).
The Singh Twins were artists in residence for the Commonwealth Games 2002
2011 Awarded each an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
MAP OF THE DARBAR SAHIB AND ENVIRONSCA. 19TH CENTURY, PAINT ON PAPER HARRY MANN COLLECTION
'NINETEEN EIGHTY‐FOUR' (THE STORMING OF 'THE GOLDEN TEMPLE') 1998, POSTER COLOUR, GOUACHE AND GOLD DUST ON MOUNTBOARD
MA in Modern Languages from Oxford Olivia studied at the at Wimbledon Art
College First show in Delhi in 1991 November 2011 Grosvenor Gallery London January 2012
Indian Art Summit, New Delhi March 2012
Nature Morte, New Delhi She teaches a bi‐annual miniature painting
course in Jaipur.
I first fell in love with miniature painting when I visited the National Museum in Delhi roughly 20 years ago: the jewel‐like colours, the detail, decoration, size and subject matter of the paintings I saw completely enchanted me. I’ve been striving to make my own miniatures ever since….
Bollywood Babe ‐ Soha Ali Khan
KRISHNA AS SRINATHJILATE 19TH CENTURY, NATHADWARA, OPAQUE WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, IS.187‐1964
YOUR EYES: 2008, 10” X 20”
TALK BY THE CURATOR ARTISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR
WORK SEMINAR ON THE CULTURAL
TRADITION OF MINIATURE PAINTINGS AND ITS INFLUENCES
DIANA ECK’S TO TALK ON RELIGION‐HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
MUSIC FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT( INCLUDING HAVELI SANGEET AND CONTEMPORARY PAKISTANI BANDS)
WORKSHOP ON THE MINIATURE PAINTING TRADITION, ILLUMINATING BORDERS
BOOK READINGS BY WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
STUDY ROOM DAY‐OBJECTS THAT TRANSCEND BOUNDARIES ( BRITISH‐INDIA)
MOVIE SCREENINGS
CATALOGUE POST CARDS POSTERS / PRINTS MOUSE PADS MAGNETS UMBRELLAS PAINTINGS PUZZLES TRADITIONAL BRUSH KIT TRADITIONAL PIGMETS KIT
SCARFS, TIES, T SHIRTS BOOKS ‐
Diana Eck Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in IndiaWilliam Dalrymple City of Djinns, The Last Mughal , White Mughals Rashid Rana Everything is Happening at Once, Identical viewsGayatri SinhaThe Art of Gulammohammed SheikhAmrit & Rabindra Kaur :Twin Perspective: Paintings by Amrit& Rabindra KD Kaur
Workshops on miniature paintings using traditional methods and materials by Olivia Fraser
Workshops on illuminating borders
Workshop on marbling on paper
Interactive session on different religions in India
Children: Fancy dress ‐ Sikh (turban), Muslim in Salwarkameez, Hindu (dhoti)
Celebrate a South ‐Asian festival depending on the time of year of exhibition
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY STANDARD CHARTERED
BANK TATA BT ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND
Target: SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY
AUDIENCES INTERESTED IN SOUTH ASIA‐ INDIA/ PAKISTAN
GENERAL BRITISH MUSEUM VISITORS
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK