South Asian Modernists 1953-63
| Dates: | 30 September 2017 - 15 April 2018 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Exhibitions |
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| Organiser: | The Whitworth |
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| Who is it for: | General public |
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South Asian Modernists 1953-63
30 September – 15 April 2018
South Asian Modernists will explore the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63. Musgrave ran the experimental Gallery One space where India’s most eminent modernists artists were exhibited. Amongst the most important exhibitions held was Seven Indian Painters in Europe (1958) which received critical acclaim and introduced Indian artists to the British market. South Asian Modernists will reflect the pioneering efforts of Musgrave across the decade to introduce South Asian Modernists.
The exhibition will draw exclusively on works from the 1953-63 period, capturing the creative atmosphere of the time. The exhibition will include works by S H Raza, Akbar Padamsee, Tyeb Mehta, Paritosh Sen, Avinash Chandra, Anwar Jelal Shemza, Francis Newton Souza, Ram Kumar and Laxman Pai. Paintings will be supported by works on paper, exhibition catalogues and photographs by the renowned photographer Ida Kar, Musgrave’s wife at the time.
The exhibition is co-curated with Amrita Jhaveri, an expert in Modern and Contemporary Indian art, gallerist, author and collector. Works are kindly being lent by both public and private collections, including the Hepworth Wakefield, Grosvenor Gallery, Leicestershire County Council, The Ruth Borchard Collection c/o Piano Nobile and Lincoln College, Oxford.
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