Curators Note : India at 70

'India at 70' : Mapping the Canvas of Indian Post Modern and Contemporary Art, at 70 years of Indian Independence. Curated by Gargi Seth, as part of ICCR’s Festival of India in Thailand.

Also shown, April 13 - 22, 2018, at Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
Inauguration by Shri Advait Gadanayak, DG, NGMA and Mr. Satish Gujral, eminent artist.

The exhibition explores how this unbroken civilization’s journey from the ancient past to the present day, and specially in the last 70 years of our identity as a nation, fills the canvas of Indian art today, how the experiments, international exchanges and various schools of thought have influenced the works of the present visual arts exponents- painters, sculptors, installation artists. Through this exhibition, I expect to present the cornucopia of art as it seizes the imagination of artists in India today, and as shaped by this milieu. With the inclusion of works by some of the living legends of Indian art who have been practicing through this ride, exponents of the schools, techniques and periods, the young turks of high art that are defining the field today.
-Gargi Seth

Features: 70 fresh selected works by 36 of India’s finest visual artists whose practice spans an entire era- paintings, sculpture, photographs and installation.

Artists: Anjolie Ela Menon, Satish Gujral, Anupam Sud, Arpana Caur, Chandra Bhattacharjee, GR Iranna, Gigi Scaria, Jatin Das, Jaya Ganguly, KS Radhakrishnan, Rameshwar Broota, Yusuf, Jenson Anto, Laxma Goud, Manish Pushkale, Pooja Iranna, Rajnish Kaur, Gopi Gajwani, Indrapramit Roy, Hemraj, Akhilesh, Saba Hasan, Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Saurav Roy Chowdhury, Seema Kohli, Shruti Chandra, Subodh Kerkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sujata Bajaj, Vasundhara Tewari, Nayana Kanodia, Neeraj Gupta, Vimmi Indra, S Ayesha, Anil Gaekwad, Nupur Kundu.