- Subodh Gupta
Subodh Gupta (born 1964) is an artist based in
New Delhi . Gupta was born inKhagaul ,Bihar ,India . His work encompassessculpture , installation,painting ,photography , performance and video. [ [http://www.manchesterinternationalfestival.com/festival-events/subodh-gupta.aspx ManchesterInternationalFestival.com] ] Common images and objects in Gupta’s work are taken from prominent clichés about Indian culture, for example, his prevalent use of stainless steel cooking utensils. [Nagy, Peter, [http://www.artpublic.ch/fairs/frieze-art-fair/frieze-art-fair-subodh_gupta_press.php Subodh Gupta, Frieze Art Fair] , [http://www.artpublic.ch ArtPublic.ch] ]elected Exhibitions
2008
"Still Steal Steel", Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, USA
2007
"Start.Stop", Bodhi Art Gallery, Bombay
"Silk Route", Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
"New-narratives: Contemporary art from India", The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
"Private/Corporate IV", Sammlung DaimlerChrysler
2006
"Hungry Gods", Nature Morte, New Delhi
"Lille 3000", curated by Caroline Naphegyi, Lille City, France
"L’Inde dans tous les sens", Louis Vuitton Showroom, Paris
2005
51st Venice Biennale, Italy
The Herzliya Museum Of Contemporary Art, Israel
"Jootha", In Situ Gallery, Paris
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
2004
"I Go Home Every Single Day", The Showroom Gallery, London
"Edge Of Desire", The Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth
2003
"This Side is the Other Side", Cabinet, Art and Public, Geneva
2000
"Recent works", Gallery FIA, Amsterdam
"The Way Home", Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
ee also
artfacts.net [ [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/22598 Artfacts.Net: Subodh Gupta ] ] Additional information and images – Subodh Gupta
artnet.com [ [http://www.artnet.com/artist/7573/subodh-gupta.html Subodh Gupta on artnet ] ] Various other resources and images – Subodh Gupta
artists-org [ [http://the-artists.org/artist/Subodh_Gupta.html Subodh Gupta artist and art...the-artists.org ] ] Modern and contemporary artists and art – Subodh Gupta
artpublic.ch [ [http://www.artpublic.ch/fairs/frieze-art-fair/frieze-art-fair-subodh_gupta_press.php Subodh Gupta - Frieze Art Fair | Art & Public Gallery ] ] Raised in the northern province of Bihar (India's poorest and most violent) Subodh Gupta spent his formative years traveling with a Hindi language theatre group, working as a set designer and fabricator as well as an actor.
bbc.co.uk [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/artes_mundi/pages/subodh_gupta.shtml BBC - Wales - Subodh Gupta ] ] In her exhibition entitled Around and Around 1000 Times, Schandra Singh presents large-scale paintings that address the issue of escapism as a means of coping with suffering.
paletteartgallery.com [ [http://www.paletteartgallery.com/artistbiography.asp?artistid=78 Subodh Gupta: Subodh Gupta paintings, art work at Palette Art Gallery, India ] ] Subodh Gupta was born in Khagaul, Bihar. He did his BFA (Painting) from the College of Art Patna. He has had several solo shows including one at Bose Pacia Modern, New York in 1997.
jackshainman.com [http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=27] American Gallery representing Subodh Gupta – additional images and information on past and current exhibitions
universes-in-universe.de [ [http://universes-in-universe.de/car/habana/bien8/cabana/e-tour-03.htm 8th Havana Biennial, 2003: Subodh Gupta ] ] The installation refers to Indian workers in the Gulf States. On their way home after months of slaving away and living in the closest of quarters, they proudly carry their acquisitions with them in such cartons (never in suitcases).
saatchigallery.com [ [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/07/subodh_gupta_on_very_hungry_go.php Saatchi Online - Blog On News, Views, Diaries, Photo-Journals ] ] Whilst the skull on everyone's lips of late has been Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted 'For the Love of God', the skull exciting many people at the Venice Biennale is by Indian artist Subodh Gupta. 'Very Hungry God', an enormous skull made out of stainless steel utensils, was first exhibited in Paris in 2006 and is now in the collection of Francois Pinault. 'Very Hungry God' is currently on view by the Grand Canal outside Pinault's Palazzo Grassi in Venice. Subdoh explains here the background to this work.
manchesterinternationalfestival.com [ [http://www.manchesterinternationalfestival.com/festival-events/subodh-gupta.aspx Subodh Gupta ] ] Subodh Gupta is one of India’s most prolific artists and has participated in numerous highly-acclaimed international exhibitions. Gupta works in a wide range of mediums from sculpture and painting to installation, photography, video and performance.
asianart.com [ [http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/body_city/28.html body.city - New Perspectives from India ] ] New Perspectives From India – images of work by contemporary Indian artists, including work of Subodh Gupta
artsmundi.org [ [http://www.artesmundi.org/artistProfiles/artistProfileGupta.php Artes Mundi - Subodh Gupta ] ] Subodh Gupta works in a wide range of mediums from sculpture and painting to installation, photography, video and performance. He elevates the status of found objects from everyday items to artworks; using the products of rural India such as cow dung, milk buckets, kitchen utensils, scooters, guns and gulal powder as his materials.
References
External links
* Subodh Gupta on [http://www.artnet.com/artist/7573/subodh-gupta.html ArtNet.com]
* More information and images from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/subodh_gupta.htm Saatchi Gallery]
* Further images and biography from [http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=27 Jack Shainman]
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