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The Work of Art: Iteration in Multiples,
Fragments and Reflection - Part II
The Guild is delighted to present the second
iteration of The Work of Art: Iteration in Multiples, Fragments and
Reflection, presenting a rare collection of prints and Multiples by
artists Vivan Sundaram, Arpita Singh, Bhupen Khakhar, Lalu Prasad Shaw,
Jyoti Bhatt, Nagji Patel, Anjana Mehra, Surendran Nair, Rekha Rodwittiya,
Jogen Chowdhury, K. Laxma Goud, Sanchayan Ghosh, Gulammohammed Sheikh, P.
Dhumal, Rini Dhumal, Yuriko Lochan, Anupam Sud, T. V. Santhosh, Riyas Komu,
G. R. Iranna, Heeral Trivedi, Arunanshu Chowdhury, Champa, Rajeev Lochan,
Sudarshan Shetty.
We would like to quote Prof. K. G.
Subramanyan’s writing on the cover of the Portfolio – “Graphic
Workshop” 1973,
“Though the necessity for art is accepted today by everyone, most works of
art come within the means of only the affluent. And the non affluent,
however more keenly responsive they may be to works of art, have to depend
on public collections. For all their advantages public collections have one
major shortcoming; they do not provide for an intimate speaking relationship
between the art-work and the art-lover.
So, to reach works of art to people of modest means is a cause worth giving
thought to. The modern print making movement is a step in this direction. A
modern print-maker tries to preserve in his print such breathing
individualities comparable to those of an original painting, while the
possibility of having an edition of the print keeps its price low. Besides,
a modern print has a certain intimacy that a more formal painting often
lacks.
In a country like ours where a large number of people that respond to works
of art are of modest means, this movement should have gathered speed and
momentum, but it has not so far. It is partly due to the superstitious
resistance to ‘the print’ on the part of our galleries and buyers who often
confuse it with a commercial reproduction. The present portfolio of prints
which is the result of a Graphic Workshop, organized by the Amrita Sher-Gil
exhibition Committee and hosted by the Graphic Arts Department of the
Faculty of Fine Arts of the M. S. University of Baroda in the autumn of
1973, means to dispel the confusion and show the print as an exclusive
individual work, In which the artist’s autographic touch will be abundantly
evident. It also attempts to bring the print to the art-loving public at a
very reasonable price, hoping thereby to rouse in them a larger interest in
our contemporary art”.
– K. G. Subramanyan
A set of etchings by following artists were executed at a University near
Barcelona in 2005, during a residency in Spain supported by The Guild.
Artist Rini Dhumal had the connection and friends at the University,
who provided the artists the facility to execute the etchings.
P.
Dhumal, Rini Dhumal, Yuriko Lochan, Anupam Sud, T. V. Santhosh, Riyas Komu,
G. R. Iranna, Heeral Trivedi, Arunanshu Chowdury, Champa, Rajeev Lochan and
Sudarshan Shetty.
Of the other multiples those by Vivan
Sundaram and Gulammohammed Sheikh belong to rare portfolios - hand
printed Limited edition Serigraphs, 1975, done specially on the occasion
of the Silver Jubilee of the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.
Jyoti Bhatt and Nagji Patel silkscreens
belong to another rare portfolio - “Graphic Workshop”, 1973,
organised by the Amrita Sher-Gil Exhibition Committee and hosted by
Graphic Arts Department, M. S. U. Baroda.
A few multiples are from the Portfolio “Silk Screen” organised by Kala
Bhavana Teachers, 2004, with active support of Jogen Chowdhury. Two of
the Silk Screens by Sanchayan Ghosh and Jogen Chowdhury are being
exhibited here.
Some of the Ink-jets by Bhupen Khakhar, Surendran Nair and Rekha
Rodwittiya are from the erstwhile print studio workshop of Amit Gandhi,
Baroda.
A rare Exhibition Poster of Bhupen Khakhar of his exhibition in 1997, at
Herwitz Gallery, Amdavad ni gufa is also on view.
Look forward to welcoming you at The Guild, Alibaug during these lovely
rainy days!
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