CONTRADICTIONS
AND COMPLEXITIES:
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM INDIA
Curated by Patricia
Hamilton and Peter Nagy, June 21 – August 2, 2008
Opening receptions: Saturday, June 21st
5 - 8 pm at d.e.n. contemporary art
6 - 9 pm at Western Project
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Contradictions
and Complexities: Contemporary Art from India will
open simultaneously at d.e.n. contemporary art
and Western Project in Culver City. The shows
will provide an introduction to the fertile and vibrant contemporary
art scene happening in India today. The shows will include six
artists ranging in age from 30 to 65, working in a wide variety
of media. All of the artists skillfully combine imagery and
refer- ences to traditional Indian culture with more contemporary
concerns, negotiating the slippery terrains of identity, globalization
and cultural inheritance. The exhibitions are curated by Patricia Hamilton, former owner of Hamilton Gallery in New York and currently a private dealer in Los Angeles, and Peter Nagy, director of Gallery Nature Morte in New Delhi andformer director of Nature Morte in New York’s East Village. The panel discussion, Indian Art Today, on Sunday June 22nd, 3 pm at d.e.n. contemporary art will feature Peter Nagy and Betty Seid, who recently curated the much-applauded New Narratives: Contemporary Art From India, which opened at the Chicago Cultural Center and is currently on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. |
 Chitra
Ganesh, Hidden Trails (Detail), 2007 Triptych, C-print, 24 x 75 inches, edition of 5 |
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Panel Discussion: Indian
Art Today Limited seating
available. |
 Anita Dube, Four L Words, 2008, velvet on wood, 35 x 59 inches |
For more information and images, contact:
d.e.n. contemporary art 310-559-3023 or info@dencontemporaryart.com
drinks at d.e.n.
reception provided by The Library Alehouse