19 January,2011 08:17 AM IST | | Kumar Saurav
With Back To School, Baroda is back on the art scene in the capital
Baroda has given India some of its best artists. For instance , Nilima Sheikh, Surenderan Nair, Gulam Muhamad Sheikh, Natraj Sharma and Anandjit Ray.
That's why whenever art works from here travel to other parts of the globe, art fanatics do everything possible to get a glance. The country's best have lined up again at Back to School: Baroda -- 1979-89, a group show featuring art works of 23 acclaimed contemporary artists. There's every reason for you to visit it.
Dus ka dum
Curated by Veer Munshi and Ranjit Hoskote, the group show plays with various mediums like canvases, sculptures, prints and video installations. The set of artists have been an integral part of the period which led to the revision of outlook towards art in post-colonial India. It was this decade that gave birth to several new methodology that still hold relevance.
"This decade was very important because a lot of changes were imbibed, and the artists that we've featured have been working for decades, and in their capacity have been a witness to the change," says Veer Munshi. Some of the prominent names in the list are Akkitham Vasudevan, BV Suresh, Walter D'Souza, NN Rimzon, Indrapramit Roy, Prithpal Singh Sehdave, Nataraj Sharma, Rini Tandon, Tara Sabharwal and V Ramesh.
School time
The shows evokes the achievements of India's three premier art schools, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy School of Art, Bombay; and the Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan in this decade. During this time, a considerable number of artists graduated from these schools and a sea change was seen in the re-evaluation of artistic production in post-colonial India.
At: Palette Art Gallery, 14, Golf Links
On till: February 5
Timings: 11 am till 7 pm
Ring: 41743034
Visit: www.paletteartgallery.com
