Events
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi Events Since July 2008
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| TV-Viewers Tele-Spectateurs by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi & French Embassy in India Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh
From March 05 2010 05:30 pm to March 18 2010 07:00 pm | ||||
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| Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi French Embassy in India Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh Cordially invite you to the inauguration of TV-Viewers Tele-Spectateurs an Exhibition of Photographs by Olivier Culmann At 5.30 pm on 5th March 2010 At the Gallery of Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh Sector 36 A, Chandigarh, India Professor B. N. Goswamy Will be the chief guest Exhibition open till 18th March 9 am -1.00 pm and 3 pm -7 pm (Sundays Closed)
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| Giai-Miniet by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in association with Deaprtment of Art History and Visual Arts Panjab Univeristy at the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh
From March 04 2010 04:00 pm to March 09 2010 05:00 pm | ||||
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| Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi In association with Department of Art History and Visual Arts, Panjab University Cordially invites you to the opening of an exhibition of Paintings by French Artist Giai-Miniet At the Museum of Fine Arts Panjab University, Chandigarh, India At 4.00 pm on 4th March 2010 Exhibition open from March 5 to 9 daily between 10 am -1 pm and 2pm - 5pm Diwan Manna, Chairman Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, State Library, Sector 34 A, Chandigarh 160 022, India Tel: +91 (0)172 2620 448, E: clka@lalitkalachandigarh.com W: www.lalitkalachandigarh.com | ||||
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| Lecture and slide show by Gulammohammed Sheikh
From February 21 2010 05:00 pm | ||||
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Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Art, Chandigarh) cordially invites you to a Lecture and slide show by Gulammohammed Sheikh artist, writer and educationist at Auditorium, Government Museum & Art Gallery, Sector 10 C, Chandigarh, India on Sunday, 21st February 2010, at 5.00 pm Kindly be seated by 4.45 pm Receiving and making phone calls strictly prohibited Diwan Manna, Chairman Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, State Library, Sector 34 A, Chandigarh 160 022, India Tel: +91 (0)172 2620 448, E: clka@lalitkalachandigarh.com W: www.lalitkalachandigarh.com Gulammohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) is an artist, writer and educationist. As a painter of more then five decades he has pioneered an engagement with historical forbears and a social and political investment in art practice. In his tenure as teacher of Art History and Professor of Painting at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, and through numerous visitorships, residencies and publications he has contributed to a renewed understanding of cross cultural themes in artistic pedagogy, in an Indian and international context. His practice as artist and educationist and also the curatorial projects he has initiated contribute to an appreciation of world art history but also locate it within contemporary art and discourse. Sheikh bridges a historical appreciation of art and art practice with an engagement with contemporary socio-political concerns. He has been prominent in policy and institutional advocacy, participating in cultural organizations and on national committees. Sheikh taught Art History (1960-63 and 1967-81) and was Professor at the Department of Painting (1982-1993) at his Alma Mater, the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. He has been Visiting Faculty at the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (1987 and 2002) and Visiting Fellow at Delhi University (2004). Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara and the Royal College of Art in London, he has participated in nationwide workshops and residencies and at Montalvo, California, USA, (2005), South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2000) and Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy (1998). In 1996 Sheikh painted the mural Tree of Life for Vidhan Bhavan (Legislative Assembly), Bhopal. His solo exhibitions from 1961 include Mappings, The Guild at Museum Gallery, Mumbai (2004); Palimpsest at Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2001); Kahat Kabir at Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi (1998); Pathvipath at CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi (1991) and Returning Home (a retrospective of work from 1968-1985) at Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris (1985). He was founder member of Group 1890, an artist collective established in 1963. Sheikh has participated in numerous group exhibitions: Chalo India, A New Era of Indian Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2008); Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseum, Bern and New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (2007); Edge of Desire, curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, shown at New Delhi and Mumbai (2006), New York, Mexico City, and Berkeley, California (2005) and Perth, Australia (2004); Crossing Generations: diVERGE , Forty Years of Chemould curated by Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and The Making of India, SAHMAT, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi (2003); Two-person show (with Bhupen Khakhar), Walsh Gallery, Chicago and Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2002); Indian Art through Ages, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Singapore Indian Fine Art Society, Singapore (1999); Colours of Independence organized by CIMA, Calcutta and at Singapore and at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (1997); Realism as an Attitude, IV Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan(1995); Timeless Art, exhibition and auction, Times of India sesquicentennial at Victoria Terminus, Bombay and Artists Alert, Sahmat, New Delhi (1989); Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Festival of India, London and Contemporary Indian Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (1982); Place for People, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay and Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi (1981); III Triennale (India), Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi (1975); Cinquieme Biennale de Paris, Paris (1967) and The VII Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan (1963) among others. Sheikh has published widely including Benodebehari Mukherjee, Centenary Retrospective (co-edited with R. Siva Kumar), National Gallery of Modern Art and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2006; Contemporary Art of Baroda (ed.), Tulika, New Delhi 1996; Paroksa: Coomaraswamy Centenary Seminar papers (co-edited with K G Subramanyan and Kapila Vatsyayan), Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1984 and a monograph on Laxma Goud, A. P. Lalit Kala Akademi, Hyderabad 1981. He has contributed to Gujarati literature a body of poetry and prose, noteworthy among them Athwa (poems in Gujarati), Butala, Vadodara 1974. He has written for and edited a number of journals and magazines. From 1969-73 he was co-editor (with Bhupen Khakhar) of Vrishchik, a journal of arts and ideas. His curatorial activities include Benodebehari Mukherjee, Centenary Retrospective, co-curated with R.Siva Kumar, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (2006-07); New Art from India : Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar, Museum, City Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2002); Birth and Life of Modernity, selections from French museums, co-curated with Geeta Kapur and Anis Farooqi, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (1989); Retrospective exhibition: K G Subramanyan, on the occasion of award of Kalidas Samman to the artist, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal (1981); New Contemporaries for ‘Marg’ and Indian Society for Art Appreciation, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay (1978) and Folk Arts of Gujarat, co-curated with Jyoti Bhatt and Bhupen Khakhar, Ahmedabad (1967). He convened the Coomaraswamy Centenary Seminar for the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1977. Sheikh has been awarded honours by the Indian state, the Padmashri by Government of India in 1983, Kalidas Samman by the Madhya Pradesh Government in 2002, Ravishankar Rawal Award by the Gujarat Government in 1998-99 along with the National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1962, Bombay Art Society (1961, 1963) and Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad in 1961. The artist lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat. | ||||
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| Dr. M. S. Randhawa...a Legend by Mukesh Gautam
From February 01 2010 05:30 pm | ||||
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| Art Conclave–North East by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi & Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi
From January 27 2010 11:30 am to February 02 2010 11:30 am | ||||
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| Making of a Mural a Lecture and Slide-Show by Krishen Khanna
From January 16 2010 05:00 pm | ||||
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| An exhibition of Paintings by Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Center Garhi, Delhi by Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Center Garhi, Delhi
From December 18 2009 05:30 pm to December 22 2009 07:00 pm | ||||
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| An Exhibition of Paintings, drawings and etchings by renowned Painter Paramjit Singh by Paramjit singh
From November 06 2009 05:30 pm to November 06 2009 12:00 am | ||||
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| Annual Art Exhibition 2009 by annualart
From October 07 2009 05:30 pm to October 11 2009 06:00 pm | ||||
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| Shri Pradip Mehra, IAS Advisor to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh Will be the chief guest Exhibition open from October 8 to 11, 2009 daily between 11.00 am to 6.00 pm | ||||
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| Applications Invited for Scholarships - Download Form from Forms Link - submission till 20th Aug 2009 by eventdetails
From August 20 2009 05:00 pm | ||||
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| Download Form from Forms Link in the Top Links Bar Artists residing in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali are eligible to avail these scholarships | ||||
