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India & Thailand Festival Fall 2016

Resources for Opening Doors to the World, featuring India and Thailand.

General Resources

 

Gallery Exhibition at the Smart Museum

"Since 1989, the influential Delhi-based Sahmat has offered a platform for artists, writers, poets,musicians, actors, and activists to create and present works of art that promote artistic freedom and celebrate secular, egalitarian values.

The collective formed in the weeks after playwright, actor, and activist Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by political thugs while performing a street play. In the more than twenty years since, Sahmat has drawn on India's secular heritage and an expansive group of collaborators to produce a series of projects that engage in important political and social debates through a mix of high art and street culture.

 

 

 

India: Public Places Private Spaces

2008 Exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Photo by Atul Bhalla

I was Not Waving But Drowning II, 2005

General Resources

Here are a few general resources about Indian artists.

WEB SITES

Set up by Mr Vickram Sethi in 1990, The Arts Trust has been actively engaged in promoting Contemporary Indian Art.

 

 

Art Heritage was established in 1978 by the Mr. E. Alkazi along with his wife, Roshan Alkazi.

Turning his attention to the art scene in the late 70’s, Alkazi was and is committed to showcasing mainly young and emerging talent. Nurturing it into maturity through critical acumen and support, the Alkazis have contributed substantially as gallerist /patrons, and have helped to shape the contours and identity of contemporary Indian art.