Venue: The Park, Chennai Dates: 22-24 January 2010
Sakshi Gallery crosses yet another milestone as it successfully strides into its 25th year in 2010. It will be a year marked with celebrations, kick started by ‘Roots’, an exhibition of select works of modern & contemporary Indian art held at Chennai, the place where Sakshi’s foundation was laid. The exhibition will be held is partnership with the city’s landmark hotel The Park, which along with being one of the most contemporary places there, is owned by great connoisseurs of art.
Over the last 25 years, Sakshi has moved from strength to strength and has established itself as one of the premier galleries in India. It also set foot in Taiwan earlier this year, establishing a full fledged gallery in Taipei. With this exhibition, Sakshi will go back to the place where it cut its teeth, to pay homage to the city of Chennai, where its journey began. The exhibition will also showcase the width of Indian practice today in a variety of media, and examine how rooted the artists still are to where they are from.
With an endeavor to be introspective of the past and prospective about the future, Roots will feature some of the best works from the gallery collection and special loans. Numerous artists who have participated in Sakshi’s programs over the years, such as Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ravinder Reddy, Rekha Rodwittiya, Sunil Gawde, N.S. Harsha, Riyas Komu and Shilpa Gupta as well as some of the upcoming ones such as Manjunath Kamath, Rakhi Peswani, Remen Chopra, Paula Sengupta and Atmaja will be featured in the exhibition. Sakshi Gallery will also present to the Chennai public select works by acclaimed international artists such as Julian Opie.
This exhibition is a precursor to Sakshi’s 25th Anniversary ‘Celebration of Creativity’ wherein a special series of programs will be held through the year. The ‘Celebration of Creativity’ aims to blend the celebratory with the cultural. Through these festivities, Sakshi hopes to encourage the intermingling of the old and the new and consequently capture the transition over the years.
Exhibition Details:
Dates: January 22-24, 2010
Venue: The Park, 601 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 006
For further information, contact:
Preeti Gaonkar, preeti@sakshigallery.com, 022 6610 3424
Sanyogita Deo, sanyogita@sakshigallery.com, 022 6610 3424
