Art Musings presented 10 renowned artists at the opening of a new space at Jehangir Art Gallery – the Hirji Gallery. Artists included Anjolie Ela Menon, Laxma Goud, Jayasri Burman K G Subramanyan, Sunil Padwal, Maite Delteil, and Satish Gujral. All the artists had exhibited small format works in oils, acrylic & watercolour in their trademark style. This was accompanied by series of limited edition ceramic platters of some of the works.

22.07.2008 – 30.07.2008

Serenity | Watercolour | Pen & Ink on paper | 14 X 14

Untitled | Acrylic on Board | 15" X 15"

Tranquilty | Oil on Canvas | 40" X 40"

Durga | Acrylic Reverse Painting On Glass | 13"X 10.5"

Art Musings presented Excavation: Memory / Myth / Membrane featuring Nalini Malani, Jayashree Chakravarty and Reena Saini – Kallat. The art critic Nancy Adajania wrote: “In the show, Nalini and Reena relate the themes of mythological and cosmic violence to today’s world beleaguered by irresoluble conflict. Jayashree’s silver-gray landscapes signify a fragile ecology: their vocabulary ranges from originary myths to the incipient cityscape that tames the land and overpowers the forces of nature.

12.02.2008 – 31.03.2008

Reena Kallat | Saline, Bonded Marble, Wood, Fabric, Variable Size | 2007

Reena Kallat, Fresh Fossils – IV, Acrylic, Oil & Carbon on Canvas, 42’’x 88”

Nalini Malani | Nursery Tales – 2 | Acrylic, Ink and Enamel Reverse Painting on Acrylic Sheet | 72" x 40"

Nalini Malani | Nursery Tales – 1 | Acrylic, Ink and Enamel Reverse Painting on Acrylic Sheet | 72" x 40"

Jayshree Chakravarty | Untitled II | Acrylic & Oil on Canvas, 45” x 45"

Jayshree Chakravarty | Untitled I | Acrylic & Oil on Canvas | 45” x 45"

Art Musings in association with Palette Gallery presented a solo exhibition by Baroda based artist Suneel Mamadapur. Art Critic Ranjit Hoskote wrote in the catalogue essay: ‘Suneel Mamadapur’s paintings take the form of precarious tableaux. He builds up elaborate assemblages of humans, animals, ghosts trees, architectural images, and a variety of mechanical contraptions geared to the mandates of balance, purification, mobility and communication.

03.12.2007 – 20.01.2008

Meter Down | Acrylic On Canvas | 60" x 84"

Sprout | Acrylic On Canvas | 60" x 72"

The Third Child | Acrylic On Canvas | 60" X 96"

Metro Fallacy | Acrylic On Canvas | 60" x 72"

Art Musings presented a solo exhibition by Paris based artist Maya Burman. It has been said that Maya’s indication towards floral decorative patterns is along the lines of the French Art Nouveau tradition. Maya’s idiom includes decorative floral patterns that intermingle with people. The way patterns weave and float around the central forms evokes a sense of exuberance.

01.11.2007 – 30.11.2007

MAYA BURMAN
Untitled
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on paper
19 X 19
2006

MAYA BURMAN
Untitled
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on paper
19 X19
2006

MAYA BURMAN
Untitled
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on paper
19 X19
2006

MAYA BURMAN
Untitled
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on paper
19 X 19
2006

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Art Musings presented a solo show of Calcutta based artist Lalu Prasad Shaw. Shaw translates, into a modern idiom, the visual attractiveness of the company school, Kalighat and the miniature folios. He is a lyrical portraitist.

12.09.2007 – 20.10.2007

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Art Musings presented a solo show of artist Smriti Dixit. The artist is a recipient of the Raza foundation award. The art critic Nancy Adajania wrote in the catalogue essay on Smriti’s recent exhibition: Smriti’s practice emerges from a full-bodied and sensuous abstraction that extends itself into a variety media and genres paintings, ceramics, sculptures, assemblages and installations. Her recent works are soaked in a vaishnavite sensibility: the saffron, russet, red and black palette could imply the winter and spring shringaras of Shrinathji, the form of Krishna who presides over the temple-town of Nathdwara, and who is dressed in different costumes that change with the seasons and the times of day.

01.08.2007 – 07.09.2007

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Art Musings presented Paris based artist Maïté Delteil in a solo show, presenting recent works by the artist in oils & watercolours. The exquisite images of Maïté Delteil’s works transport you into her own personal world of fantasy & dream.

10.04.2007 – 25.05.2007

Art Musings presented Kerala based artist Gopikrishna in a solo show presenting recent works by the artist in oils, pastels & watercolours. Gopikrishna is an artist quite apart from the hurly-burly of modern Indian painting. Equally, he is an artist obsessed with the relationship of man with his surroundings. In this sense, Gopikrishna is that most rare of artists: one for whom art is not a means of communicating with the world but rather a matter of understanding himself.

05.02.2007 – 01.03.2007

GOPIKRISHNA
Lassar Nobel Driving the Earth Vehicle
Oil On Canvas
43 X 57
2006

GOPIKRISHNA
Mountain Gods
Oil On Canvas
70 X 60
2006

GOPIKRISHNA
Frog Catchers of Udiyankulangara
Oil on Canvas
71 X 60"
2006

GOPIKRISHNA
Botanic Sights 1 - Cyclist At A Well
Oil on Canvas
72 X 60

Art Musings showcased their bi-annual show featuring 4 master artists, K G Subramanyan, Anjolie Ela Menon, Jogen Chowdhary & Sakti Burman. K G Subrahmanyan’s works, both acrylic on canvas & gouache on paper, displayed his storytelling narrative in a combination of gentle wit & morbid satire. Jogen Chowdhury presented a suite of works in dry pastel depicting the female form. Sakti Bruman’s paintings featured the mottled mosaic surface in different mediums of oil, watercolours & pastels. The Anjolie Ela Menon works in oil on masonite incorporated diverse cultures to form intriguing images.

19.12.2006 – 22.01.2007

Icon & Objects - II | Acrylic on Canvas | 30" x 30"

Art Musings presented a solo show of Jayasri Burman, comprising a large body of watercolour works both in miniature & large formats. In the catalogue, Ina Puri has noted “In the world of Jayasri’s painterly realm, peace and harmony remain the resonant themes. From the beginning, her subject matter has been the most classical themes: and the painter continues to draw inspiration from Indic mythology, Puranas, Jataka Tales, scriptures, scrolls and ancient texts.”

18.11.2006 – 09.12.2006

Jayasri Burman
Lucid Dreams
Watercolour on Paper
48 X 48

Jayasri Burman
Durga - III
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on Board
20 x 20

Jayasri Burman
Durga - I
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on Board
20 X 20

Jayasri Burman
Harmony
Watercolour, Pen & Ink on Paper
48 X 48