Art History: BVA 312 - 07/10/2019 (Contemporary art in India )

Contemporary Art in India

•Subodh Gupta | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 12

International artist. He changed his medium from paints to sculpture based on his childhood. [Nostalgia of his childhood]

Hindu upbringing.

-Shower in cow dung.

** reinvent media and medium. related to his childhood.

1) Cow dung (religious element)

2) Kitchen utensils.

Let out your innate self.

Dada, is his new artwork inspired by the work "Dada" meaning grandfather. Encourage people to dream. Image result for subodh gupta

Artist are not able to work at their home, must work in studio. The size of his work has put in deep
consideration. How to transport domestic an internationally.

•Bharti Kher | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 8
- Wife of Subodh Gupta (previous artist)
Contemporary art in India changes. Prosper with new artist. (she brought in new ideas and themes)
- She seeks for who she is. seeking for meaning for feminist in a male dominated society (like India).
* Then she went into sculpture. She incorporate the red sticker that is normally place on the woman's
forehead in her sculptural work. artist is influenced at where they live and where they work at.

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