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Upcoming : India Art Fair 25-29 January 2012 New Delhi Galerie Hervé Perdriolle Booth C9
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After co-curating the exhibition (M)other India at Galerie du Jour, Agnès B. in Paris (Sept-Oct 2011) Hervé Perdriolle and Abhay Maskara are continuing the dialogue in New Delhi at the Indian Art Fair 2012. The adjoining booths of Gallery Maskara and Gallery Hervé Perdriolle will develop the thought of the great Indian modern painter, Jagdish Swaminathan, who proposed a dialogue between Indian contemporary artists from different origins - urban and rural. Collecting the top of these artists offers a deep jubilation at diversity. This connection between innovation and roots is one of the most meaningful and enjoyable cultural alternative for art collectors today.
(M)other India - Galerie du Jour / Agnès B. Paris 16 septembre - 29 octobre 2011. Photo : Chano Devi, Priyanka Choudhary, Acharya Vyakul, Shine Shivan. Other artistes exhibited : Aaditi Joshi, Hill Korwa, Sanjeev Khandekar, T. Venkanna, Jivya Soma Mashe, Prashant Pandey and Tantric paintings. Show curated by André Magnin, Franck André Jamme, Abhay Maskara and Hervé Perdriolle
Artistes
Jivya Soma Mashe
Jangarh Singh Shyam
Monimala
Chano Devi
Bhuri Baï
Pushpa Kumari
Urmila Devi
Ladoo Bai
Jadu Patua
Ram Singh Urveti
Hill Korwa
Mayank Kumar Shyam
The tribal and folk Indian arts, although unknown to the general public, have been a significant number of research and publications both in India and abroad. Two exhibitions in August 2009, in the historical’s galleries of Mumbai, Chemould and Pundole, allowed to appreciate these art forms partly obscured by three thousand years of sacred art among the fastest growing and most recently by the spectacular growth of the contemporary art of this vast subcontinent. Articles in the Business Standard, Economic Times and also the New York Times praised the exhibition and attracted our attention on the need to rediscover these forms of art representing the richness and diversity of Indian art ( > link to the NY Times article). Two major exhibitions devoted to tribal and popular Indians art complete this renewed interest. "Other masters of India" at the Musée du Quai Branly, from March to July 2010. "Vernacular, in the Contemporary" at the Devi Art Foundation, the first private foundation for contemporary art in India of international scope, New Delhi from November 2010 to February 2011.
Jangarh Singh Shyam Drawing, Tiger 1998, and installation view of the show "Magiciens de la terre" Centre Pompidou 1989 photo Prakash Hatvaln.
The market for modern and contemporary Indian art, almost nonexistent until the late 1990s, has seen remarkable growth similar to that of its economic development. The quoted value of the contemporary Indian art shows impressive growth. In July 2008, Art Market Insight registered That the price index rose by 3 230% over the decade.
The art market for the major artists of contemporary tribal and folk arts is in its infancy. The highest price achieved in auction was $ 31 250 for a painting Jangarh Singh Shyam (Sotheby's New York September 16, 2010). This painting exhibited to Magiciens de la terre (Centre Pompidou, 1989) was sold
for 2500 € in 2005 (Camels-Cohen, Paris) a gain of 800% in 5 years. The previous record was of 13 600 € for a painting on canvas of Jivya Soma Mashe (Artcurial 2007). For comparison, the record obtained by Clifford Possum, the famous Australian Aboriginal painter, is $ 2.4 million (Sotheby's, 2007).
Press review
Times of India "French's Toast"
Business Standard "The next big thing"
The Telegraph "Coming of age"
Livemint "The vernacular advantage"
Livemint The Wall Street Journal "Gond's own country"
New York Times "Rural Art Gets Respect at Two Mumbai Exhibits"
Beaux Arts magazine "Le choc d’un art méconnu"
Le Figaro "En Inde, un art contemporain hors caste"
Le Monde Argent "Après l’art aborigène, l’art tribal indien suscite l’intérêt des collectionneurs"
The Hindu "Magical idiom"
Catalog of Magiciens de la Terre (Centre Pompidou 1989) and view of the exhibition Richard Long/Jivya Soma Mashe (Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf 2003).
Hervé Perdriolle is collector, art critic and curator. He was the art critic of the French movement Figuration Libre and participated in the first exhibitions in France including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring (1984) and Ravinder Reddy (2000). Since 1996, its main activity is to promote the "Other Masters of India" through the works of leading contemporary artists from tribal and folk Indians arts. In 2003, he organises an encounter between Richard Long and Jivya Soma Mashe , the legendary artist of the Warli tribe. This meeting resulted in two exhibitions, one in 2003 at the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf, the other in 2004 to PAC of Milano. In 2007, he exhibited much of his painting’s collection of the Warli tribe at the Halle Saint Pierre, Paris. From 2007 to 2008, he was the Indian art consultant for Artcurial and sets up the first two sales of modern and contemporary Indian art in France.
Indian Art News Hervé Perdriolle > Newsletter
Hervé Perdriolle Espace Inde(s) ARTPARIS Grand Palais 2011 : Photo 1 : Jivya Soma Mashe, Rashid Rana, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Mithu Sen, Jivya Soma Mashe, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Pushpamala N. Photo 2 ; Jivya Soma Mashe, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Pushpamala N., Chano Devi. Photo 3 ; Anita Dube, Jadupatua, Jagannath Panda, Ladoo Bai. Photo 4 : Jangarh Singh Shyam. Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring (booth Enrico Navarra).
Other exhibitions curated by Herve Perdriolle : Keith Haring, 5/5 Figuration Libre France/USA, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1984 ; Ravinder Reddy, Biennale de Lyon 2000 (chargé de mission Inde) ; Alighiero Boetti, Kimsooja, Rencontres Parallèles 2004 ; Nelson Leirner, Rencontres Parallèles 2005 ; Aernout Mik, Rencontres Vidéo Art Plastique 2003.
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