Galerie Isa, founded by Ashwin Thadani, was inaugurated in December 2011, among the few such venues in the city of Mumbai to exclusively showcase international art in India. An ardent Indian contemporary art collector, he also started compiling works from across the globe a few years ago. The thought of bringing international art to the country then struck him.
Housed in a 3-century old colonial structure, the space has a split level space of roughly thousand sq ft on each level giving it a wonderful character and feel. Their main objective is to promote quality international art to the small, albeit aware collector base present in the Indian market.
For this, it plans to host at least one solo exhibition every quarter with cutting edge design and aesthetics elements, focusing on the practices of individual artists. The aim is to introduce people to a kaleidoscope of challenging mediums making the endeavor unique and diversified.
The gallery is currently hosting the works of Angel Otero. Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1981, the artist is known for his unique process-based paintings. Much of his oeuvre has been influenced by fragments of memories located in photographs and other scattered family memorabilia juxtaposed with the gestures of early 20th century painting, his new body of works highlight his unique practice as a form of narrative in itself.
The artist often employs process as a means of confronting deep, highly personal memories. He looks to archive select moments in his life it by creating scope for surprise and discovery. In a way, his work swings and negotiates between the individual and art history.
Through his innovative method of oil paint scraping, Angel Otero venerates historical oil painting even while taking it head on. His 'deformation' approach to paint his artworks, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint, to reconstruct the whole composition across large canvasses, suggests how he perceives the complex process of reconfiguring both historical and personal narratives.
Housed in a 3-century old colonial structure, the space has a split level space of roughly thousand sq ft on each level giving it a wonderful character and feel. Their main objective is to promote quality international art to the small, albeit aware collector base present in the Indian market.
For this, it plans to host at least one solo exhibition every quarter with cutting edge design and aesthetics elements, focusing on the practices of individual artists. The aim is to introduce people to a kaleidoscope of challenging mediums making the endeavor unique and diversified.
The gallery is currently hosting the works of Angel Otero. Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1981, the artist is known for his unique process-based paintings. Much of his oeuvre has been influenced by fragments of memories located in photographs and other scattered family memorabilia juxtaposed with the gestures of early 20th century painting, his new body of works highlight his unique practice as a form of narrative in itself.
The artist often employs process as a means of confronting deep, highly personal memories. He looks to archive select moments in his life it by creating scope for surprise and discovery. In a way, his work swings and negotiates between the individual and art history.
Through his innovative method of oil paint scraping, Angel Otero venerates historical oil painting even while taking it head on. His 'deformation' approach to paint his artworks, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint, to reconstruct the whole composition across large canvasses, suggests how he perceives the complex process of reconfiguring both historical and personal narratives.
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