Acknowledging the fact that India has made a distinct mark as one of the
most innovative and key centers of contemporary art trends, ARKEN, a premier institution in Denmark, is devoting its whole special exhibition
area plus an elaborate documentation.
Elaborating on the broader artistic philosophy and processes of Indian practitioners, a write-up states, “With great creativity and intellectual depth a new generation of artists is reacting to the rapid changes typifying the globalized cities of the world’s largest democracy. They lose themselves in the chaos of urban life or seek out a quieter, inner life. These artists describe the dreams of a new generation and expose social conflicts. With paintings, sculptures, photography, installations and interactive art the exhibition offers unique insight into the aesthetic spectrum within which artists today are interpreting our existence on the borderline between the local and the global.”
Opened in 1996 by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art is a natural progression of Copenhagen’s cultural development. Since its establishment, it has worked towards enhancing the quality of all aspects of the socio-cultural landscapes, and is now firmly established among its peers in the national as well as international circle of museums. The group show is one among the several wide-ranging presentations of the new art of the country with an array of related activities like lecture evenings, a festival program of Indian films at the Copenhagen Festival, and educational processes for children and the young.
Not restricting to visual arts, the project encompasses several other creative arenas. For example, seven prominent young designers from India represent a new departure in the domain of fashion that started around the beginning of the new millennium. It’s a radical renewal of the Indian tradition where designers, with their starting point in their local experience, draw inspiration from widely differing global cultural idioms.
The idea behind the exhibit and the book launch courtesy ARKEN is also to underline the fact that contemporary Indian art is not only created in Mumbai and New Delhi, where many of the artists live and work. It also unfolds at the European academies of art, where several of the artists have studied, at galleries in Paris, New York or Berlin, in international publications and at exhibitions all over the world even while it takes roots in far-flung towns of India, away from the mainstream, imparting with a distinct touch.
Elaborating on the broader artistic philosophy and processes of Indian practitioners, a write-up states, “With great creativity and intellectual depth a new generation of artists is reacting to the rapid changes typifying the globalized cities of the world’s largest democracy. They lose themselves in the chaos of urban life or seek out a quieter, inner life. These artists describe the dreams of a new generation and expose social conflicts. With paintings, sculptures, photography, installations and interactive art the exhibition offers unique insight into the aesthetic spectrum within which artists today are interpreting our existence on the borderline between the local and the global.”
Opened in 1996 by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art is a natural progression of Copenhagen’s cultural development. Since its establishment, it has worked towards enhancing the quality of all aspects of the socio-cultural landscapes, and is now firmly established among its peers in the national as well as international circle of museums. The group show is one among the several wide-ranging presentations of the new art of the country with an array of related activities like lecture evenings, a festival program of Indian films at the Copenhagen Festival, and educational processes for children and the young.
Not restricting to visual arts, the project encompasses several other creative arenas. For example, seven prominent young designers from India represent a new departure in the domain of fashion that started around the beginning of the new millennium. It’s a radical renewal of the Indian tradition where designers, with their starting point in their local experience, draw inspiration from widely differing global cultural idioms.
The idea behind the exhibit and the book launch courtesy ARKEN is also to underline the fact that contemporary Indian art is not only created in Mumbai and New Delhi, where many of the artists live and work. It also unfolds at the European academies of art, where several of the artists have studied, at galleries in Paris, New York or Berlin, in international publications and at exhibitions all over the world even while it takes roots in far-flung towns of India, away from the mainstream, imparting with a distinct touch.
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