Exhibitions - Arddangosfeydd
Through Other Eyes: Contemporary Art from South Asia
Curated by Gérard Mermoz, this exhibition presents a selection of drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs and films from emerging artists in India and Pakistan. Theworks showthese artists redefining their place in the world at a crucial stage in the cultural life of India and Pakistan;with each artist negotiating the legacy of their respective regional cultural traditions amid rising pressure to embrace globalisation as an emblemof progress, modernity and a better future.
Curator Gérard Mermoz spent threemonths travelling around the continent from Kochi in India to Lahore in Pakistan via Bangalore, Mumbai, Bhopal, Vadodara, Delhi, Kolkata and Santiniketan to find the drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, films and prints for this exhibition. "I was interested in looking at South Asian art before it gets entangled with the commercial sector. ...There are no artists involved in the exhibition aged above 30 except for the tribal artists who are older, and a substantial proportion are women, which I didn't anticipate when I set out to put the collection together."
A Touring Exhibition from the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Gyda Gérard Mermoz yn curadu, mae'r arddangosfa hon yn cyflwyno detholiad o arluniadau, paentiadau, cerflunwaith, ffotograffau a ffilmiau gan artistiaid sy'n dod i'r amlwg yn India a Pacistan. Mae'r gwaith yn dangos yr artistiaid hyn yn ailddiffinio eu lle yn y byd ar gyfnod hollbwysig ym mywyd diwylliannol India a Pacistan, gyda phob artist yn ystyried etifeddiaeth ei draddodiadau diwylliannol rhanbarthol ei hun yng nghanol y pwysau i groesawu'r byd-eang fel modd o ddatblygu, symud ymlaen a sicrhau dyfodol gwell.
Treuliodd Gérard Mermoz drimis yn teithio o gwmpas y cyfandir o Kochi yn India i Lahore yn Pacistan, heibio Bangalore, Mumbai, Bhopal, Vadodara, Delhi, Kolkata a Santiniketan i ddod o hyd i'r gwaith ar gyfer yr arddangosfa hon. "'Roedd gennyf ddiddordeb mewn edrych ar gelf De Asia cyn iddo gael ei effeithio gan y sector masnachol ... mae'r holl artistiaid sy'n arddangos yn llai na 30 oed ar wahân i'r artistiaid llwythol sy'n hyˆn, ac mae nifer sylweddol ohonynt yn ferched - nid rhywbeth yr oeddwn yn rhagweld wrth roi'r casgliad at ei gilydd."
Arddangosfa ar Daith o Oriel Gelf ac Amgueddfa Herbert, Cofentri.
Free Talk in Gallery 1 Thurs 28 Jan at 6pm.