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Gogi Saroj Pal
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"My life and my cultural identity carve the directions of my expression.
Inspirations for expression emerge around and within me. I want my creative concerns to be relevant to my times, imbibing local, regional and universal consciousness. I want to express these in my own creative visual imagery. I want to evolve and leave behind creative visual symbols as references to our times. I think in colour and achieve consistent factor (Sthai Bhava)...
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"My life and my cultural identity carve the directions of my expression.
Inspirations for expression emerge around and within me. I want my creative concerns to be relevant to my times, imbibing local, regional and universal consciousness. I want to express these in my own creative visual imagery. I want to evolve and leave behind creative visual symbols as references to our times. I think in colour and achieve consistent factor (Sthai Bhava) to accomplish creativity in my paintings."
So said Gogi Saroj Pal, an artist comfortable working with such diverse mediums as installation, painting, sculpture, graphic print, ceramics, jewellery, weaving and photography.
Born in 1945 in the small town of Neoli in Uttar Pradesh, Gogi was educated at the College of Art in Vanasthali, Rajasthan as well as the College of Art in Lucknow. Her creative outpourings are a result of a search for cultural identity and a reference point to the times we live in. Gogi's paintings are a mirror held up to society, showing the disparity in relationships between the sexes and are designed to exhibit the vicissitudes of a woman's life.
Gogi wanted to leave behind her a legacy of images that are an accurate reflection of our lives and the issues that affect humanity. "I want to evolve and leave behind, creative visual symbols, icons, as references of our times, to bridge the gaps in continuity of our cultural identity, for use in the concerns & epics of our times," explained Gogi. Keen observations of the world around her and an intensive search of her soul provided Gogi with material to transform into paintings of detailed visual impressions.
She lived and worked in Delhi. She passed away on 27 January 2024.
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Born
October 3, 1945
Neoli, Uttar Pradesh
Died
January 27, 2024
New Delhi
Education
1968-69 Postgraduate in Painting, College of Art, New Delhi
1962-67 Diploma in Painting, Government College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow
1961-62 College of Art, Banasthali, Rajasthan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'The Feminine Unbound', Delhi...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'The Feminine Unbound', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Kinnari & Kinnari Mantras', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007,05 ‘All These Flowers Are For You’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Revisiting Amrita Shergil’, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
2004 ‘All These Flowers Are For You’, London Art Gallery, London
2004 ‘All These Flowers Are For You’, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
2003 ‘Mahasnan’, Pioneer Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi
2002 Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
2002 ‘Embroidering Phulkaries and Memories’, Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘Embroidering Phulkaries and Memories’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Garhi Artists Studio, New Delhi
2001 ‘Mother Icon – Photographs of Ma Hidamba’ at Kulu Dassehra and the paintings inspired by this experience at FIA, Amsterdam
2000 'Being A Woman', Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Women Artists’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1997 ‘Indian Contemporary Art, Post Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1996 'Icons of Womanhood', ARKS Gallery, London.
1995 Exposition of Recent Paintings and Two Installations at Art Today, New Delhi
1994 ‘Swayambram’, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
1994 Miniature Format Paintings at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1993 Exhibition of Paintings organized by Anwar Siddiqui in London
1992 ‘Kinnari’, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
1992 ‘The Expressive Line’, Art Age Presentation, Kolkata
1992 Sparrow, Mumbai
1992 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1991 'Painted Poetry', Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1991 'Homecoming and A Visit to the Vallery of Flowers', Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1990 Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1990 Paintings and Prints , Westmount Public Library, Westmount, Canada
1990 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘Watercolor Paintings (1972-73)', Safdar Hashmi Memorial Exhibition, New Delhi
1989 'Eternal Bird', Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1989,88 'Kala Yatra', Sista Art Gallery, Bangalore
1988 Gallery Rohtas, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
1987 Gallery Aurobindo , New Delhi
1986 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1986 Montreal, Canada
1986 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1982 Sarla Art Gallery , Chennai
1982 Vithi Art Gallery , Baroda
1982 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1981 Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi
1979 Art Heritage Gallery , New Delhi
1975 Black Partridge Art Gallery , New Delhi
1974 Triveni Gallery , New Delhi
1969 Delhi Shilpa Chakra, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Portrait of an Artist', Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi
2011 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Centurion', Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Canvases for Change', Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Pristine', Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Game Artists Play', Antiquana, New Delhi
2010 'Beyond the Frame', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2010 'The Living Insignia', Gallery Ensign, New Delhi
2009 'Indian Harvest', presented by Crimson- The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore
2009 'The Body as Vessel', Art Alive, New Delhi
2008 'Frame Figure Field: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 ‘Tiger by the Tail ! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture’, Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC), Brandeis University, USA in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi
2007 'Still Life: Adaptation in 20th Century Indian Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 'Raag Badal', Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
2006 'Devotion', Art Positive, New Delhi
2006 Red Earth, Baroda
2006 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Sophia College, Mumbai
2006 Garhi Artists Exhibition, New Delhi
2006 Art Konsult, New Delhi
2005 'Popular Prakashan', Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 'Popular Prakashan', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Art Konsult, New Delhi
2005 Earth Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Confluence, New York, Los Angeles
2004 Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
2004 Art I, New York
2003 'India Contemporary Art', Kuala Lumpur
2002 'Nav Nayika', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 'Nayika', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 'Paper Pulp Show', Gallery Espace, New Delhi; Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 'Women Artists: New Images 2000', LTG Gallery, New Delhi
2000 'The Millennium Masks', Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi
2000 'Art for Theatre', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2000 'Juxtapose', Son et Lumiere, Mumbai
2000 'Millennium Show', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2000 'Their Story', Freedom Gallery, New delhi
2000 Sewa, Mumbai
2000 The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai
2000 'Two for Millennium', Art Today, New Delhi
1999 'The Creative Process', The Guild, Mumbai
1999 'Extending Parameters', Indian Printmakers Guild, New Delhi
1999 'Water', Art Indus, New Delhi
1999 'Icons of the Millennium', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi
1999 'Black and White', Art Today, New Delhi
1999 'Small Format', Art Today, New Delhi
1998 'Works on Paper', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1998 ' Unmasking’, a Group Show of Conceptual Self - Portraits organized by Om Gallery, New Delhi.
1998 Exhibition of Recent Paintings at de Bijenkorf organized by Holland Art Gallery & Gallery Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam
1998-97 ’50 Years of Indian Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1997 ' Self and the World ' exhibition of Indian Women Artists organized by Gallery Espace at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1997 ‘Women Artists of India - a Celebration of Indian Independence ' at the Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997 ‘The Looking Glass -Self ‘, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ' Post - Independence Art Trends ' organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘Kali’, Tropical Museum, Amsterdam
1997 Recent Paintings at Kalart Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1996-95 ‘Inside Out: An Exhibition of Indian Women Artists’, Installation at Charles Wallace Art Trust, Middlesbrough, U.K. Funded by Charles Wallace Art Trust
1996 ‘Icons of Womanhood’, ARKS Gallery, London
1995 'Bombay’, organized by RPG, Mumbai
1995 ‘People for Animals’, Taj Palace, New Delhi
1994 ‘Paintings in Weaving', Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi
1994 ‘The Blind Eye', paintings in gouache' on paper - participated in the Miniature Format Exhibition, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1994 ‘The Blind Eye’, paintings in weaving, L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi.
1993 ‘Four Women Artists’, LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1993 ‘More Than A Decade Ago, the Artist's Choice’, organized by the Display Gallery, New Delhi.
1993 Exhibition organized by CRY at Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi.
1993 Exhibition for Maharashtra Earthquake Relief, organized by the Faculty of Art, Baroda.
1993 Contemporary Indian Art, Yokohama, Japan
1993 ‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1993 'A Critical Difference: Contemporary Indian Art’, Charles Wallace Art Trust and British Council
1992 Exhibition of Paintings , Bilder Aus Indien, Hamburg, Germany
1992 ‘To Encounter Others’, An International Exhibition of Contemporary Art at Kassel / Hann Munden, Germany
1991 Kunsthalle Maine, Maine, Germany
1991 A Group Show of Indian Artists, Lotus Gallery, Amsterdam
1991 Group Show of Ceramics at Artist Studio Gallery as complimentary activity to the "Color of the Earth" exhibition organized by the British Council.
1991 ‘Year of Girl Child' organized by Shruti, the Art Gallery of Maurya Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi.
1990 A group exhibition on the occasion of the visit of Nelson Mandela at the Little Theater Group Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1990 National Award Winning Works, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1989 Contemporary Paintings, from India, Art Wave, New York
1988 ‘Paintings of Indian Women Artists’, India Festival, Moscow
1987 Indian Art Exhibition, Japan & South Korea
1987 'Print Making in India', Exhibition shown in many cities in United States
1986 Indian Graphic Print Exhibition in Finland, Germany and Yugoslavia
1986 ‘Paintings by Contemporary Indian Women Artists’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1984 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983 ‘Karu Group’, Garhi Studios, New Delhi
1982 ‘Five Women Painters’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1980 ‘Six Women Painters’, Indus Gallery, Karachi
1975 International Women's Exhibition , New Delhi
1967 ‘Women Artists Exhibition’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1965 Exhibition of Graphic Prints, Lucknow
Joint Exhibitions
1991 Two Indian Women Artists, Schoo's Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1990 With Ved Nayar, Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi
Participations
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', from the Collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin at Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 'Manifestations III', organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Nehru Centre, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1994 Participated in the International River Front, Liverpool Festival - Designed and hoisted a flag
1993 ‘Sihanvlokan - Red Saryu has Eyes’, Installation, 8th Triennale, India
1992-86 International Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1987 International Biennale of Plastic Arts, Algiers
1986 Paintings by Contemporary Indian Women Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1986 'Indian Graphic Print Exhibition', Finland, Germany and Yugoslavia
1986 Inter – Asian Biennale, Ankara
1986 Second International Biennale, Havana and Cuba
1986-92 International Biennale, Dhaka
1985 International Painting Festival, Cogne- Su- Mer, France
1984 International Print Biennale, Trino, Rome
1982 5th Triennale, India
1982 Bedford Print Biennial , England
1982 International Print Biennial, Cuba
1980 ‘Third World Print Biennale’, London and Baghdad
1981-83 14th & 15th Print Biennial, Lubjiyana, Yugoslavia
1981-84 Karnataka Akademi of Arts, Bangalore
1967 National Exhibition, Arts and Crafts Society, Kolkata
1965-68 Uttar Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy Exhibitions
Honours and Awards
1995 12th Cleveland International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough, U.K...
1995 12th Cleveland International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough, U.K
1990 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1987 Jury's Commendation Certificate in the First International Biennial of Plastic Arts in Algeria
1986-88 Fellowship, Department of Culture, New Delhi
1981-82 Fellowship of Lalit Kala Akademi, Garhi Artists' Studios, New Delhi
1980 Sanskriti Award, New Delhi
1978,79,81 Group ‘8’ Medals at All India Graphic- Prints Exhibition, Chandigarh and New Delhi
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Her background.
I belong to a family that were revolutionary in their thinking (her father Dharam Pal and Uncle Yash Pal) played a proactive role during the Independence struggle of India. Yet her decision to take up painting as a profession was met with resistance. It was only due to my strong will and my mother's support that I was able to ran away from home to pursue my dream to become a...
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Her background.
I belong to a family that were revolutionary in their thinking (her father Dharam Pal and Uncle Yash Pal) played a proactive role during the Independence struggle of India. Yet her decision to take up painting as a profession was met with resistance. It was only due to my strong will and my mother's support that I was able to ran away from home to pursue my dream to become a painter.
The beginning
Even as a student I was rebel and followed my own instinct than the then prevalent trend of following the Western art idiom. While a student I used a lot of strong colours, it would disconcert the teachers. But I always think in colours and even today the same is true.
Her methodology
I have worked constantly without a break, my hands and brain had become conditioned to work in a certain manner, it was then that I made a conscious effort to break away and start afresh. I went back to gouache; as a student I was trained in the traditional method of painting.
Her subjects
I have always been a figurative artist. In the eighties my works were direct expressions, you could say autobiographical, they reveal my experiences as a women. I am concerned with the "eternal feminine"; my most recent paintings draw inspirations from contemporary society, and its advertising jingles.
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