|
|
Rameshwar Broota
|
|
|
"I love to believe that it was I who traveled through the long stretches of time and space. Here I am, standing, and there he is, my old self, peeping through the canvas. The cave man used to scratch and draw on those dark cave walls the movement of his fellow beings and some running animals. I believe I must have existed even then as an artist, as I do now."
Born in 1941 in Delhi, Rameshwar Broota graduated in Fine Arts from...
Read More
"I love to believe that it was I who traveled through the long stretches of time and space. Here I am, standing, and there he is, my old self, peeping through the canvas. The cave man used to scratch and draw on those dark cave walls the movement of his fellow beings and some running animals. I believe I must have existed even then as an artist, as I do now."
Born in 1941 in Delhi, Rameshwar Broota graduated in Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Art in 1954. Soon after his graduation, the artist joined the institution as a lecturer. In 1958, he moved on to Jamia Milia Islamia and then to the Sarda Ukil College. Since 1984, Broota has served as Head of Department at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
Broota’s work easily combines the mythical and the real, and creates a sense of absurdity through the striking differences between the two. The icons and images that he uses are all part of his subconscious self. As an artist, Broota feels that he may choose to reveal or recreate the immediate reality, but he also dwells in the inexhaustible past. “The unconscious is a store house of immense knowledge and impressions which an individual absorbs and retains with him. When he assumes the body of an infant, he inherits the sum total of the experiences of his predecessor from time immemorial”, he points out. In his Gorilla series, for instance, the artist says he "tried to depict a pre-human reality typified by a terrifying brutality… Over the years that feeling has been toned down. Now there is a certain mystic quality to my paintings.”
The artist is known for his paintings of male bodies, both muscular and emaciated, testament to the passage of time. Over the years, Broota has perfected his unique technique, discovered by accident, in which he first applies layers of different coloured paint on the surface followed by a final coat in a dark colour, and then scratches and scrapes away the upper layers of the painting with a sharp knife, to literally unearth his luminous images.
Broota has received the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, three times: in 1980, 1981 and 1984. He was also awarded the ‘Kala Vibhushan’ by the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, in 1997. Broota has exhibited far and wide, his most recent solo shows being 'Counterparts' at Vadehra Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery, both in New Delhi, in 2009; ‘Photographs by Rameshwar Broota’ at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008; and ‘Archeology of Experience’ organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, and Gallery 88, Kolkata, in 2004-05.
Rameshwar Broota lives and works in New Delhi.
Read Less
Born
1941
New Delhi
Education
1960-64 New Delhi College of Art, New Delhi
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Rameshwar Broota: Recent Works,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Rameshwar Broota: Recent Works, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2014-15 'Visions of Interiority: Interrogating the Male Body, Rameshwar Broota: A Retrospective(1963-2013)', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'The Flâneuristic Gaze', 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2011 'This End to the Other', Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Counterparts', Vadehra Art Gallery; Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2008 ‘Photographs by Rameshwar Broota’, presented by Sakshi Gallery and Vadehra Art Gallery at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2004-05 ‘Archeology of Experience’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery,Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and Gallery 88, Kolkata
2001 ‘Edge of the Precipice’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
1998 Vadehra Art Gallery and Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 'Immutable Gaze Part I: Masterpieces of Modern and Pre-Modern Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
2013 'Ideas of the Sublime', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 'Natural Bodies, Subverted Canons', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010-11 'Figure/Landscape: Part Two', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'Freedom to March: Rediscovering Gandhi through Dandi', presented by Ojas Art at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2010 '10 x 10', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Paper Trails', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Master Class', The Arts Trust, Mumbai
2008 'Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Still Moving Image', Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, New Delhi
2008 ‘Mapping Memories – 1’, Painted Travelogues of China and Greece, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2007 ‘Body Mind Soul’, organized by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat centre, New Delhi
2007 ‘The Eye Within’, Presented by The Shrine Gallery at Roman Rolland Gallery, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
2006-07 ‘Inventing / Inverting Traditions’, Indian Art II / III, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2002 ‘Palette 2002’, organized by Palette Art Gallery, Habitat Art Gallery
2002 ‘Celebration of Colors’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Contemporary Indian Paintings’, organized by Art Motif, Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2000 ‘Distillations’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2000 ‘Celebration of Human Image’, organized by Gallery 42, Habitat Art Gallery, New Delhi
1999 ‘Contemporary Art of India’, Peabody Essex Museum, USA
1999 ‘Contemporary Indian art’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery in Mumbai, New Delhi
1998 ‘Multimedia Art of 90’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1998 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1997 Masanori Fukuoka’s Contemporary Indian Art Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata
1997 ’50 Years of Indian Independence’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1997 ‘Tryst with Destiny’ organized by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at Singapore Art Museum
1997 ‘Major Trends in Contemporary Indian Art after Independence’, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘Intuitive Logic II’, Osian’s Exhibition and Auction, New Delhi, Mumbai
1997 ‘Scripted in Time’, series at Gallery 7, Mumbai
1996 ‘Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings 100 Years’, Sotheby’s Auction. London
1995 ‘River of Art’, Inaugural Exhibition of Art Today, New Delhi
1995 ‘Contemporary Indian Paintings’, from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, Part I, Sotheby’s Auction, New York
1990 ‘Faces’, Genesis Art Gallery, Kolkata
1990 Gallery 7, Mumbai
1988 Taka Oka, Municipal Museum of Art and Merguro Museum of Art Display Gallery
1988 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1988 ‘The Timeless Art’, Exhibition and Auction, Sotheby’s, Mumbai
1987 ‘Six Painters’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1984 Gallery 7, Mumbai
1982 ‘Modern Indian Painting’, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
1982 ‘Contemporary Indian Paintings’, Darmstadt and other cities in West Germany
1982 ‘Man Series’, Kolkata
1980 ‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Dubai
1972 ‘Graphics – Group 8’, Manchester
1973-74 Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Poland, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belgium
1965 Participated in Several Group shows at Delhi Silpi Chakra and elsewhere in New Delhi
Joint Exhibitions
1971 ‘Words and Lines’, large paintings titled ‘Gorilla Series’ with artist K. Khosa, New Delhi
Participations
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Miniscule Marvel', presented by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2008 'Moderns', Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
2004 Annual show of ‘Art Musing’, Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Annual show, Arts India Gallery, New York
1987 ‘Festival of India’, Geneva and Switzerland
1986 Festival of Art Biennale-Baghdad, Iraq
1986 Havana Biennale, Cuba
1982 ‘India: Myth and Reality-aspects of Modern Indian Art’, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
1980-81, 84 National Exhibitions of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1976 International Art Fair Biennale – Cagnes- Sur- Mer- France
Honours and Awards
1997 ‘Kala Vibhushan’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1988 LN Gupta Memorial Award
1987,88 Senor Fellowship of the Government of India
1980,81,84 National Awards, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1973,75 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
1976 Hyderabad Art Society Award for Graphics
1997 ‘Kala Vibhushan’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1988 LN Gupta Memorial Award
1987,88 Senor Fellowship of the Government of India
1980,81,84 National Awards, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1973,75 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
1976 Hyderabad Art Society Award for Graphics
Read More Read Less
|
|
|
|
|
PAST AUCTIONS
Showing
4
of
41
works
Lot 36
Details
Spring Live Auction
13 March 2024
The Lost Self
Oil on canvas
50 x 78 in
Winning bid
$439,024
Rs 3,60,00,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
|
|
Lot 105
Details
Winter Online Auction
13-14 December 2023
The Middle Part...
Etching on paper
Winning bid
$6,600
Rs 5,47,800
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
USD payment only. Why?
|
Lot 57
Details
Winter Live Auction
13 December 2023
Confrontation III
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 in
Winning bid
$264,000
Rs 2,19,12,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
USD payment only. Why?
|
See all works in past auctions
PAST StoryLTD AUCTIONS
Showing
4
of
9
works
Need help? For more information on Indian Art, please see our Art Guide. For help
with buying through Saffronart please click here. If you have any other questions, please contact us.
|