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While referring to her work, artist Vanita Gupta says, “I believe in the ardent need to paint, nothing more nothing less.” This single statement explains how, although minimal, Gupta’s work is always complete. The dynamics of her images, however, are constantly evolving; she experiments with size and texture but the solid white background on which her paintings are mounted remains constant.
Gupta’s monochromatic compositions,...
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While referring to her work, artist Vanita Gupta says, “I believe in the ardent need to paint, nothing more nothing less.” This single statement explains how, although minimal, Gupta’s work is always complete. The dynamics of her images, however, are constantly evolving; she experiments with size and texture but the solid white background on which her paintings are mounted remains constant.
Gupta’s monochromatic compositions, rendered almost fluidly with her masterly brushwork, leave the viewer captivated by their Zen-like quality. Since her first solo show in 1994, Gupta has worked assiduously towards mastering the multiple techniques by which paint may be applied onto a surface. In her more recent works, the viewer can instantly recognize her command over mark making techniques and the effortless way in which she now maneuvers between speed and patience, discovery and concealment. Her brushstrokes, varying from a drip to a splash or draggle, suggest a deep intimacy between solidity and the ambiguous nature of liquids.
Vanita Gupta was born in 1971. She studied Fine Arts at L.S. Raheja School of Art, Mumbai, from where she graduated in 1992. She has had a number of solo shows and has participated in select group exhibitions, the more recent being those held at the Gallery in Redchurch Street, London, in 2007; Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006 and 2004; Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2002; the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, in 2004; and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2002, 1998 and 1994. The artist has also exhibited at ArtSingapore fair in 2006.
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Born
1971
Education
1992 G.D (Fine Arts), L.S Raheja School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Presented by Rob Dean Art and...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Presented by Rob Dean Art and Pundole Art Gallery at The Gallery in Redchurch Street, London
2006,04 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002,1998,94 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Aviraam: Celebrating the Pioneer Spirit- SH Raza at 90', presented by The Raza Foundation at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2010 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009-10 'On Canvas -1', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2009 'Divagations: Spaces of Possibility', Raza Foundation Awardees Show, Art Alive, New Delhi
2008 'Point and Line to Plane VI', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2008 'Mapping Memories – 2, Painted Travelogues of Bali and Burma, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2006 Presented by The Art Mill, Mumbai at Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2005 ‘Towards Abstraction’, Gallery Threshold, Bodhi Art, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Abstract Show’, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2004 ‘Ideas and Images’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2004,02 ‘New Paradigms’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
1999 ‘Art Jumbori’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1997 ‘50 Years of Art in Mumbai’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1996 ‘Women 96’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2008 Shanghai Art Fair, China presented by Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2007 ‘Come September’, Hacienda Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Represented by Gallery Threshold at Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2004 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala
2001 Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
1996-2000 Miniature Format Show, Sanstache Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Art Society of India, Mumbai
1993 Monsoon Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1991 5th All India Contest, South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), Nagpur
1991 Rashtriya Kala Mela, Mumbai
1991 Citi Art Utsav, by Citi Bank, Mumbai
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