Venue |
Date |
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2 – 14 Dec 2003 |
Amar KANWAR, 
Anju DODIYA, 
Arpita SINGH, 
Bharti KHER, 
Bhupen KHAKHAR, 
Dayanita SINGH, 
Gargi RAINA, 
Gieve PATEL, 
Gigi SCARIA, 
Gulammohammed SHEIKH, 
Hema UPADHYAY, 
Jayashree CHAKRAVARTY, 
Jitish KALLAT, 
Jogen CHOWDHURY, 
Kausik MUKHOPADHYAY, 
Ketaki SHETH, 
L.N. TALLUR, 
Manmeet, 
Mehlli GOBHAI, 
N.S. HARSHA, 
Nalini MALANI, 
Nasreen MOHAMEDI, 
Navjot ALTAF, 
Nilima SHEIKH, 
Prabhakar BARWE, 
Priti PAUL, 
Pushpamala N., 
Ranbir KALEKA, 
Ravi AGARWAL, 
Reena SAINI KALLAT, 
Riyas KOMU, 
Rummana HUSSAIN, 
S. H. RAZA, 
Shakuntala KULKARNI, 
Shantanu Lodh, 
Sharmila SAMANT, 
Shibu NATESAN, 
Shilpa GUPTA, 
Sonia KHURANA, 
Subodh GUPTA, 
Sudhir PATWARDHAN, 
Surekha, 
T.V. SANTHOSH, 
Tushar JOAG, 
Tyeb MEHTA, 
V. S. GAITONDE, 
V. VISHWANADHAN, 
Vasudha THOZHUR, 
To commemorate its 40th anniversary in 2003, Gallery Chemould held an exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai. It included works by 50 artists from a span of four generations. Rather than simply showing a succession of works that had passed through the gallery, curators Geeta Kapur and Chaitanya Sambrani wanted to explore and even challenge the perceptions of modern Indian art. Therefore, the artists presented were not directly affiliated with the gallery in terms of
Participating artists included Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza, V.S. Gaitonde, Bhupen Khakhar, Arpita Singh, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Jogen Chowdhury, Gieve Patel, Sudhir Patwardhan, Nasreen Mohamedi, Nilima Sheikh, V. Vishwanadhan, Prabhakar Barwe, Rummana Hussain, Pushpamala N., Navjot Altaf, Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, Mehlli Gobhai, Shilpa Gupta, Subodh Gupta, N.S. Harsha, Ranbir Kaleka, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, Amar Kanwar, Bharti Kher, Sonia Khurana, Riyas Komu, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Shantanu Lodh, Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, Shibu Natesan, Priti Paul, Gargi Raina, N.N. Rimzon, Sharmila Samant, Tushar Joag, T.V. Santosh, Gigi Scaria, Ketaki Sheth, Sudarshan Shetty, Dayanita Singh, Vivan Sundaram, Surekha, L.N. Talllur, Vasudha Thozhur and Hema Upadhyay.
On the eve of the exhibition, The Perfect Frame, a book by Karin Zitzewitz, was released. The book documents Kekoo Gandhy's crossing of generations and his participation in the modern Indian art scene over the past four decades.
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crossing generations: diVERGE
Anju DODIYA, Jayashree CHAKRAVARTY

Family Portraits Series: Parsees at Home (Exhibition View)

crossing generations: diVERGE (Exhibition View)

Ablution: After the Sacred Bath (Exhibition View)

The Gallery Chemould Archive (Exhibition View)

Ablution: After the Sacred Bath (Exhibition View)

Yes We Can Kiss Privately and Publicly in India (Exhibition view)
Shantanu Lodh and Manmeet

Ablution: After the Sacred Bath (Exhibition View)

The Gallery Chemould Archive (Exhibition View)

The Gallery Chemould Archive (Exhibition View)

Untitled (from a set of 45 tricycles for the handicapped donated in Mumbai) - Exhibition View

Twinspotting: Patel Twins in Britain and India (Exhibition View)

Navrassa from the Series: The Bombay Photo Studio (Exhibition View)

Supplement for crossing generations: diVERGE

Supplement for Crossing Generations: diVERGE -- Footnotes to an Itinerary for Divergence
Geeta KAPUR
2004