India - Premiere The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar An Artist’s journey February 1, 2011
The Indian Premiere of
The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar
An Artist’s journey
A Film Written and Directed by Sundaram Tagore
At the India International Center (IIC)
40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, 110003
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Screening: 6:30 pm
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis
The documentary film The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar opens in the remote village of Gothava in Gujarat, India. The film follows noted painter Natvar Bhavsar as he journeys to New York City, the very nerve centre of the art world. An immigrant in a new city, Bhavsar settles into a loft in SoHo, falls in love, and comes of age as an artist in the turbulent 1960s. Written and directed by gallerist Sundaram Tagore, this is the first and only documentary to explore the contribution of Indian artists to American contemporary art. Moving through India, Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States, Tagore captures the furious pace of the art world. As though curating an exhibition, he pieces together intensely visual scenes. Viewers glimpse Bhavsar’s meditative studio where the artist works like a Tibetan mandala painter, showering clouds of dry pigment on massive canvases on the floor. Then, within minutes, viewers are thrust into the chaos of the streets of India and dynamic scenes of New York City. Through the lens of one artist’s life, this visually driven documentary offers new insight into the phenomenon of globalization in the art world. The Poetics of Color is not just the story of one man’s life, it is a celebration of the entire Asian diaspora.
60 minutes, English.
Click HERE to View Trailer
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The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar
An Artist’s journey
A Film Written and Directed by Sundaram Tagore
At the India International Center (IIC)
40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, 110003
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Screening: 6:30 pm
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis
The documentary film The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar opens in the remote village of Gothava in Gujarat, India. The film follows noted painter Natvar Bhavsar as he journeys to New York City, the very nerve centre of the art world. An immigrant in a new city, Bhavsar settles into a loft in SoHo, falls in love, and comes of age as an artist in the turbulent 1960s. Written and directed by gallerist Sundaram Tagore, this is the first and only documentary to explore the contribution of Indian artists to American contemporary art. Moving through India, Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States, Tagore captures the furious pace of the art world. As though curating an exhibition, he pieces together intensely visual scenes. Viewers glimpse Bhavsar’s meditative studio where the artist works like a Tibetan mandala painter, showering clouds of dry pigment on massive canvases on the floor. Then, within minutes, viewers are thrust into the chaos of the streets of India and dynamic scenes of New York City. Through the lens of one artist’s life, this visually driven documentary offers new insight into the phenomenon of globalization in the art world. The Poetics of Color is not just the story of one man’s life, it is a celebration of the entire Asian diaspora.
60 minutes, English.
Click HERE to View Trailer
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