New York - World Premiere The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar An Artist’s journey November 11, 2010
The Red Carpet World Premiere of
The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar
A Painter’s journey
A Film by Sundaram Tagore
At the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIAAC)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Screening: 8:45 pm
SVA Theater, 333 W. 23rd St., New York, NY, 10011
The documentary film The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar opens in the remote village of Gothava in Gujarat, India. The film follows 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.
Click HERE to View Trailer
Click HERE for Tickets
Upcoming screenings: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Toronto, Vancouver, New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Singapore and London
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The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar
A Painter’s journey
A Film by Sundaram Tagore
At the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIAAC)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Screening: 8:45 pm
SVA Theater, 333 W. 23rd St., New York, NY, 10011
The documentary film The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar opens in the remote village of Gothava in Gujarat, India. The film follows 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.
Click HERE to View Trailer
Click HERE for Tickets
Upcoming screenings: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Toronto, Vancouver, New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Singapore and London
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