XINMSN A Moment with ... Gallerist Sundaram Tagore January 2012
Meet Sundaram Tagore, a New York-based gallerist, art historian and now award-winning director.
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Meet Sundaram Tagore, a New York-based gallerist, art historian and now award-winning director.
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Nagarik Daily Jyoti Duwadi's show Wu Xing: Five Elements JANUARY 2012
Nepali Newspaper Nagarik Daily features Jyoti Duwadi's show Wu Xing: Five Elements.
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Nepali Newspaper Nagarik Daily features Jyoti Duwadi's show Wu Xing: Five Elements.
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ilovesoho.hk Cross-Cultural Creativity JANuary 2012
Nepalese artist’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong explores the confluence of nature, cultures and symbolism.
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Nepalese artist’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong explores the confluence of nature, cultures and symbolism.
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Asian Art News Exhibition Reviews JANUARY 2012
Wu Xing: Five Elements is a thoroughly engaging and thoughtful work in which each element of the collective has been carefully worked out.
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Wu Xing: Five Elements is a thoroughly engaging and thoughtful work in which each element of the collective has been carefully worked out.
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Gafencu Sundaram Tagore profile in Hong Kong's Power 300 issue December 2011
Sundaram Tagore has a distinct sense of style. That's probably just as well, bearing in mind his status as an art historian and the owner of a gallery that bears his name.
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Sundaram Tagore has a distinct sense of style. That's probably just as well, bearing in mind his status as an art historian and the owner of a gallery that bears his name.
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Condé Nast Traveller India Art Fair 2012 DECEMBER 2011
Sundaram Tagore Gallery Hong Kong will show Annie Leibovitz and Sebastião Salgado at India Art Fair 2012.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery Hong Kong will show Annie Leibovitz and Sebastião Salgado at India Art Fair 2012.
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Kee X Leaving The Room DECEMBER 2011
Award-winning photographer Robert Polidori recently showed his powerful images of the interiors of rooms as altered by the passages of time in Hong Kong for the first time.
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Award-winning photographer Robert Polidori recently showed his powerful images of the interiors of rooms as altered by the passages of time in Hong Kong for the first time.
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Mental Floss 8 Artists Who Poured Their Heart and Soul Into Their Work NOVEMBER 2011
For many artists, the most personal stamp they put on a piece is their signature. Barry Freedland, on the other hand, uses his identity to create most of his art.
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For many artists, the most personal stamp they put on a piece is their signature. Barry Freedland, on the other hand, uses his identity to create most of his art.
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Asian Art News In A Realm Of One's Own NOVEMBER 2011
The Chinese ink painter Zhang Yu has long struggled with ink painting innovations while keeping an eye on enlarging the great tradition and culture from which his art emerges. While his painting and ideas are steeped in Chinese culture, they also speak vigorously across art's international borders.
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The Chinese ink painter Zhang Yu has long struggled with ink painting innovations while keeping an eye on enlarging the great tradition and culture from which his art emerges. While his painting and ideas are steeped in Chinese culture, they also speak vigorously across art's international borders.
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Voice of America News New York Gallery Displays Modern Middle Eastern Calligraphy November 2011
Middle Eastern calligraphy on display at a New York City art gallery is being touted as a vehicle for dialogue between Middle East and the West.
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Middle Eastern calligraphy on display at a New York City art gallery is being touted as a vehicle for dialogue between Middle East and the West.
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the pocket arts guide Sundaram Tagore: Tradition and Transcendence OCTOBER 2011
Sundaram Tagore Gallery has supported Fine Art Asia since the fair started in 2006. It has branches in Hong Kong, New York and Beverley Hills. The gallery specialises in artwork that interweaves the modern, the cultural and the abstract.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery has supported Fine Art Asia since the fair started in 2006. It has branches in Hong Kong, New York and Beverley Hills. The gallery specialises in artwork that interweaves the modern, the cultural and the abstract.
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Sunday Morning Post Still Life But Outdoors OCTOBER 2011
Robert Polidori takes extraordinarily beautiful photographs of interiors that are not, nessarily, beautiful. His images aren't about architecture - what he's interested in is how people take buildings and transform them into habitats.
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Robert Polidori takes extraordinarily beautiful photographs of interiors that are not, nessarily, beautiful. His images aren't about architecture - what he's interested in is how people take buildings and transform them into habitats.
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Time Out Hong Kong Interview Robert Polidori SEPTEMBER 2011
Internationally renowned for his large-scale photography of ruins and deserted spaces, Robert Polidori likes to recall his defining influence: Frances Yates' The Art of memory, which he came across in 1971.
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Internationally renowned for his large-scale photography of ruins and deserted spaces, Robert Polidori likes to recall his defining influence: Frances Yates' The Art of memory, which he came across in 1971.
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Paroles Robert Polidori: Versailles or the Art of Memory SEPTEMBER 2011
Why wouldn’t the walls have recorded and layered, one on top of the other, all the emotional vibes of the rooms’ successive occupants and visitors? That is the question that has obsessed photographer Robert Polidori for over twenty years, and that makes his photographs of interiors and exteriors so moving and haunting, long after we have seen them.
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Why wouldn’t the walls have recorded and layered, one on top of the other, all the emotional vibes of the rooms’ successive occupants and visitors? That is the question that has obsessed photographer Robert Polidori for over twenty years, and that makes his photographs of interiors and exteriors so moving and haunting, long after we have seen them.
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Art Collection +Design Interview of Sundaram Tagore Gallery Establisher SEPTEMBER 2011
Established in 2000 in New York and with branches in Beverly Hills and Hong Kong, Sundaram Tagore Gallery was the first international gallery to open in Hong Kong.
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Established in 2000 in New York and with branches in Beverly Hills and Hong Kong, Sundaram Tagore Gallery was the first international gallery to open in Hong Kong.
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CNN Robert Polidori photographs Hong Kong's 'rational planning' SEPTMEBR 2011
Canadian-born photographer Robert Polidori hasn’t taken a vacation in 25 years. He’s been too busy carting his large-format camera around the world to document the aftermath of events like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Hurricane Katrina and the Lebanese Civil War.
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Canadian-born photographer Robert Polidori hasn’t taken a vacation in 25 years. He’s been too busy carting his large-format camera around the world to document the aftermath of events like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Hurricane Katrina and the Lebanese Civil War.
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ARTnews Tom Doyle Review July 2011
Using carved planks and curved sections of trees that he felled himself, Tom Doyle constructed handsome, tripodal forms that vary from tabletop models to nearly eleven-foot-tall sculptures. Four of the 13 were displayed attached to the walls at eye level, but the freestanding sculptures held the most potency. The larger works resemble the bones of a long-dead vertebrate, but at the same time the elegance of their compositions make them seem animated.
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Using carved planks and curved sections of trees that he felled himself, Tom Doyle constructed handsome, tripodal forms that vary from tabletop models to nearly eleven-foot-tall sculptures. Four of the 13 were displayed attached to the walls at eye level, but the freestanding sculptures held the most potency. The larger works resemble the bones of a long-dead vertebrate, but at the same time the elegance of their compositions make them seem animated.
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Spoon & Tamago Hiroshi Senju Museum in Karuizawa by Ryue Nishizawa July 2011
Hiroshi Senju became a famous artist in the same way Ernest Hemingway described a man going broke: “Two ways, gradually and then suddenly.”
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Hiroshi Senju became a famous artist in the same way Ernest Hemingway described a man going broke: “Two ways, gradually and then suddenly.”
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BBC High-end art in Hong Kong June 2011
One of the early arrivals, back in 2007, was Sundaram Tagore, a gallerist with outposts in New York and Beverly Hills who focuses on the intersection of Western and non-Western art and shows pieces that further a global dialogue.
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One of the early arrivals, back in 2007, was Sundaram Tagore, a gallerist with outposts in New York and Beverly Hills who focuses on the intersection of Western and non-Western art and shows pieces that further a global dialogue.
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The New York Times Magazine On Earth As It Is In Heaven June 2011
What Sebastião Salgado sees in places untouched by humanity.
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What Sebastião Salgado sees in places untouched by humanity.
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Gafencu Men The Look of Genesis JUNE 2011
Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s most respected photographers, is set to debut his latest work—the Genesis series—in Hong Kong with a solo exhibition at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery.
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Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s most respected photographers, is set to debut his latest work—the Genesis series—in Hong Kong with a solo exhibition at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery.
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ARTINFO Hong Kong Prison to Be Rehabilitated as Lavish $231 Million Art Complex, With a Hand From Herzog & de Meuron JUNE 2011
(including Chelsea's Sundaram Tagore, which is currently exhibiting Sebastiao Salgado's gritty photographs of poverty and labor).
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(including Chelsea's Sundaram Tagore, which is currently exhibiting Sebastiao Salgado's gritty photographs of poverty and labor).
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The College of Wooster Successful Alumni June 2011
Art historian, collector, gallery owner, businessman, philanthropist, and now filmmaker: Sundaram Tagore embodies the restless intellectual curiosity, cross-cultural exploration, and entrepreneurial spirit that characterize the liberal arts at their best.
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Art historian, collector, gallery owner, businessman, philanthropist, and now filmmaker: Sundaram Tagore embodies the restless intellectual curiosity, cross-cultural exploration, and entrepreneurial spirit that characterize the liberal arts at their best.
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Art News Tagore Takes On Film June 2011
Not many art dealers can call themselves fledgling movie directors, but Sundaram Tagore - who operates branches of his gallery in New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong - recently debuted his first feature-length film.
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Not many art dealers can call themselves fledgling movie directors, but Sundaram Tagore - who operates branches of his gallery in New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong - recently debuted his first feature-length film.
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South China Morning Post Humanity Laid Bare May 2011
The faces and scenes we meet through Sebastiao Salgado's lens are haunting: Indian coffee growers, Vietnamese boatpoeple, forgotten landscapes and the impact of globalisation on humankind. Salgado, a Brazilian has been called the work's most important photographer of the early 21st Century. This week his debut solo exhibition in Hong Kong opened at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Central.
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The faces and scenes we meet through Sebastiao Salgado's lens are haunting: Indian coffee growers, Vietnamese boatpoeple, forgotten landscapes and the impact of globalisation on humankind. Salgado, a Brazilian has been called the work's most important photographer of the early 21st Century. This week his debut solo exhibition in Hong Kong opened at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Central.
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The New York Film Academy Graduate is Screening his Documentary Internationally at Several Prestigious Museums May 2011
New York Film Academy Graduate Sundaram Tagore is an Indian-born, New York-based art historian and filmmaker, and the first gallerist to focus exclusively on globalization. Prior to enrolling at New York Film Academy, he opened the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York in 2000 followed by branches in Beverly Hills and Hong Kong in 2008.
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New York Film Academy Graduate Sundaram Tagore is an Indian-born, New York-based art historian and filmmaker, and the first gallerist to focus exclusively on globalization. Prior to enrolling at New York Film Academy, he opened the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York in 2000 followed by branches in Beverly Hills and Hong Kong in 2008.
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Time Out Hong Kong Unearthly Pursuits May 2011
Sebastiao Salgado is always on the go. An economist by trade before taking up an acclaimed career in photograhy, the 67-year-old Brazilian has been taking his poetic vision to every last shore on which human civilisation meets the natural world.
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Sebastiao Salgado is always on the go. An economist by trade before taking up an acclaimed career in photograhy, the 67-year-old Brazilian has been taking his poetic vision to every last shore on which human civilisation meets the natural world.
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The Wall Street Journal Sundaram Tagore Focuses on Hong Kong MAY 2011
At the time, Mr. Tagore was one of the first international gallery owners to open a space in the city. Since then several foreign galleries have followed, including Gagosian Gallery and Ben Brown Fine Arts. “Hong Kong has become an important artistic center,” said Mr. Tagore. “There is an audience here that has a voracious appetite for art.”
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At the time, Mr. Tagore was one of the first international gallery owners to open a space in the city. Since then several foreign galleries have followed, including Gagosian Gallery and Ben Brown Fine Arts. “Hong Kong has become an important artistic center,” said Mr. Tagore. “There is an audience here that has a voracious appetite for art.”
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Venice Sebastião Salgado Changing the World Frame By Frame July 2009
As we proceed with our interview in French, Photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has lived in Paris since 1969, begins most of his answers with "Ecoutes..." as to say "Listen..." in a heavy Brazillian accent he has maintained well from his native land.
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As we proceed with our interview in French, Photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has lived in Paris since 1969, begins most of his answers with "Ecoutes..." as to say "Listen..." in a heavy Brazillian accent he has maintained well from his native land.
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The Sunday Times Taking the espresso train September 2007
Sitting in the basement of his agency in Paris, Sebastiao Salgado is recalling the camera that changed his destiny. The memory is more than three decades old, and yet still vivid. There is a glint in his bright blue eyes, his Picasso-like bald head is leaning across the table, his bushy white eyebrows are raised and he is repeating his favourite adjective – “enormous”.
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Sitting in the basement of his agency in Paris, Sebastiao Salgado is recalling the camera that changed his destiny. The memory is more than three decades old, and yet still vivid. There is a glint in his bright blue eyes, his Picasso-like bald head is leaning across the table, his bushy white eyebrows are raised and he is repeating his favourite adjective – “enormous”.
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Black & White Magazine Salgado's Africa October 2008
For more than 30 years, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has been a roving prophet with a camera, alerting the developed world to the consequences - unintended and otherwise - of unchecked globalization. But no matter how harrowing the journey has become, his eloquent, unforgettable photographs are invariably attuned to the transformative power of the human spirit.
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For more than 30 years, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has been a roving prophet with a camera, alerting the developed world to the consequences - unintended and otherwise - of unchecked globalization. But no matter how harrowing the journey has become, his eloquent, unforgettable photographs are invariably attuned to the transformative power of the human spirit.
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The New Yorker How Sebastião Salgado captures the world April 2005
In the world of photojournalism, a place where his fame and magisterial rhythm of work give him a singular status, Salgado has the added distinction of being his own producer: he owns the factory.
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In the world of photojournalism, a place where his fame and magisterial rhythm of work give him a singular status, Salgado has the added distinction of being his own producer: he owns the factory.
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Guardian Biography: Sebastião Salgado September 2004
Sebastião Salgado discovered photography while working as an economist for the World Bank. He is now one of the world's greatest photographers.
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Sebastião Salgado discovered photography while working as an economist for the World Bank. He is now one of the world's greatest photographers.
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The New York Times Back to Nature, in Pictures and Action May 2009
Famous for putting a human face on economic and political oppression in developing countries, Mr. Salgado is photographing the most pristine vestiges of nature he can find: pockets of the planet unspoiled by modern development. He has visited the seminomadic Zo’e tribe in the heart of the Brazilian rain forest and weathered desolate stretches of the Sahara. Next up: two months in the Brooks mountain range of Alaska on the trail of caribous and Dall sheep.
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Famous for putting a human face on economic and political oppression in developing countries, Mr. Salgado is photographing the most pristine vestiges of nature he can find: pockets of the planet unspoiled by modern development. He has visited the seminomadic Zo’e tribe in the heart of the Brazilian rain forest and weathered desolate stretches of the Sahara. Next up: two months in the Brooks mountain range of Alaska on the trail of caribous and Dall sheep.
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LA Weekly Sebastião Salgado's Search for the Pristine JUNE 2007
A documentary photographer with a Ph.D. in economics, Sebastião Salgado has spent much of the last 30 years in the underbelly of globalization, bearing witness to some of the bleakest chapters of recent history. He’s photographed the victims of famine in Ethiopia, genocide in Rwanda, land mines in Angola, ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and war in Afghanistan. His last two major projects, “Workers” (1986–1992) and “Migrations” (1993–1999), are epic studies of postindustrial economic development, as reflected in the faces of those whom it least serves, from Brazilian gold miners to Vietnamese fishermen, displaced Ecuadorian farmers to Sudanese refugees.
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A documentary photographer with a Ph.D. in economics, Sebastião Salgado has spent much of the last 30 years in the underbelly of globalization, bearing witness to some of the bleakest chapters of recent history. He’s photographed the victims of famine in Ethiopia, genocide in Rwanda, land mines in Angola, ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and war in Afghanistan. His last two major projects, “Workers” (1986–1992) and “Migrations” (1993–1999), are epic studies of postindustrial economic development, as reflected in the faces of those whom it least serves, from Brazilian gold miners to Vietnamese fishermen, displaced Ecuadorian farmers to Sudanese refugees.
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The Wall Street Journal Tom Doyle: Space Embraced April 2011
Tom Doyle fells cherry, oak and sassafras trees to make his carved, rough-hewn tripartite sculptures, some of which he casts in red and brown patinated bronze. The nearly two dozen abstract works here, from 1986 to the present, are either handheld or behemoth in scale.
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Tom Doyle fells cherry, oak and sassafras trees to make his carved, rough-hewn tripartite sculptures, some of which he casts in red and brown patinated bronze. The nearly two dozen abstract works here, from 1986 to the present, are either handheld or behemoth in scale.
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The Economic Times The Dot Among the Dots: The Works of Sohan Qadri April 2011
Only a poet, a painter and a Tantric yogic practitioner could engage with the mystic roots of spirituality. Sohan Qadri, one of India's greatest abstractionists in the genre of meditative moorings passed away early in March. It was at Kumar Gallery's 'Celebration' that collector and friend Virender Kumar had included a series of stellar works by Qadri which revealed his penchant for exploring the notion of emptiness or voids in a series of luminous, dye-infused works on paper.
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Only a poet, a painter and a Tantric yogic practitioner could engage with the mystic roots of spirituality. Sohan Qadri, one of India's greatest abstractionists in the genre of meditative moorings passed away early in March. It was at Kumar Gallery's 'Celebration' that collector and friend Virender Kumar had included a series of stellar works by Qadri which revealed his penchant for exploring the notion of emptiness or voids in a series of luminous, dye-infused works on paper.
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Orientations Asia Week New York March 2011
Sundaram Tagore Gallery will present a group exhibition, "Facing East’, of works that transcend cultural boundaries while reflecting Eastern elements. The show represents artists of Korean, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Uzbeki-Israeli origins. These works define an aesthetic language of East-West dialogue, featuring artists Kim Joon, Nathan Slate Joseph, Sohan Qadri, Hiroshi Senju, Robert Yasuda, Nhat Tran, Amina Ahmed, and Taylor Kuffner. Through their works, these artists struggle to create a sense of beauty that is universal through a wide range of mediums.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery will present a group exhibition, "Facing East’, of works that transcend cultural boundaries while reflecting Eastern elements. The show represents artists of Korean, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Uzbeki-Israeli origins. These works define an aesthetic language of East-West dialogue, featuring artists Kim Joon, Nathan Slate Joseph, Sohan Qadri, Hiroshi Senju, Robert Yasuda, Nhat Tran, Amina Ahmed, and Taylor Kuffner. Through their works, these artists struggle to create a sense of beauty that is universal through a wide range of mediums.
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Life Style Asia Art & The City - About Faces by Lee Waisler March 2011
Waisler known for his socially and politically charged works deal with the Holocaust, Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. His works soon began to reflect his growing interest in Eastern philosophy, and accordingly, became increasingly abstract. It was after Waisler's journey to India in the mid-90s that his works moved toward figuration and away from pure abstraction.
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Waisler known for his socially and politically charged works deal with the Holocaust, Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. His works soon began to reflect his growing interest in Eastern philosophy, and accordingly, became increasingly abstract. It was after Waisler's journey to India in the mid-90s that his works moved toward figuration and away from pure abstraction.
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Weekend Weekly FEBRUARY 2011
There are about 20 portraits of famous individuals arriving at Hollywood Road painted by the American artist Lee Waisler. The subject of these paintings are distinguished people from various fields. But the most striking characteristic of these paintings is the artist's usage of mixed materials -such as wooden sticks, sand and glass onto the thick acrylic paints- to allow the painting to present a totally different texture from the traditional paintings.
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There are about 20 portraits of famous individuals arriving at Hollywood Road painted by the American artist Lee Waisler. The subject of these paintings are distinguished people from various fields. But the most striking characteristic of these paintings is the artist's usage of mixed materials -such as wooden sticks, sand and glass onto the thick acrylic paints- to allow the painting to present a totally different texture from the traditional paintings.
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Gallery Guide Lee Waisler - About Faces March 2011
For his second solo exhibition in Hong Kong, California-based American painter Lee Waisler presents a series of moving portraits of historical and contemporary figures. Having practiced abstraction for decades, Waisler returned to figuration full-force six years ago, making what he calls "dimensional portraits," combining strips of wood and blocks of color to create nuanced faces and figures.
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For his second solo exhibition in Hong Kong, California-based American painter Lee Waisler presents a series of moving portraits of historical and contemporary figures. Having practiced abstraction for decades, Waisler returned to figuration full-force six years ago, making what he calls "dimensional portraits," combining strips of wood and blocks of color to create nuanced faces and figures.
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Home - The Standard Art at Home February
In recognition of those who contributed themselves to creating a better environment for the human race, California-based American painter Lee Waisler is presenting a series of moving portraits of historical and contemporary figures in About Faces, his second solo exhibition in Hong Kong.
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In recognition of those who contributed themselves to creating a better environment for the human race, California-based American painter Lee Waisler is presenting a series of moving portraits of historical and contemporary figures in About Faces, his second solo exhibition in Hong Kong.
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CNN Go Interview with Sundaram Tagore February 2011
The first international gallerist to come to Hong Kong, Sundaram Tagore is now premiering his debut documentary
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The first international gallerist to come to Hong Kong, Sundaram Tagore is now premiering his debut documentary
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Glass Paradise Lost January 2011
Edward Burtynsky's photographs are a document of our modern world. From oil-scarred landscapes and the dream like monotony of manufacturing plants, to the booming industrial backdrop of modern China, his work represents the stark and very real repercussions of our modern way of life. But despite the socio-political nature of his subjects, Burtynsky maintains that he is 'not an activist', he is, at the core, an artist.
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Edward Burtynsky's photographs are a document of our modern world. From oil-scarred landscapes and the dream like monotony of manufacturing plants, to the booming industrial backdrop of modern China, his work represents the stark and very real repercussions of our modern way of life. But despite the socio-political nature of his subjects, Burtynsky maintains that he is 'not an activist', he is, at the core, an artist.
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Daily Beast Jane McAdam Freud Continues Sigmund Freud's Legacy January 2011
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Wall Street Journal Chipping Away at the Life of the Mind January 2011
"Jane McAdam Freud has never seen a shrink. But as an artist and the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, she has plenty to say about theories of the unconscious that have shaped our understanding of the human condition for more than a century.
Freudian theory has long been used as a tool to process modern art, but few artists have consciously created an oeuvre specifically about Sigmund Freud's work - certainly not an artist of the same bloodline. Ms. McAdam Freud's new collection, "Random Plus," explores theories of the unconscious, dream analysis, sexuality and repeated experiences using a vast collection of multimedia pieces fashioned from bronze, clay and copper."
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"Jane McAdam Freud has never seen a shrink. But as an artist and the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, she has plenty to say about theories of the unconscious that have shaped our understanding of the human condition for more than a century.
Freudian theory has long been used as a tool to process modern art, but few artists have consciously created an oeuvre specifically about Sigmund Freud's work - certainly not an artist of the same bloodline. Ms. McAdam Freud's new collection, "Random Plus," explores theories of the unconscious, dream analysis, sexuality and repeated experiences using a vast collection of multimedia pieces fashioned from bronze, clay and copper."
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Asian Art News Edward Burtynsky at Sundaram Tagore Gallery Nov 2010
"Every viewer will see in Burtynsky's work the aspects of nature, and of man's engagement in nature, that seem most significant to him at the time. It may be the beauty of color; it may be the magic of pattern; it may be the bizarre juxtaposition of beauty and industry, or the betrayal of nature or of man that often results from uncontrolled industrial exploitation. Burtynsky's work can generate this diversity of appreciation due to its accessibility, its universality, and its honesty. The artificial is made natural, and man's attack on nature is made beautifully clear."
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"Every viewer will see in Burtynsky's work the aspects of nature, and of man's engagement in nature, that seem most significant to him at the time. It may be the beauty of color; it may be the magic of pattern; it may be the bizarre juxtaposition of beauty and industry, or the betrayal of nature or of man that often results from uncontrolled industrial exploitation. Burtynsky's work can generate this diversity of appreciation due to its accessibility, its universality, and its honesty. The artificial is made natural, and man's attack on nature is made beautifully clear."
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Artforum critics' picks Edward Burtynsky October 2010
"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's first solo exhibition in Hong Kong offers works made between 1985 and 2008. His longtime preoccupation with the effect that industrial operations have on the earth is apparent: The large-sale photographs show how various industries currently dominate landscapes around the world, from oil fields to highways, electronics factories to car lots."
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"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's first solo exhibition in Hong Kong offers works made between 1985 and 2008. His longtime preoccupation with the effect that industrial operations have on the earth is apparent: The large-sale photographs show how various industries currently dominate landscapes around the world, from oil fields to highways, electronics factories to car lots."
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South China Morning Post Edward Burtynsky --- The photographer tells Yvonne Lai why he takes a wide angle view of humanity's industrial impact October 2010
"After following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam [documented in the film Manufactured Landscapes], I'm now doing a series on dams further up the Yangtze as part of a series on water. The kind of meditation I did on oil [in a book published in 2008], I'm doing on water. I see them both as having huge human implications."
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"After following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam [documented in the film Manufactured Landscapes], I'm now doing a series on dams further up the Yangtze as part of a series on water. The kind of meditation I did on oil [in a book published in 2008], I'm doing on water. I see them both as having huge human implications."
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Asia Tatler Edward Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes October 2010
"If aliens wanted to understand modern civilization as it is today, they would probably look at Ed Burtynsky's photographs. His large-scale works show monstrous quarries, poisonous metal tailings, spaghetti highways and sprawling oil fields."
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"If aliens wanted to understand modern civilization as it is today, they would probably look at Ed Burtynsky's photographs. His large-scale works show monstrous quarries, poisonous metal tailings, spaghetti highways and sprawling oil fields."
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Straits Times Arts fair takes boutique route October 2010
"Gallery directors are optimistic about the Singapore art market... New York-based Sundaram Tagore... said: 'The Singaporean community in the artistic context has matured. You see so many more museums, and the Government is taking a greater interest in art.'"
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"Gallery directors are optimistic about the Singapore art market... New York-based Sundaram Tagore... said: 'The Singaporean community in the artistic context has matured. You see so many more museums, and the Government is taking a greater interest in art.'"
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The Wall Street Journal Weekend Art Picks in Asia October 2010
"Famous for his panoramic color photographs of natural landscapes that teem with mining, industrial and building activity, Edward Burtynsky is finally getting a one-man show in Asia."
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"Famous for his panoramic color photographs of natural landscapes that teem with mining, industrial and building activity, Edward Burtynsky is finally getting a one-man show in Asia."
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HK Magazine Upclose with Edward Burtynsky October 2010
"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is famous for his visually striking and disarmingly beautiful large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. During his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, he talks to Penny Zhou about his industrial background and the messages behind his images."
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"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is famous for his visually striking and disarmingly beautiful large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. During his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, he talks to Penny Zhou about his industrial background and the messages behind his images."
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South China Morning Post Stage set for flurry of art sales and shows September 2010
"Today is arguable one of the busiest days in Asia's art calendar with the Fine Art Asia fair as well as autumn art sales by Seoul Auction and Sotheby's taking place in Wan Chai [...] Sundaram Tagore has said time had proved him right about setting up in the city."
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"Today is arguable one of the busiest days in Asia's art calendar with the Fine Art Asia fair as well as autumn art sales by Seoul Auction and Sotheby's taking place in Wan Chai [...] Sundaram Tagore has said time had proved him right about setting up in the city."
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INDESIGNLIVE Edward Burtynsky Exhibition September 2010
"As an industrial designer, the profession presents me with an intrinsic irony.
It celebrates the possibilities of producing beautiful things. But it also exposes the disarming reality of where things come from."
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"As an industrial designer, the profession presents me with an intrinsic irony.
It celebrates the possibilities of producing beautiful things. But it also exposes the disarming reality of where things come from."
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CNN Go Beastly-Beautiful Industrial Landscapes Through the Lens of Edward Burtynsky September 2010
"Back in 1984 when the HSBC tower was first being built, planes still landed in Kai Tak Airport and the jetfoil ride to Macau was considered a long trip, photographer Edward Burtynsky arrived Hong Kong. It was the first place in Asia the Canadian had traveled to. We caught up with Burtynsky before he jetted off to Fuijian province, and chatted about being detained by Chinese police, getting access to Saudi Arabian oil fields and that first trip to Asia"
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"Back in 1984 when the HSBC tower was first being built, planes still landed in Kai Tak Airport and the jetfoil ride to Macau was considered a long trip, photographer Edward Burtynsky arrived Hong Kong. It was the first place in Asia the Canadian had traveled to. We caught up with Burtynsky before he jetted off to Fuijian province, and chatted about being detained by Chinese police, getting access to Saudi Arabian oil fields and that first trip to Asia"
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Artdaily.org Adi Da Samraj "Orpheus and Linead" Opens at Sundaram Tagore Gallery September 2010
"Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York and it features several works that have never been shown publicly."
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"Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York and it features several works that have never been shown publicly."
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The Standard Price of Prosperity September
"Vast. Intricate. Awe-inspiring. Depressing. Momentous. Stagnant. These conflicting words come to mind when gazing on the universally acclaimed works of Edward Burtynsky. The Canadian photographer is best known for capturing a global panoply of images featuring breathtaking scenes with a man-and-environment theme"
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"Vast. Intricate. Awe-inspiring. Depressing. Momentous. Stagnant. These conflicting words come to mind when gazing on the universally acclaimed works of Edward Burtynsky. The Canadian photographer is best known for capturing a global panoply of images featuring breathtaking scenes with a man-and-environment theme"
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Hong Kong Gallery Guide Through the lens of Edward Burtynsky September 2010
"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is internationally known for his works on man- made landscapes that render, with disconcerting beauty, grave matters of industrial transformation. For its photography focussed issue, The Hong Kong Gallery Guide caught up with Burtynsky ahead of his exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, to hear his views on photography as an art form, collecting art, and his creative vision."
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"Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is internationally known for his works on man- made landscapes that render, with disconcerting beauty, grave matters of industrial transformation. For its photography focussed issue, The Hong Kong Gallery Guide caught up with Burtynsky ahead of his exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, to hear his views on photography as an art form, collecting art, and his creative vision."
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Art News Robert Yasuda September 2010
"Yasuda's paintings are like shields or tablets awaiting a future generation to record its history on them."
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"Yasuda's paintings are like shields or tablets awaiting a future generation to record its history on them."
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Glass Burtynsky's 1st solo exhibition in Hong Kong AUGUST 2010
World-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, known for his disarmingly beautiful images of industrial landscapes, is to have his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Canadian artist presents large-scale photographs shot in Hong Kong, China, India, Azerbaijan, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, and the United States.
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World-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, known for his disarmingly beautiful images of industrial landscapes, is to have his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Canadian artist presents large-scale photographs shot in Hong Kong, China, India, Azerbaijan, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, and the United States.
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West East Magazine Arrested Memories July 2010
“The sky was red. It was like a volcano had erupted in the clouds,” Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph whispers to me in his thick Brooklyn accent. He is recalling the year 1948, when bomb blasts shook Israel and he was just a boy. Joseph pauses before explaining, “When I create sculptures, I go back to the colours and materials I was raised around. It’s like an act of arresting memories.” Indeed it is as though Joseph is gazing into the depths of his childhood when he constructs his deeply coloured metal works."
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“The sky was red. It was like a volcano had erupted in the clouds,” Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph whispers to me in his thick Brooklyn accent. He is recalling the year 1948, when bomb blasts shook Israel and he was just a boy. Joseph pauses before explaining, “When I create sculptures, I go back to the colours and materials I was raised around. It’s like an act of arresting memories.” Indeed it is as though Joseph is gazing into the depths of his childhood when he constructs his deeply coloured metal works."
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West East Magazine The Kim Joon Intrusion July 2010
"Art to humanity, like hope to life, is the purpose of being, the main cog of an apparatus; convincing eyes and souls that dreams exist to be shaped, desires to be fulfilled, taboos to be wrecked. In between political and commercial propaganda, some artists find their place amidst a realm of the non sequitur. Kim Joon is an artist of this kind. Ren Wan loses grip of herself amidst Kim Joon’s beguiling imagery. "
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"Art to humanity, like hope to life, is the purpose of being, the main cog of an apparatus; convincing eyes and souls that dreams exist to be shaped, desires to be fulfilled, taboos to be wrecked. In between political and commercial propaganda, some artists find their place amidst a realm of the non sequitur. Kim Joon is an artist of this kind. Ren Wan loses grip of herself amidst Kim Joon’s beguiling imagery. "
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Hong Kong Tatler Rust Never Sleeps July 2010
"Emeralds, rubies, sapphires, 24-karat gold. Aquamarine, topaz, amber, turquoise. The sizzling colours of the pigments in the paintings and sculptures of Nathan Slate Joseph nearly leap off the walls of the gallery; looking at them, you might think the artist has ground up precious stones to create his works. The colours are so saturated yet so organic that it’s difficult to resist the urge to touch them."
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"Emeralds, rubies, sapphires, 24-karat gold. Aquamarine, topaz, amber, turquoise. The sizzling colours of the pigments in the paintings and sculptures of Nathan Slate Joseph nearly leap off the walls of the gallery; looking at them, you might think the artist has ground up precious stones to create his works. The colours are so saturated yet so organic that it’s difficult to resist the urge to touch them."
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Color Magazine An Uneasy Contradiction Surveying the career of Edward Burtynsky July 2010
"From the mid-1980s to the present, photographer Edward Burtynsky has made beautiful images of landscapes we'd rather not see. He photographs sites that are essential to our worldwide energy consumption: open-pit mines, refineries, quarries, and uranium tailings. More recently, he has photographed landscapes we couldn't imagine without his camera: China's relocation of millions of citizens to make way for the Three Gorges Dam, E-waste recycling, tire dumps, and ship- breaking. For two decades, Burtynsky's environmentally conscious photographs have grown from picturing quiet, seemingly benign hillsides with houses and dogs to the flagrantly poisonous, in the red river tailings of Sudbury, Ontario."
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"From the mid-1980s to the present, photographer Edward Burtynsky has made beautiful images of landscapes we'd rather not see. He photographs sites that are essential to our worldwide energy consumption: open-pit mines, refineries, quarries, and uranium tailings. More recently, he has photographed landscapes we couldn't imagine without his camera: China's relocation of millions of citizens to make way for the Three Gorges Dam, E-waste recycling, tire dumps, and ship- breaking. For two decades, Burtynsky's environmentally conscious photographs have grown from picturing quiet, seemingly benign hillsides with houses and dogs to the flagrantly poisonous, in the red river tailings of Sudbury, Ontario."
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Time Out Hong Kong Interview: Edward Burtynsky July 2010
"On his way to document the Gulf spill, the Canadian photographer talks to Edmund Lee about his fascination with the imageries of urban and industrial transformation. It is with the industrial landscapes created by mankind that one can best judge its progress and failings, and Edward Burtynsky has been taking a front row seat in these spectacles of environmental disasters for nearly three decades. The 55-year-old Canadian artist's large-format colour photographs have drawn worldwide acclaim for the sublime beauty they captured."
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"On his way to document the Gulf spill, the Canadian photographer talks to Edmund Lee about his fascination with the imageries of urban and industrial transformation. It is with the industrial landscapes created by mankind that one can best judge its progress and failings, and Edward Burtynsky has been taking a front row seat in these spectacles of environmental disasters for nearly three decades. The 55-year-old Canadian artist's large-format colour photographs have drawn worldwide acclaim for the sublime beauty they captured."
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Living Galleries Sundaram Tagore Gallery - Hong Kong July 2010
"Sundaram Tagore Gallery opened its doors in 2000 with a mission to foster the exchange of ideas between different cultures. With three locations in New York, Hong Kong and Beverly Hills, the stable of transnational artists straddles the terrain of east and west. The artists fail from such countries as India, Japan, Korea, , Uzbekistan, Mexico, Europe and America. The galleries have become known for cultural activities and collaborative events across the world."
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"Sundaram Tagore Gallery opened its doors in 2000 with a mission to foster the exchange of ideas between different cultures. With three locations in New York, Hong Kong and Beverly Hills, the stable of transnational artists straddles the terrain of east and west. The artists fail from such countries as India, Japan, Korea, , Uzbekistan, Mexico, Europe and America. The galleries have become known for cultural activities and collaborative events across the world."
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Portfolio Edward Burtynsky's Negative Sublime
"Over the last three decades, Edward Burtynsky has created a body of images he describes as tracing "the man-made transformations our civilisation has imposed upon nature". This is a modest formulation with which to describe landscape photographs of often vast scale and stunning ocular power. Burtynsky's camera surveys terrain apparently subject to Promethean forces: quarries sit like mammoth inverted buildings, gouged out according to an unnatural symmetry. A mine tailing spreads luminous poison across blackened countryside, a suppurating geological sore. Oil derricks stretch like advancing robots as far as any human eye can see."
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"Over the last three decades, Edward Burtynsky has created a body of images he describes as tracing "the man-made transformations our civilisation has imposed upon nature". This is a modest formulation with which to describe landscape photographs of often vast scale and stunning ocular power. Burtynsky's camera surveys terrain apparently subject to Promethean forces: quarries sit like mammoth inverted buildings, gouged out according to an unnatural symmetry. A mine tailing spreads luminous poison across blackened countryside, a suppurating geological sore. Oil derricks stretch like advancing robots as far as any human eye can see."
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The New York Times Burtynsky's Account: Adding Up the Price that Nature Pays January 2004
"Edward Burtynsky views the world through a large-format camera and finds beauty in highly improbable places. For nearly 20 years his subject has been the ravages of heavy industry, seen at a scale so vast as to be unimaginable."
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"Edward Burtynsky views the world through a large-format camera and finds beauty in highly improbable places. For nearly 20 years his subject has been the ravages of heavy industry, seen at a scale so vast as to be unimaginable."
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Time Magazine Made in Canada: Frame of Work September 2005
"Edward Burtynsky wants to start a conversation about change. His photography documents the massive impact of human beings on the earth's landscape. He has filled his view finder with nickel mines in Sundbury, marble quarries in Italy and the demolition of the Yangtze River vallery in China. The enormous, deeply colorful prints he produces are both sublime and horrible."
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"Edward Burtynsky wants to start a conversation about change. His photography documents the massive impact of human beings on the earth's landscape. He has filled his view finder with nickel mines in Sundbury, marble quarries in Italy and the demolition of the Yangtze River vallery in China. The enormous, deeply colorful prints he produces are both sublime and horrible."
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Art in America The Toxic Sublime February 2006
"Edward Burtynsky's grandly scaled photographs of industrial wastelands and detritus radiate a beauty as fearsome as it is spectacular. His recent retrospective confronted viewers with the true (but not quite hidden) cost of fulfilling our consumerist desires"
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"Edward Burtynsky's grandly scaled photographs of industrial wastelands and detritus radiate a beauty as fearsome as it is spectacular. His recent retrospective confronted viewers with the true (but not quite hidden) cost of fulfilling our consumerist desires"
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Toronto Life The eyes of Ed Burtynsky February 2004
"He has photographed slag heaps in Sundbury, marble quaries in Italy and disintegrating cities along the Yangtze. How a miner turned entrepreneur conjures beauty from devastation, changing the way we see the world"
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"He has photographed slag heaps in Sundbury, marble quaries in Italy and disintegrating cities along the Yangtze. How a miner turned entrepreneur conjures beauty from devastation, changing the way we see the world"
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Collections The Wish Maker: Edward Burtynsky February 2007
"As a recipient of the TED prize, Burtynsky received his wishes, becoming a founding member of an exclusive club that includes the likes of Bono and Bill Clinton. Make no mistake, however; this is not a prize to be wasted on the self indulgent. Upon acceptance, the winner is charged with saving the world of its ills, armed only with their reputation, a sharp mind and a purse of $100,000."
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"As a recipient of the TED prize, Burtynsky received his wishes, becoming a founding member of an exclusive club that includes the likes of Bono and Bill Clinton. Make no mistake, however; this is not a prize to be wasted on the self indulgent. Upon acceptance, the winner is charged with saving the world of its ills, armed only with their reputation, a sharp mind and a purse of $100,000."
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Art Forum Edward Burtynsky November 2005
"Uncomfortable ironies abound in Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky's large color photographs of ravaged natural terrain. Burtynsky's subjects have consistently been landscapes in which the process of industrialization has resulted in spectacles that dwarf the likes of Michael Heizer's sprawling City, 1970-99. Burtynsky's work is undeniably gorgeous yet maintains connections to the documentary"
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"Uncomfortable ironies abound in Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky's large color photographs of ravaged natural terrain. Burtynsky's subjects have consistently been landscapes in which the process of industrialization has resulted in spectacles that dwarf the likes of Michael Heizer's sprawling City, 1970-99. Burtynsky's work is undeniably gorgeous yet maintains connections to the documentary"
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Time Out Hong Kong Art Guide 2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery June 2010
"When the New York-based art historian and gallerist Sundaram Tagore decided to open a space in Hong Kong, he brought a wave of fresh inspiration to Hollywood Road. A descendant of poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, the gallerist immediately inserted his intellectual edge into the district, with a series of historically important, and sometimes museum-quality, exhibitions"
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"When the New York-based art historian and gallerist Sundaram Tagore decided to open a space in Hong Kong, he brought a wave of fresh inspiration to Hollywood Road. A descendant of poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, the gallerist immediately inserted his intellectual edge into the district, with a series of historically important, and sometimes museum-quality, exhibitions"
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Hong Kong Gallery Guide Talking with the Walls June 2010
"Standing in a room of Nathan Slate Joseph works is a meditative experience. One is drawn into a tranquility that seems at odds with the expected dissonance that such a variance of colors could create. Joseph surprisingly presents us with a playful and joyous symphony of colors."
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"Standing in a room of Nathan Slate Joseph works is a meditative experience. One is drawn into a tranquility that seems at odds with the expected dissonance that such a variance of colors could create. Joseph surprisingly presents us with a playful and joyous symphony of colors."
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Kee Magazine Alternate Worlds May 2010
"Natvar Bhavsar's abstract expressionist art offers a spiritual portal to colourful auras and parallel universes. The prolific artist's expansive mind-altering pieces are the impetus for self-examination. His first exhibition in Hong Kong at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery entitled 'RANG' is Sanskrit for both a surge of colour and achieving a state of pure ecstasy."
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"Natvar Bhavsar's abstract expressionist art offers a spiritual portal to colourful auras and parallel universes. The prolific artist's expansive mind-altering pieces are the impetus for self-examination. His first exhibition in Hong Kong at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery entitled 'RANG' is Sanskrit for both a surge of colour and achieving a state of pure ecstasy."
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Whole Life Times Return of the Seeker May 2010
"Sohan Qadri, by all accounts, has had a fascinating journey. An acclaimed artist, published poet and tantric Buddhist yogi, Qadri is known for his stunningly beautiful dye-infused works inspired by his spirituality. On the deepest level, Qadri's work could be described as a yogic diagram of the cosmos, a sacred roadmap for the practice of tantra."
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"Sohan Qadri, by all accounts, has had a fascinating journey. An acclaimed artist, published poet and tantric Buddhist yogi, Qadri is known for his stunningly beautiful dye-infused works inspired by his spirituality. On the deepest level, Qadri's work could be described as a yogic diagram of the cosmos, a sacred roadmap for the practice of tantra."
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In Magazine Talking with the Walls May 2010
"Famed New Yorker Nathan Slate Joseph's exhibition opens in Sundaram Tagore Gallery from May 5 – June 10. The Israeli-born artist unveils a new series of stunningly vibrant works. Scouring the streets of the city, he gathers scrap metal which he assembles into paintings and vessels. Intensely coloured, Joseph's art blurs the boundaries between painting and sculpture, East and West, nature and the manmade."
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"Famed New Yorker Nathan Slate Joseph's exhibition opens in Sundaram Tagore Gallery from May 5 – June 10. The Israeli-born artist unveils a new series of stunningly vibrant works. Scouring the streets of the city, he gathers scrap metal which he assembles into paintings and vessels. Intensely coloured, Joseph's art blurs the boundaries between painting and sculpture, East and West, nature and the manmade."
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Asian Art News The Lure of Metal and Color May 2010
"The Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph has had a life-long engagement with metal and color: For Joseph metal is something that is alive, something he relates to. Combined with his astute understanding of color; Joseph's art speaks to the nuances of the environment and his rich memories of time and place"
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"The Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph has had a life-long engagement with metal and color: For Joseph metal is something that is alive, something he relates to. Combined with his astute understanding of color; Joseph's art speaks to the nuances of the environment and his rich memories of time and place"
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HK Magazine HK Picks: Nathan Slate Joseph May 2010
"By exposing pigment-stained metal to rain, wind and sunshine, Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph achieves unpredictable colors on his new steel paintings and sculptures."
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"By exposing pigment-stained metal to rain, wind and sunshine, Uzbek-Israeli artist Nathan Slate Joseph achieves unpredictable colors on his new steel paintings and sculptures."
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Orientations Calendar of Events April 2010
"Joan Vennum is a New York-based artist who creates luminous paintings flooded with color. She is known for her dreamlike canvases covered with thin layers of repeated brushstrokes.This newest series of oils emerged from Vennum's recent journey through India. "
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"Joan Vennum is a New York-based artist who creates luminous paintings flooded with color. She is known for her dreamlike canvases covered with thin layers of repeated brushstrokes.This newest series of oils emerged from Vennum's recent journey through India. "
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ArtSlant Sundaram Tagore Gallery - Hong Kong April 2010
"New works by American artist Joan Vennum inspired by India. Composed of broad fields of colour, the paintings invite viewers into a realm governed by imagination and nature. Collapsed horizon lines conjure an infinite and encompassing space"
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"New works by American artist Joan Vennum inspired by India. Composed of broad fields of colour, the paintings invite viewers into a realm governed by imagination and nature. Collapsed horizon lines conjure an infinite and encompassing space"
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C-Arts Art Asia: Intriguing Western Outlook on the Asian Market April 2010
"ART ASIA has busied itself with establishing a reputation as the unchallenged focal point for contemporary Asian Art collectors in the U.S. Sundaram Tagore Gallery's curated show "SIGNS: Contemporary Arab Art" was well received by both visitors and collectors and was cited by Yolande Whitcomb, ART ASIA's global relations representative, as an example of "ART ASIA's commitment to representing a broad range of Asian art."
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"ART ASIA has busied itself with establishing a reputation as the unchallenged focal point for contemporary Asian Art collectors in the U.S. Sundaram Tagore Gallery's curated show "SIGNS: Contemporary Arab Art" was well received by both visitors and collectors and was cited by Yolande Whitcomb, ART ASIA's global relations representative, as an example of "ART ASIA's commitment to representing a broad range of Asian art."
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artdaily.org Luminous, Dye-infused Works on Paper by Sohan Qadri at Sundaram Tagore Gallery April 2010
"A poet, painter and Tantric yogi, Sohan Qadri is deeply engaged with spirituality. For this show, the artist, who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark, unveils a new series of luminous, dye-infused works on paper exploring the notion of emptiness or voids. Qadri rhythmically serrates and punctures the surface of paper as part of his meditation practice. Relying on a language of orifices and elongated paths or lines, he abandons representation in search of transcendence. "
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"A poet, painter and Tantric yogi, Sohan Qadri is deeply engaged with spirituality. For this show, the artist, who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark, unveils a new series of luminous, dye-infused works on paper exploring the notion of emptiness or voids. Qadri rhythmically serrates and punctures the surface of paper as part of his meditation practice. Relying on a language of orifices and elongated paths or lines, he abandons representation in search of transcendence. "
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Culture The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar April 2010
"Today, more than forty years after his arrival in the United States, Natvar Bhavsar is recognized by critics and historians as having extended the language of abstract painting."
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"Today, more than forty years after his arrival in the United States, Natvar Bhavsar is recognized by critics and historians as having extended the language of abstract painting."
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Modern Home The Exquisite Color of India March 2010
"Following his exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Indian-born artist Natvar Bhavsar's new works finally arrive at Sundaram Tagore Gallery for his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Natvar's creations are inspired by the Indian traditions of the spring festival Holi– in which people throw bright pigment powders on each other. The works are also influenced by the traditional Indian art form of Rangoli, where people use pigment powder, flour, sand, spices or chalk dust to create imagery on the floor. Devoted to the exploration of color, Natvar is widely acclaimed for his unique paintings."
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"Following his exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Indian-born artist Natvar Bhavsar's new works finally arrive at Sundaram Tagore Gallery for his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Natvar's creations are inspired by the Indian traditions of the spring festival Holi– in which people throw bright pigment powders on each other. The works are also influenced by the traditional Indian art form of Rangoli, where people use pigment powder, flour, sand, spices or chalk dust to create imagery on the floor. Devoted to the exploration of color, Natvar is widely acclaimed for his unique paintings."
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Prestige RANG by Natvar Bhavsar March 2010
"New York-based colour master Natvar Bhavsar's exhibition continues at Sundaram Tagore Gallery."
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"New York-based colour master Natvar Bhavsar's exhibition continues at Sundaram Tagore Gallery."
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ArtSlant Rainbow in Translation March 2010
"Closing this week at Sundaram Tagore's Hong Kong space is the first East Asian retrospective of Natvar Bhavsar, a famed Indian artist who made his career in New York and his name in Venice. I must agree with the acquisition curators of major museums around the globe: his work is stunning, It is at once immediate and meditative, and refreshingly bereft of conceptual conceit."
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"Closing this week at Sundaram Tagore's Hong Kong space is the first East Asian retrospective of Natvar Bhavsar, a famed Indian artist who made his career in New York and his name in Venice. I must agree with the acquisition curators of major museums around the globe: his work is stunning, It is at once immediate and meditative, and refreshingly bereft of conceptual conceit."
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Art Forum Critics' Picks: Natvar Bhavsar March 2010
"Natvar Bhavsar continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with pure color pigment in his solo exhibition "Rang," which consists of twenty-two paintings created during a twenty-year span, with many made in
the past two years."
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"Natvar Bhavsar continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with pure color pigment in his solo exhibition "Rang," which consists of twenty-two paintings created during a twenty-year span, with many made in
the past two years."
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Hong Kong Gallery Guide The Space Around Us March 2010
Joan Vennum is New York-based artist who creates luminous, color-flooded paintings that are at once abstract and figurative. She is known for her dreamlike canvases covered with thin layers of repeated brushstrokes.
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Joan Vennum is New York-based artist who creates luminous, color-flooded paintings that are at once abstract and figurative. She is known for her dreamlike canvases covered with thin layers of repeated brushstrokes.
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Art Forum Critics' Picks: Denise Green February 2010
"The painting in Denise Green's latest exhibition, "Wonder and Evanescence," are florally themed but not flowery - they are serious latter-day abstractions. This is unsurprising given that the New York veteran trained at Hunter College some forty years ago with Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell."
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"The painting in Denise Green's latest exhibition, "Wonder and Evanescence," are florally themed but not flowery - they are serious latter-day abstractions. This is unsurprising given that the New York veteran trained at Hunter College some forty years ago with Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell."
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South China Morning Post Preview: RANG February 2010
"Natvar Bhavsar, best know for his pure-pigment paintings, says colours are like sounds that reverberate with rhythm. The New York-based Indian artist says that over the past 50 years he has created art that investigates the 'power and possibilities' of colour. In his latest exhibition, RANG, opening at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery next Wednesday, he further explores the subtle energy of colours"
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"Natvar Bhavsar, best know for his pure-pigment paintings, says colours are like sounds that reverberate with rhythm. The New York-based Indian artist says that over the past 50 years he has created art that investigates the 'power and possibilities' of colour. In his latest exhibition, RANG, opening at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery next Wednesday, he further explores the subtle energy of colours"
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Time Out Hong Kong Interview: Natvar Bhavsar February 3 - 16 2010
"Ahead of his first Hong Kong exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, the world-renowned abstract expressionist and color field pioneer tells Mary Agnew about making it in New York, hanging with Rothko and Pollock, and the search for ecstacy."
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"Ahead of his first Hong Kong exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, the world-renowned abstract expressionist and color field pioneer tells Mary Agnew about making it in New York, hanging with Rothko and Pollock, and the search for ecstacy."
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Asian Art News Kim Joon at Sundaram Tagore Gallery January / February 2010
"Korean artist Kim Joon has an enduring interest in hidden desires. Using animation photography Kim makes templates of three-dimensional human figures, which he then embellishes with bright tattoo designs. There is a striking visual quality to Kim's work that owes a great debt to his training as a painter."
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"Korean artist Kim Joon has an enduring interest in hidden desires. Using animation photography Kim makes templates of three-dimensional human figures, which he then embellishes with bright tattoo designs. There is a striking visual quality to Kim's work that owes a great debt to his training as a painter."
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Contemporary Practices Arab Art in Focus: A Short Survey November 2009
"For a long time the Arab art scene fell under the radar screen of the western world. Only a short three years ago, hardly anyone spoke of modern and contemporary art from Arab countries. But, lo and behold, it has now come into the range of the international art world [...] Signs – Contemporary Arab Art at Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents for the first time a selection of seven Arab artists. For all of them, calligraphy plays a vital role in their consciousness and their work."
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"For a long time the Arab art scene fell under the radar screen of the western world. Only a short three years ago, hardly anyone spoke of modern and contemporary art from Arab countries. But, lo and behold, it has now come into the range of the international art world [...] Signs – Contemporary Arab Art at Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents for the first time a selection of seven Arab artists. For all of them, calligraphy plays a vital role in their consciousness and their work."
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Asian Art News Elegance And Integrity November 2009
"Any exhibition of contemporary Arab art is an important step in creating inter-cultural dialogue and understanding beyond the prejudices that prevail about Arabs and Muslims. Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, featuring the work of seven contemporary artists and curated by Karin Adrian von Roques, at New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery, is one such show."
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"Any exhibition of contemporary Arab art is an important step in creating inter-cultural dialogue and understanding beyond the prejudices that prevail about Arabs and Muslims. Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, featuring the work of seven contemporary artists and curated by Karin Adrian von Roques, at New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery, is one such show."
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Weekend Weekly Luxury Brands Embedded Upon Human Bodies November 2009
"Having exhibited widely across the world, this is Kim Joon's first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Korean artist uses digital printing techniques to superimpose images upon nude bodies, creating colorful body tattoos. When you look closer at the artworks, you discover that various luxury brands including Westwood and Ferragamo are embedded on the bodies."
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"Having exhibited widely across the world, this is Kim Joon's first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Korean artist uses digital printing techniques to superimpose images upon nude bodies, creating colorful body tattoos. When you look closer at the artworks, you discover that various luxury brands including Westwood and Ferragamo are embedded on the bodies."
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Hong Kong Gallery Guide Cascading Time November 2009
"It would be no exaggeration to call the works of Hiroshi Senju 'out of this world.' In his first solo show in Hong Kong at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, the celebrated Japanese artist reveals a new dimension to his inner vision. Transcendence flows through his sublime waterfalls and fills the landscape of canyons and cliffs, in a series of new works that are unveiled especially for the local audience."
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"It would be no exaggeration to call the works of Hiroshi Senju 'out of this world.' In his first solo show in Hong Kong at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, the celebrated Japanese artist reveals a new dimension to his inner vision. Transcendence flows through his sublime waterfalls and fills the landscape of canyons and cliffs, in a series of new works that are unveiled especially for the local audience."
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Financial Times Guide Arts Around the World October 2009
"Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, opening on Wednesday at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, displays the work of seven contemporary Middle Eastern artists, in particular their treatment of ancient Islamic art. Traditional calligraphy and symbols infuse the work of Qatari artist Yousef Ahmad, who distills Arabic letters into abstract shapes, while Syrian artist Khaled Al-Saa'i draws on Sufi philosophy, painting words into spacious landscapes."
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"Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, opening on Wednesday at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, displays the work of seven contemporary Middle Eastern artists, in particular their treatment of ancient Islamic art. Traditional calligraphy and symbols infuse the work of Qatari artist Yousef Ahmad, who distills Arabic letters into abstract shapes, while Syrian artist Khaled Al-Saa'i draws on Sufi philosophy, painting words into spacious landscapes."
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The Gulf Today Signing on Middle East October 2009
"Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, a groundbreaking art exhibition from Sundaram Tagore galleries, New York, to run from October 14 to November 14 offers a rare glimpse into the Arab art world. The first of its kind in New York, the exhibition presents the work of seven influential artists from various countries in the Middle East"
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"Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, a groundbreaking art exhibition from Sundaram Tagore galleries, New York, to run from October 14 to November 14 offers a rare glimpse into the Arab art world. The first of its kind in New York, the exhibition presents the work of seven influential artists from various countries in the Middle East"
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ARTgazine Marilyn Monroe: The Pop Art Queen September 2009
Marilyn Monroe, with emblematic ruby red lips,significant black eyeliner and trademark white-blonde hair, became the Pop Art Queen - often celebrated as a symbol of female sexuality buy sometimes used to condemn society's commercialization of sex...Contemporary artists continued to explore different concepts in representing Marilyn in our times.
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Marilyn Monroe, with emblematic ruby red lips,significant black eyeliner and trademark white-blonde hair, became the Pop Art Queen - often celebrated as a symbol of female sexuality buy sometimes used to condemn society's commercialization of sex...Contemporary artists continued to explore different concepts in representing Marilyn in our times.
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ARTgazine A Vibrant Platform for Modern and Contemporary Art September 2009
"The Art section of Hong Kong International Art and Antiques Fair 2009 will feature exceptional works by celebrated artists in a diversity of artistic styles and media. Sundaram Tagore Gallery of New York, Beverly Hills and Hong Kong will show work that encourages a dialogue between the East and West. Featured artists include Hiroshi Senju(Japan), Sohan Qadri (India) and Kim Joon (Korea) along with Susan Weil (USA), Natvar Bhavsar (India)."
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"The Art section of Hong Kong International Art and Antiques Fair 2009 will feature exceptional works by celebrated artists in a diversity of artistic styles and media. Sundaram Tagore Gallery of New York, Beverly Hills and Hong Kong will show work that encourages a dialogue between the East and West. Featured artists include Hiroshi Senju(Japan), Sohan Qadri (India) and Kim Joon (Korea) along with Susan Weil (USA), Natvar Bhavsar (India)."
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Jet Magazine See The Water, Enter the Mist September 2009
"If one encounters Hiroshi Senju's work in the Tokyo International Airport
hanging high from the ceiling or under the atmospheric lighting of the
Tokyo Grand Hyatt Hotel, one will surely be moved by their power."
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"If one encounters Hiroshi Senju's work in the Tokyo International Airport
hanging high from the ceiling or under the atmospheric lighting of the
Tokyo Grand Hyatt Hotel, one will surely be moved by their power."
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City Magazine Bringing Happiness Home: Hong Kong International Art and Antiques Fair 2009 September 2009
"Aside from exhibiting a wide variety of antiques, the Hong Kong International Art and Antiques fair has also invited contemporary artists to display their latest works. A specially presented work in the fair is Day Falls Night Falls VI by the Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju who was the first Asian artist to receive an individual award in the Venice Biennale. His painting style is a blend of traditional Japanese painting style and contemporary aesthetics."
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"Aside from exhibiting a wide variety of antiques, the Hong Kong International Art and Antiques fair has also invited contemporary artists to display their latest works. A specially presented work in the fair is Day Falls Night Falls VI by the Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju who was the first Asian artist to receive an individual award in the Venice Biennale. His painting style is a blend of traditional Japanese painting style and contemporary aesthetics."
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Time Out Hong Kong Preview: Hiroshi Senju September 2009
"Aesthetically, when the East meets West seamlessly, the results can be staggering. Such is the case for Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju whose waterfall paintings have been renowned for years. In 1995, he became the first Asian artist to receive an individual award at the Venice Biennale, propelling him to become one of Japan's most celebrated artists."
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"Aesthetically, when the East meets West seamlessly, the results can be staggering. Such is the case for Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju whose waterfall paintings have been renowned for years. In 1995, he became the first Asian artist to receive an individual award at the Venice Biennale, propelling him to become one of Japan's most celebrated artists."
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THE Magazine Hiroshi Senju Haruka Naru Aoi Hikari (New Light from Afar) August 2009
"Humans need to commune with the elements of nature and art at its best can provide such an experience of communion. Artists often reflect on nature and transform it into intensely condensed metaphors, poems, and songs.Through his sublime paintings, Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju has contemplated multiple facets of water, especially its fundamental power, for almost twenty years [...]n essence, he transforms solid materials from the earth to create images of elusive aquatic torrents."
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"Humans need to commune with the elements of nature and art at its best can provide such an experience of communion. Artists often reflect on nature and transform it into intensely condensed metaphors, poems, and songs.Through his sublime paintings, Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju has contemplated multiple facets of water, especially its fundamental power, for almost twenty years [...]n essence, he transforms solid materials from the earth to create images of elusive aquatic torrents."
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South China Morning Post Let the Sun Shine On August 2009
"A Hong Kong gallery is taking an upbeat attitude by presenting major names in its exhibitions [...] Even as galleries along the city's arts and antiques hub, Hollywood Road axe show and offer fewer high-priced works to tide over the global credit crunch, Sundaram Tagore continues to showcase major pieces by the artists it represents."
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"A Hong Kong gallery is taking an upbeat attitude by presenting major names in its exhibitions [...] Even as galleries along the city's arts and antiques hub, Hollywood Road axe show and offer fewer high-priced works to tide over the global credit crunch, Sundaram Tagore continues to showcase major pieces by the artists it represents."
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Asian Art News Hosook Kang at Sundaram Tagore Gallery July/August 2009
Korean-born painter Hosook Kang detonates a series of delicate explosions in her second solo show, entitled In-flight. With miniscule flecks of paint she creates the sensation of infinite particles gently dissipating.
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Korean-born painter Hosook Kang detonates a series of delicate explosions in her second solo show, entitled In-flight. With miniscule flecks of paint she creates the sensation of infinite particles gently dissipating.
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World Sculpture News Barry Freedland at Sundaram Tagore Gallery July/August 2009
"Since graduating from his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in sculpture over 20 years ago, Barry Freedland has been working with robotics and computer programs to make a series of machines to make art for him. He raises questions about the notion of the artist/genius alone in his studio, who pushes the act of creation as far as his physical skills will allow him to."
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"Since graduating from his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in sculpture over 20 years ago, Barry Freedland has been working with robotics and computer programs to make a series of machines to make art for him. He raises questions about the notion of the artist/genius alone in his studio, who pushes the act of creation as far as his physical skills will allow him to."
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Hong Kong Economic Times Opportunities in the Arts July 2009
"As the number of galleries and auction houses in Hong Kong rises, there
are an increasing number of work opportunities in the arts. The presence
of overseas galleries is helping to boost the standards of local art
institutions. Gallery owner, Sundaram Tagore, great-grandson of the
influential Indian poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore,
maintains high standards for the internationally-sourced artwork displayed
in his gallery. "
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"As the number of galleries and auction houses in Hong Kong rises, there
are an increasing number of work opportunities in the arts. The presence
of overseas galleries is helping to boost the standards of local art
institutions. Gallery owner, Sundaram Tagore, great-grandson of the
influential Indian poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore,
maintains high standards for the internationally-sourced artwork displayed
in his gallery. "
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Asian Art Newspaper Profile on Hiroshi Senju January 2009
And Finally, after being interested in the sky, I discovered the waterfall. I felt something clicking as if I recognized some kind of DNA that I had in me, like a past memory. I find that a lot of people whether they are Europeans, Americans or Japanese have similar feelings towards waterfalls. I find that these emotions go beyond the boundaries East/West, or old/new. Once I understood what art was all about and that art should go beyond people's boundaries, it was very important for me to further explore that path.
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And Finally, after being interested in the sky, I discovered the waterfall. I felt something clicking as if I recognized some kind of DNA that I had in me, like a past memory. I find that a lot of people whether they are Europeans, Americans or Japanese have similar feelings towards waterfalls. I find that these emotions go beyond the boundaries East/West, or old/new. Once I understood what art was all about and that art should go beyond people's boundaries, it was very important for me to further explore that path.
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Art Observed Susan Weil blueprint, (S. & A. Cohen collection), exhibited at Sotheby's Women exhibition & Gagosian's Go Figure Exhibition July, 2009 - April, 2010
Susan Weil blueprint, (Steve and Alexandra Cohen collection), exhibited at Sotheby's Women exhibition as well as Gagosian's Go Figure exhibition.
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Susan Weil blueprint, (Steve and Alexandra Cohen collection), exhibited at Sotheby's Women exhibition as well as Gagosian's Go Figure exhibition.
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Pop Artists, 1964 photographs by Ken Heyman July 2009
Sundaram Tagore Gallery artist, Ken Heyman, has Warhol portfolio published by Gagosian.
Pop Artists 1964
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery artist, Ken Heyman, has Warhol portfolio published by Gagosian.
Pop Artists 1964
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Art in America Lee Waisler June - July 2009
Very large close-ups of faces greeted viewers entering Lee Waisler's recent show . . . It is often said that a portrait is as much a picture of the artist as of the sitter, and through his selection Waisler implies that their collective outlook on life is indeed is own philosophic self-portrait.
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Very large close-ups of faces greeted viewers entering Lee Waisler's recent show . . . It is often said that a portrait is as much a picture of the artist as of the sitter, and through his selection Waisler implies that their collective outlook on life is indeed is own philosophic self-portrait.
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Decorati Insider Guide to LA's Contemporary Art Scene July 2009
Sundaram Tagore Gallery showing of Hiroshi Senju's Waterfalls are nature inspired, well crafted paintings that express movement.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery showing of Hiroshi Senju's Waterfalls are nature inspired, well crafted paintings that express movement.
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Desi Talk Bhavsar among biggest names at Venice Biennale June, 2009
"Among the biggest names at Fortuny was Bhavsar, the only Indian painter who finds a place besides that of old and modern masters in any serious European view of world art."
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"Among the biggest names at Fortuny was Bhavsar, the only Indian painter who finds a place besides that of old and modern masters in any serious European view of world art."
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The Standard I, robot June 2009
"At the Sundaram Tagore Gallery on Wednesday night, an army of robot hands will be creating works of art for the "Synthetic Surrogate" exhibition. The robots, each mad of a rubber cast of Freedland's hand holding a pen attached to the body of a toy car, are programmed to reach to their surroundings. They might dash away as you get close, or be self-conscious and stop working as you watch"
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"At the Sundaram Tagore Gallery on Wednesday night, an army of robot hands will be creating works of art for the "Synthetic Surrogate" exhibition. The robots, each mad of a rubber cast of Freedland's hand holding a pen attached to the body of a toy car, are programmed to reach to their surroundings. They might dash away as you get close, or be self-conscious and stop working as you watch"
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Time Out Hong Kong Preview: Sythetic Surrogate June 2009
"For his hotly anticipated upcoming show at Sundaram Tagore, Barry Freedland will further his use of technology to explore the issues of artistic agency and human identity in our increasingly tech-enhanced world."
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"For his hotly anticipated upcoming show at Sundaram Tagore, Barry Freedland will further his use of technology to explore the issues of artistic agency and human identity in our increasingly tech-enhanced world."
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Natvar Bhavsar IN-FINITUM To Open at The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia June 6, 2009
Natvar Bhavsar's painting ABDHEE 2006 from a private European collection, will be exhibited in the exhibition IN-FINITUM at Museo Fortuny in Venice during the Venice Biennale.
The infinite
Questioning 'infinity' is a spiritual journey. The human condition strives for perfection, hungers to be in pursuit of completion. On this quest for the imperceptible, the unimaginable, the incomprehensible, man gets confronted with his boundaries and struggles with what is unachievable. It is in this part of incompleteness that the infinite resides, the void, the recipient and source of the all and everything, of the none and nothing. The infinite as a never-ending road to completion, knowledge and enlightenment has inspired intellectuals, artists, scientists and literati since the beginning of reasoning times. Their discoveries and writings, artistic impressions and thoughts will shape another segment of the In-finitum exhibition.
http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?pid=1710&musid=196&sezione=mostre
Natvar Bhavsar's painting ABDHEE 2006 from a private European collection, will be exhibited in the exhibition IN-FINITUM at Museo Fortuny in Venice during the Venice Biennale.
The infinite
Questioning 'infinity' is a spiritual journey. The human condition strives for perfection, hungers to be in pursuit of completion. On this quest for the imperceptible, the unimaginable, the incomprehensible, man gets confronted with his boundaries and struggles with what is unachievable. It is in this part of incompleteness that the infinite resides, the void, the recipient and source of the all and everything, of the none and nothing. The infinite as a never-ending road to completion, knowledge and enlightenment has inspired intellectuals, artists, scientists and literati since the beginning of reasoning times. Their discoveries and writings, artistic impressions and thoughts will shape another segment of the In-finitum exhibition.
http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?pid=1710&musid=196&sezione=mostre
West East Magazine Sundaram Tagore May 2009
""My ball rolled down the hill and when I ran after I saw tiger cubs. That was what made me aware that we had been living in a jungle all this time," says Sundaram Tagore with a smile emerging on his lips."
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""My ball rolled down the hill and when I ran after I saw tiger cubs. That was what made me aware that we had been living in a jungle all this time," says Sundaram Tagore with a smile emerging on his lips."
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Brooklyn Rail Judith Murray: Continuum April 16 - May 23, 2009
Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics, and Culture:
Murray's radiant painting represent a case for the perceptual and the tactile, as well as for an inclusive, open-ended formalism. They look easy, and not, to make, the result of spontaneous bursts of creation as well as arduous structuring and re-structuring. Their ambiguity and darkness are overridden by a fierce optimism powered by a belief in beauty that is both canonical and dissident, idealized and lashed by intimations of mortality.
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Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics, and Culture:
Murray's radiant painting represent a case for the perceptual and the tactile, as well as for an inclusive, open-ended formalism. They look easy, and not, to make, the result of spontaneous bursts of creation as well as arduous structuring and re-structuring. Their ambiguity and darkness are overridden by a fierce optimism powered by a belief in beauty that is both canonical and dissident, idealized and lashed by intimations of mortality.
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Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal Robert Polidori Exhibition MAY 2009
Why wouldn’t the walls have recorded and layered, one on top of the other, all the emotional vibes of the rooms’ successive occupants and visitors? That is the question that has obsessed photographer Robert Polidori for over twenty years, and that makes his photographs of interiors and exteriors so moving and haunting, long after we have seen them.
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Why wouldn’t the walls have recorded and layered, one on top of the other, all the emotional vibes of the rooms’ successive occupants and visitors? That is the question that has obsessed photographer Robert Polidori for over twenty years, and that makes his photographs of interiors and exteriors so moving and haunting, long after we have seen them.
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Newsweek Signs of Life in the Art Market April 2009
The contemporary-art market may be down, but it is definitely not out. In fact, these unKoonsian times, like many downturns before, allow artists and dealers to be more creative, and collectors to focus on the fundamentals […] Sundaram Tagore, a grandnephew of Indian poet Rabindranath and a dealer with galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong says good art works by key artists—especially in the $500,000 and over range—have been moving.
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The contemporary-art market may be down, but it is definitely not out. In fact, these unKoonsian times, like many downturns before, allow artists and dealers to be more creative, and collectors to focus on the fundamentals […] Sundaram Tagore, a grandnephew of Indian poet Rabindranath and a dealer with galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong says good art works by key artists—especially in the $500,000 and over range—have been moving.
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The Peak Hong Kong Down but not Out March 2009
Serious collectors are art's Big New Hope. Foretold is a return to romance of true collectors, long pushed out of the market as prices escalated, returning to the fold to purchase art for its quality and meaning [...] Discerning collectors have collections to assemble, rather than investments, and are not swayed by the latest trends. "There is a sea-change, they are not interested in the glib or the clever," says Sundaram Tagore, who has galleries in Hong Kong and New York. "They want to access what is beautiful and eternal. If it is cool it becomes dated," he says.
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Serious collectors are art's Big New Hope. Foretold is a return to romance of true collectors, long pushed out of the market as prices escalated, returning to the fold to purchase art for its quality and meaning [...] Discerning collectors have collections to assemble, rather than investments, and are not swayed by the latest trends. "There is a sea-change, they are not interested in the glib or the clever," says Sundaram Tagore, who has galleries in Hong Kong and New York. "They want to access what is beautiful and eternal. If it is cool it becomes dated," he says.
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South China Morning Post Preview: Here and Now at Sundaram Tagore Gallery March 2009
Art historian Sundaram Tagore's doctoral thesis looks at Indian artists' response to European modernisation from the 1940s to 1980s. As a curator, however, his focus is more on the here and now. Hence the title of his gallery's latest group exhibition by 18 international artists, which opens today at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery's Hong Kong branch.
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Art historian Sundaram Tagore's doctoral thesis looks at Indian artists' response to European modernisation from the 1940s to 1980s. As a curator, however, his focus is more on the here and now. Hence the title of his gallery's latest group exhibition by 18 international artists, which opens today at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery's Hong Kong branch.
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Asian Art News Susan Weil at Sundaram Tagore Gallery March 2009
Susan Weil's paintings under the title Motion Pictures, are world-class pieces by a world-class painter. To see them on a Hong Kong gallery wall is gratifying twice. Not only does the show raise the bar along Hollywood Road and its environs; it also brings out a certain Asian-ness in the work—in the color, some of its subjects, its mix of material—that one might otherwise have missed.
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Susan Weil's paintings under the title Motion Pictures, are world-class pieces by a world-class painter. To see them on a Hong Kong gallery wall is gratifying twice. Not only does the show raise the bar along Hollywood Road and its environs; it also brings out a certain Asian-ness in the work—in the color, some of its subjects, its mix of material—that one might otherwise have missed.
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Time Out Hong Kong Her Story February 2009
Clare Morin talks to the historically significant American Artist Susan Weil.
There is a sense of rarity to the exhibition Motion Pictures that opens at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery this fortnight. The show will be focusing on new works by the 78-year old American artist Susan Weil, a respected figure in modern art history whose life story is truly extraordinary.
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Clare Morin talks to the historically significant American Artist Susan Weil.
There is a sense of rarity to the exhibition Motion Pictures that opens at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery this fortnight. The show will be focusing on new works by the 78-year old American artist Susan Weil, a respected figure in modern art history whose life story is truly extraordinary.
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Hong Kong Tatler Dining with the Stars: Sundaram Tagore on Zuma February 2009
Since opening his eponymous gallery on Hollywood Road in 2008, Sundaram Tagore has become well acquainted with Zuma, for it was here that the art expert and lover of all things Japanese held his launch party [...] Tagore who also owns galleries in his adopted home town of New York and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, decided to set up in Hong Kong as he loves the unchecked energy of the city.
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Since opening his eponymous gallery on Hollywood Road in 2008, Sundaram Tagore has become well acquainted with Zuma, for it was here that the art expert and lover of all things Japanese held his launch party [...] Tagore who also owns galleries in his adopted home town of New York and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, decided to set up in Hong Kong as he loves the unchecked energy of the city.
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Hong Kong Tatler Dining with the Stars: Sundaram Tagore on Lei Garden February 2009
One may see life as a journey to explore new cultural experiences, but there is a greater challenge for curator Sundaram Tagore: he has always had a strong passion for the blending of cultures, whether in contemporary art or gastronomy. While his galleries in New York and now Hong Kong go a long way towards satisfying this desire in the realm of art, few restaurants can satisfy his appetite.
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One may see life as a journey to explore new cultural experiences, but there is a greater challenge for curator Sundaram Tagore: he has always had a strong passion for the blending of cultures, whether in contemporary art or gastronomy. While his galleries in New York and now Hong Kong go a long way towards satisfying this desire in the realm of art, few restaurants can satisfy his appetite.
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News India Times Asia in American Art February 2009
. . . He [Natvar Bhavsar] was also awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1975. His paintings are in more than 800 public and private collections, including those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney."
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. . . He [Natvar Bhavsar] was also awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1975. His paintings are in more than 800 public and private collections, including those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney."
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ARTnews An Oasis in the Desert February 2009
Visitors at Art Dubai congregate at Urpaana, a 2004 panting by Indian artist Natvar Bhavsar.
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Visitors at Art Dubai congregate at Urpaana, a 2004 panting by Indian artist Natvar Bhavsar.
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New York Times Gaze East and Dream January 29, 2009
By HOLLAND COTTER
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/arts/design/30mind.html
"The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989," a strange and often beautiful show at the Guggenheim, offers glimpses of familiar artists, but also lots of strangers.
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By HOLLAND COTTER
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/arts/design/30mind.html
"The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989," a strange and often beautiful show at the Guggenheim, offers glimpses of familiar artists, but also lots of strangers.
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Artipedia ART ASIA BASEL 09 Launch January 15, 2009
Supporters of ART ASIA's inaugural fair reported great satisfaction with attendance: Sundaram Tagore, executive director of SUNDARAM TAGORE GALLERY shared, "Due to the financial meltdown in the US, our expectations were extremely low. However, we did exceedingly well at ART ASIA.
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Supporters of ART ASIA's inaugural fair reported great satisfaction with attendance: Sundaram Tagore, executive director of SUNDARAM TAGORE GALLERY shared, "Due to the financial meltdown in the US, our expectations were extremely low. However, we did exceedingly well at ART ASIA.
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The Third Mind American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 January 30 - April 19, 2009
EXHIBITION REVEALS POWERFUL IMPACT OF ASIAN ARTS AND THOUGHT ON AMERICAN ARTISTS FROM THE LATE 19TH THROUGH 20TH CENTURIES
The Third Mind examines the aspirations to understand and internalize Asian art and thought among Asian-American and Asian-born artists working in the United States, identifying the catalytic effect of the transmission of "Eastern" sensibilities and forms into the American vanguard by artists such as Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Isamu Noguchi, and Natvar Bhavsar.
Approximately 270 Works by 100 Artists and Literary Figures
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EXHIBITION REVEALS POWERFUL IMPACT OF ASIAN ARTS AND THOUGHT ON AMERICAN ARTISTS FROM THE LATE 19TH THROUGH 20TH CENTURIES
The Third Mind examines the aspirations to understand and internalize Asian art and thought among Asian-American and Asian-born artists working in the United States, identifying the catalytic effect of the transmission of "Eastern" sensibilities and forms into the American vanguard by artists such as Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Isamu Noguchi, and Natvar Bhavsar.
Approximately 270 Works by 100 Artists and Literary Figures
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Natvar Bhavsar at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills ArtsEtoile January 2009
By Emily Waldorf
Natvar Bhavsar's mesmerizing exhibition, Rang, just opened at the Beverly Hills Sundaram Tagore gallery and is well worth a visit. Bhavsar's large scale paintings are bold, bright, beautiful and reminiscent of the abstract expressionists and color field painters of yore but with an undeniably original Indian influence. In order to achieve his signature style, Bhavsar carefully and deliberately sifts layers of pure pigment powder onto canvas using different tools such as sieves and screens. Bhavsar's work draws the viewer in, commanding serious contemplation. After a few minutes you can almost feel rich textiles, constellations and cloud-like patterns emerging from the mesmerizing layers of thick color.
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By Emily Waldorf
Natvar Bhavsar's mesmerizing exhibition, Rang, just opened at the Beverly Hills Sundaram Tagore gallery and is well worth a visit. Bhavsar's large scale paintings are bold, bright, beautiful and reminiscent of the abstract expressionists and color field painters of yore but with an undeniably original Indian influence. In order to achieve his signature style, Bhavsar carefully and deliberately sifts layers of pure pigment powder onto canvas using different tools such as sieves and screens. Bhavsar's work draws the viewer in, commanding serious contemplation. After a few minutes you can almost feel rich textiles, constellations and cloud-like patterns emerging from the mesmerizing layers of thick color.
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Antiques and the Arts Online ART20 Explores Cross-Currents in Art January 2009
Sundaram Tagore Gallery making it's first appearance at ART20, placed the emphasis on the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery making it's first appearance at ART20, placed the emphasis on the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures.
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Asianart.com Natvar Bhavsar's Cosmos January 2009
Like Pollock [Natvar Bhavsar's] paintings are impossible to copy and prints do not transmit their raw majesty.
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Like Pollock [Natvar Bhavsar's] paintings are impossible to copy and prints do not transmit their raw majesty.
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Genlux The Art Issue January 2009
Features Hiroshi Senju, Sohan Qadri, Nathan Slate Joseph and Hosook Kang. Photographs by Marc Baptiste.
Also includes an interview with Sundaram Tagore.
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Features Hiroshi Senju, Sohan Qadri, Nathan Slate Joseph and Hosook Kang. Photographs by Marc Baptiste.
Also includes an interview with Sundaram Tagore.
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Art Asia Pacific When Disorderly Worlds Collide: Hong Kong Almanac 2009; Volume 4
New York and Los Angeles dealer Sundaram Tagore opened his third space with a show entitled "East-West" that continues his family's legacy of intercultural dialogue.
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New York and Los Angeles dealer Sundaram Tagore opened his third space with a show entitled "East-West" that continues his family's legacy of intercultural dialogue.
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China Daily Starting with the Same Brush December 29, 2008
"...Sundaram Tagore, the great grandson of the master poet and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), has championed over the years. Contributing his share of the effort to stir up the local cultural hodgepodge, the man opened his eponymous gallery - the Sundaram Tagore Gallery - on Hollywood road in April this year."
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"...Sundaram Tagore, the great grandson of the master poet and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), has championed over the years. Contributing his share of the effort to stir up the local cultural hodgepodge, the man opened his eponymous gallery - the Sundaram Tagore Gallery - on Hollywood road in April this year."
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ARTINFO Megan Craig in New York December 25, 2008
"In this recalibrated metaphyics, color is central to the nature of reality rather than an aspect of our perception of it. Patches of color, and often surprising ones (you'll find giant swaths of yellow and pink and peaches both bold and subdued), shape her compositions, generating warmth and coolness and creating areas of sharpness and softness. More and more in Craig's work, color is not an afterthought but the thought itself."
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29879/megan-craig-in-new-york/
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"In this recalibrated metaphyics, color is central to the nature of reality rather than an aspect of our perception of it. Patches of color, and often surprising ones (you'll find giant swaths of yellow and pink and peaches both bold and subdued), shape her compositions, generating warmth and coolness and creating areas of sharpness and softness. More and more in Craig's work, color is not an afterthought but the thought itself."
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29879/megan-craig-in-new-york/
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Palm Beach Daily News Art Sales See Economic Ceiling December 5, 2008
"Sundaram Tagore Gallery was offering medium-sized, dye-and-ink-on-paper works by Indian artist Sohan Qadri..."
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"Sundaram Tagore Gallery was offering medium-sized, dye-and-ink-on-paper works by Indian artist Sohan Qadri..."
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Where Magazine Sundaram's Choice December 2008
"The latest edition comes in the form of Sundaram Tagore [Gallery], a bright space filled with vibrant contemporary works personally selected by it's namesake, a notable New York-based curator and descendant of influential poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore."
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"The latest edition comes in the form of Sundaram Tagore [Gallery], a bright space filled with vibrant contemporary works personally selected by it's namesake, a notable New York-based curator and descendant of influential poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore."
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THE Susan Weil: Motion Pictures December 2008
"A longtime fixture in the New York art scene, Susan Weil has always maintained an adventurous attitude toward material and form even as she continued to paint self-assuredly in both abstract and representational modes."
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"A longtime fixture in the New York art scene, Susan Weil has always maintained an adventurous attitude toward material and form even as she continued to paint self-assuredly in both abstract and representational modes."
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Baccarat Meditation Man December 2008 - February 2009
"Qadri creates two-colour works on paper, which despite his minimalist approach exhibit a multitude of subtle shadings."
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"Qadri creates two-colour works on paper, which despite his minimalist approach exhibit a multitude of subtle shadings."
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HKstylebook Seeing is Believing December 2008
"Currently showing at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Qadri's paintings are products of deep meditation and natural textile dyes. Simple circles, lines and squares are punctured or serrated in meticulously, powerful symbols that seem to breath and expand, reinforcing the concentration of energies like a yantra or mandala."
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"Currently showing at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Qadri's paintings are products of deep meditation and natural textile dyes. Simple circles, lines and squares are punctured or serrated in meticulously, powerful symbols that seem to breath and expand, reinforcing the concentration of energies like a yantra or mandala."
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Artworks Insight: Ricardo Mazal Winter 2008
"After taking hundreds of photographs, Mazal repeated the steps he developed by blending them with cropped art on his computer. He produced digital sketches, some horizontal and some vertical, to showcase his different interpretations of the forest."
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"After taking hundreds of photographs, Mazal repeated the steps he developed by blending them with cropped art on his computer. He produced digital sketches, some horizontal and some vertical, to showcase his different interpretations of the forest."
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News India Times Show of New Paintings by Bhavsar Opened November 25 November 28, 2008
"Bhavsar's paintings are in the tradition of great art through the ages...The roller-coaster of the art market might induce us to lose sight of the varieties of art. 'RANG: Natvar Bhavsar' will restore the balance."
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"Bhavsar's paintings are in the tradition of great art through the ages...The roller-coaster of the art market might induce us to lose sight of the varieties of art. 'RANG: Natvar Bhavsar' will restore the balance."
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L'Italo Americano Vittorio Matino Exhibits at Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills November 13, 2008
Gallerist Sundaram Tagore says, "Vittorio Matino has a brilliant understanding of color. His trips to the US and Paris in the mid-1970s deepened his knowledge of Color Field School, and he, in turn, extended its language. His work is a unique contribution, and his career is long and deep, spanning half a century."
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Gallerist Sundaram Tagore says, "Vittorio Matino has a brilliant understanding of color. His trips to the US and Paris in the mid-1970s deepened his knowledge of Color Field School, and he, in turn, extended its language. His work is a unique contribution, and his career is long and deep, spanning half a century."
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The Brooklyn Rail Merrill Wagner November 2008
"Thoughts of Form and Color brings together two major strains in Wagner's work with a minor third. The large cut-out wall pieces, evocative of plant life, comprised her last solo exhibition at Tagore, which integrated some freestanding sculpture (the minor third) but excluded the more classically geometric abstractions found here."
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"Thoughts of Form and Color brings together two major strains in Wagner's work with a minor third. The large cut-out wall pieces, evocative of plant life, comprised her last solo exhibition at Tagore, which integrated some freestanding sculpture (the minor third) but excluded the more classically geometric abstractions found here."
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Asian Art News Universal Waterfalls November 2008
"I started painting by brush," Senju says. "It didn't really work the way I wanted it to, It was more like the Hudson River School or the work of 19th-Century European artists, which was not what I wanted to do. The more I painted the more I felt to the two most important elements on the earth - gravity and water. And I thought: why don't I try to use gravity, to pour down the paint from the top?"
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"I started painting by brush," Senju says. "It didn't really work the way I wanted it to, It was more like the Hudson River School or the work of 19th-Century European artists, which was not what I wanted to do. The more I painted the more I felt to the two most important elements on the earth - gravity and water. And I thought: why don't I try to use gravity, to pour down the paint from the top?"
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South China Morning Post City Reviews: In your Mind's Eye; Sundaram Tagore Gallery October 28, 2008
"...Less-colour-saturated but no less intuitive are the pieces by Natvar Bhavsar, who sprinkles pigment delicately on his canvases in an echo of Jackson Pollock, although the works' understated quality reflects a gentle Asian sensibility that's the opposite of the American painter's frenetic, ego-driven style..."
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"...Less-colour-saturated but no less intuitive are the pieces by Natvar Bhavsar, who sprinkles pigment delicately on his canvases in an echo of Jackson Pollock, although the works' understated quality reflects a gentle Asian sensibility that's the opposite of the American painter's frenetic, ego-driven style..."
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Financial Times Weekend
"...Descended from a renowned Bengali artistic and literary family, Sundaram Tagore was born and raised in Calcutta. In his late teens he briefly moved near to Vancouver, later studying art history at the College of Wooster, Ohio, and the University of Oxford and museology at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice..."
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"...Descended from a renowned Bengali artistic and literary family, Sundaram Tagore was born and raised in Calcutta. In his late teens he briefly moved near to Vancouver, later studying art history at the College of Wooster, Ohio, and the University of Oxford and museology at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice..."
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Asian Art News Ken Heyman at Sundaram Tagore Gallery September/October 2008
"Ken Heyman's work is both marvelously poetic and a spontaneous celebration of tribalism; tribalism as a unifier not a divider. He achieves this trough the simple humanity of his work, as revealed in his recent show."
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"Ken Heyman's work is both marvelously poetic and a spontaneous celebration of tribalism; tribalism as a unifier not a divider. He achieves this trough the simple humanity of his work, as revealed in his recent show."
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Sculpture Nathan Slate Joseph: Pure Pigment, Constructed Form September 2008
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Asian Art News Ideas Before Commerce September/October 2008
"When Sundaram Tagore established his New York gallery in 2000, a dynamic new phase opened up in the East-West art dialogue."
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"When Sundaram Tagore established his New York gallery in 2000, a dynamic new phase opened up in the East-West art dialogue."
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Art Forum Seeing Rauschenberg Seeing September 2008
"...At the end of the summer session in 1949, Rauschenberg and Weil moved to New York. There they experimented with blueprints, the most famous - an impression of the female body - being among Rauschenberg's earliest work with printmaking."
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"...At the end of the summer session in 1949, Rauschenberg and Weil moved to New York. There they experimented with blueprints, the most famous - an impression of the female body - being among Rauschenberg's earliest work with printmaking."
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The New York Sun Finding a Summer Niche August 5, 2008
"Sundaram Tagore, whose galleries in Chelsea, Los Angeles and Hong Kong specialize in international art, says the stigma against summer shows may be changing with a globalized economy. While Mr. Tagore acknowledges that many of his clients have left for the summer, new ones emerge. 'European collectors are coming in, offsetting some of the local sales,' he said. 'There are a lot of Italian, German and British tourists. And for them it doesn't feel that expensive.'"
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"Sundaram Tagore, whose galleries in Chelsea, Los Angeles and Hong Kong specialize in international art, says the stigma against summer shows may be changing with a globalized economy. While Mr. Tagore acknowledges that many of his clients have left for the summer, new ones emerge. 'European collectors are coming in, offsetting some of the local sales,' he said. 'There are a lot of Italian, German and British tourists. And for them it doesn't feel that expensive.'"
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Art in America Hiroshi Senju: Sundaram Tagore Gallery September 2008
"...Senju creates, from the most simple of low-tech means, cinematic spectacles that appear to be in motion. They are startlingly beautiful works - perhaps too beautiful, since we tend to be wary of beauty - and raise the question of optical trickery, although the trickery is completely transparent..."
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"...Senju creates, from the most simple of low-tech means, cinematic spectacles that appear to be in motion. They are startlingly beautiful works - perhaps too beautiful, since we tend to be wary of beauty - and raise the question of optical trickery, although the trickery is completely transparent..."
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Art Ltd' Specialty: World Art Sept/Oct 2008
"With galleries in three cities across the world, and plans for two more, Sundaram Tagore tends to take a global perspective."
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"With galleries in three cities across the world, and plans for two more, Sundaram Tagore tends to take a global perspective."
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Celebrity Society 'Spices and Silk' Opening at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills June/July 2008
Artwork by Nathan Slate Joseph - a celebration of texture & color, East & West, and the industrial & the natural; "Spices and Silk" opened Saturday, May 31st at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills. Nathan Slate Joseph's work has been heavily influenced by the colors characteristic of countries along the Silk Road - Morocco, India, China, Indonesia, and Mongolia. The exhibit consists of steel and pigment reliefs and vessels.
Curator Sundaram Tagore explains, "Nathan's work is a mix of East and West, and although he has been a serious part of the fabric of New York City's art scene for many years, his work has a universal element to it." The opening was a great success and the exhibition will run through June 30th.
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Artwork by Nathan Slate Joseph - a celebration of texture & color, East & West, and the industrial & the natural; "Spices and Silk" opened Saturday, May 31st at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills. Nathan Slate Joseph's work has been heavily influenced by the colors characteristic of countries along the Silk Road - Morocco, India, China, Indonesia, and Mongolia. The exhibit consists of steel and pigment reliefs and vessels.
Curator Sundaram Tagore explains, "Nathan's work is a mix of East and West, and although he has been a serious part of the fabric of New York City's art scene for many years, his work has a universal element to it." The opening was a great success and the exhibition will run through June 30th.
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HK Magazine HK Picks: Humanity July 18, 2008
"Ken Heyman's retrospective exhibition showcases portraits ranging from villagers in Bali to Pablo Picasso, Marlyn Monroe and Andy Warhol..."
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"Ken Heyman's retrospective exhibition showcases portraits ranging from villagers in Bali to Pablo Picasso, Marlyn Monroe and Andy Warhol..."
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Jewish Times Asia Sundaram Tagore Gallery Opens in Hong Kong July/August 2008
"Sundaram Tagore, a New York-based curator and gallerist, has announced the opening of a Hong Kong Gallery. The Gallery focuses on a dialogue between the cultures of East a West while filling the need for better representation of international art in Hong Kong."
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"Sundaram Tagore, a New York-based curator and gallerist, has announced the opening of a Hong Kong Gallery. The Gallery focuses on a dialogue between the cultures of East a West while filling the need for better representation of international art in Hong Kong."
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The Blind Swimmer Stan Gregory June 25, 2008
"...[Gregory's] arabesque lines of the paintings and the dynamic positive and negative shapes call to mind Islamic calligraphy and images of whirling dervishes. The paintings are joyful and both the lines and the colors have a lot of movement and energy..."
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"...[Gregory's] arabesque lines of the paintings and the dynamic positive and negative shapes call to mind Islamic calligraphy and images of whirling dervishes. The paintings are joyful and both the lines and the colors have a lot of movement and energy..."
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Art Exit Preview Exhibition: Bruce Porter June 2008
Gallerist Sundaram Tagore said " It is very exciting to exhibit the work of Bruce Porter for the first time... Porter works on an abstract level - his work is energetic because of the dense lines and configuration of forms - what results is primordial and sensual..."
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Gallerist Sundaram Tagore said " It is very exciting to exhibit the work of Bruce Porter for the first time... Porter works on an abstract level - his work is energetic because of the dense lines and configuration of forms - what results is primordial and sensual..."
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Art in America Subhankar Banerjee at Sundaram Tagore June/July 2008
"Subhankar Banerjee's exhibition of large-scale color photographs documents the Alaskan arctic as it has never been seen or imagined before."
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"Subhankar Banerjee's exhibition of large-scale color photographs documents the Alaskan arctic as it has never been seen or imagined before."
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Art Knowledge News NATHAN SLATE JOSEPH AT SUNDARAM TAGORE GALLERY May, 2008
"Nathan's work is a mix of East and West, and although he has been a serious part of the fabric of New York City's art scene for many years, his work has a universal element to it."
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"Nathan's work is a mix of East and West, and although he has been a serious part of the fabric of New York City's art scene for many years, his work has a universal element to it."
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Art Asia Pacific The Business of Cultural Diplomacy May 2008
"Art, globalization and inter-cultural dialogue are themes dear to Tagore. The latter populates his conversation and is reflected in the work he shows. Recent exhibits at his Chelsea gallery have included the metalwork of an Israeli-American, Nathan Slate Joseph; the lush, Scandinavian-influenced paintings by the Indian artist Sohan Qadri; and the ethereal waterfalls of Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju. Tagore's gallery statemnt, afterall, is to develop exhibitions and host events that "engage in spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues with traditions other than our own."..."
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"Art, globalization and inter-cultural dialogue are themes dear to Tagore. The latter populates his conversation and is reflected in the work he shows. Recent exhibits at his Chelsea gallery have included the metalwork of an Israeli-American, Nathan Slate Joseph; the lush, Scandinavian-influenced paintings by the Indian artist Sohan Qadri; and the ethereal waterfalls of Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju. Tagore's gallery statemnt, afterall, is to develop exhibitions and host events that "engage in spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues with traditions other than our own."..."
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Hong Kong Tatler Showtime: Hot Import May 2008
"...His [Sundaram Tagore] galleries located in New York and Los Angeles, focus on 'a global community of artists, and particularly, on those artists who are engaged in cross-cultural dialogues between East and West.' He asserts, 'We were passionate about thinking globally long before it became fashionable.' So the only mystery is, why has it taken Tagore so long to hit Hong Kong?"
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"...His [Sundaram Tagore] galleries located in New York and Los Angeles, focus on 'a global community of artists, and particularly, on those artists who are engaged in cross-cultural dialogues between East and West.' He asserts, 'We were passionate about thinking globally long before it became fashionable.' So the only mystery is, why has it taken Tagore so long to hit Hong Kong?"
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The Standard New Gallery May 30, 2008
Their inaugural group show consists of five Eastern and five Western artists selected from the roster of artists that the gallery represents. Tagore continued: This exhibition presents a visual to the exchange between Western and Eastern cultures, and will introduce audiences to our distinct aesthetic that we hope will be a welcome addition to the artistic scene in Hong Kong. We will also continue to host additional non-profit and cultural events, incorporating performance and installation art, literature, film and more. We will push the envelope."
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Their inaugural group show consists of five Eastern and five Western artists selected from the roster of artists that the gallery represents. Tagore continued: This exhibition presents a visual to the exchange between Western and Eastern cultures, and will introduce audiences to our distinct aesthetic that we hope will be a welcome addition to the artistic scene in Hong Kong. We will also continue to host additional non-profit and cultural events, incorporating performance and installation art, literature, film and more. We will push the envelope."
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The Wall Street Journal Asia May 28, 2008
"The traditional celebratory sound of crackling fireworks and beating of drums overpowered the din of traffic as lion dancers celebrated the opening of the local branch of the New York-based Sundaram Tagore Gallery."
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"The traditional celebratory sound of crackling fireworks and beating of drums overpowered the din of traffic as lion dancers celebrated the opening of the local branch of the New York-based Sundaram Tagore Gallery."
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Bloomberg.com Gagosian, Tagore Boost Hong Kong's Ambitions as Asia Art Hub May 27, 2008
"Hong Kong's ambition to be Asia's art hub received another boost with the recent arrival of three top galleries: Gagosian, Sundaram Tagore and Tang Contemporary. Sundaram Tagore opened on the city's gallery street, Hollywood Road, on May 9."
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"Hong Kong's ambition to be Asia's art hub received another boost with the recent arrival of three top galleries: Gagosian, Sundaram Tagore and Tang Contemporary. Sundaram Tagore opened on the city's gallery street, Hollywood Road, on May 9."
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Westside Today Beverly Hills Welcomes Tagore Gallery May 2008
The Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills held its grand opening on April 5, 2008 . . . Tagore has brilliant insight into bringing the aesthetic dialogue to cross-cultural exchange and selecting international artists that represent his vision of cultural transcendence exquisitly."
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The Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills held its grand opening on April 5, 2008 . . . Tagore has brilliant insight into bringing the aesthetic dialogue to cross-cultural exchange and selecting international artists that represent his vision of cultural transcendence exquisitly."
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Sing Tao Daily May 7, 2008
"...With two other locations in New York and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents some of the most well known contemporary artists, such as Hiroshi Senju and Judith Murray..."
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"...With two other locations in New York and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents some of the most well known contemporary artists, such as Hiroshi Senju and Judith Murray..."
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The Standard Home Where Art and Heart are for Gallerist Tagore
"Tagore's Galleries in New York, Los Angeles and now Hong Kong combine visual arts with other forms such as poetry reading, dance performances, music, films and charity funding."
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"Tagore's Galleries in New York, Los Angeles and now Hong Kong combine visual arts with other forms such as poetry reading, dance performances, music, films and charity funding."
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South China Morning Post US-based Gallery Aims to Thrust Local Art onto International Stage May 7, 2008
"Gallery operator Sundaram Tagore - great-grandson of Rabindranath Tagore, who in 1913 became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - said he chose Hong Kong over many other potential sites including Dubai and Shanghai."
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"Gallery operator Sundaram Tagore - great-grandson of Rabindranath Tagore, who in 1913 became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - said he chose Hong Kong over many other potential sites including Dubai and Shanghai."
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New York Sun Bits and Pieces of a Lavish Palace MAY 2008
Robert Polidori, the token photographer among the savants, insisted that photography was set by physics.
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Robert Polidori, the token photographer among the savants, insisted that photography was set by physics.
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Book Intro In Search of Self
Anil Revri's elegant and subtle geometric abstractions are lyrical visual poems that induce contemplation. At once sensual and serene, they resonate in the viewer's interion and exterior worlds.
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Anil Revri's elegant and subtle geometric abstractions are lyrical visual poems that induce contemplation. At once sensual and serene, they resonate in the viewer's interion and exterior worlds.
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ARTnews $25 Billion and Counting May 2008
"The Indian art market just took off about five years ago and has really heated up even further in the last two," says Sundaram Tagore, who has galleries in New York and Beverly Hills, as well as a Hong Kong branch slated to open this month. In addition to demand from the Indian diaspora and Indian collectors, Tagore says, part of the growth has been fueled by American corporations with expanding businesses in India and China.
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"The Indian art market just took off about five years ago and has really heated up even further in the last two," says Sundaram Tagore, who has galleries in New York and Beverly Hills, as well as a Hong Kong branch slated to open this month. In addition to demand from the Indian diaspora and Indian collectors, Tagore says, part of the growth has been fueled by American corporations with expanding businesses in India and China.
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Prestige Sundaram Tagore Gallery Opening May 2008
Sundaram Tagore Gallery Hong Kong will hold its grand opening on May 9 at 57-59 Hollywood Road. The inaugural group show will consist of five Eastern and five Western artists chosen from among those the gallery represents. The great grandson of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Sundaram Tagore comes from 14 generations of artists, writers and poets. Tagore also has galleries in New York and Beverly Hills.
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery Hong Kong will hold its grand opening on May 9 at 57-59 Hollywood Road. The inaugural group show will consist of five Eastern and five Western artists chosen from among those the gallery represents. The great grandson of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Sundaram Tagore comes from 14 generations of artists, writers and poets. Tagore also has galleries in New York and Beverly Hills.
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Kee The Essence of Life May 2008
"Tagore explains how his passion for art has enabled him to dissolve differences in cultures and bring them together in a unique and creative way, denoting that art can transcend all culture and social standings."
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"Tagore explains how his passion for art has enabled him to dissolve differences in cultures and bring them together in a unique and creative way, denoting that art can transcend all culture and social standings."
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Inside Out The Importance of Art May 2008
"Established in 2000, the Sundaram Tagore Gallery has become one of the most important alternative cultural spaces in New York, with a focus on a dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures."
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"Established in 2000, the Sundaram Tagore Gallery has become one of the most important alternative cultural spaces in New York, with a focus on a dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures."
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Asian Art News New Openings May/June 2008
"Gallerist Sundaram Tagore said, "All these artists have spent their lives working in and exploring different Eastern and Western cultures - including India, China, Nepal, Japan, Italy, Holland and America. Together they create an incredible mosaic and foster an intercultural dialogue that reflects a diversity of thought and artistic style."
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"Gallerist Sundaram Tagore said, "All these artists have spent their lives working in and exploring different Eastern and Western cultures - including India, China, Nepal, Japan, Italy, Holland and America. Together they create an incredible mosaic and foster an intercultural dialogue that reflects a diversity of thought and artistic style."
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ARTnews Reviews: New York; Ken Heyman: Sundaram Tagore May 2008
"Ken Heyman began his career as a photographer accompanying Margaret Mead to Bali in 1957 and, with her, producing two groundbreaking anthropological studies. He went on to publish more than 40 book, and shot countless series for Life magazine."
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"Ken Heyman began his career as a photographer accompanying Margaret Mead to Bali in 1957 and, with her, producing two groundbreaking anthropological studies. He went on to publish more than 40 book, and shot countless series for Life magazine."
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Westside Today Provacative Portraits April, 2008
"It's about finding out who these people are, and finding out who I am in the process."
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"It's about finding out who these people are, and finding out who I am in the process."
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Friday Magazine Art of Heart: Art's New Dimension April 3, 2008
" 'We're dedicated to intercultural dialogue, and dialogue across the oceans', he [Sundaram Tagore] says, returning to his favorite topic."
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" 'We're dedicated to intercultural dialogue, and dialogue across the oceans', he [Sundaram Tagore] says, returning to his favorite topic."
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Prestige Art, No Commerce April 2008
"These 'philosophical discussions' are fundamental to Tagore's vision for his galleries, or 'cultural spaces' as he prefers to call them. Unlike galleries that buy and sell art solely as a monetary transaction, Tagore has a mission to create a global community of artists and foster a dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures."
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"These 'philosophical discussions' are fundamental to Tagore's vision for his galleries, or 'cultural spaces' as he prefers to call them. Unlike galleries that buy and sell art solely as a monetary transaction, Tagore has a mission to create a global community of artists and foster a dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures."
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Art + Auction Back East March 2008
"Among the returning dealers is New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery, which is bringing a selection of richly hued abstractions, priced between $25,000 and $250,000, by the likes of Natavar Bhavsar and Hiroshi Senju, who were born in Gujurat, India, and Tokyo, respectively."
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"Among the returning dealers is New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery, which is bringing a selection of richly hued abstractions, priced between $25,000 and $250,000, by the likes of Natavar Bhavsar and Hiroshi Senju, who were born in Gujurat, India, and Tokyo, respectively."
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Art Info Sparking Dialogue Across Oceans February 6th, 2008
"The spiritual basis of our gallery is to create and support an intercultural dialogue between a world community of living artists."
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"The spiritual basis of our gallery is to create and support an intercultural dialogue between a world community of living artists."
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The Hong Kong Trader HK a New Palette for US Galleries February 6th, 2008
"When it came to choosing where to open his first overseas gallery, Sundaram Tagore, operator of the eponymous US-based gallery, knew it had to be Hong Kong. His experience over the years travelling to the city, which he used as his Asia business base, convinced him that it was the ideal place for his new venture."
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"When it came to choosing where to open his first overseas gallery, Sundaram Tagore, operator of the eponymous US-based gallery, knew it had to be Hong Kong. His experience over the years travelling to the city, which he used as his Asia business base, convinced him that it was the ideal place for his new venture."
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Forbes Asia Artsourcing January 8th, 2007
"...works by artists such as M.F. Husain and Raza are commanding a million dollars and higher."
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"...works by artists such as M.F. Husain and Raza are commanding a million dollars and higher."
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Sunday Morning Post 24 hours: Sundaram Tagore January 6th, 2008
"...the New York based gallery owner tells Kevin Kwong why the eyes, like the mind, need to be exercised daily."
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"...the New York based gallery owner tells Kevin Kwong why the eyes, like the mind, need to be exercised daily."
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Art in America Merrill Wagner at Sundaram Tagore November 2007
"..Merrill Wagner's handsome wall reliefs (all 2006), made of steel salvaged from a Pennsylvania plumbing parts manufacturer, evoke stylized garden plants...The brushy application of rust-preventative paint (browns, greens, yellows) displayed a Minimalist's attention to surface... "
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"..Merrill Wagner's handsome wall reliefs (all 2006), made of steel salvaged from a Pennsylvania plumbing parts manufacturer, evoke stylized garden plants...The brushy application of rust-preventative paint (browns, greens, yellows) displayed a Minimalist's attention to surface... "
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Gettysburg Times 5 Sculptures by New York Artist Being Placed in Town for Arts Fest October 4, 2007
Workers installed a series of gleaming steel sculptures created by renowned New York artist Nathan Slate Joseph, being exhibited in Gettysburg this weekend n cinjunction with 'The Gettysburg Festival:Prelude and Portraits'..."
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Workers installed a series of gleaming steel sculptures created by renowned New York artist Nathan Slate Joseph, being exhibited in Gettysburg this weekend n cinjunction with 'The Gettysburg Festival:Prelude and Portraits'..."
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The Indian Express Art of Adding Illusion to Art July 13th, 2007
"Three Indian artists are among those featured in Inner Journey, the latest offering from the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York."
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"Three Indian artists are among those featured in Inner Journey, the latest offering from the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York."
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Asian Art News Inner Journey July/August 2007
"...Senju expresses contemporary modernity through ancient painting techniques unique to Japan."
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"...Senju expresses contemporary modernity through ancient painting techniques unique to Japan."
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Art & Antiques Hiroshi Senju June 2007
"Senju is hardly new on the scene. Born and raised in Tokyo, where he received a Ph.D. in art from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Senju represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1995, winning an honorable mention."
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"Senju is hardly new on the scene. Born and raised in Tokyo, where he received a Ph.D. in art from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Senju represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1995, winning an honorable mention."
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Private Robert Polidori | After The Flood June 2007
After the great success of the world premiere at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Polidori brings to Venice the touching and paradoxical allure of the devastation left behind in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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After the great success of the world premiere at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Polidori brings to Venice the touching and paradoxical allure of the devastation left behind in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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Booklist Online Judith Murray: Phases and Layers June 1 & 15, 2007
"Meditative scenes of the artist working in her studio and adding layers of paint to the large canvas . . . are paired with Murray's fascinating voice-over observations. Scenes from a 2005 New York art exhibit, slides of her work, and commentary from an art historian and other experts add depth to this illuminating program."
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"Meditative scenes of the artist working in her studio and adding layers of paint to the large canvas . . . are paired with Murray's fascinating voice-over observations. Scenes from a 2005 New York art exhibit, slides of her work, and commentary from an art historian and other experts add depth to this illuminating program."
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Art & Antiques Hiroshi Senju June, 2007
"...His art reflects [this] geographical and cultural duality, for his approach combines ancient Japanese painting practices with modern Western imagery."
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"...His art reflects [this] geographical and cultural duality, for his approach combines ancient Japanese painting practices with modern Western imagery."
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The Standard Gallery Boss Looks at Going Global May 25th, 2007
"As one of the first galleries to create a global dialogue through art, Tagore looks for global artists who have traveled and lived in cultures other than thier own. Thier artwork which combines a diversity of cultural colors and painting techniques, talks to viewers as if in dialogue."
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"As one of the first galleries to create a global dialogue through art, Tagore looks for global artists who have traveled and lived in cultures other than thier own. Thier artwork which combines a diversity of cultural colors and painting techniques, talks to viewers as if in dialogue."
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Home News Tribune Entering the Realm of Experience May 21, 2007
"One does not merely look at a Bhavsar work, one is transported by it. It is as if the artist has bottled up the night sky, dusted it in poweder pigment and cast it out in great dreamlike bursts. The result is a textured canvas that pulses with dimension; grainy up close, smooth and wispy from afar."
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"One does not merely look at a Bhavsar work, one is transported by it. It is as if the artist has bottled up the night sky, dusted it in poweder pigment and cast it out in great dreamlike bursts. The result is a textured canvas that pulses with dimension; grainy up close, smooth and wispy from afar."
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DNA India The Art of The World May 10th, 2007
" Tagore takes the works of his stable of artists from city to city. His gallery has an eclectic mix of European, American, and diasporic Indian artists..."
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" Tagore takes the works of his stable of artists from city to city. His gallery has an eclectic mix of European, American, and diasporic Indian artists..."
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New York Times The Details Are in the Beauty May 6th, 2007
"Yet the absence of recognizable imagery in his work aligns Mr. Bhavsar more with American traditions of abstract art, and in particular color field painting; one is reminded variously of the work of the American painters Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Jules Olitski."
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"Yet the absence of recognizable imagery in his work aligns Mr. Bhavsar more with American traditions of abstract art, and in particular color field painting; one is reminded variously of the work of the American painters Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Jules Olitski."
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ARTNews Merrill Wagner: Sundaram Tagore May 2007
"Together the works reflected Wagner's long-standing interest in the interplay between the abstract and the representational..."
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"Together the works reflected Wagner's long-standing interest in the interplay between the abstract and the representational..."
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Orientations International Fairs May, 2007
"...Sundaram Tagore Gallery exhibits art that seeks to go beyond boundaries of many kinds."
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"...Sundaram Tagore Gallery exhibits art that seeks to go beyond boundaries of many kinds."
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Newsday Scratching the 'Surface' and teasing your senses April 20, 2007
"The Islip show 'Surface Impressions' features topographical works such as La Forza Del Destina "
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"The Islip show 'Surface Impressions' features topographical works such as La Forza Del Destina "
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Courier News c-n.com Lyrical abstractions hold court at the Zimmerli April 16, 2007
"Bhavsar's imagery conjures cosmic impressions, like nebulae expanding in a brilliant dance of colored light or stars mingling in a gravitational waltz through space."
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"Bhavsar's imagery conjures cosmic impressions, like nebulae expanding in a brilliant dance of colored light or stars mingling in a gravitational waltz through space."
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The Star Ledger Layers of Brilliance April 13, 2007
"The artist gets a remarkable range out of the method, producing big, star-studded Milky Ways on indigo backgrounds, swirling smile storms, pimply white surfaces that look like clotted cream, and floating lozenges of color, usually a square centered on a contrasting color, that remind you of Mark Rothko."
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"The artist gets a remarkable range out of the method, producing big, star-studded Milky Ways on indigo backgrounds, swirling smile storms, pimply white surfaces that look like clotted cream, and floating lozenges of color, usually a square centered on a contrasting color, that remind you of Mark Rothko."
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Art Info Vittorio Matino at NY's Sundaram Tagore April 13, 2007
"Matino ... paints within the western abstract tradition, using color and the physical act of painting with a spirituality akin to the aesthetics of Eastern civilization."
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"Matino ... paints within the western abstract tradition, using color and the physical act of painting with a spirituality akin to the aesthetics of Eastern civilization."
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Art Daily.org Trans-Chromatics - Vittorio Matino at Sundaram Tagore APRIL 10, 2007
"For the past decade, Matino has explored the color tradition of India, while continuing to develop a capacity for transforming the limits of our perception off color."
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"For the past decade, Matino has explored the color tradition of India, while continuing to develop a capacity for transforming the limits of our perception off color."
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Art in America Review of Exhibitions: Nathan Slate Joseph at Sundaram Tagore April 2007
"[Nathan Slate Joseph's] reliefs equally suggest the natural world and the exuberant energies of Abstract Expressionism."
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"[Nathan Slate Joseph's] reliefs equally suggest the natural world and the exuberant energies of Abstract Expressionism."
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The Brooklyn Rail Flowers at Sundaram Tagore April, 2007
"Her current exhibition at Sundaram Tagore splits the difference with a collection of new representational constructions..."
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"Her current exhibition at Sundaram Tagore splits the difference with a collection of new representational constructions..."
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Own Magazine Hiroshi Senju February 2007
"Hiroshi Senju, one of the world's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, is a painter with divinity."
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"Hiroshi Senju, one of the world's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, is a painter with divinity."
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Arabian Business The Art of Business March 25th, 2007
"Today, everything is condensed in time. What took 100 years, today takes about ten years and that's largely because of the internet revolution."
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"Today, everything is condensed in time. What took 100 years, today takes about ten years and that's largely because of the internet revolution."
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Desi Talk Rutgers 1st university in U.S. to hold solo show by South Asian artist March 23, 2007
"...With the opening of a comprehensive show of 50 or more paintings spanning four decades of the work of Indian-born New York artist Natvar Bhavsar in the special gallery of its Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, became the first university in the country to host such a solo show (March 11 - July 22) by an artist of South Asian Descent..."
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"...With the opening of a comprehensive show of 50 or more paintings spanning four decades of the work of Indian-born New York artist Natvar Bhavsar in the special gallery of its Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, became the first university in the country to host such a solo show (March 11 - July 22) by an artist of South Asian Descent..."
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Desi Talk A selective overview of 4 decades of Bhavsar's art opens at Rutgers March 16, 2007
"...It is not that there are just layers and layers of pigments, some dispersed by the flow of air in Bhavsar's Greene Street loft studio - not just 80 layers as Kwint said, but as many as 200 - but there are meanings too deep for ordinary cognition, meanings too ancient and new, bizarre and supremely rational, for us even to try and put into words..."
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"...It is not that there are just layers and layers of pigments, some dispersed by the flow of air in Bhavsar's Greene Street loft studio - not just 80 layers as Kwint said, but as many as 200 - but there are meanings too deep for ordinary cognition, meanings too ancient and new, bizarre and supremely rational, for us even to try and put into words..."
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Khaleej Times Dubai Needs to Identify the Right Thinkers of Culture March 9th, 2007
"Dubai is at the crossroads of the east and west, and it is taking charge as one of the great centres of commerce, tourism, and art"
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"Dubai is at the crossroads of the east and west, and it is taking charge as one of the great centres of commerce, tourism, and art"
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Art & Antiques Coming to America March 1, 2007
"...Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists showed 27 murals at Japan's Yamatane Museum of Art..."
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"...Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists showed 27 murals at Japan's Yamatane Museum of Art..."
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Artnews Seeing Life in Empty Rooms MARCH 2007
Robert Polidori's haunting photographs if interiors and buildings reveal the everyday lives left behind in Chernobyl, Havana, New Orleans, and Versailles by Hilarie M. Sheets.
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Robert Polidori's haunting photographs if interiors and buildings reveal the everyday lives left behind in Chernobyl, Havana, New Orleans, and Versailles by Hilarie M. Sheets.
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Art in America Judith Murray at Sundaram Tagore Gallery March 2007
"Murray's paintings . . . speak with sophistication and energy."
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"Murray's paintings . . . speak with sophistication and energy."
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Wasifiri Hide and Seek with Rebels March 2007
"...The Milky Way and Other Fairy Tales (2004) was an epic installation in which fifty one pairs of hand-blown orbs were suspended within the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York..."
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"...The Milky Way and Other Fairy Tales (2004) was an epic installation in which fifty one pairs of hand-blown orbs were suspended within the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York..."
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Bomb Magazine Robert Polidori (Interview, Photography) SPRING 2007
I met Robert Polidori through a photograph he had taken of the Versailles restoration. It captivated me. Seeing so many layers of history in one image was astonishing. So was being spurred to imagine Versailles as a real dwelling defined by the remnants of its inhabitants, and all the changes in history they and it had undergone.
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I met Robert Polidori through a photograph he had taken of the Versailles restoration. It captivated me. Seeing so many layers of history in one image was astonishing. So was being spurred to imagine Versailles as a real dwelling defined by the remnants of its inhabitants, and all the changes in history they and it had undergone.
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The New York Blade Flags of our Lovers: Artist Michael Petry on Gays in the Military January 26, 2007
"Political art is back, with artists responding to the American invasion of Iraq in full force . . . [Petry] raises intriguing questions. Why should we love our country when this nation forces us undercover and blatantly discriminates?"
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"Political art is back, with artists responding to the American invasion of Iraq in full force . . . [Petry] raises intriguing questions. Why should we love our country when this nation forces us undercover and blatantly discriminates?"
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ARTnews Reviews: New York: Judith Murray January 2007
"...What was most alluring about the recent works was the way Murray built up their surfaces to convey depth and motion. Her dexterity with paint seems to have released her creative energy and pinned it to the canvas..."
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"...What was most alluring about the recent works was the way Murray built up their surfaces to convey depth and motion. Her dexterity with paint seems to have released her creative energy and pinned it to the canvas..."
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Art & Antiques Ahead of the Curve Collector's Sourcebook 2006/2007
"...Now working with painted paper ritually immersed in ink and dye and then serrated, Qadri has developed a 'new' methodology of painting beautiful spiritual work where the artists is in a calm introspective state..."
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"...Now working with painted paper ritually immersed in ink and dye and then serrated, Qadri has developed a 'new' methodology of painting beautiful spiritual work where the artists is in a calm introspective state..."
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New York Review of Books After Katrina November 2006
The show concerns the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s ruinous pass over New Orleans on August 29, 2005, as recorded by the distinguished architectural photographer Robert Polidori in four visits between September 2005 and April 2006; it is being attended, to judge from the day this viewer was present, by more youthful African-Americans than usually make their way into the Met.
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The show concerns the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s ruinous pass over New Orleans on August 29, 2005, as recorded by the distinguished architectural photographer Robert Polidori in four visits between September 2005 and April 2006; it is being attended, to judge from the day this viewer was present, by more youthful African-Americans than usually make their way into the Met.
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Financial Times CRUELTY OF THE STORM EXPOSED OCTOBER 2006
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Robert Polidori’s astonishing After the Flood at Flowers East is one of the finest sustained series of photographs for years and that very rare thing, a set of pictures in which intellectual doubt and graphical certainty combine to something approaching perfection.
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Robert Polidori’s astonishing After the Flood at Flowers East is one of the finest sustained series of photographs for years and that very rare thing, a set of pictures in which intellectual doubt and graphical certainty combine to something approaching perfection.
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Art in America Barth Ranges Wide October 2006
"Both the evolution and constancy of Barth's concerns were evident in a small survey of her work from the late 1990's to the present..."
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"Both the evolution and constancy of Barth's concerns were evident in a small survey of her work from the late 1990's to the present..."
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The New York Times What’s Wrong With This Picture? SEPTEMBER 2006
fter Hurricane Katrina, Robert Polidori went to New Orleans, where he lived years ago, to shoot photographs of the devastation for The New Yorker. He stayed longer than first planned, then went back again and again, for weeks, taking hundreds of pictures with a large-format camera that produced wide, superbly detailed color photographs.
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fter Hurricane Katrina, Robert Polidori went to New Orleans, where he lived years ago, to shoot photographs of the devastation for The New Yorker. He stayed longer than first planned, then went back again and again, for weeks, taking hundreds of pictures with a large-format camera that produced wide, superbly detailed color photographs.
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ARTINFO Robert Polidori SEPTEMBER 2006
To commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ARTINFO has brought back our AI Interview with photographer Robert Polidori, first published in Sept. 2006, on the eve of the opening of his exhibition "New Orleans after the Flood" at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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To commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ARTINFO has brought back our AI Interview with photographer Robert Polidori, first published in Sept. 2006, on the eve of the opening of his exhibition "New Orleans after the Flood" at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Toronto Star A Canadian witness to New Orleans’ demise SEPTEMBER 2006
Make that two ex-Montrealers. One is Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the
eighth son of a French Canadian pioneer who founded New Orleans in 1718.
The other is Robert Polidori, the New Yorker staff photographer born in Montreal
in 1951, who rushed to the city a year ago this month after Hurricane Katrina
forced half a million people to flee their homes. Le Moyne made plans for a
great city. Polidori gives witness to its demise.
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Make that two ex-Montrealers. One is Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the
eighth son of a French Canadian pioneer who founded New Orleans in 1718.
The other is Robert Polidori, the New Yorker staff photographer born in Montreal
in 1951, who rushed to the city a year ago this month after Hurricane Katrina
forced half a million people to flee their homes. Le Moyne made plans for a
great city. Polidori gives witness to its demise.
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Art News Reviews: New York: Natvar Bhavsar Sundaram Tagore September 2006
"...Bhavsar's paintings are not limited to their surface colors - which are indefinable, suffused as they are with additional tones such as violet, saffron, rose, vermillion, cinnamon, midnight blue, and emerald, tinged warm and cool. Thier surfaces can resemble smoke when the hues evanesce, or they can be more tangible, pebbled textures and raised patterns, edged in a flame motif..."
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"...Bhavsar's paintings are not limited to their surface colors - which are indefinable, suffused as they are with additional tones such as violet, saffron, rose, vermillion, cinnamon, midnight blue, and emerald, tinged warm and cool. Thier surfaces can resemble smoke when the hues evanesce, or they can be more tangible, pebbled textures and raised patterns, edged in a flame motif..."
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Asian Art News A Tectonic Language September 2006
"...The salty blooms and ocher depths of many of [Joseph's] steel-relief paintings evoke not only the Mediterranean hub of Western culture but also its spokes, spanning the compass... "
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"...The salty blooms and ocher depths of many of [Joseph's] steel-relief paintings evoke not only the Mediterranean hub of Western culture but also its spokes, spanning the compass... "
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Hong Kong Tatler Off the Wall September 2006
"Tagore is an art historian, curator and founder of the Sundaram Tagore Gallery based in Chelsea, which is the hottest, most happening place for contemporary art in New York."
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"Tagore is an art historian, curator and founder of the Sundaram Tagore Gallery based in Chelsea, which is the hottest, most happening place for contemporary art in New York."
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Asian Art News Sundaram Tagore Gallery at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center August 2006
"...a group of four gloriously shimmering works [by Hiroshi Senju] from this acclaimed series."
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"...a group of four gloriously shimmering works [by Hiroshi Senju] from this acclaimed series."
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Japan Info Masterpiece Comes to Philadelphia's Japanese House and Garden Spring 2007
"Hiroshi Senju is renowned for his unique combination of modernism and ancient methods of Japanese painting."
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"Hiroshi Senju is renowned for his unique combination of modernism and ancient methods of Japanese painting."
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Art News Magazine India Facing East: American Artists' Encounters with India August 2006
"The California artist Lee Waisler came to know both the renowned Indian philosopher J. Krishnamuri and the indophile artist Beatrice Wood, a lover of Marcel Duchamp, who inspired the character of Rose in the mainstream American film Titanic"
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"The California artist Lee Waisler came to know both the renowned Indian philosopher J. Krishnamuri and the indophile artist Beatrice Wood, a lover of Marcel Duchamp, who inspired the character of Rose in the mainstream American film Titanic"
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The New York Times Upscale, Downpriced: More Than a Taste At Six of the Best July 12, 2006
(Joseph's work appears in the publication image. His piece graces the dining room wall of Jean Georges, a New York restaurant that overlooks Columbus Circle.)
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(Joseph's work appears in the publication image. His piece graces the dining room wall of Jean Georges, a New York restaurant that overlooks Columbus Circle.)
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Art News Magazine India The Legacy of Anti-Tradition July 2006
"...artists were fighting for the right to produce art that defied the label 'Indian', explains Sundaram Tagore in this overview of modernism in India."
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"...artists were fighting for the right to produce art that defied the label 'Indian', explains Sundaram Tagore in this overview of modernism in India."
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Namaskaar Indian Art blooms in New York July 2006
"...The gallery, always interested in cross-cultural connections, has shown a diverse group of artists including Natvar Bhavsar, Sohan Qadri, Judith Murray, Nathan Slate Joseph, Anil Revri and Susan Weil..."
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"...The gallery, always interested in cross-cultural connections, has shown a diverse group of artists including Natvar Bhavsar, Sohan Qadri, Judith Murray, Nathan Slate Joseph, Anil Revri and Susan Weil..."
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Architectural Digest The Essence of Light July 2006
(featuring the painting A Line in the Sand by Nathan Slate Joseph)
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(featuring the painting A Line in the Sand by Nathan Slate Joseph)
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News India Times/Desi Talk Group Exhibition Reveals Confluence of East and West Friday, June 30, 2006
"Bhavsar, Qadri, and Revri, are symbolic of the journeys of the artists of our times. Geographically, they have traveled out the country of their birth; artisically out of the influence of the Modernism of Matisse and Picasso, the Abstractionism of Mondrian, the Lyric Abstractionism of Pollock."
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"Bhavsar, Qadri, and Revri, are symbolic of the journeys of the artists of our times. Geographically, they have traveled out the country of their birth; artisically out of the influence of the Modernism of Matisse and Picasso, the Abstractionism of Mondrian, the Lyric Abstractionism of Pollock."
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ARTLIES 51 Michael Petry: The Treasure of Memory June 2006
"Petry . . . constructs a space where viewers can look at his work like they look at history - from all sides - revisiting old reminiscences and creating new experiences."
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"Petry . . . constructs a space where viewers can look at his work like they look at history - from all sides - revisiting old reminiscences and creating new experiences."
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Hi Blitz High Art in a Taxi Garage June 2006
"Fabulous art in a taxi garage? Sundaram Tagore a descendant of the illustrious Tagore family, himself an art historian, collector and connoisseur moved from his big gallery in Soho to an even bigger space - a 100-year-old garage in Chelsea."
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"Fabulous art in a taxi garage? Sundaram Tagore a descendant of the illustrious Tagore family, himself an art historian, collector and connoisseur moved from his big gallery in Soho to an even bigger space - a 100-year-old garage in Chelsea."
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Asian Contemporary Art Week Sundaram Tagore Gallery May 25, 2006
"The goal . . . is to create a dialogue among cultures and to find points of commonality and elements that inspire new ways of thinking and creating...Curated by Sundaram Tagore"
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"The goal . . . is to create a dialogue among cultures and to find points of commonality and elements that inspire new ways of thinking and creating...Curated by Sundaram Tagore"
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The New York Sun On the Town May 11, 2006
"Looking back the Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents "Now and Then," a retrospective of the 76-year-old artist Susan Weil."
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"Looking back the Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents "Now and Then," a retrospective of the 76-year-old artist Susan Weil."
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Rave Sq. The Big Picture May/June 2006
"...The two things that stand out about Bhavsar's works are the colors and the sizes, both bold and magnificent. While critics noticed similarities between the size of his works and those of Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothco and Barnett Newman, none of these art greats were able to capture the color he was exposed to in his youth in India..."
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"...The two things that stand out about Bhavsar's works are the colors and the sizes, both bold and magnificent. While critics noticed similarities between the size of his works and those of Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothco and Barnett Newman, none of these art greats were able to capture the color he was exposed to in his youth in India..."
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Asian Art News East/West Dialogue May/June 2006
"...Natvar Bhavsar is a color field painter who works in pure pigment. He is largely credited for bringing a spiritual element to the absrtact expressionism movement in America..."
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"...Natvar Bhavsar is a color field painter who works in pure pigment. He is largely credited for bringing a spiritual element to the absrtact expressionism movement in America..."
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Art & Antiques Mad over MADI May 2006
"...When MADi started, it was revolutionary..."
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"...When MADi started, it was revolutionary..."
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Rave Sq. Garage Turned Gallery May/June 2006
"After spending years in Soho, Sundaram Tagore Gallery has finally made the move to Chelsea, one of the art capitals of the world."
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"After spending years in Soho, Sundaram Tagore Gallery has finally made the move to Chelsea, one of the art capitals of the world."
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Chicago Tribune Merchandise Mart to buy Art Chicago April 29th, 2006
"...Art Chicago found a new home this week at the Merchandise Mart and now may never leave."
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"...Art Chicago found a new home this week at the Merchandise Mart and now may never leave."
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Indian Express Sundaram Tagore Gallery Now Adds Color to Chelsea Art Scene March 31, 2006
"Bhavsar works with dried granules of pigment in a very deliberate and precise approach, although it may appear random. What emerges are canvases that are deeply pictorial in nature. Some of his paintings are monumental--more than 30 feet in length--and lyrical, abstract attempts to reveal both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic universe."
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"Bhavsar works with dried granules of pigment in a very deliberate and precise approach, although it may appear random. What emerges are canvases that are deeply pictorial in nature. Some of his paintings are monumental--more than 30 feet in length--and lyrical, abstract attempts to reveal both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic universe."
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Robb Report Contemporary's Softer Side March 2006
Joseph's work appears in a publication image of a Los Angeles home designed by Richard Landry of Landry Design Group.
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Joseph's work appears in a publication image of a Los Angeles home designed by Richard Landry of Landry Design Group.
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Art+Auction At the Fair March 2006
"But the first show of Indian contemporary art in the fair's history, from newcomer Sundaram Tagore of New York, also reflects heightened interest in that field Tagore has meditative paintings on paper by Sohan Qadri.."
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"But the first show of Indian contemporary art in the fair's history, from newcomer Sundaram Tagore of New York, also reflects heightened interest in that field Tagore has meditative paintings on paper by Sohan Qadri.."
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Asian Art News Sohan Qadri at Sundaram Tagore Gallery March/April 2006
"Sohan Qadri's paintings are transcendental and physical experiences..."
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"Sohan Qadri's paintings are transcendental and physical experiences..."
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Asian Art News Relocation Show March/April 2006
"Sundaram Tagore Gallery has announced that they will relocate to a new space at 547 West 27th Street in Chelsea and inaugurate their new gallery with a show of Natvar Bhavsar to open on March 16, 2006."
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"Sundaram Tagore Gallery has announced that they will relocate to a new space at 547 West 27th Street in Chelsea and inaugurate their new gallery with a show of Natvar Bhavsar to open on March 16, 2006."
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Asian Art News Search for a Path November/December, 2005
"Revri has had numerous solo and group shows in India and the United States. His work ha been featured in collections worldwide including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress."
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"Revri has had numerous solo and group shows in India and the United States. His work ha been featured in collections worldwide including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress."
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Toronto Star Vivid Art that joins East and West October 29th, 2005
"Natvar Bhavsar is a world-renowned painter from India whose huge colorful canvases hang in more than 1,000 private, corporate and museum collections including the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.."
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"Natvar Bhavsar is a world-renowned painter from India whose huge colorful canvases hang in more than 1,000 private, corporate and museum collections including the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.."
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Shofuso Mural Project July 2005
"Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, will complete his work in December of 2006 on a set of 27 syohekiga murals to be donated to Shofuso."
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"Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, will complete his work in December of 2006 on a set of 27 syohekiga murals to be donated to Shofuso."
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American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award in Art May 18, 2005
"[Murray] has reinvented an abstraction which is nature."
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"[Murray] has reinvented an abstraction which is nature."
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L Magazine Sundaram Tagore Gallery Lee Waisler: Perfect Circle March 2-15, 2005
"Waisler . . . [is] influenced by Hindu-Buddhist precepts, specifically the notion of the interrelated duality of creation and destruction."
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"Waisler . . . [is] influenced by Hindu-Buddhist precepts, specifically the notion of the interrelated duality of creation and destruction."
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AM New York Art World Going in Circles February 25th, 2005
"Lee Waisler is an American artist with International scope. He has exhibited in museums worldwide and his work is heavily influenced by Hindu and Buddhist culture and philosophy..."
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"Lee Waisler is an American artist with International scope. He has exhibited in museums worldwide and his work is heavily influenced by Hindu and Buddhist culture and philosophy..."
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Art in America Anil Revri at the Corcoran January 2005
"Revri's control of light and perspective is underscored in the larger geometric abstract drawings and paintings..."
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"Revri's control of light and perspective is underscored in the larger geometric abstract drawings and paintings..."
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ARTnews Judith Murray January 2005
"Murray is exploring a difficult coloristic terrain . . . These painting are confined almost courageously to a narrow range of colors with the repeated admixture of white to vary them . . ."
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"Murray is exploring a difficult coloristic terrain . . . These painting are confined almost courageously to a narrow range of colors with the repeated admixture of white to vary them . . ."
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International Research Center for the Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design Hiroshi Senju 2005
"Coming to the 21st century, we bade farewell to contemporary art of the 20th century . . . realizing that only art works which are recorded in history can lend us encouragement, vitality and healing."
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"Coming to the 21st century, we bade farewell to contemporary art of the 20th century . . . realizing that only art works which are recorded in history can lend us encouragement, vitality and healing."
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Resurgence 232 The Seeker 2005
"Qadri, talking about his process of painting, says: 'When I start on a canvas I first empty my mind of all images. They dissolve into a primordial space. Only emptiness should communicate with the emptiness of the canvas'... "
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"Qadri, talking about his process of painting, says: 'When I start on a canvas I first empty my mind of all images. They dissolve into a primordial space. Only emptiness should communicate with the emptiness of the canvas'... "
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KIPPO NEWS Kansai in Focus: Japanese-style painter Senju seeking to foster students into worldwide artists December 8, 2004
"Senju says . . . artists can be recognized as worldwide ones only when their works have been publicly recognized as those which have a clear-cut philosophy and vision toward world peace and environmental conservation."
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"Senju says . . . artists can be recognized as worldwide ones only when their works have been publicly recognized as those which have a clear-cut philosophy and vision toward world peace and environmental conservation."
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News India Times Color-Poetic Reverberations in Bhavsar's Festive Gift to NYC November 26, 2004
"...Bhavsar has completely demolished appearance and form and contour - nor is there any place for 'line' in the world of color-drunk Bhavsar"
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"...Bhavsar has completely demolished appearance and form and contour - nor is there any place for 'line' in the world of color-drunk Bhavsar"
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Asian Art News Painter of All Times November/December 2004
"Revri's work addresses one of the most basic issues of the human experience: the individual's struggle to acknowledge and become closer to an entity greater than oneself."
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"Revri's work addresses one of the most basic issues of the human experience: the individual's struggle to acknowledge and become closer to an entity greater than oneself."
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Rave Sq. Erasing Borders Nov-Dec 2004
"[Sundaram Tagore] A gallery owner and curator explains diaspora culture from an artistic perspective - and highlights the responsibilities of the émigré Indian artist today"
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"[Sundaram Tagore] A gallery owner and curator explains diaspora culture from an artistic perspective - and highlights the responsibilities of the émigré Indian artist today"
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News India Times Many Incarnations of Painter, Poet, Yogi, Qadri September 17, 2004
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The Telegraph Portrait of Tantrik as Artist July 25, 2004
"When I contacted Sohan at his studio in Copenhagen, he explained why he had switched from painting on canvas to painting on paper: 'Paper is much more feminine. Canvas is much more of a struggle. I am against struggle. Good art doesn't come out of struggle. Good art comes out of surrender'..."
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"When I contacted Sohan at his studio in Copenhagen, he explained why he had switched from painting on canvas to painting on paper: 'Paper is much more feminine. Canvas is much more of a struggle. I am against struggle. Good art doesn't come out of struggle. Good art comes out of surrender'..."
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The Brooklyn Rail Artseen February 2004
"What Bhavsar's paintings achieve is a remarkable intimacy that leads us into the present fusion of language, technology, and the transmission of form."
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"What Bhavsar's paintings achieve is a remarkable intimacy that leads us into the present fusion of language, technology, and the transmission of form."
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Rediff.com Interview with Natvar Bhavsar January 15th, 2004
"[Natvar Bhavsar] became a witness to, and a participant in, the great cultural flowering of our time - in dance, music, and painting."
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"[Natvar Bhavsar] became a witness to, and a participant in, the great cultural flowering of our time - in dance, music, and painting."
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Art in America Susan Weil at Sundaram Tagore January, 2004
"Susan Weil's 21-piece pictorial salute to James Joyce, accompanied by excerpts from his novels and related text, might well have fallen into illustration."
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"Susan Weil's 21-piece pictorial salute to James Joyce, accompanied by excerpts from his novels and related text, might well have fallen into illustration."
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Gallery Guide Primary Sources 2004
"Stan Gregory's curvilinear bands of varying thickness laid on vivid minimal backgrounds are created in a painstaking, layered process. In this, he is heir to both the conventions of geometric abstraction and Islamic and Japanese calligraphic traditions."
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"Stan Gregory's curvilinear bands of varying thickness laid on vivid minimal backgrounds are created in a painstaking, layered process. In this, he is heir to both the conventions of geometric abstraction and Islamic and Japanese calligraphic traditions."
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Art in America Robert Polidori at Pace/MacGill DECEMBER 2003
This image is among the large-format chromogenic prints mounted on Plexiglas that were part of Robert Polidori's recent exhibition, and among the many published in a new volume, Zones of Exclusion, Pripyat and Chernobyl (Gottingen, Germany, Steidl, 2003).
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This image is among the large-format chromogenic prints mounted on Plexiglas that were part of Robert Polidori's recent exhibition, and among the many published in a new volume, Zones of Exclusion, Pripyat and Chernobyl (Gottingen, Germany, Steidl, 2003).
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Art in America Mutability and Metaphor December, 2003
"...Natvar Bhavsar creates large compositions in which a cosmic vision emerges from lush materiality."
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"...Natvar Bhavsar creates large compositions in which a cosmic vision emerges from lush materiality."
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Art in America Judith Murray at Sundaram Tagore October 2003
"Murray's lyrical pictures are fraught with references to an earlier, distinctly French method of building up the surface. This . . . goes a long way toward explaining their emotional charge."
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"Murray's lyrical pictures are fraught with references to an earlier, distinctly French method of building up the surface. This . . . goes a long way toward explaining their emotional charge."
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New York Observer Every Day Is Bloomsday At Susan Weil Exhibit September 22nd, 2003
"Weil's portrait of James Joyce teems with wit...the exhibition is a delight with invention and pictorial virtuosity."
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"Weil's portrait of James Joyce teems with wit...the exhibition is a delight with invention and pictorial virtuosity."
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Asian Art News Sohan Qadri at Tibet House September/October 2003
"Made with ink and dye on handmade-looking paper, color is a key element in Qadri's work."
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"Made with ink and dye on handmade-looking paper, color is a key element in Qadri's work."
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The Indian Express Creating Illusions August 1, 2003
"In particular, Qadri's color choices--mercury reds, peacock blues, and even stark black and grays-- underscore his Indian roots, while his sense of form points to his philosophical inclinations."
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"In particular, Qadri's color choices--mercury reds, peacock blues, and even stark black and grays-- underscore his Indian roots, while his sense of form points to his philosophical inclinations."
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CITY Action May/June 2003
"Stan Gregory[s] . . . work has been associated with the likes of Kandinsky and Matisse . . . [He] evokes the style of Islamic calligraphic art"
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"Stan Gregory[s] . . . work has been associated with the likes of Kandinsky and Matisse . . . [He] evokes the style of Islamic calligraphic art"
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New York Times Turning Data Into Textured Paintings January 26, 2003
"Curated by Sundaram Tagore this exhibition at the Rye Art Center fulfills its promise to document the art of modern India."
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"Curated by Sundaram Tagore this exhibition at the Rye Art Center fulfills its promise to document the art of modern India."
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New York Times Telling Secrets That Worked For Gambling Life in Films January 2, 2003
"A flair for raising money and for feeding cast and crew." A book launch for Ismail Merchant at Sundaram Tagore Gallery
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"A flair for raising money and for feeding cast and crew." A book launch for Ismail Merchant at Sundaram Tagore Gallery
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Art in America Nathan Slate Joseph at Sundaram Tagore June 2002
"Nathan Slate Joseph's work uniquely combines the large-scale exuberance of Abstract Expressionism with the laissez-faire mellowness of found-object art."
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"Nathan Slate Joseph's work uniquely combines the large-scale exuberance of Abstract Expressionism with the laissez-faire mellowness of found-object art."
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Art in America Joan Vennum at Sundaram Tagore February 2002
"Vennum works in patterns that seem familiar, natural and continuous..."
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"Vennum works in patterns that seem familiar, natural and continuous..."
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The Harlem Patchwork Building January 31, 2002
"Facade designed by Nathan Slate Joseph in collaboration with Caples and Jefferson Architects."
"Harlem New Modernism"
-The New York Times, January 31, 2002_-
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"Facade designed by Nathan Slate Joseph in collaboration with Caples and Jefferson Architects."
"Harlem New Modernism"
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The Denver Post Latin American or Jewish? Nevermind, it's Still Good Art February 9, 2009
"The majority of works, such as the sublime abstractions of Mexican-born Ricardo Mazal, offer little that can, at least immediately, be identified as being Jewish."
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"The majority of works, such as the sublime abstractions of Mexican-born Ricardo Mazal, offer little that can, at least immediately, be identified as being Jewish."
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India New York Book on Painter Natvar Bhavsar by Noted Historian Released in N.Y. October 23, 1998
"A recognition of [Bhavsar's] place in the mainstream art world today was the release on Oct. 15 of a book on Bhavsar, written by a noted authority on American art, irving Sandler, and published by Craftsman House of Australia, at a reception at the home of noted art collectors Pat and Ben Heller, ...titled "Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color," contain[ing] 42 plates of color that reproduce the complexities and nuances of the original, which ordinarily elude reproduction, with notable fidelity."
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"A recognition of [Bhavsar's] place in the mainstream art world today was the release on Oct. 15 of a book on Bhavsar, written by a noted authority on American art, irving Sandler, and published by Craftsman House of Australia, at a reception at the home of noted art collectors Pat and Ben Heller, ...titled "Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color," contain[ing] 42 plates of color that reproduce the complexities and nuances of the original, which ordinarily elude reproduction, with notable fidelity."
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India New York 2 shows in Europe and a Book from Down Under Feature the Art of Natvar Bhavsar October 10, 1997
"[Bhavar's] work occupies a unique place in mainstream contemporary art. It is distinguished by what is described as its "materiality." It is not figurative. It doesn't tell a story, nor communicate any idea. It contains no drama; it doesn't prove any point, preaches no moral. It is just there, by itself, existing all alone."
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"[Bhavar's] work occupies a unique place in mainstream contemporary art. It is distinguished by what is described as its "materiality." It is not figurative. It doesn't tell a story, nor communicate any idea. It contains no drama; it doesn't prove any point, preaches no moral. It is just there, by itself, existing all alone."
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The Hindu Fireworks in a Dark Sky June 30, 1996
"He is a masterful draftsman and was trained in India in an academic tradition. But colour is his thing. Although he has done figurative work and also went through a cubist phase, there has been an increasing de-emphasis on drawing in his work and a corresponding emphasis on colour. If you have to classify him, his is an abstract expressionist but his work is unique. They always remind me of the state of mind just before you awaken from a dream."
-Howard Wooden-
Director of the Wichita Art Musuem in Texas
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"He is a masterful draftsman and was trained in India in an academic tradition. But colour is his thing. Although he has done figurative work and also went through a cubist phase, there has been an increasing de-emphasis on drawing in his work and a corresponding emphasis on colour. If you have to classify him, his is an abstract expressionist but his work is unique. They always remind me of the state of mind just before you awaken from a dream."
-Howard Wooden-
Director of the Wichita Art Musuem in Texas
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Asian Art News A Struggle for Modernism January/February 1996
"Indian modern artists have fought to create their own brand of Modernism far removed from it's early European influences. Here in the second part of his two part article, Indian art historian and critic Sundaram Tagore looks at the struggle of these artists."
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"Indian modern artists have fought to create their own brand of Modernism far removed from it's early European influences. Here in the second part of his two part article, Indian art historian and critic Sundaram Tagore looks at the struggle of these artists."
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Art Asia Pacific The Story of a Jagged Line Issue 19
"Maqbool Fida Husain is regarded as the modern celebrity artist of twentieth-century India."
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"Maqbool Fida Husain is regarded as the modern celebrity artist of twentieth-century India."
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Asian Art News Towards Identity November/December 1995
"Modern India has produced numerous fine artists who are only now being recognized in the international art market. Here, in the first of a two-part series, Indian art historian and critic Sundaram Tagore looks at the roots of art and modernism in India."
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"Modern India has produced numerous fine artists who are only now being recognized in the international art market. Here, in the first of a two-part series, Indian art historian and critic Sundaram Tagore looks at the roots of art and modernism in India."
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Art News The Artist's Artists November 1984
"The gradations of rust that result are enhanced by a variety of other hues, and the final product has the effect of a carefully composed painting."
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"The gradations of rust that result are enhanced by a variety of other hues, and the final product has the effect of a carefully composed painting."
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Blue Sands Natural Man
"Nathan Slate Joseph is a collaborative artist who partners with nature. As he dabs, flings and brushes galvanized steel surfaces with earthy inorganic pigments and then treats them with acids to faciliatate their breakdown, he serves as the front man while weather toils away unnoticed in the back of the house. Making a studio of the great outdoors--or at least a potato field, the artist paints with wind, rain, and sunlight."
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"Nathan Slate Joseph is a collaborative artist who partners with nature. As he dabs, flings and brushes galvanized steel surfaces with earthy inorganic pigments and then treats them with acids to faciliatate their breakdown, he serves as the front man while weather toils away unnoticed in the back of the house. Making a studio of the great outdoors--or at least a potato field, the artist paints with wind, rain, and sunlight."
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Mid Day Portrait of Tantrik as Artist
"Sundaram's current passion is the work of a man of mystery. He is the Copenhagen-based painter cum tantrik, Sohan Qadri, who will have a one-man exhibition at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery starting on September 5."
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"Sundaram's current passion is the work of a man of mystery. He is the Copenhagen-based painter cum tantrik, Sohan Qadri, who will have a one-man exhibition at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery starting on September 5."
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Ragtime An Exhibition of a Tantric Artist Vol. 10, No. 1
"Artist, poet Tantric guru Sohan Qadri has been immersed in painting and mediation for more than 30 years."
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"Artist, poet Tantric guru Sohan Qadri has been immersed in painting and mediation for more than 30 years."
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