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Friday, May 01, 2009 (11:56:23) |
| Tags : Lifestyle, young artists |
Spotlight on young artists |
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| New Delhi: Works by young Indian artists Jitish Kallat and Anirban Mitra will be the highlight of global auction house Christie's day and evening sale of Asian contemporary art May 24 and 25 in Hong Kong.
An overriding theme distinctive to young Indian contemporary artists, says Christie's, is the urge to address national and philosophical concerns like social reality, political inequality, traditional gender roles, empowerment and relationships.
Kallat's "Universal Recipient", estimated at $89,700-115,400, depicts the city of Mumbai and its crowded vistas with "pop-infused" figures, said a press statement issued by the auction house.
Kallat captures the picture of urban cacophony, a theme that the artist had experimented with in his early works. His work also comments on the struggle for existence.
Mitra fuses elements from folk, tribal art, religion, mass media and popular culture. His work "Hide Tide, Low Tide" is a dreamlike landscape which is almost absurd. The abstract frame touches upon social issues, especially consumerism in India.
Global interest in Indian art has established the category as a mainstay of the contemporary scene in New York, London and Hong Kong.
Since modern and contemporary sales of Indian art was launched in New York in 2000, worldwide sale of Indian art by Christie's has grown from $656,000 to over $45 million in 2008. (IANS) |
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