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Art collector Swapan Seth makes his curatorial debut with a show that celebrates five decades of Sakshi Art Gallery
It is perhaps rather unexpected that Sakshi Art Gallery would choose a first-time curator to put together their golden jubilee show. Their chosen curator,the Delhi-based collector Swapan Seth,is a connoisseur in his own right,with a known preference for video art over more established forms like painting and sculpture. So,the exhibition,titled Scratch,scheduled to take off from November 12 at the Lalit Kala Akademi,will put together a quirky collection,primed to give the viewers something fresh to mull over.
When I was thinking about how to curate the show,I remembered American artist Edward Ruschas famous line,If it makes you scratch your head,it is art,and I decided to go with it,because it encompasses the spirit of Sakshi. Under its quiet and demure exteriors,it has been cutting-edge,promoting art that went against the status quo consistently, says Seth,43,managing partner of the art house Henry S Clark.
The exhibition will feature a range of media and a variety of artists. The new media artists include Hemali Bhuta,Neha Choksi,Rohini Devasher,Sarnath Banerjee and Asim Waqf. Painters and installation artists N S Harsha,Sunil Gawde too feature in the line-up,while the international artists include performance and installation artist Noriko Yamaguchi from Japan,sound artist Wang Fujui and video artist Wu Chi-Tsung both from Taiwan and Jorge Mayet from Spain. Seth says the idea behind taking such a diverse group was to let each individual do their own thing.
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