India presents modern art in Denmark
Channel: Co-create Now
Date: 2012-08-19

Interviews with Christian Gether, Thukral & Tagra, and Anil M. Naik
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13 internationally renowned artists from India are presenting new works under the label INDIA : ART NOW in the unique and ship-shaped museum for modern art, Arken located in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The six months festival 'India Today  Copenhagen Tomorrow' opened in Arken. The festival aims to  profile modern India in Denmark by promoting cultural, scientific and com­mer­cial exchanges. 

The director of Arken, Christian Gether, believes the selected artists reflect todays meeting between the rich and diverse Indian traditions and the world.

Thukral & Tagra are among the 13 artists. They work with all arts - painting, sculpture, installation and more. In Arken, they present a new installation called "The Escape", about the migration from India. It is a passenger terminal built like a paintball machine. 

Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra are producing the installation specifically for ARKEN. Thukral and Tagra are proud they have been chosen as a kind of art-Ambassadors for India.  

Mr. Anil M. Naik, is honorary chair of India Today Copenhagen Tomorrow. He is the Executive Chairman of the Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro. The Danish founder, Henning Holck-Larsen recieved a Padma Bushan Award a year before he died in 2003 and was commemorated on a stamp in India. Mr. Naik hopes the event will be an important milestone towards achieving the goal of building relations between India and Denmark on many levels.

Indian art and culture are rapidly developing at present and are leaving their traces not only in the mega-cities Mumbai and Delhi, where many of the artists live and work, but also in the West.

Several works have been created specifically for the exhibition and they encou­rage and defy preconceived western notions of Indian art.

For the subjects, materials and narratives, the artists often take their point of departure in local Indian phenomena, but their works extend far beyond the idea of exotic India into global culture.

The 13 artists provide local insight to India and a global outlook to the world from India.

The works are sensually rich and thought-provoking - the exhibition received six out of six stars in Berlingske, one of the major Danish newspapers. 'INDIA : ART NOW' is an impressive opening of what promises to be a rarely seen manifestation of modern India.

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This video was produced in Copenhagen on 17 August 2012 by VNR.tv and the Danish Cultural Institute - www.indiadenmark.in

Read more about the competion for students on www.indiadenmark.in/competition