While walking over to a photography gallery which was closed, we were told by someone on the street that there was an exhibition at the UB Towers Mall.
The mall has opened less than a year ago, and we were interested to see how a gallery would position itself in the space. In this post I will talk about the show itself. In the next post I will tell a bit more about the state of the mall.
The show consisted of a set of paintings on pedestals in three places in the mall.
I met Essmath Khaleezi, a representative from Apparao Galleries. She told me that she was excited bring artwork to the mall because she felt the average person does not get enough of a chance to stand in front of a painting and contemplate it and not feel like they have to buy it.
For her this was a great opportunity to share the ideas of contemporary art with the common man.
(Of course, no “common” man would EVER step foot in THIS mall, or even be allowed to if they tried to enter…but more on that next).
She is a Bangalore native and is happy to come back to the city and do work that involves spreading contemporary art scene. I was told (repeatedly) by guards in the mall that I was not allowed to take photographs at all. However, Essmath understands that that images of this installation will attract attention to her gallery so she gave me permission. Considering I wasn’t given an explanation by the guards as to why photography was banned even though I asked, and that they had no way of enforcing the rule without throwing me out, I took many photographs anyways. Thanks for the info Essmath!
Here is the panel next to the paintings that describes Apparao Galleries
APPARAO GALLERIES
Apparao galleries, originally called ‘The Gallery’ Madras was launched in 1984. With the globalization of art and keen interest in contemporary art its pioneer Sharan Apparao realized that the need to personalize it with a less general name and used her name like other international galleries. APPARAO GALLERIES is now one of the leading contemporary art galleries in India.
APPARAO GALLERIES
Apparao galleries, originally called ‘The Gallery’ Madras was launched in 1984. With the globalization of art and keen interest in contemporary art its pioneer Sharan Apparao realized that the need to personalize it with a less general name and used her name like other international galleries. APPARAO GALLERIES is now one of the leading contemporary art galleries in India.
APPARAO GALLERIS caters to the aesthetic needs of the Indian diaspora and provides a window to the exciting trends that emerging from South India. The gallery stocks a comprehensive range of artists and has the distinction of having promoted some of India’s most renowned names in cities across the world. It also coordinates overseas activities through export concern the ‘Art Route’.
The gallery deals with established artists while building unknown emerging artists into ‘brands’ in the art world. By creating and co-ordinating art events it assists in display presentation of contemporary art through auctions, solo shows, group shows, photo shows and art events. APPARAO GALLERIES’ strength is that of an ‘art incubator’ in the art world. Creating a platform of lectures & workshops for artists to interact with each other. APPARAO GALLERIES promotes young emerging talent to its forte.
APPARAO GALLERIES understand the needs of the collectors and locates exhibition in different venues traveling with them when necessary. It also acts as a consultant to authentication and document all aspects of contemporary art for private and corporate collectors. It advises collectors on maintanence, restoration and up keeping of art.
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