Subodh Gupta: Adda / Rendez-vous
The Monnaie de Paris presents the first retrospective exhibition in France of the Indian artist Subodh Gupta. Being a key figure of contemporary Indian art, Subodh Gupta's works of art joined many major private and public collections. This exhibition focuses on early pieces reflecting the origins of his work as well as monumental pieces of art and his more recent exploration of the theme of sound.
Subodh Gubta's works are created using everyday objects, both used and new, symbolic of life in India. The artist plays on these simple and direct evocations of his homeland through the use of trompe l鈥檕eil techniques. The objects, casted in bronze, brass, copper and nickel, change and take an all new appearance. Released from their everyday functions, brought to a halt, collected together and reproduced almost precisely, yet in new and different materials, these objects become works of art exposed to the gaze of the spectator. He often employs metal kitchen utensils, in particular the traditional meal boxes or dabba in Hindi.
Collected together and juxtaposed, they evoke equally the act of cooking real food as well as spiritual nourishment. The contrast between the monumentality of some installations and smaller scale sculptures, acts as a metaphor of the tensions at work in both national and international backgrounds such as between rural and urban life, industry and craftsmanship, a political vision of life and a more metaphysical one.
The exhibition takes place in the historic salons of 11 Conti along the banks of the Seine, extends up the main stairway and continues in the inner courtyards of the Monnaie de Paris, where monumental and previously unseen works can be discovered, free of charge, by pedestrians. This exhibition perfectly illustrates the main principles behind the Monnaie de Paris' artistic programme: exhibiting great sculptors of the 20th and 21st centuries, with works designed for private collections alongside large-scale creations commissioned for public spaces and encouraging reflection on artistic know-how and techniques on a site with a factory that itself remains in activity.
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The Monnaie de Paris presents the first retrospective exhibition in France of the Indian artist Subodh Gupta. Being a key figure of contemporary Indian art, Subodh Gupta's works of art joined many major private and public collections. This exhibition focuses on early pieces reflecting the origins of his work as well as monumental pieces of art and his more recent exploration of the theme of sound.
Subodh Gubta's works are created using everyday objects, both used and new, symbolic of life in India. The artist plays on these simple and direct evocations of his homeland through the use of trompe l鈥檕eil techniques. The objects, casted in bronze, brass, copper and nickel, change and take an all new appearance. Released from their everyday functions, brought to a halt, collected together and reproduced almost precisely, yet in new and different materials, these objects become works of art exposed to the gaze of the spectator. He often employs metal kitchen utensils, in particular the traditional meal boxes or dabba in Hindi.
Collected together and juxtaposed, they evoke equally the act of cooking real food as well as spiritual nourishment. The contrast between the monumentality of some installations and smaller scale sculptures, acts as a metaphor of the tensions at work in both national and international backgrounds such as between rural and urban life, industry and craftsmanship, a political vision of life and a more metaphysical one.
The exhibition takes place in the historic salons of 11 Conti along the banks of the Seine, extends up the main stairway and continues in the inner courtyards of the Monnaie de Paris, where monumental and previously unseen works can be discovered, free of charge, by pedestrians. This exhibition perfectly illustrates the main principles behind the Monnaie de Paris' artistic programme: exhibiting great sculptors of the 20th and 21st centuries, with works designed for private collections alongside large-scale creations commissioned for public spaces and encouraging reflection on artistic know-how and techniques on a site with a factory that itself remains in activity.
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