Subodh Gupta: My Village
Galleria Continua is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Subodh Gupta, one of the most well-known voices on the contemporary art scene. The exhibition, entitled My Village, aims to convey the memories, nostalgia, desires and struggles that permeate the stories of the artist鈥檚 home country, India.
As well as the frequent formal and symbolic references drawn from the Indian tradition, the starting point of this exhibition is a thought that investigates the education received by Gupta in relation to socio-economic, political and ecological dynamics. Highlighting the shared nature of this story, which is partly very intimate and personal, the artist approaches the audience with various questions. When one comes into contact with the works on display, it is necessary to ask oneself how we reflect on the objects and how their images speak to our education, which can be understood as a process of accumulation of information capable of defining the identity and thought of an individual. More specifically, what the artist asks the observer is to reflect on the memory of our first meal eaten, and how this has contaminated the context of the society in which we grew up, how we eat a meal, and the common act of sharing it or not, and what it says on a larger scale about us. The objects and tools present in the paintings and installations on display are entities that, in their simplicity, interact with the intricate textures of life, its shades, lines and shadows that also furrow the palms of our hands.
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Galleria Continua is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Subodh Gupta, one of the most well-known voices on the contemporary art scene. The exhibition, entitled My Village, aims to convey the memories, nostalgia, desires and struggles that permeate the stories of the artist鈥檚 home country, India.
As well as the frequent formal and symbolic references drawn from the Indian tradition, the starting point of this exhibition is a thought that investigates the education received by Gupta in relation to socio-economic, political and ecological dynamics. Highlighting the shared nature of this story, which is partly very intimate and personal, the artist approaches the audience with various questions. When one comes into contact with the works on display, it is necessary to ask oneself how we reflect on the objects and how their images speak to our education, which can be understood as a process of accumulation of information capable of defining the identity and thought of an individual. More specifically, what the artist asks the observer is to reflect on the memory of our first meal eaten, and how this has contaminated the context of the society in which we grew up, how we eat a meal, and the common act of sharing it or not, and what it says on a larger scale about us. The objects and tools present in the paintings and installations on display are entities that, in their simplicity, interact with the intricate textures of life, its shades, lines and shadows that also furrow the palms of our hands.
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