South Asian Women Artists' Loop (SAWAL)

SAWAL is a network that will be maintained among a collective of women artists through cyber based exchanges, long distant collaborative art projects and art residencies/workshops that specifically explore the experiences, articulations of women across art disciplines, geographical boarders and cultural specificities.

Room of My Own: Revisited…

Concept of the art project:The A Room of My Own: Revisiting….. ‘ is a project that hopes to explore through different visual art mediums, the creative writings of women who have help to formulate and build South Asia’s feminist discourse grounded on its geo-political and cultural anxieties. These writings have offered an alternative thought process that has help to form informed opinions, practices and ideas towards women in the society through their literary writings. Virginial Wolf, an internationally known female writers whose work has inspired women across continent and cultures is evoked in the title ‘A Room of My Own’ used as a point of departure to engage in literature that is produced within South Asia. The project connects visual art and literature combining the depth of the word and the depth of visuality creating layers of meaning, one that is of the writer and another of the artist. The work process of the artists participating in the project would involve creating artworks with attempts of interpretation, dissection and overlapping of content. This process hopes to produce a series of paintings, drawings, video art, photographs, film, installation and book art through re-reading of local literature.Room of My Own project will have the particiation of of 8 artists representing India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. The project will run through a period of one year and the works produced during this period will be first shown in selected venues in India. Room of My Own exhibition hopes to travel to Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh in 2011.



Artists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are participating in the program 'Room of My Own...'. Seema Kohli/ Brinda Miller (India), Asma Mundrawala / Ayesha Jatoi (Pakistan), Ayesha Sultana/ Tayeba Begum Lipi (Bangladesh), Anoli Perera/ Menika van der Pooten (Sri Lanka) and Ashimina Ranjit/ Sajana Joshi (Nepal) will work together for a period of 12 months (July 2010 -July 2011) on the Room of My Own project creating a large body of artworks responding to selected creative writing pieces by women writers selected from each country. Their work will be done in response to the writings as well as to each others’ work, creating a notion of continuity from one to the other conceptually and visually.

Galleries

Number of venues in India have confirmed their support to the SAWAL project 'Room of My Own...'.  Exhibitions will be scheduled at below mentioned galleries in 2011 when  project ends in July same year.

Gallery Time and Space
Time and Space started as an experimental venture that sought to understand and appreciate the esoteric and dynamic ethos of contemporary art and to encourage people to participate in its magical world. Through successive solo and group shows the gallery has grown to be a significant gallery of Bangalore.

The arts are relevant to the times as a means of interpreting the inner and outer worlds. They also reveal the collective consciousness and act as instruments of awareness and change. They play a role in the growth process and in extending the paradigms of consciousness to new and untried realms. Art galleries are therefore the hub and nucleus of cultural activity and the avant-garde for promoting the finest and most authentic works of art. In the collective effort of artists, galleries, reviewers and the patrons of art, Time and Space works towards synthesis and synergy.
The gallery is situated on Lavelle road next to a historic bungalow. The space has been used for art events like art appreciation courses, artist’s dialogues, group discussions, book launches, as well as music concerts, film screening, poetry readings, and experimental theatre; these events have established a rapport between the gallery and the people of Bangalore. Time and Space started as an experimental venture that sought to understand and appreciate the esoteric and dynamic ethos of contemporary art and to encourage people to participate in its magical world. Through successive solo and group shows the gallery has grown to be a significant gallery of Bangalore.

The arts are relevant to the times as a means of interpreting the inner and outer worlds. They also reveal the collective consciousness and act as instruments of awareness and change. They play a role in the growth process and in extending the paradigms of consciousness to new and untried realms.
Art galleries are therefore the hub and nucleus of cultural activity and the avant-garde for promoting the finest and most authentic works of art. In the collective effort of artists, galleries, reviewers and the patrons of art, Time and Space works towards synthesis and synergy.

For more information visit www.gallerytimeandspace.com/ .


 
LATITUDE 28
Deriving its nomenclature from the geographical location of New Delhi, LATITUDE 28 is located at the dynamic and diverse art district of Lado Sarai. Operating as a commercial gallery with a twist, its primary vision being furthering artist’s careers by supporting the production, presentation and placing works in good collections. The shows conceived and presented under LATITUDE 28 are a concocted gesture implicating a grounded and innovative curatorial strategy. Weaving a strand of artists spread across disciplines, the curatorial effort digs into the finer aesthetic grain and concerns of each held and put forth in a defined collation. The initiative is not only to present but to foster a discursive dialogue enriching the chore of an artistic rendezvous.

LATITUDE 28 is a venture under the direction of Bhavna Kakar, specializing in pre-modern art history with nearly a decade's experience as a curator, writer, and art consultant and is the Editor/Publisher of TAKE on art, www.takeonartmagazine.com India’s premier magazine on contemporary art. The brand aims at cultivating a space that introduces collectors to emerging talent who probe the creative and material boundaries of their art practices. LATITUDE 28 recognizes Modern and Contemporary Indian art as a propelling force in the global arena, constituting the major pie of the financial stead. And though the gallery aims to present artworks largely in synch with the contemporary currents, there is a large repository of works of established and influential artists in the Gallery’s collection. LATITUDE 28 attempts at representing contemporary Indian art not only through exhibitions in the white cube of a gallery space, but also by supporting residencies, and organization of outreach programs, seminars, and talks. A consortium of defined services also includes art management facilitation, building effective portfolio for clients, consultancy, art funds, research and documentation. And though the gallery aims to present artworks largely in synch with cutting edge trends, there is a large repository of works of established and influential artists the gallery possesses. Not confining its presence within its own local premises, LATITUDE 28 plans to represent artists under its brand at international fairs and through collaborations with other galleries, art institutions and initiatives. Through this we aim to produce essential component of ‘the contemporary’ at important art tangents signaling a shift away from simple survey exhibitions.


 
Gallery Art & Soul
Gallery Art & Soul began its foray into the art community with simple sentiments. We created a space, a haven, a platform, a gallery - where we choose to work with the creative minds of our times – always attempting to see more than the picture.The gallery has a large space in the heart of Worli, and enjoys the privilege of working with a huge cross section of artists.
Gallery Art & Soul is recognized by the artist community as an exciting space with uniquely conceptualized and well executed art events. This is reflected in their large database of artists and the gallery showcase of works of over 150 established artists, spanning 9 decades.The artist relations are fostered through reputable tie ups in the domestic and international art scenarios.
The Gallery’s responsibilities to their clients are met by raising art consciousness and awareness amongst primary investors, through consultations, workshops and dialogue with artists, art historians and critics.
Gallery Art & Soul current project involves Art Consultancy to the Mumbai Airport, amongst various others.
More information visit http://www.galleryartnsoul.com/.
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