- SKU: 9789390477210
- BARCODE: 9789390477210
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Citizen Gallery the Gandhys of Chemould and the Birth of Modern Art in Bombay - Paperback
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Description
by Jerry Pinto (Author)
Now a byword in the art world, the story of Gallery Chemould begins in
the 1940s when Kekoo Gandhy decided to set up a picture-framing store on
Princess Street. To this store, Chemould Frames, came the likes of K.H. Ara,
M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, and others who called themselves the
Progressive Artists Group. Husain sold his first canvas from that very window.
Kekoo Gandhy brought in the few rich buyers there were in those days
including the scientist Homi Bhabha and the industrialist Naval Tata.
In the 1960s, the manager of the Jehangir Art Gallery invited his friends
Kekoo and Khorshed to start an art gallery in an empty space on the first
floor. On 16 September 1963, Gallery Chemould opened its doors to the
world with an exhibition of paintings by K.K. Hebbar, V.S. Gaitonde, Laxman
Pai and several others from the growing community of Indian painters. It
became the training ground for the eyes of the city.
Eventually Chemould moved to an expansive new space: Chemould Prescott
Road, now run by their daughter, Shireen Jungalwala. The gallery's new avatar
continues to champion modern art with a range of brilliant artists from Vivan
Sundaram through Neelima Sheikh and Atul and Anju Dodiya, to Jitesh Kallat
and Reena Saini-Kallat.
Did Gallery Chemould play midwife to the Progressives? Can a gallery be a
responsible citizen? Read on then
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