{"product_id":"citizen-gallery-the-gandhys-of-chemould-and-the-birth-of-modern-art-in-bombay-paperback","title":"Citizen Gallery the Gandhys of Chemould and the Birth of Modern Art in Bombay - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Pinto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a byword in the art world, the story of Gallery Chemould begins in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe 1940s when Kekoo Gandhy decided to set up a picture-framing store on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrincess Street. To this store, Chemould Frames, came the likes of K.H. Ara, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, and others who called themselves the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgressive Artists Group. Husain sold his first canvas from that very window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKekoo Gandhy brought in the few rich buyers there were in those days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding the scientist Homi Bhabha and the industrialist Naval Tata.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, the manager of the Jehangir Art Gallery invited his friends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKekoo and Khorshed to start an art gallery in an empty space on the first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efloor. On 16 September 1963, Gallery Chemould opened its doors to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld with an exhibition of paintings by K.K. Hebbar, V.S. Gaitonde, Laxman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePai and several others from the growing community of Indian painters. It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecame the training ground for the eyes of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually Chemould moved to an expansive new space: Chemould Prescott\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoad, now run by their daughter, Shireen Jungalwala. The gallery's new avatar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtinues to champion modern art with a range of brilliant artists from Vivan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSundaram through Neelima Sheikh and Atul and Anju Dodiya, to Jitesh Kallat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Reena Saini-Kallat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid Gallery Chemould play midwife to the Progressives? Can a gallery be a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresponsible citizen? Read on then\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460968497405,"sku":"9789390477210","price":58.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Qc6TQMU7gN9789390477210.webp?v=1777256511","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/citizen-gallery-the-gandhys-of-chemould-and-the-birth-of-modern-art-in-bombay-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}