Gallerie
Alternatives, first of its kind at DLF Qutab Enclave, Gurgaon
was inaugurated in Jan. 99. A close interaction with each of the
artists has led towards a good selection of works .The exhibitions
are received very well by local people, art critics and media.
Fine Art and Theatre workshops are organized by the help of Artists
– Kavita Jaiswal and Rajeev Gaursingh in their respective
fields which opened up horizons for children. The children interacted
freely with artists. In April 2001 there was the Alternatives-British
Council and Cambridge University collaboration on- the - spot
painting competition where participation was so high, that the
participants had to be divided into three categories. In Oct.
2002 Gallerie Alternatives in collaboration with HSBC Bank had
an exhibition of leading artists of India at their premium branch
in Gurgaon..
The Gallery has displayed drawings, paintings and sculptures by
many artists - M.F. Husain S.H. raza, V.S. Gaitonde, Ram Kumar,
F.N. Souza, Latika Katt, Abanindarnath Tagore, Krishen Khanna,
K.Laxma Goud, Tyeb Mehta, Rameshwar Broota, Rajeev Lochan, K.S.
Radhakrishnan, Balbir Singh Katt, Jatin Das, Shobha Broota, Prithpal
Singh Ladi, Shuvaprassna, A. Ramachandran, Shipra Bhattacharya,
Arpita Singh, Manisha Gera Baswani, Mahendra Pandya, Navjot Altaf,
Arpana Caur, Shamshad Husain, Anupam Sud, P.Khemraj, Amitava Das,
Kanchan Chander, Jhupu Adhikari, Narendra Pal Singh, Jagdish Chander,
Nitasha Jainee, Ingrid Pitzer, Sanjeev Verma, Deepak Tandon, Sudhansu
Sutar, Suman Choudhary and many other artists.
In Jan. 2003 the gallery hosted an Indo-Danish Painters Meet introducing
four senior Danish artists – Anne Vilsboell, Else Husted
Kjaer, Lone Lindorff and Hellen Lassen curated by Mona Lauridson
& Fawad Tamkanat along with four Indian Artists -Fawad Tamkanat
, Stanley Suresh, Laxman Aley and Hanumantha Rao . The exhibition
was titled CROSSCURRENTS. The curators selected eminent Danish
artists along with young and promising Indian artists to blend
experience with youth.
The Gallerie has planned to hold a number of shows to celebrate
its tenth anniversary at the new premises at 102, DT Mega Mall,
DLF City, Phase – I, Gurgaon. |