Students of DPS International present an Art Exhibition titled ‘Fire & Ice’. ‘Global burden of injury and need for road safety’ 10,11,12th October 2017 12pm-6pm at Select CITYWALK saket.

This exhibition is curated by Mannu Dosaj from Gallerie Alternatives.

The achievements of Indian artists reflect the struggle of a civilization where tradition and advanced technology meet. Their art speaks not to any one culture, but instead grapples with the trials and tribulations faced by the world.

Art is the product of many different things filtering through our personality and experience, that settles on a canvas in a complex layer of technique, image and meaning. Our art world is not a single entity expressing a unifying set of values,subjects, themes, styles and influences, which are quickly grasped. Rather our art is a product of myriad local, regional and the International cultures standing alone at times and intertwining at other times.

The great diversity of styles in Indian art is quite astonishing to the eye. COLLECTIVE INTENT VI, an exhibition of important Indian artists aim’s to bring to you the depth and breadth of the talented Indian artists and their collective riches, this is our sole intent.

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India Art Fair January 2016.

Pls visit our Booth No- F 2 exhibiting works by Rahul Arya, Sudip Roy & Trupti Patel

Gallerie Alternatives presents an exhibition of paintings & sculptures by M F Husain, S H Raza, Paresh Maity, Jayasri Burman, Trupti Patel, T Vaikuntam, Laxma Gaud, Narendra Pal Singh, Dibyendu Bhadra, Krishna Murari, Deepak Madhukar Sonar, Kunal Vatts, Rajat Nandi, Sukanta Das, Swaraj Das, Ashok Kumar, Sunil Sud, Shalini Saran, Mandira Sanghi, Kuldeep Singh & Mridula Jha at The Magnolias Club Gurgaon on 18th October 2015.

The exhibition continues at Gallerie Alternatives 102 D T Mega Mall, DLF phase-1, Golf course road till 26th January 2016.

Gallerie Alternatives participates in The Vogue wedding show 2015 at hotel Taj Palace New Delhi 7-9th August 2015 presenting an exhibition of paintings by S H Raza, Paresh Maity, Sudip Roy, T Vaikuntam, Ramesh Gorjala, Shalini Saran, D S Mayoor & Kuldeep Singh

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India Art Fair 28th January – 1st February 2015 with a solo exhibition of paintings by Rahul Arya. An installation ‘Circle Uncircled’ is part of the Curated Special Projects exhibiting 101 ceramic platters by Rahul Kumar.

Solo exhibition of paintings by Spanish artist Eva Maria Pacheo.

Gallerie Alternatives presents a group exhibition of paintings, drawings, graphic prints & sculptures by S H Raza, T. Vaikuntam, Jayasri Burman, Trupti Patel, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Sanjeev Verma, Stanley Suresh, Rajesh Rana, Manoj Kachangal, Medha Sharma, Pintu Roy & many more 17th April – 31st May 2013 at 102, DT Mega Mall, DLF city, phase-1, Golf club road, Gurgaon-122002. 11am-7pm except Tuesdays.

Gallerie Alternatives presents Seamless Challenges an exhibition of recent Paintings by Sukanta Das 25th March-9th April 2012 at 102, DT Mega Mall, DLF City, Phase – I,Golf Club Road, Gurgaon-122002

We paint so that our canvases become paintings. It aspires one day to become Art. Art helps us to touch upon the march of human progress following the course of society, history and civilization; it also reaches out to both the contemporary and the future. Any artist, deep within the process of creation is driven by this desire for attainment. The success of his creation depends upon the fruition of that desire.

Sukanta is a young artist. After finishing his education from Rabindra Bharati University he has been working on his own for the last few years. His works are somewhat unique in terms of style and expertise. They are primarily figurative. Human bodies come up in dreamy moulds: like phantoms of delight and yearning. And all this is executed in a highly personalized idiom.

The eternal feminine form is one of his most cherished and recurrent theme. He can visualize efficiently the backdrop of nature; the supple, exotic foliages with their intricate ornamentations and happy mind. His works exude a kind of soft, bewitching charm that attracts the viewers.

The path of creation is long, difficult and beset with seamless challenges. It is full of vicissitudes and various kinds of experiences. Taught by life and nature, these experiences are to be continuously honed by the artist in his process of becoming. Sukanta is young, hard-working and imaginative. I sincerely hope that he will reach greater heights in his career as an artist and get appreciated by true connoisseurs. I hope the viewers would like this exhibition.

My best wishes to Sukanta.

Shuvaprasanna (Renowned artist)

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India Art Fair 1st – 3rd February 2013,
Booth No. G 3,
Artist Exhibited- S H Raza & Rahul Arya.
Special Art Projects P7 by Krishna Murari, Supported by Gallerie Alternatives

Gallerie Alternatives presents ‘HOMELAND’ recent works by Trupti Patel.
18th January – 11th February 2013 at Gallerie Alternatives, 102 Mega Mall, Golf Club Road, DLF Phase-I, Gurgaon -122002, Haryana

HOMELAND

NEW WORK by TRUPTI PATEL 2006—–2012

THE ARTIST CONTINUES TO INNOVATIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES OF IDENTITY, LOCATED IN PRESENT TIME, WITH THE USE OF CLAY/EARTH/SOIL, ASH, SEED, WATER, PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES. IN THE HOMELAND WORKS, TRUPTI USES EARTH [from specific sites] SIGNIFYING POTENT ORGANIC HISTORIES, IDENTITY OF PLACE, CULTURE, REGION, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS ADDING DIMENSION IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH [the artist`s] CREATED CLAY WORKS OF SCULPTURAL HUMAN REPRESENTATIONS.THE CREATED WORKS ARE MADE FROM A COMPOSITION OF MIXED CLAYS,MINERALS AND OXIDES SOURCED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India Art Fair 25-29 January 2012
INDIA’S MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR.
PLEASE VISIT OUR BOOTH: A-10
Exhibiting artists- S H Raza, Rajeev Lochan, Trupti Patel,Shakti Maira, Sudip Roy, Uma Singh, Rahul Arya & Jayshree Kapoor.

CONCEPT NOTE

THE SEEKERS

India is home to all those who seek enlightenment. Of course there are other countries, Jerusalem, Kaaba, Tibet where thousands of pilgrimages flock every year seeking spiritual fulfillment. The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Purana, the Mahabharata & the Ramayana are matchless books, and no books exist that can match with these books of wisdom. Buddhism originated in India and spread all over the world in due course of time. Even Zen Buddhism came from India. Zen means Gyan (knowledge) in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages. This is an indisputable fact amongst linguists. The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation. Mahatma Gandhi’s contribution to spirituality and the world itself is non-violence. In February 1916 Gandhi ji in his speech dared (in his humble, soft-spoken way) to suggest self-criticism, mass education, abandonment of greed, and trust in God as the way to success, which is much needed today.

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India’s First Online Art Fair 19 – 26th November 2011.
Pls log on to www.indiaartcollective.com

Gallerie Alternatives presents Individual/Society Clay Intuitive’s by Trupti Patel

Chief Guest Shri Jawhar Sircar Secretary, Government of India Ministry of culture, New Delhi
Inauguration by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi
1 – 6 November, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
9 – 28 November 2011 Gallerie Alternatives, 102 Mega Mall, Golf Club Road, DLF Phase-I,Gurgaon -122002, Haryana

COLLECTIVE
by Trupti Patel
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To express is a basic human need, fulfilling a desire to communicate. In the arts, the medium of clay has been a basic material used universally in all cultures all over the world. It is so various and adaptable that each culture and each succeeding generation finds in it a new means of expression. In the course of contemporary art practice, the potent symbolism of using clay has been of my interest, particularly in addressing issues that are relevant today.
In this work I want to present the premise of making art with public participation from all walks of life, coming together to make a collective expression, affirming to their belief in existence of unity in diversity. A ball of clay is to be offered to each willing participant who in enclosing into a fist ends up creating an impression of the enclosed palm as their own identity. Everyone is able to make the shapes as they are guided by their own action and their palms act as individual moulds, requiring no skill of `art making` techniques. Authentically, the clay ball picks out their individual fine lines in the making. A signature is taken separately on paper along with their occupation and place of origin details to record and acknowledge in making of the work. These fist pebbles are to be collected in the course of the year (initiated August 2010), fired in kilns to stoneware temperatures and eventually displayed/expressed as a riverbed.( November 2011, Gallerie Alternatives, Gurgaon)
I do look forward to participation from everyone and seek support in crossing over from my artist’s space into incorporating the everyman’s. Will such participation by the non artist add to its appreciation or wider understanding of such non representational work that some art has developed into in addressing today’s time? Will the use of a ‘traditional’ material like clay transcend barriers and association to function and craft and be applauded its legitimate contemporaneity of expression? Will it dialogue on the issues of skill required or hired in making art today? Most importantly, what is the purpose of art making today if it is not understood by the common man even though it may be aptly speaking of Him?
Will it make a difference to reach out in the making of this work? Beggaring focus on the increasing intolerance today in our society, fragmented by discrimination, race, regionalism, gender, caste, class, color, creed, greed.
Is Unity in society `water under the bridge`?
Thank You —- a tenuous stream of collective pebbles
Trupti Patel, November 2011, Vadodara
Photo credit Sumeru Mistry

As a student artist, Trupti Patel was amazed that despite a living tradition of Indian terracotta, fired clay was not accepted by contemporary art establishments. However, it didn’t diminish Trupti’s feeling for clay with regenerative powers and earthy nature. For her, concept and reality of ceramic offer practical participation and unique material transformation. Her dedication and persistence present a meditative perusal of clay, be it modelling for plaster mould, working with terracotta or thrown shapes or building figures, in moulded and modelled earthenware or stoneware to realize conceptual, practical and socio psychological relationship of the self and culture of people adoring rituals of the forms and functions in society.
The present work, Collective, presents a symbolic will of widening participation from a variety of people as a metaphor of cultural renewal. This work differs from her installation 101 Sips Walking, seen as a spiritual journey of emblematic oblation to mother nature with spiral of 101 ladles made in 2000-04.
Trupti’s images exert a mystic vision with symbolic function of ritual significance as she moulds, marks, pushes and paints the human figure like a meter. Her exploration of clay, lends substance to her images through an array of works as small or life size pieces be it vessels or paper which offer allusions of space, people and society. Trupti’s care and concern reveal rhymes and reality of all consuming fire toughening her curiosity and desire for collective participation of people in creative endeavours.
Trupti Patel was born in Nairobi and brought up in Baroda and Mt. Abu, before obtaining her Masters in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (1974-1982). In 1983-85, the British Council and Charles Wallace Scholarship allowed her to pursue an M A in Ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London before she began her work as a freelance artist until her return to Vadodara in 1997.

Biography 1957 Trupti Patel was born in Nairobi
1974-82 MA, Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda
1983-85 MA, Ceramic Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London (British Council and Charles Wallace Scholarships)
1987 Taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts and left to continue as a freelance artist in London
1995 Invited for the International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth Art Center, Wales
1997 Lives and works in Vadodara
2002 International Workshop, The Ceramic centre, Light Publications Ltd, Vadodara
2003 Creation on Drapes Workshop, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
2004 Visiting Faculty in Sculpture, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
2005 Starts project work in landscape as cultural Identity in community spaces, Brijwasan, Delhi
2006 Environmental Art Work along the Tropic of Cancer in India, to work over two years. Executed first phase in Bhuj, Gujarat
2007-08 Curated Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture for Lemon Grasshopper Gallery in two parts and Indian Ceramics Today at the Herwitz Gallery in Ahmedabad.
2009 Curated On the Table, works of contemporary functional ceramists for Transforme Design in Mumbai.
2010 ‘from the centre of creativity in the clay of India’, Catalogue text, From The Center, published by Ceramic Centre, Vadodara and exhibition at the Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai

Solo Exhibitions
1983 Hatheesing Art Gallery, Amdavad
1986 Student Showcase, Museum of Mankind, London
1995 The Hannah Peschar Gallery, Ockley
1996 Chelmsford and Essex Museum, Chelmsford
2001 Nazar Gallery, Vadodara
2004 Queen’s Gallery, The British Council, New Delhi
2004-2005 Fluent Consciousness at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2008 White Heat at India Habitat Centre New Delhi and Gallerie Alternatives, Gurgaon

Selected Group Exhibition
1980-81 Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad
1980-83 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1984 First World Triennale of small Ceramics, Yugoslavia
1985 Degree Show, Royal College of art, London
1986 Works in Clay, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London Garden of Art, Works Selected by Whitechapel Art Gallery, London for the National Garden Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
1987 Panorama of Indian Contemporary Sculpture, Mumbai
1988 Gujarati Indian Artists, Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
1989 Clay Bodies, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
1991 Colours of the Earth, The British Council touring exhibition in India
1992 London Art Fair, Business design Centre, London
1993 Art for Sale, Whitleys, London The Raw and the Cooked, The Barbican Art Gallery, London(a survey of New Work in Clay in Britain, organised by The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford)
1994 The Raw and the Cooked, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford and Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
1995 The Raw and the Cooked, The Shigaraki Ceramic Sculpture Park, Japan Guest Artists, International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth Art Center, Wales
1995-96 Indian Winter, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
1996 SOFA Miami Exposition, Second International Annual Exposition, Miami
The British are Coming, Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, Miami
1997 Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood Eastern Edge, Laing Art Gallery, New Castle-upon-Tyne
1998 Drawing ’98, Nazar Gallery, Vadodara Golden Jubillee Portfolio of Prints, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
2000 Beyond the Surface, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai and
Gallery Espace, New Delhi 2001 Artcore, Vadodara
2002 The Banyan City, Nazar Gallery, Vadodara Voices Against Violence, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara Solitude, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and tour to Mumbai
Water Exhibition, Delhi Blue Pottery, India Habitat Centre Gallery, New Delhi Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2003 Transporatale S2, Crossing-Knotting, Berlin Railway Station, Berlin ‘Highlights’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Affordable Art Show & Creation on Drapes Workshop, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
Solitude, Apparao Gallery, Artist Centre, Mumbai
2004 Looking Back, Looking Forward, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara Subtlety-Minimally, Curated by Marta Jakimovitz, Sakshi Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2005 11th Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
The Chair Project, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2006 Making of Divinity, Curated by Ina Puri, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Finger Prints, Digital prints and films, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda
Nirmiti, a constructed object, Akar Prakar, Kolkata
The Female Hero, Lemon grass Hopper Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
Take Two – The Chennai Chapter, Group show of painting and sculpture, Gallery Sumukha Chennai, Chennai
Bronze, Gallery Espace, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2007 Influences, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Vadodara
Art on the Wings, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
12th Harmony Show, Mumbai
Embodied, Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai
Art for concern, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Lemon Grasshopper Gallery, Ahmedabad
Earth Synergy, an Indo Korean Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Inko Centre,
Forum Art Gallery, Chennai
2008 Earth Synergy, an Indo Korean Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Gallerie Navya, New Delhi
Indian Ceramics Today, Herwitz Gallery (Lemon Grasshopper Gallery), Ahmedabad
Indian Art Summit, New Delhi, Presented by Gallerie Alternatives
Art for Concern, Annual Charity Auction, Mumbai
2009 Indian Art Summit, New Delhi
Artist of the Month, Bajaj Capital Art House, New Delhi, March
Artist of the Month, www. Saffron Art, October
On the Table, Transforme, Mumbai.
Three by One, a selection from three public crafts collections by Alison Britton,
Exhibitition at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham and book
published by the Crafts Council/ Crafts Study Centre, London
2010 Auction, Art for Concern, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai From The Center, Ceramic Centre, Vadodara and the Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai
2011 India Art Summit, New Delhi, Presented by Gallerie Alternatives 32 mind creative, Andpersand Magazine, Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi Fly Vadodara Fly, Celebrating Vadodara on Canvas, the Ref Earth Galleries, Vadodara.

Publication/ Exhibition Catalogue
1995 Royal Overseas League Art Trophy, London
1986 Whitchapel Art Gallery at the National Garden Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
1995 Grays Thurrock Council, Essex
2005 The Fluent Consciousness, Work by Trupti Patel, Text by Kristine Michael, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (28 pages)
2008 White Heat, Gallerie Alternatives, Gurgaon (30 pages)
2010 ‘from the centre of creativity in the clay of India’, Catalogue text, From The Center, published by Ceramic Centre, Vadodara and exhibition at the Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai

Awards
1981 Gajarat Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad
1983 British Council Scholarship, New Delhi
1984 The Charles Wallace India Trust Award, London

Commissions
1995 Royal Overseas League Art Trophy, London
1986 Whitchapel Art Gallery at the National Garden Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
1995 Grays Thurrock Council, Essex

Collections
The British Council, London Victoria and Albert Museum, London Royal College of Art, London Kanoria Art Centre, Ahmedabad The Shigaraki Ceramic Sculpture Park, Japan The University of Wales, Aberystwyth Grays Thurrock Council, Essex Cartwright Hall, Bradford Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Chelmsford and essex Museum, Chelmsford Laing Art Gallery, New Castle-upon-Tyne The Ceramic Centre, Light Publications Ltd, Vadodara Gallerie Alternatives, Gurgaon

Audio-Visual Programmes
1986 Kaleidoscope Interview, BBC Radio 4
1988 Network East, BBC 2 Television
1993 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4
1995 Zee TV Interview, London

An exhibition of recent Paintings by Minni Kumari from 4th April-16th May 2011 at Gallerie Alternatives, 102, DT Mega Mall, DLF City, Phase – I,Golf Club Road, Gurgaon-122002

Gallerie Alternatives participates in India Art Summit 20-23 January 2011
INDIA’S MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR.
PLEASE VISIT OUR BOOTH: C – 20
Artist Exhibited – Rajeev Lochan, Hemi Bawa, Krishna Murari, Trupti Patel & Sudip Roy.

Gallerie Alternatives presents – THE SIXTH ELEMENT solo exhibition of paintings by Narendra Pal Singh 9th to 11th November, 2010 at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi road, New Delhi. This exhibition continues from 12th to 29th November 2010 at at Gallerie Alternatives, 102 Mega Mall, DLF city, Phase-1, Golf Club Road, Gurgaon (11am-7pm Tuesdays closed)

Gallerie Alternatives presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Deepak Sonar 9th-25th October 2010 at Gallerie Alternativs 102, DT Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Golf Club Road, Gurgaon-122002, Haryana 11am-7pm, Tuesdays closed

Gallerie Alternatives participates in Art Celebrates 2010! SPORTS & THE CITY at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi 2-15th Oct.

Participating Artists :
Aparup Mukherjee, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Balaji Ponna, Dibyendu Bhadra, Manisha Gera Baswani, Sudip Roy, Viky Arya & Vasundhara Tewari Broota

Gallerie Alternatives presents DANCE OF THE RAINBOW solo exhibition of paintings by Ranjeeta Kant 8th-10th April 2010 at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi road, New Delhi. The exhibition continues 11 -26th April 2010 at 102 Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Golf Club Road, Gurgaon-122002, Haryana 11am-7pm, Tuesdays closed

Gallerie Alternatives presents INTERACTIVE ARTICULATIONS solo exhibition of sculptures & videos by krishna Murari 28-30th Nov 2009 at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi road, N Delhi. The exhibition continues 13 Dec 2009 – 24 January 2010 at 102 Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Gurgaon 11am-7pm tuesdays closed

Gallerie Alternatives presents “Towards Utopia” solo exhibition of paintings by Sunaina Bhalla. 27th – 29th September at Experimental Art Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The exhibition continues 30th September – 19th October 2009 at 102, DT Mega Mall, DLF City, Phase – I, Golf club road, Gurgaon

Gallerie Alternatives cordially invites you to the opening of solo exhibition of paintings by Kamar Alam at 6pm 19th September at 102 DT Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Gurgaon. The exhibition continues till 21st September 2009.

Gallerie Alternatives presents a Solo exhibition by Rahul Sikri from 7th – 23rd March 2009 at Gallerie Alternatives,102, DT Mega Mall, DLF City, Phase – I, Gurgaon

Gallerie Alternatives presents COLLECTIVE INTENT-IV an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures & installations 6-8th Feb 2009, 11am-8pm at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, the exhibition moves to Gurgaon 9-28th February at 102 DT Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Golf club road, Gurgaon. U R cordially invited.

Gallerie Alternatives presents COLLECTIVE INTENT-IV an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures & installations 6-8th Feb 2009, 11am-8pm at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, the exhibition moves to Gurgaon 9-28th February at 102 DT Mega Mall, DLF city phase-1, Golf club road, Gurgaon. U R cordially invited.

Gallerie Alternatives presents ‘Tribute to a timeless nation’ an exhibition of recent works by B. Bodh. From 17th – 19th October, 2008, 11:00am – 8:00pm at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.