Vivan Sundaram
Vivan Sundaram | |
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![]() Sundaram in 2012 | |
Born | |
Died | 29 March 2023 New Delhi, India | (aged 79)
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | The Doon School Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Slade School of Fine Art, London |
Spouse | Geeta Kapur |
Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943 – 29 March 2023) was an Indian contemporary artist. He worked in many different media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation, and video art, and his work was politically conscious and highly intertextual in nature. His work constantly referred to social problems, popular culture, problems of perception, memory, identification and history. He was married to art historian and critic Geeta Kapur.
Early life and education
Sundaram was born in
Work
Sundaram worked in many different media, including painting,
.Re-take of ‘Amrita’ is a series of black and white digital photomontages based on archival photographs from the Sher-Gil family. The original photographer was Sundaram's grandfather Umrao Singh. Sundaram reconfigured the photographs and recast the family in new roles, retelling family history.
Death
Sundaram died following a brief illness in New Delhi, on 29 March 2023, at the age of 79.[21][22] He was married to art historian and critic Geeta Kapur.
References
- ^ The Skoda Prize 2012
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- ISBN 81-7508-423-5.
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- ^ "Vivan Sundaram Memorial 1993–2014".
- ISBN 9789382381945.
- ^ "Vivan Sundaram: The SHER-GIL Archive".
- ISBN 978-81-85229-49-2.
- ISBN 978-8190391139.
- ISBN 978-0984755097.
- ^ "Black Gold Vivan Sundaram2012 - 2013".
- ^ Padmanabhan, Chitra (2018). "Seeing the World Anew With Vivan Sundaram, Artist-Explorer". The Wire.
- ^ "VIVAN SUNDARAM A RETROSPECTIVE: FIFTY YEARS STEP INSIDE AND YOU ARE NO LONGER A STRANGER".
- ^ "Vivan Sundaram: Disjunctures". 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Vivan Sundaram at Sharjah Biennial 2023, 7 February – 11 June 2023". Sher Gil-Sundaram Arts Foundation.
- ^ "Sher Gil-Sundaram Arts Foundation".
- ^ "Artist Vivan Sundaram dies at 79". Scroll. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Vivan Sundaram, one of India’s most prolific artists, passes away