Shrine Empire Gallery presents 'The Road Taken', an exhibition including new works of gouache, acrylic, ink and collage as well as a large-scale animation by New York artist Fawad Khan from 3rd September 2010 to 1st October 2010 at 7, Friends Colony West, New Delhi 110065.
The exquisite explosions of Fawad Khan's work combine the bourgeoning issue of war with several automotive motifs that represent different cultural experiences and influences throughout his life. His works question the use of the automobile, an invention used for the purpose of transportation but becoming more and more a tool of destruction. Of Pakistani roots, born in Libya and growing up in suburban Maryland, Khan focuses on car bombs, Pakistani buses and US muscle cars, putting them in conversation with one another. Surrounding the deconstructed car forms are the spiraling forms of disintegrating camouflaged figures. The disintegration of military fatigue prints results in a Deconstructivist manipulation of wave-like camouflage forms where one can almost hear the silent explosion of the car bombs.
Ambiguity is an important element of Khan’s work. Khan is interested in the relationship between the viewer and the artwork. The seemingly scattered elements in each drawing or collage demand the active participation of the viewer. Though the collected parts of each work are suggestive, the conversation about the meaning of each picture can only be complete when it is informed by the viewer’s personal background and experience.
Fawad Khan was born in Tripoli, Libya in 1978 to a father born in Ajmer, India and a mother of Punjabi-Kashmiri roots born in Sukkur, Pakistan. Khan currently resides and works in New York City, exhibiting nationally and internationally, most recently in New York, Canada, India, and Hong Kong. His work has been featured at The Armory Show, Exit Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art (organized through Deitch Projects), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Rotunda Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery , University of Saskatchewan and Smack Mellon, among others. Fawad Khan's first solo exhibition was held in 2008 at 33 Bond Gallery in New York City. In 2009, he was a recipient of the Lower East Side Printshop's Special Editions Residency and has lectured on his work at numerous venues.
'The Road Taken' marks Fawad Khan’s first solo exhibition in New Delhi, India.
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Top 10 Expensive paintings list summary |
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The top 10 most expensive paintings belong to the Mordern and Post Modern artists. They represent the movements Abstract expressionism, Cubism, Symbolism, Pop-Art and Post impressionism.The oldest is from 1890, painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
It also not surprising to see that half of the top 10 paintings were sold in 2006, the peak of the art market boom. However, this list does not represent the most expensive paintings per se but the most expensive paintings that has been evaluated till now. Eg: the Mona Lisa is said to be worth considerably more than the ones below. |
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Did you know? - in the top ten list… |
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3 paintings are works of Picasso |
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2 paintings have the same model - painted by Klimt |
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1 painting has a double of it, differentiated mainly by the colour, painted by van Gogh |
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the latest of the lot was sold this year in May 2010, for $106.5 million |
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1 painting is actually not a painting at all - its screen printing by Warhol |
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3 paintings have the artists' mistress as models |
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50% of the top 10 paintings were sold in 2006 |
To read more of the interesting article : http://www.monsooncanvas.com/List-most-expensive-paintings.htm
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The article discusses the how art evolved through various influences resulting from progress in soceity.
Excerpt:
It is interesting to observe how societal progress or change has affected artists and art through the ages.
The industrial revolution in the mid 19th century was responsible for many innovations and inventions that influenced painting. One of the main influences was the improvement of quality and variety of paint itself.
Artists were previously restricted to painting in earthy colours, using minerals that were naturally available. However the advances in chemical pigments bought with it the ability to create varied colours and shades that were previously impossible. The new colors like cobalt blue, emerald green broadened the artist’s venue of expression.
Machinery also made it possible to grind minerals faster and in larger quantities, making life more convenient for the artists. Traditionally the artist had to grind the paint himself and then mix it with linseed oil. Paint making was part of every artist’s training. The commercialized version of paint used poppy oil as a binding agent which gave the painting a more textured look.
Read the full article on Understanding Paintings blog http://bit.ly/bVKi3M
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