India Art Summit™

(19 Aug 2009 - 22 Aug 2009)

http://www.indiaartsummit.com

Schedule for the second edition of India’s international art fair 2009:

Wednesday, 19th August 2009
VIP Preview: 03:00 pm – 08:00 pm
(By invitation only)
VIP reception: 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
(By invitation only)
Last Entry at 07:00 pm

Thursday, 20th August 2009
Visiting hours: 11:00 am – 08:00 pm
Last entry at 07:00 pm

Friday, 21st August 2009
Visiting hours: 11:00 am – 08:00 pm
Last entry at 07:00 pm

Saturday, 22nd August 2009
Visiting hours: 11:00 am – 06:00 pm
Last entry at 05:00 pm

About India Art Summit™: India's international art fair- India Art Summit™ is to be held in August 2009. The first edition of the art fair in August 2008 was an astounding success with over 10,000 visitors including art collectors, artists, critics, curators, students and art enthusiasts from across India and overseas. The 34 exhibiting galleries exhibited over 550 contemporary & modern artworks and sold over 50%, making this one of the most successful first editions of an art fair across the world. In 2009, the 2nd edition of India Art Summit™ aims to be much larger in scale and scope, with galleries participating from India, the larger Asian region as well as the Middle East and Europe. A range of exciting talks, films, education series & social events, promise to make the art fair experience truly fulfilling for all Indian and international visitors.

Exhibitors India Art Summit 2009 will host 54 galleries, 40 from India and the remaining 14 from around the world. From 34 galleries in its inaugural edition, the fair has already grown by over 50% in its 2nd edition, with 30 galleries participating this year for the first time, having based their decision to participate on last year’s success. International representation for 2009 includes Lisson Gallery (UK), Arario Gallery (China), The Drawing Room (Philippines), Christian Hosp Gallery (Germany); Gallery 1 x 1 (UAE), Thomas Erben (USA), HB Galerie (Netherlands), and Shonandai (Japan). Participation from India includes Vadehra Art Gallery, Gallery Espace, Nature Morte, Palette, Threshold, Anant Gallery, Photoinc, and Delhi Art Gallery from Delhi; Project 88, Pundole, Sakshi, Guild Art Gallery, Chatterjee & Lal, Chemould Prescott and Bodhi Art Gallery from Mumbai; Gallery SKE and Sumukha from Bangalore; Apparao galleries from Chennai and Gallery Akar Prakar from Kolkata.

IAS Art Projects:

• The International Speakers’ Forum The International Speakers’ Forum will be held during India Art Summit™, from the 20th to the 22nd of August 2009. Its intent is to bring together artists, curators, scholars, museum directors, and art professionals to discuss pertinent issues that affect contemporary art today and which will define its future. Although only a year old, the Speakers’ Forum at India Art Summit is already acknowledged internationally, as a highly reputed platform for discussion on contemporary art. For the 2009 edition, sessions have been designed to focus on the current cultural theories on globalization and the perception from the ground of Asia; discussions between the various agents who are, directly or tangentially, involved with the art market as we know it today; and informal interactions between a panel of gallerists, collectors and artists. The Seminar Programme and the list of speakers for 2009 will be made available shortly.

• IAS Sculpture Park
All the works featured in the IAS Sculpture Park will be those that place emphasis on the relationship between art and nature and environmental sensitivity. Essentially, the sculpture park would become a forum, a place of interaction between sculptural art and the audience. Allowing artists to maintain their individuality regarding style, the intended outcome is an outdoor exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture.

• IAS Video Lounge The idea of the IAS Video Lounge is to acquaint art lovers to video art by contemporary Indian as well as international artists.

• Purple Wall Project
Curated by independent art critic and curator, Gayatri Sinha, the IAS Purple Wall project aims to showcase the best of contemporary Indian art. The Purple Wall in IAS 2009 will be designated spaces within the Fair area that will feature works by contemporary Indian artists. About 10-12 artists working in a range of materials, techniques and genres will be invited by the curator to participate in this project. These works in different media, style, size and forms- two or three dimensional- paintings or installations in any one or more mixed or new media, will be suitably displayed in distinctly demarcated areas at the fair venue.

• Satellite Events
Other than promoting all art events that take place for its duration and during the week leading up to the fair, India Art Summit is also in the process of bringing together the programmes of various cultural centers around the city, so that the entire city comes alive with the art and cultural happenings for that one week.

For Further Details Please Contact:

Neha Kirpal
Associate Director
India Art Summit
neha@indiaartsummit.com
+91 9818028322

Amrita Kaur
Summit Coordinator
India Art Summit
amrita@indiaartsummit.com
+91 9810154930