Exhibition of Artworks by Anu Jindal
ART GALLERY,
KAMALADEVI COMPLEX
INDIA INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE
MAX MUELLER
MARG, NEW DELHI
31 OCT TO 8 NOV 2019,
11 am - 7 pm
Inauguration on Wednesday
30th Oct, 6.30 pm
Guest of Honour - Sunit
Tandon
Director, India Habitat
Centre
Anu Jindal’s artworks draw attention to the present and future of planet
earth and its environment - the beautiful and the threatened. Humanity’s
continued and increasing carbon footprint is causing concern to some, while
others remain insulated. Planet earth’s bounty would appear to be boundless but
humans insatiable consumption is proving otherwise. The ubiquitous plastic
remains an integral part of our lives. Emissions of greenhouse gases pervade
our atmosphere. Permafrost is thawing, oceans are rising, pushing biodiversity towards
extinction. Is there a way out, or will we remain mesmerized in a maze. The
artist questions “whither next?” through paintings, mixed media & installations.
Anu Jindal, Artist, Art Historian
& Educationist, Ph.D. in Art History from National Museum Institute, New
Delhi, did a one year stint at Doshisha University, Kyoto as a Japan Foundation
fellow
Initial extensive work in etching
prints explored various facets of humanity from embryonic “amobae” to evolution
of humans in the “hominidae” series. Art workshops under Prof. Paul Lingren of
San Diego University and Prof. Krishna Reddy of New York University stimulated
her to make prints in Colour Intaglio technique, breaking boundaries by
treating etching plates like sculptures. Having explored various media from
printmaking, painting, sculpture and pottery, she has expanded into mixed media
and installation art, exercising the need to engage in larger spaces
Jindal combines artistic practice
with writing and teaching, each discipline enriching the other. Her Ph.D.
thesis’s theme - Japanese suiboku-ga and the art of Zen monk-painter
Sesshū Tōyō, steered her to the path of minimalism. Her scholarly work in Visual
Art & Design, particularly of Asia, has been presented at International
Conferences & published papers. She has taught for several decades
primarily at the National Institute of Fashion Technology & School of
Planning and Architecture, and delivered lectures on Art History &
Appreciation at National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
As Research Professor for a year at International Research Centre for Japanese
Studies, Kyoto, Japan she focused on a comparative study of Japanese Ukiyo-e
with Indian Painting
Her artworks have been part of several
important exhibitions in India and abroad including the National Exhibitions at
Lalit Kala Akademi and Festival of India in USA, the Berlin Biennial, and finds
place in Art collections in India and abroad
Jindal’s current creative expression is deeply
rooted in the investigation and visual interpretation of nature and being, the
interweaving of natural elements with urban life, of habitat and impact of
climate change. The multiplicity of existence, the relationship of environment
and psyche of humans, the giver and the taker, the profound and the facile....
visualized through mindscapes
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