When: 10 December, 2017
What: Sculpture Park
Where: Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur
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In a first-of-its-kind effort, Rajasthan govt. announces the launch of a contemporary art space within the Nahargarh Fort grounds.
In an effort to turn the Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur into an art gallery, sculptures by top Indian and international artists will display their work at the palace. Artworks by 15 Indian and 9 international artists will be exhibited at the palace. Some of the artists include Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Thukral & Tagra. A first of its kind, the Government has collaborated with a range of private individuals to bring a contemporary edge to India’s heritage properties.
The initiative aims to promote India’s growing interest in contemporary art and culture whilst also embracing its important heritage breaking away from the 'white-box' exhibition space while artists from across the world want to come to India and display their works. The project involved in-depth research of the palace to ensure that no damage is done to the heritage property during the installation of the sculptures. The palace is more like a maze with several spots here and there. Although they wanted to bring the palace to life through art, a lot of decisions to display artworks were taken according to the availability of the space.
The exhibition which will be open to public from December 10, includes artist Jitish Kallat’s famous sculpture Annexation (2009) along with Karnataka-based sculptor L N Tallur’s Chromatophobia (2012) – a granite sculpture with wooden logs and coins, among others. A collection of seven sculptures – all in Hydrocal plaster, acrylic paint skins by American artist Arlene Schechet and a popular piece of art created by French-born American artist Arman, Fried Chicken (1984) will also be displayed at the gallery.
The first edition of the Sculpture Park will be open from December 10, 2017 up-to November 2018.
