GALLERYSKE Presents “every broken moment, piece by piece”, a Solo Exhibition by Sudarshan Shetty

Preview: January 12th 2014, 12 - 5PM On Public View: January 13th – March 2nd, 2014

Sudarshan Shetty’s forthcoming solo exhibition at GALLERYSKE, New Delhi, marks the artist’s return to the city after ten years. This will also be the first solo show to be held at GALLERYSKE’s new Connaught Place location.

The exhibition will include large-scale wooden sculptures, mixed-media pieces, as well as a video piece.

Shetty is invested in the world of physical objects, which he uses to question our conception of time and experience of loss. Traditional Western understanding sees time as linear, but the artist rejects this notion in favour of a circular model where old forms can be reworked and reused. Drawing from research on South Asian monuments, Shetty revises classical arts on a contemporary stage where new performances and rituals can take place. Shetty combines ancient architectural motifs from ’s varied cultures into a pan-Indian building, bringing together different strands of history in one structure. In his video piece, classical ragas played by a sarangi player are re-contextualized so that the music can be read in new ways. The passing of time becomes a regenerative force, opening up novel paths for interpretation.

Sudarshan Shetty's most recent solo shows are "The pieces earth took away" at Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2012), "listen outside this house" at GALLERYSKE, Bangalore (2011), "Between the tea cup and a sinking constellation" at Galerie Daniel Templon, (2011),"this too shall pass" at Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, (2010) and "The more I die the lighter I get" at Tilton Gallery, New York (2010). GALLERYSKE also presented a solo project, 'The Path to Water', at Art Basel, 2013.

Shetty's work has featured in major group exhibitions including 'Art Walk: Water' curated by Gayatri Sinha presented at Europalia.Leige (2013), Kochi Muziris Biennale curated by Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu (2012), 'Paris•Delhi•Bombay' presented at the and at 'India Inclusive' presented in Davos (2011), 'Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum', curated by Nancy Spector at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010) and in 'Indian Highway', a traveling exhibit (2009•2012). In February 2010, Shetty's 'House of Shades' commissioned by , was unveiled at Galleria de Milano.

In January 2012, Shetty unveiled 'The Flying Bus', a public artwork at Maker Maxity, Mumbai that was hailed as arguably the most significant public work in the country.

About the Gallery

Bangalore’s GALLERYSKE recently opened a new space in New Delhi’s Connaught Place to mark its 10-year anniversary. Established in 2003 by Sunitha Kumar Emmart, GALLERYSKE has since its inception been committed to a critically engaged contemporary programme composed of established and emerging artists. The gallery has always strived to present a diverse spectrum of practices. When the gallery began in 2003, it represented two artists. The programme has now grown to represent 13 artists, namely, Krishnaraj Chonat, Sheela Gowda, Sakshi Gupta, Abhishek Hazra, Bharti Kher, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Srinivasa Prasad, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Sudarshan Shetty, Mariam Suhail, Anup Mathew Thomas, Navin Thomas, Avinash Veeraraghavan.

GALLERYSKE 1st Floor, Shivam House 14F Middle Circle Connaught Place New Delhi 110 001 T: +91 11 6565 2724 / 25 E: [email protected] W: www.galleryske.com

12 - 8PM, Closed Tuesdays

Untitled Porcelain and reclaimed teak wood 2013

Untitled Wood and painted wood 2013 Sudarshan Shetty

Born in Mangalore, India, 1961 Lives and works in Mumbai, India

Solo Exhibitions

2012 The pieces earth took away, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna 2011 Listen outside this house, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore Between the tea cup and a sinking constellation, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 2010 this too shall pass, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai The more I die the lighter I get, Tilton Gallery, New York 2009 Six Drops, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore 2008 Leaving Home, Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna Saving Skin, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York 2006 Love, GALLERYSKE and Bodhi Art, Mumbai 2005 Eight corners of the world, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore Shift, a collaborative architectural installation with Shantanu Poredi and Manisha Agarwal, Philips Contemporary, Mumbai Party is else where, Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai 2004 Statics, Chemould Gallery, Mumbai 2003 Consanguinity, Nature Morte, Bose Pascia Modern at the Habitat Visual Arts Centre, New Delhi 2001 For Here or To Go, Installation at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka c( at) 2000 Lone Boat River Song, Spike Island, Bristol 1996 Paintings, Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai 1995 Paper Moon, Pundole Art Gallery and Framji Cawasjee Hall, Mumbai and Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi. 1991 Holland Art Gallery, Rotterdam, a part of Spirit of India Celebration in The Netherlands, Galerie Drie, Amsterdam

Group Exhibitions

2013-2014 Art Walk: Water, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Europalia, Liege 2013 Rebirth of Detail, curated by Kanchi Mehta at Sunaparanta, Goa Center for The Arts, Goa Delhi inaugural show, GALLERYSKE, New Delhi Aesthetic Bind: Subject of Death, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai 2012 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi Critical Mass, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Indian Highway, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2011 Homespun, curated by Girish Shahane, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi NCR The Matters Within: New Contemporary Art of India, curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Fransico Paris-Delhi-Bombay, Centre Pompidou, Paris Prague Biennale Indian Highway, The Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon India Inclusive, World Economic Forum in Davos Against All Odds, curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2010 Contemplating the Void, curated by Nancy Spector, Solomon R, Guggenheim Museum, New York Indian Highway, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark Looking Glass - The existence of difference, curated by Gayathri Sinha, Religare, New Delhi 2009 Vancouver Biennale, Canada India Contemporary, Gem Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague Spheres 2009, Goodman Gallery, Le Moulin For Life: The Language of Communication, Tilton Gallery, New York Indian Highway, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo 2008 Dark Materials, curated by David Thorpe, GSK Contemporary Royal Academy of Art, The Destruction Party, The Royal Monceau Hotel, Paris Ten Light-Years, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi Affair, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, 1 x 1 Gallery, Dubai 2007 Unholy Truths, Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton India 20, curated by Anupa Mehta, at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi Pink, Gallerie Mirchandani and Steinreucke, Bombay 2006 with Love, curated by GALLERYSKE and Tilton Gallery, Miami 2005 Bombay Boys, Palette Art Gallery New Delhi Configurations, Anant Art Gallery New Delhi Group Show curated by Soumitro Ghosh, GALLERYSKE, Bangalore Endless Terrain, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi 2004 Bombay X 17, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi 2003 Zoom, Contemporary art from India at Culturgest, curated by Louis Serpa, Lisbon Highlights, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2002 Call of the Todd, Seoul Art Centre, Seoul Creative Space, Sakshi Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2001 Century Cites, curated by Gita Kapoor Tate Modern, London. Excerpts from the Bestsellers, Installation, , Mumbai Installation at the Apparao Gallery, New Delhi 2000 Kwangju Biennale, South Korea Making Circles, Installation, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. - passenger terminal, curated by Els Reijnders, Foundation for Indian Artists,Amsterdam, Kwangju Biennale, South Korea

1999 Sothebys Prize Exhibition, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery. Mumbai Private Mythologies, Contemporary Art from India, curated by Akira Tatehata The Japan Foundation, Tokyo. A Brisk Walk Makes You Feel Good, a collaborative photo installation with Vinay Mahidhar and Sunitha Kumar, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai Completed commissioned public sculpture in Fukuoka, Japan, a part of Hakata Reverain Art Project , curated by Fumio Nanjo. Flashback Flash Forward, carated by Anupa Mehta, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai Legatee - Fine Arts Company, Mumbai. Embarkations, curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 1998 Represented India at the Art in the World, Palace de Retz, Paris Colours of Independence - CIMA, Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Tryst with Destiny, Contemporary Indian Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore. Inaugural Exhibition Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. Presences of the Past, curated by Tasneem Mehta,Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai. Joint exhibition with Leslie Dill, Nature More, New Delhi. 1997 Shilpayan, 100 years of sculpture in India, curated by Latika Katt, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. 1996 165 Inches in Time, an installation at the Marichal College, Aberdeen, Scotland. Private Languages, Curated by , Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. 1995 Sculpture 95, curated by Madan Lal Gallerie Espace and Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. 1994 Installation with Morzottos Fashion show at Bhuli Bhatiari, New Delhi 1991 Worked on a commissioned installation project, based on Indian Circus at Hotel Imperial, New Delhi. 1990 Kanoria Centre for the Arts Exhibition, Mumbai. 1988 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad 1987 Kala Yatra, Bangalore 1984 Lalit Kala Akademi Exhibition, New Delhi 1983 Monsoon Art Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1982 Bombay Art Society Exhibition, Mumbai

Fellowships, Residencies and Awards

2007 New Installations by Artists from India The Mattress Factory, 2006 Ford Foundation Fellow at the New School for General Studies, New York 2004 Khoj, InternationalW orkshop, Mumbai 1999 Charles Wallace India Award to work at the Art Space in Bristol 1997 Sanskriti Award, New Delhi 1996 Worked at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop under Mobil Visual Arts project 1993 Artist in Residence, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi 1987 Fellow at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad Worked as Visiting Faculty at National Institute of Design Ahmedabad

Education

1985 BFA in Painting at Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai