The Village Gallery
The Village Gallery founded in 1989 by Dolly Narang has the distinction of holding innovative and unique exhibitions, which have been critically acclaimed. It has exhibited the works of eminent masters such as M. F. Husain, Ganesh Pyne, Paritosh Sen as well as the illustrations and film sketches of the late Satyajit Ray (during his lifetime).
Our group shows have included the works of Sakti Burman, Arpana Caur, Sunil Das, Laxma Goud, M.F. Husain, Bhupen Khakhar, Nalini Malani, Meera Mukherjee, Manu Parekh, Madhvi Parekh, Ganesh Pyne, S.H Raza, Krishna Reddy, Paritosh Sen, Haku Shah, Shamshad, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Nillima Sheikh, Anupam Sud, Vivan Sundram and others.
Our efforts are also directed towards encouraging upcoming artists and do our best towards promoting their works not only from the commercial angle.
Landmark exhibitions presented by The Village Gallery, some of which have been acknowledged as the first of their kind are –
1989 ‘Husain Graphics‐89’, Lithographs and Serigraphs by M. F. Husain.
1989 Exhibition of SELF PORTRAITS by twenty four eminent artists.
1989 Opening Show of The Village Gallery with the works of Arpana Caur, Narendra Dixit. Jagdish C, Rajesh Mehra, Ved Nayar, Gogi Saroj Pal, Paritosh Sen. 1989 ‘Ceramics Show’ by Leena Batra, Gurcharan Singh,
1989 Exhibition of ‘Self Portraits ‘by Altaf, R.B. Bhaskaran, Arpana Caur, Shail Choyal, Sunil Das, Shyamal Datta M. F. Husain, Shamshad Husain, Jagdish. C, Prithpal S. Ladi, Nalini Malani, Navjot, Ved Nayar, Manu Parekh, Mickey Patel, Ganesh Pyne, K.S Radhakrishnan , DLN Reddy, Gogi Saroj Pal, Paritosh Sen, Bulbul Sharma, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, K.P. Soman, K.G Subramanyan.
1990 ‘Sculpture for Use and Ink & Kerosene Drawings'by Atul Sinha. First Solo Show by the artist. 1990 ‘Jottings’ (Preliminary Drawings for Paintings) by Ganesh Pyne. The first one person show by the artist. 1990 Sculpture by Genevieve Prillaman. 1990 Drawings by Manu Parekh. 1990 ‘The Other Ray’ exhibition of Illustrations, Graphic Design and Drawings and Sketches for Films by Satyjit Ray was held during his life time.
1991 ‘Sculpture Exploring Light and Ink & Kerosene Drawings, by Atul Sinha. 1991 ‘Watercolours & Mixed Media’ works by the late Sheil Kanta Kapur, mother of eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and theater director, Sohaila Kapur 1991 ‘Instant Images and Acrylic as Watercolours’ by Paritosh Sen.
1992 ‘The Other Ray’ exhibition of Illustrations, Graphic Design and Drawings and Sketches for Films by Satyjit Ray was invited to India International Center, New Delhi. 1992 ‘Works on Paper’ by Malati Shah. 1992 ‘Paintings and Drawings’ by Robert Geesink. 1993 An Exhibition of works by Maria de Schachinger. 1993 ‘Waterolours’ by Ganesh Pyne. 1994 ‘Monoprint’ (Executed at an experimental workshop at The Village Gallery) by Arpana Caur, Sushanta Guha, Shamshad Husain, Madhvi Parekh, Manu Parekh, Shukla Sawant, Bulbul Sharma, Sukhvinder Singh, Anupam Sud. 1994 ‘Etchings, Monoprints & woodcuts’ by Rosalyn Richards. 1994 ‘Monoprints by Women Inmates of Tihar’ Exhibition of Monoprints by women Prisoners done at workshops conducted at Tihar Prison, New Delhi. ‘Escape of the Sprit’,Monoprints by Indian Women Prison Inmates at Gallery Tom, Tokyo, Japan. 1995 Objects of Attention by Bose Krishnamachari.
1995 “Drawings Installation” by Sunil Das.
1995 ‘Recent Paintings, Relief and Sculptures’ by Shakti Maira.
1995 ‘A Tree in My Life’ exhibition of Basohli miniature by S.S Balouria, Sushil Kumar Bhola, M.K Dhiman, Arun Dogra, Lalit Dogra, Sohan Goyal, Chotu Lal, Sonu Padha, Dharam Paul, S. P Raina, Ranvir Chauhan, Shakeel Ahmed Raza, Om Sujan Puri in Collaboration with Jammu & Kashmir State Handloom Development Corp. Ltd. 1996 ‘Jottings in Mixed Media’ by Ganesh Pyne. 1996 THE SPIRIT OF BASOHLI – exhibition of Basohli miniatures in collaboration with J & K State Handloom Development Corporation Ltd
1996 ‘THE LIGHT SHOW’, Mixed Media works on Paper by Vanessa.H.Smith. Corp. Ltd. 1996 ‘MAYA’ An exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Gopal Sanyal.
1996‐1997 ‘ THE WATERCOLOUR SHOW’ by Kaushik Das, Saurav Jana,Bimal Poddar Sudip Roy, Somnath Roy, Shantanu Shome, Prodip Sengupta, Jaspal Singh. Watercolour Show‐ii’ by Debyanshu Dasgupta, Kaushik Das, Uday Shankar Hazra, Saurav Jana, Bimal Poddar, Podip Sengupta.
1997-98 NOOR GANDHI KA – MERI NAZAR MEIN (Gandhi Through My Eyes) by HAKU SHAH Exhibition of Mixed Media Works using materials such as rags , khadi, husk, grass, handspun thread etc. which were dear to Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi and Durban Art Gallery, South Africa.
1999 Works in Mixed Media by Neeraj Bakshi.
1999 ESCAPE OF THE SPIRIT, Monoprints by Indian Women Prison Inmates at Gallery Tom , Tokyo, Japan. 2000 NOOR GANDHI KA MERI NAZER MEIN (Gandhi Through My Eyes) by Haku Shah was invited to Cymroza Art gallery, Bombay. 2003 ‘Wash Paintings and Drawings’ ,50 Years of works from 1950 to 2002 by Maniklal Chatterjee. 2003 ‘CELEBRATION OF LIFE’, Exhibition of paintings by 21 eminent artists in Collaboration with UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme and Sahara. Art camp bringing together leading artists of India to work on their respective medium on the celebration of life by people living HIV/AIDS. The camp was held at Amby Valley, Pune. 2005 ‘An Afternoon of Art, Wine & Cheese’ collection of Works by prominent artists, at CITI BANK, Gurgaon. 2006 ‘Cities, Ideas & Icons’ Paintings, Works on Paper, Mixed Media by Veena Bhargava at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. 2015 The IIC Experience: A Festival Of The Arts 30 October to 4 November 2015 Exhibition of prints to Celebrate the work of Anupam Sud, artist, teacher anmentor Works 1962 to 2007 Curated by Printmaking Dolly Narang and Ananda Moy Benerji Dolly Narang and Ananda Moy Benerji.
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