Name Vivan Sundaram Role Artist | Parents Kalyan Sundaram | |
Artwork Re-take of Amrita, Barricade (with coils), Metal Box Education Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Slade School of Fine Art | ||
Vivan sundaram amrita sher gil a history and a project chandigarh lalit kala akademi
Vivan Sundaram (born 1943) is an Indian contemporary artist. His parents were Kalyan Sundaram, Chairman of Law Commission of India from 1968 to 1971, and Indira Sher-Gil, sister of noted Indian modern artist Amrita Sher-Gil. He is married to eminent art historian and critic Geeta Kapur.
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- Vivan sundaram amrita sher gil a history and a project chandigarh lalit kala akademi
- Guftagoo with vivan sundaram
- Training
- Work
- References
Guftagoo with vivan sundaram
Training
Sundaram was educated at The Doon School, the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, and at Slade School of London. In London he met the British-American painter R. B. Kitaj, under whom he trained for some time.
Work
Sundaram works in many different media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation and video art, and his work is politically conscious and highly intertextual in nature. His works in the 1980s showed a tendency towards figurative representations, and dealt with problems of identity. His works constantly refer to social problems, popular culture, problems of perception, memory and history. He was among the first Indian artists to work with installation. His latest installations and videos often refer to his artistic influences, among them are Dadaism, Surrealism, as well as more recent Fluxus and the works of Joseph Beuys.
Re-take of ‘Amrita’ is a series of black and white digital photomontages based on archival photographs from the Sher-Gil family. The original photographer was Sundaram's grandfather Umrao Singh. Sundaram reconfigured the photographs and recast the family in new roles, retelling family history.