Nationality French Known for Artist | Name Yahel Chirinian | |
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Notable work Saddhu Pop Exhibition (2010) Education Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Musashino Art University, Tokyo | ||
Yahel chirinian interview o bout de la nuit
Yahel Chirinian is a French contemporary artist born in France, in 1970. She lives and works since 2000. She opened the Monsoon Heritage Studio in Goa in 2002 and got the title of “Artist of the Year 2016” from the Lokmat.
Contents
- Yahel chirinian interview o bout de la nuit
- Yahel chirinian in her studio in goa part 1
- Biography
- The Monsoon Heritage Studio
- Economy
- List of exhibitions and installations
- Distinction
- References
Yahel chirinian in her studio in goa part 1
Biography
Yahel Chirinian was born on the 29 August 1970 in Avignon (France) where she discovered the world of theatre, contemporary dance, literature and the arts. After a scholarship in the boarding school of Immaculee Conception in Carpentras, she successively succeeded in the selections of the Ecole supérieure des Beaux Arts d’Avignon and got a grant at the Musashino Art University of Tokyo. After studying plastic arts and architecture, she specialized in visual art and conceptual art installations. She is now settled in Goa (India) since 2002 where she continues her activities through her studio, Monsoon Heritage.
The Monsoon Heritage Studio
The work of Chirinian is a reappropriation of Hindu sacred icons but also of classic symbolic from western art. The artist chooses to represent gods from the hindu pantheon like Kali or Ganesh, so as other personalities like Shivaji or sadhu’s skulls. Her works are constituted by sculpture on which she disposes shards of mirror glass. Yahel Chirinian admitted to have been inspiring by the vision of Jean Cocteau in his relationship to the truth, appearances, and his perception of the world.
Economy
Monsoon Heritage’s works of art are designed by Yahel Chirinian and her assistants. They are women coming from difficult familial and social-background. The studio provides installations for international private collections and art galleries. The art of Yahel Chirinian can also be found in luxury hotels in India like the Park Hotel from Kolkatta, Hyderabad and Goa, or the Taj Hotels.
According to Karen Lajon, journalist at “Le journal du dimanche“: “The sculptures of Ganesh have found their place. Whether it is among indian politicians or Bollywood and Hollywood celebrities, the iconic centrepiece of Yahel Chirinian is now a part of the Indian Artistic heritage.”
The National Center of Plastic Arts (“Le Centre national des arts plastiques”) describes Chirinian’s art as “halfway between holy object and decoration object […], her art makes flirt design and art, pop and baroque, sacred and sacrilege”.
List of exhibitions and installations
• May 2013: "The Park Hotel" - Goa (Hospitality)
• March 2012: "Neemrana’s Ishavilas" - Goa (Hospitality)
• November - December 2010: Sadhu pop, vanitas vanitatum- Paris (Art Gallery)
• January – February 2010: If I can’t dance tonight – Bruxelles (Art gallery)
• May 2008: "The Park Hotel, Aura Spa" - Hyderabad (Hospitality)
Distinction
Chirinian received the award of "Best Artist and Contribution to Art" of the year 2016, in the category Art and Culture. She is the first artist to have an artistic distinction in India as a woman and a foreigner.