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2017 Gupta’s global public art project | The Luxury Chronicle
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Rain Private edition unveiled Museum in a Mall Painting Donation for Water Health Charity auction USA |
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2015-2016 The Indian Panorama, From Ganga to Mississippi , January, 2016 |
https://www.theindianpanorama.news/potpourri/views-reviews/ganga-to-mississippi-eminent-artist-manav-guptas-art-project-connects-usa-with-india-56786/https://cfileonline.org/art-manav-gupta-excavations-in-hymns-of-clay-recalls-environmental-consciousness/https://issuu.com/indiandiplomacy/docs/india_perspectives_may-june_2016http://www.thetimes24.com/ambassador-of-indias-soft-powermanav-gupta-has-showcased-indian-pottery-in-his/https://twitter.com/IndianDiplomacy/status/750677428612268032/photo/1http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/Breaking-the-mould/article14410179.ecehttps://forecastpublicart.org/ritual-river/ Public Art Review, Manav Gupta repurposes local pottery, Issue 53 : Leading the Way | Fall/Winter, 2015 |
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2013 – 2014 Times of India, Exploring Identities in Clay, November 29, 2014 |
BBC, Ganga using Diyas and Chillams, December 15, 2014 |
| 2011-2012 | First of its kind Indo Bhutan Friendship Mega Mural A suite of six 18 ft and 12 ft high canvasses. Commissioned by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India. Conceptualizing and depicting an archival documentation of Indo–Bhutan relations, now installed at the BIFA Museum, Bhutan.PERMANENT COLLECTION: BIFA MUSEUM , BHUTANAUCTION-SALE : Christie’s, LONDON(Sept 2010).AUCTION -SALE : Philip de Pury, LONDON (Oct 2010)PERFORMANCE ART LIVE on stage with contemporary dance troupe in IOWA |
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2010 Travelling trilogy, U.S.A., Europe, Edition II Paintings & Installations, Films, Performance Art & Public collaborations. Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K. Talks / Lecture demonstrations at San Jose State University, Cultural Diplomacy Institute, Berlin and other venues. |
| | First of its kind largest indoor staircase mega mural with FOUR DIFFERENT MULTIPLE PROCESSES OF CONCEPTUAL, SITE SPECIFIC, COLLABORATIVE AND PERFORMANCE ART IN THE CREATION METHODOLOGY. Conceptualised and created a five floor high 11000 sq ft three dimensional monumental staircase indoor mural, painting LIVE for three months in front of 3500 employees, involving thousands of people to put strokes and idioms in the first phase and then weaving it all in the next phase to create a multi layered 3D-2D composition.PERMANENT COLLECTION, Airtel Campus, New Delhi NCR: Site given Museum status by Limca Book of Records | |
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2009 First Indian artist to be invited for inaugural preview at ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) post the newly renovated Gallery, New Delhi, for the artist’s curtain raiser on Climate Change – a trilogy to US and Europe. |
| | Commissioned by CNN-IBN for the “COPENHAGEN WALL OF HOPE” exclusive painting by the artist in response to climate change .Commissioned by Jindal Flag Foundation for depicting the Indian Flag translating nationalism and Mahatma Gandhi as metaphors. |
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2007 Travelling trilogy, Edition I, Middle East. Omani Fine Art‟s Society, Muscat,Oman and other venues |
| PERMANENT COLLECTION, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, OMAN AUCTION -SALE : Bonham’s, LONDON (June,2007), PERFORMANCE ART CONCERT SERIES transforming leading performing artistes oeuvre on canvas LIVE on stage with Anup Jalota with Rahul Sharma, Rakesh Chaurasia & Vijay Ghate. with Contemporary Dance Troupe & musicians with special needs. Commissioned by Hitachi, Singapore for a Limited Edition Copyright of works for premiere plasma screens curated by Renu Rana |
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2006 Private Showing London, Finnish Embassy, New Delhi |
| AUCTION -SALE : Christie’s, New Delhi December (2006), PERMANENT COLLECTION, RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN PERFORMANCE ART LIVE on stage in “jugalbandi” with Dr L.Subramaniam. Sanatan Puraskar awarded by French Ambassador to India |
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2005 Victoria Jones, London, Facet Books, New York, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi |
| ENVIRONMENT CONSCIOUSNESS AS PUBLIC ART PROJECTS FIRST OF ITS KIND ONE MINUTE FILMS where the artist deployed his paintings, poetry, music, voice over to conceptualise and create public service messages for television on climate change, sustainable development, ecosystems, alternate energy. Commissioned by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India. |
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2004 The Rashtrapati Bhawan, (President of India‟s House), India |
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2003 The Park Hotel, Delhi, for the artist‟s exposition on environment consciousness |
| Commissioned by former President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Penguin India, for engaging his art with Dr. Kalam’s poetry on myriad themes later published as a book by Penguin Viking “THE LIFE TREE”, Also in other publications.(Project Period: 2002-2005) |
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2002 The Leela Palace, Bangalore, HSBC New Delhi, India International Centre, New Delhi |
| Invited by the former President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to translate “A National Prayer” as a painting. AUCTION of work created out of LIVE “jugalbandis” Translating Leadership as a concept on canvas: Commissioned by Times of India and Amity Foundation for two specially conceived works on leadership conceptualised by the artist as awards to Mr. Kumarmangalam Birla and Mr. K.V.Kamath now in their permanent collection. |
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2001 The Roosevelt House, U.S. Ambassador‟s residence,New Delhi |
| | PERMANENT COLLECTION, US AMBASSADOR TO INDIA Expert Committee member, National Republic Day CelebrationsYoungest member on formative advisory panel on Museum of Natural History, Government of India |
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2000 Dep. of Culture, H.R.D. Ministry, Govt of India, |
| Youngest member to be nominated on Expert Committee, National Republic Day Celebrations |
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1999 The Taj Palace, Delhi |
| | “india awaiting – TIMELESS METAPHORS OF DREAMS ” interpretations and paintings by MANAV GUPTA hosted by the Taj Palace, New Delhi |
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1997 The Taj Bengal, Kolkata |
| | “seeing the unseen” single edition, sculptures and installations out of discarded roots and tree trunks creating functional sculptures alongside the contemporary miniatures ‘earth series” |
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1996 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata |
| | PERMANENT COLLECTION, BIRLA ACADEMY OF ART & CULTURE |
| Gupta’s global public art project | The Luxury Chronicle Climate Change – Delhi based artist Manav Gupta weaves poetry with art on environment | News 18 Exploring identities in clay | Times of India Excavations in hymns of clay recalls environmental consciousness | cfile.org Ganga to Mississippi Manav Gupta’s art connects USA to India – The Indian Panorama President’s lecture series: Manav Gupta | MCAD Is it mere water or holy Ganga ? | BLOUIN ARTINFO Ritual River: Manav Gupta | Forecast Public Art The Indian Panorama, From Ganga to Mississippi , January, 2016 Exotica, Manav Gupta’s unsung hymns of clay August 2013 |
Public Art Review, Manav Gupta repurposes local pottery, Issue 53 : Leading the Way | Fall/Winter, 2015 Forecast Public Art, Weaving spirituality and environmentalism in public art, November 11th, 2015 Outlook, Excavations in hymns of clay, June 1st, 2015 Millennium Post, Exquisitely etched in clay, April 21st, 2015 The Statesman, River of Clay, April 2, 2015 Deccan Herald, Magnificent Public Art Installation, April 2015 Times of India, Exploring Identities in Clay, November 29, 2014 Classic Feel, Quest for life, August 2013 |