arth - art for earth

Hosted by IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India 110001

6 installations & sculptures

river and the matighar

Dimensions: 30 ft x 60 ft x 40 ft

Time Machine - the sound of Aum

Dimensions: 7 ft x 15ft x 6 ft

Noah's Ark

Dimensions: 8 ft x 15ft x 20 ft

the bed of Life

Dimensions: 5 ft x 10 ft x 16 ft

the beehive garden project

Dimensions: 2 ft x 2 ft x 1 ft, 5 ft x 2 ft x 20 ft, Half an Acre

rainforest & the beehive garden

Dimensions: 30 ft x 150 ft x 140 ft

SELECT EVENTS:

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

arth festival

Event 1

Date: 05.06.2018

arth festival

Event 2

Date: 17.11.2018

student arth festival

EVENT 1

Education Outreach

Date: 22.10.2018

student arth festival

EVENT 2

Education Outreach

Date: 22.10.2018

student arth festival

EVENT 3

Education Outreach

Date: 22.10.2018

arth festival

Event 3

Date: 22.10.2018

2017 - 2018

Sculpture Garden

Hosted by a Private Collector at the artist's studio, Amirita Shergill Marg

6 installations & sculptures

Artist's Studio, Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi, India 110003

river - sculpture garden

Dimensions: 10 ft x 20 ft x 40 ft

Time Machine - hourglass

Dimensions: 7 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft

Noah's Ark

Dimensions: 8 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft

the bed of Life

Dimensions: 4 ft x 7 ft x 10 ft

the beehive garden project

Dimensions: 2 ft x 2 ft x 1 ft, 5 ft x 2 ft x 20 ft, Half an Acre

rain

Dimensions: 30 ft x 50 ft x 10 ft

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

Creating an Art Lab & Sculpture Garden

Prosaic can be Luxury

Power of thought Experiments

Lighting of Lamps

Connecting Nations through art & environment consciousness

Discourses with Influential stakeholders

Excavated Museum in a Mall - the Yamuna Project

Hosted by DLF, Mall of India

5 installations & sculptures

DLF Mall of India, NCR, India 201301

Yamuna Waterfront

Dimensions: 15 ft x 20 ft x 50 ft

Time Machine - hourglass

Dimensions: 10 ft x 6 ft x 6 ft

Noah's Ark

Dimensions: 10 ft x 6 ft x 6 ft

Meet me by the riverside - the bed of Love

Dimensions: 10 ft x 6 ft x 10 ft

the beehive garden project

Dimensions: 8 ft x 15 ft x 8 ft

SELECT EVENTS:

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

Excavating a Museum in a Mall

Poetry as Performance at the Waterfront - Earthen lamp Concert

Date: 15.01.2017

Thought Experiments - Prosaic to Luxury

Dialogues at the Waterfront - Panel Discussions

Event 1

Date: 22.01.2017

Meditation - Earthen Lamp Lighting

Date: 29.01.2017

Education Outreach

Date: 22.10.2018

2015

Rain, the Ganga Waterfront along Time Machine

Hosted by India Habitat Centre

India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India 110003

Ganga Waterfront

Dimensions: 45 ft x 60 ft x 45 ft

Medium: Terracotta Clay, Ceramic, Pottery, Glass, Galvanised Iron Wires, LED and Halogen Lights

Medium: Terracotta Clay, Ceramic, Pottery, Glass, Galvanised Iron Wires, LED and Halogen Lights

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

Bringing a River into the Heart of a City

Dialogues at the Waterfront

Event 1

Date: 17.02.2015

Earthen lamp Concerts

Transforming Architecture into a Riparian Landscape

Meditation

Event 1

Date: 22.01.2015

Education Outreach

Umbilical Cords of Earth, Time Machine, Message in a Bottle

Permanent Collection, Worldmark, Aerocity

3 installations & sculptures | Paintings

WorldMark, Aerocity, IGI Airport Area, New Delhi, India 110037

Message in a Bottle

Dimensions: 15 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft

Time Machine - Hourglass

Dimensions: 8 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft

Umbilical Cords of Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Space

Dimensions: 20 ft x 10 ft

Umbilical Cords of Earth

Dimensions: 20 ft x 10 ft

Rainforests and the Circle of Life - Unsung Hymns of Clay

Hosted by the Ditsong Museum of Natural History, Incredible India & the Indian High Commission of Pretoria

3 installations & sculptures | Paintings | Video Installations | Photographs

The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 432 Paul Kruger St, Pretoria Central, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

Shrinking River

Dimensions: 18 ft x 25 ft x 10 ft

Zen | Earth

Dimensions: 1.5 ft x 1.5 ft x 1.5 ft, 1ft x 1ft Glass 1, 2ft x 2ft Glass 2

Rainforests and the Timeless Metaphors of Dreams

Contemporary Miniatures, Imperials and Large Paintings | Oil on Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas, Watercolour on Paper

Triple Channel Video Installations

Digital Video Projections, LED lights

Dual Channel Films as Installations

Digital Video Projections, LED lights

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

Giving birth to a new Identity of ceramics - pottery as large scale environmental installations

Shrinking river on the floor of the Museum

Local to Global, "Gupta has universalised the Diya (Earthen Lamp)"

Transforming clay, the earth element to Water. (Earthen lamp to a water droplet)

First of their kind thought experiments

Education Outreach with local students in South Africa

Etymology of Excavations in Hymns of Clay art art for earth, unsung hymns of clay, Ganga, Large Scale Public Art Projects on Climate Change

6 installations & sculptures

river - water, waterbed

Dimensions: 10 ft x 20 ft x 40 ft

Time Machine - hourglass

Dimensions: 7 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft

Noah's Ark

Dimensions: 8 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft

the bed

Dimensions: 4 ft x 7 ft x 10 ft

beehives

Dimensions: 2 ft x 2 ft x 1 ft, 5 ft x 2 ft x 20 ft, Half an Acre

rain

Dimensions: 30 ft x 50 ft x 10 ft

2010

Tree of Life

Permanent Collection, Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Centre, Gurugram, Haryana 122022

Tree of Life Mural

Dimensions: 100 ft x 50 ft x 10 ft

Medium: Acrylic Paints on Walls

A WORLD RECORD

Five-floor High
Tallest, Largest
Indoor Staircase Mural.
11,500 Sq. Ft. Total Painted Surface.
5,000 Sq. Ft. Glass Facade.
A WORLD RECORD

art

taking art
beyond art

thought
experiments & new layers of creations

conceptualised, led, created by Manav Gupta at the installations

the Conceptual

the Site Specific

the Collaborative

the Performance

3-D to 2-D wall painting composition

Painting LIVE for three months as a continuous marathon project in front of 4000 employees

"One of India's most erudite and versatile contemporary artist"

uma Nair

"A Solo Biennale"

Millennium Post

"Transforming the familiar into something completely unconventional, unexpected, and magical"

Sculpture Magazine

"A Quiet force of Earth"

The Patriot

"To his credit, Manav has six most iconic and revolutionary art projects in India this decade."

Times of India

12

Back-to-Back Major Public Art Projects in the Period of 2010 - 2019

50+

Acres of Land

350,000+

Units of Ceramics

30,000+

Tonnes of Recycling Concrete & Construction Scrap Waste

100,000+

Footfalls

1

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