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2018
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
Lighting
of
Earthen Lamps
at the Ganga Waterfront
Interdisciplinary
Practices
Dialogues
at the Waterfront
Meditations
Vedic Chanting
Earthen Lamp Concerts
- Dance, Music, Poetry, Jugalbandi
Panel
Discussions
Education
Outreach
Artist Invites
Artistes, all Stakeholders of society, Communities, Masses
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
Lighting
of
Earthen Lamps
at the Ganga Waterfront
Dialogues
at the Waterfront
Meditations
Education
Outreach
PROSAIC CAN BE LUXURY
- Artist led & Executed Thought Experiments
Discourses with Influential stakeholders
2017
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
Lighting
of
Earthen Lamps
at the River Waterfront
Interdisciplinary
Practices
Dialogues
at the Waterfront
Meditations
Earthen Lamp Concerts
- Dance, Music, Poetry, Jugalbandi
Panel
Discussions
Education
Outreach
Artist Invites
Artistes, all Stakeholders of society, Communities, Masses
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
Lighting
of
Earthen Lamps
at the Ganga Waterfront
Interdisciplinary
Practices
Dialogues
at the Waterfront
Meditations
Earthen Lamp Concerts
- Dance, Music, Poetry, Jugalbandi
Panel
Discussions
Education
Outreach
Artist Invites
Artistes, all Stakeholders of society, Communities, Masses
2014
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
2013
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
Lighting
of
Earthen Lamps
at the Ganga Waterfront
Interdisciplinary
Practices
Dialogues
at the Waterfront
Meditations
Earthen Lamp Concerts
- Dance, Music, Poetry, Jugalbandi
Panel
Discussions
Education
Outreach
Artist Invites
Artistes, all Stakeholders of society, Communities, Masses
2010 - 2012
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
Plant a Sapling
on my Canvas
Interdisciplinary
Practices
Dialogues
at the Mural
Live Performance Art Marathon
Panel
Discussions
Education
Outreach
Artist Invites
Artistes, all Stakeholders of society, Communities, Masses
"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
Artist
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