AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC INCARNATION

When: 18 April 2012 to 12 May 2012
Where: Karin Weber Gallery
Opening Reception: 17 Apr 2012 Tue 6:30pm-8:30pm

Stolen Song/Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi

Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi in Hong Kong. Phaneedra is an emerging artist currently at the forefront of contemporary art in India. His large format multi-panel works feature skeletal figures with nuts and bolts which unforgivingly reveal the grotesque and dispassionate aspects of human being. The images may be stark but they nevertheless provoke viewers into re-thinking how comfortable we humans are being surrounded by superficial beauty and insincerity in contemporary society.

There will be a premiere of the documentary film 'The Metamorphosis' made by the renowned Indian art critics and curators Vinod Bhardwaj and Rohit Suri about the artist at the opening night.

About the artist
Born in Varanasi, India in 1981, Phaneendra got his M. F. A. in painting from College of Arts & Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lucknow. He was the receipient of a research grant from Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi and was awarded National Scholarship for Young Artist by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. He is a winner of 5 awards including best exhibit award of AIFACS, New Delhi. He was artist of the month (January) at Saffronart, 2008.

He has participated in almost all major exhibitions in India including national exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi. His works have been exhibited in a number of curated group shows such as Asian Young Artist held at Keumsan Art Gallery, Heyri Art Valley, Korea and Hybrid Trend, contemporary art exhibition at Hangaram Art Museum, organized by Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea. Phaneendra lives and works in New Delhi, India.

Artworks

Anthropoid Fish/Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi

Surrounding The Spirit/Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi

Anthropoid Eagle/Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi

Anthropoid Owl/Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi

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