The Chennai-based Art Houz Gallery would like to present to you their
latest labour of love – an erotic calendar for the year 2014, featuringa
selection of renowned names in contemporary Indian art and photography.
“All art is erotic” – Gustav Klimt
Indian art has had a strong tradition of the erotic through the centuries. Whether it is the Kama Sutra or the sculptures of Khajuraho, love and sex have been totems of historical significance. That said, eroticism has also been an evolving dialogue not free of antagonism. Because of the rising incidences of sexual violence in India, the genre of erotic art has suffered severe disrepute, losing the sacred and pure space it once occupied.
Through this calendar, Art Houz Gallery seeks to step into this ongoing conversation, hoping to demystify the extremes and celebrate the beauty and purity of sexuality portrayed in Indian art since time immemorial. The works included in this curated calendar range from suggestive to abstract to traditional. All of them, like good art is meant to, arouse some vestige of sensuality in the viewer.
About the Works
The calendar features six different works by artists and photographers. Each one is a unique perspective on love and sex as seen by India’s leading contemporary artists.
“Dreaming Nudes” comes from the lens of the legendary photographer Raghu Rai. Going back to 1985, it is like a glimpse into a puzzle, a larger scheme of things.
New York-based illustrator Marcos Chin breathes in a quiet intensity and lends expression to the faces of pleasure in A.N.D Haksar’s poetic translations of Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra. This work is from Penguin UK’s forthcoming edition of the iconic text.
Nepal-born artist Pratap S.J.B. Rana’s painting depicting two women in the nude blends contemporary motifs with traditional techniques. The almost transcendental quality of Rana’s works speaks more to the spiritual than the visceral impulses in the viewer.
Graphic artist Amruta Patil’s seminal work AdiParva transfuses energies and stories from epic texts like the Mahabharata and the Puranas, while appropriating several other oral traditions. The panel featured in this calendar is almost surreal in its depiction of a sensual encounter.
Sunil Gupta’s image, taken from his photographic series titled “The New Pre-Raphaelites”, uses motifs and compositions of the pre-Raphaelite era to photograph the everyday lives of the Indian queer community.
A.V. Ilango’s painting, taken from a series called “Line & Layam”, is fluid and almost primordial in its sensuality, but with an underlying romance in the empty spaces.
“All art is erotic” – Gustav Klimt
Indian art has had a strong tradition of the erotic through the centuries. Whether it is the Kama Sutra or the sculptures of Khajuraho, love and sex have been totems of historical significance. That said, eroticism has also been an evolving dialogue not free of antagonism. Because of the rising incidences of sexual violence in India, the genre of erotic art has suffered severe disrepute, losing the sacred and pure space it once occupied.
Through this calendar, Art Houz Gallery seeks to step into this ongoing conversation, hoping to demystify the extremes and celebrate the beauty and purity of sexuality portrayed in Indian art since time immemorial. The works included in this curated calendar range from suggestive to abstract to traditional. All of them, like good art is meant to, arouse some vestige of sensuality in the viewer.
About the Works
The calendar features six different works by artists and photographers. Each one is a unique perspective on love and sex as seen by India’s leading contemporary artists.
“Dreaming Nudes” comes from the lens of the legendary photographer Raghu Rai. Going back to 1985, it is like a glimpse into a puzzle, a larger scheme of things.
New York-based illustrator Marcos Chin breathes in a quiet intensity and lends expression to the faces of pleasure in A.N.D Haksar’s poetic translations of Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra. This work is from Penguin UK’s forthcoming edition of the iconic text.
Nepal-born artist Pratap S.J.B. Rana’s painting depicting two women in the nude blends contemporary motifs with traditional techniques. The almost transcendental quality of Rana’s works speaks more to the spiritual than the visceral impulses in the viewer.
Graphic artist Amruta Patil’s seminal work AdiParva transfuses energies and stories from epic texts like the Mahabharata and the Puranas, while appropriating several other oral traditions. The panel featured in this calendar is almost surreal in its depiction of a sensual encounter.
Sunil Gupta’s image, taken from his photographic series titled “The New Pre-Raphaelites”, uses motifs and compositions of the pre-Raphaelite era to photograph the everyday lives of the Indian queer community.
A.V. Ilango’s painting, taken from a series called “Line & Layam”, is fluid and almost primordial in its sensuality, but with an underlying romance in the empty spaces.
About the Calendar 6 artists, 12 months, 1 year 2014 An erotic themed calendar with 'love' dates in each month. A product of Art Houz Gallery, Chennai. ART HOUZ “Erotic Calendar 2014” A limited edition art calendar Size (673mm X 486 mm) Spiral Bound Art Paper Beautifully produced, this calendar comes in a hard board cased envelope. The calendar includes the works of 6 artists (photographs, illustrations, paintings) and narrative text. RAGHU RAI | SUNIL GUPTA | MARCOS CHIN | AMRUTA PATIL | A.V ILANGO | PRATAP SJB RANA The calendar dates include special 'love dates"' related to romance and eroticism, celebrated in different parts of the world. Price: INR 1600/- Available at: Delhi: Oxford Bookstores, Full Circle Bookstore, People Tree Mumbai: Oxford Bookstores, Chromakey Kolkata: Oxford Bookstores Bangalore: Grasshopper, Oxford Bookstores Goa: People Tree, Literati Bookshop, Paper Boat Collective |
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