Museum Lapidarium is pleased to present the group exhibition
‘Contemporary Indian Art’
Opening on Saturday, 10 August 2024, at 9 p.m.
The exhibition offers a decade-long perspective on contemporary visual practices in India, presenting works that speak in a rich array of materials and idioms. Works by the following artists are on view at the museum: Samit Das, Sakshi Gupta, Zakkir Hussain, Mithu Sen, Sudarshan Shetty and Avinash Veeraraghavan
Samit Das, Artist Book on Lapidarium monument, 2024
The exhibition includes works across sculpture, photography, drawing, installation, video by leading artists primarily living and working in the sub-continent and provides unique opportunities to explore cross-cultural influences in the works of these artists. Drawing upon artworks from collection of the Krinzinger Gallery from Vienna and the new one specially made for museum, like the LED installation by Mithu Sen and site-specific works done by Samit Das during his Artist-in-Residence program in Novigrad, the exhibition features illuminating juxtapositions that address contemporary political, social, and environmental realities in India today.
Samit Das, From a series Index of untold stories, 2024
Organized by the Museum Lapidarium within the context of the vast project ‘An Indian Summer in Istria’, a part of the exhibition is dedicated to public collaborative works, to all participants of the Workshop of Handmade Paper held in Museum park on 16 July 2024.
Sudarshan Shetty, Shoonya Ghar, 2015 HD video, color, sound, Courtesy of Krinzinger Galerie
dr.sc. Jerica Ziherl & Thomas Krizinger
Opening exhibition, photo MML
Opening exhibition, photo MML
Opening exhibition, photo MML
Opening exhibition, photo MML
Opening exhibition, photo MML
The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the Region of Istria – Administrative Department for Culture and Local Heritage Education, the Embassy of India Zagreb, the City of Novigrad-Cittanova and the Tourist Board of Novigrad-Cittanova.
