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The Noble Sage Art Gallery
The Noble Sage is a contemporary art gallery in London. It was opened by Jana Manuelpillai in 2006. The gallery specialises exclusively in Indian, Sri Lankan and Pakistani contemporary art and represents over thirty artists. The collection includes over 300 artworks, most of which are paintings and works on paper from South India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Exhibitions * April 2006 – Jana Manuelpillai opened The Noble Sage. Drawn primarily from the alumni of the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, the first exhibition ''Chennai Excite'' featured works by seventeen contemporary Chennai artists, many of them residing in the Cholamandal and Padappai Artists Villages. The artists included senior figures of South Indian art, such as K. M. Adimoolam, S. Dhanapal and R. B. Bhaskaran and emergent artists like T. Athiveerapandian, P. Jayakani and Benitha Perciyal. * May 2007 - ''In The Fore'' 2007 - Alphonso Doss, Rekha Rao, C. F. John and A. P. Santhanaraj * August 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Art Gallery
A contemporary art gallery is normally a commercial art gallery operated by an art dealer which specializes in displaying for sale contemporary art, usually new works of art by living artists. This approach has been called the "Castelli Method" after Leo Castelli, whose success was attributed to his active involvement in discovering and promoting emerging artists beginning in the late 1950s with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Galleries in the market for art At the high end of the art market, a handful of elite auctioneers and dealers sell the work of celebrity artists; at the low end artists sell their work from their studio, or in informal venues such as restaurants. In the middle, art galleries are the primary connection between artists and collectors; accounting for the majority of transactions. ''Point-of-sale'' galleries connect artists with buyers by hosting exhibitions and openings. The artworks are on consignment, with the artist and the gallery splitting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |