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

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, the first exhibition ''Chennai Excite'' featured works by seventeen contemporary Chennai artists, many of them residing in the Cholamandal and

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Artists Villages. The artists included senior figures of South Indian art, such as

K. M. Adimoolam K. M. Adimoolam ( ta, கே. எம். ஆதிமூலம்) (26 July 1938 – 15 January 2008) was an Indian abstract artist. He was born in 1938 in Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. In 1959, he moved to Chennai where under the influence of t ...

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and R. B. Bhaskaran and emergent artists like T. Athiveerapandian, P. Jayakani and Benitha Perciyal. * May 2007 - ''In The Fore'' 2007 - Alphonso Doss,

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, C. F. John and A. P. Santhanaraj * August 2007 - ''India Now!''- The Official Festival Exhibition- Collaborative exhibition with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Kensington for the Mayor of London’s INDIA NOW! festival with over thirty works from The Noble Sage collection. * August 2007 - ''She, India: India through the eyes of its women''. 'She, India' featured the work of nine female artists from India. Artists included: Gayatri Gamuz, Asma Menon, Eleena Banik and

V. Anamika V. Anamika (born 12 March 1975) is a Contemporary Artist born in Neelankarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, a student of S. Dhanapal, an eminent artist of India. She received her master's degree in Fine Arts (Painting and Print Making) in 1999 from G ...

* April 2008- ''Trilogy''- M. Siva, Benitha Perciyal and N. Prasannakumar * June 2008 - ''In The Fore'' 2009 - Achuthan Kudallur, Ganesh Selvaraj, P. Jayakani and T. Athiveerapandian * September 2008 – ''Never Alone But Together''- The drawings and sculptures of

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* October 2008- Tasaduq Sohail- Small oils and watercolours * February 2009 - ''The Beating Heart of Kerala''- The largest exhibition of works by artists from Kerala in the UK. The six artists included in the exhibition were Murali Nagapuzha, Manoj Vyloor, S. Ravi Shankar, T. R. Upendranath, A. S. Sajith and Pradeep Puthoor * May 2009 - ''In The Fore'' 2009 - A. P. Santhanaraj, Anoma Wijewardene and Narayanan V. * June 2009- January 2010 - ''Understanding Contemporary Art'',

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* October 2009 - ''Further Towards Nature''. New abstract canvases by T. Athiveerapandian * February 2010 - ''Chennai Revisited'' - Featuring

, Shailesh BO, C. Dakshinamoorthy,

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and G. Raman * April 2010 - ''Tableau''. New works by S. Ravi Shankar * June 2010. ''The Vibrant World of Asia''

Asian Arthouse Film Night

The Noble Sage holds regular screenings of

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from the Indian Subcontinent.

Asian Literary Evenings

The Noble Sage has hosted literary evenings highlighting Asian writers and poets. They include: * Rohan Candappa *

Ardashir Vakil Ardashir "Ardu" Vakil is an Indian-born British author whose debut novel, first novel, ''Beach Boy'', won the Betty Trask Award in 1997 and was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Awards, Whitbread First Novel Award. His second novel, ''One Day'' ...

* Jaishree Misra *

Kamila Shamsie Kamila Shamsie FRSL (born 13 August 1973) is a Pakistani and British writer and novelist who is best known for her award-winning novel '' Home Fire'' (2017). Named on ''Granta'' magazine's list of 20 best young British writers, Shamsie has bee ...

Jeet Thayil Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including ''These Errors Are Correct'' (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. His first novel, '' Narcopolis,'' ( ...

* Aamer Hussein *

Romesh Gunesekera Romesh Gunesekera FRSL (born 1954) is a Sri Lankan-born British author, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his novel ''Reef'' in 1994. He has judged a number of literary prizes and was Chair of the judges of Commonwealth Short Story P ...

Sources

*Indian Art Since The Early 40s - A search For Identity, Cholamandal Artists' Handicrafts Association, Janatha Press, 1974 *Contemporary Indian Art, Glenbarra art Museum Collection, Japan, 1993 *Iromie Wijewardena Paintings, Gamini Jaisinghe, Sarvodaya Vishwa Lekha Publications, 2006 *Major Trends in Indian Art, Rm. Palaniappan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1997

Notes and references

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noble Sage Art Gallery Contemporary art galleries in London Indian contemporary art Pakistani contemporary art Art museums and galleries established in 2006 2006 establishments in England