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'''Anupam Sud''' (born 1944) is an artist who lives and works in Mandi, a small community on the outskirts of New Delhi. She was born in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], though she spent much of her youth in the former British summer capital of [[Shimla|Simla]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]. Coming from a conservative family, her choice of an academic career and artistic pursuits over an arranged marriage was both brave and rare.<ref name="ReferenceA">Gayatri Sinha, ''Transgression in Print'', Palette Art Gallery, 2007 ISBN |
'''Anupam Sud''' (born 1944) is an artist who lives and works in Mandi, a small community on the outskirts of New Delhi. She was born in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], though she spent much of her youth in the former British summer capital of [[Shimla|Simla]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]. Coming from a conservative family, her choice of an academic career and artistic pursuits over an arranged marriage was both brave and rare.<ref name="ReferenceA">Gayatri Sinha, ''Transgression in Print'', Palette Art Gallery, 2007 {{ISBN|978-81-906029-0-7}}</ref> |
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Sud studied at the [[College of Art, Delhi]] from 1962 to 1967, during the same decade that [[Somnath Hore]] was retooling and revitalizing the college’s printmaking department. Anupam was the youngest member of “Group 8”, an association of artists at the college that was founded by Anupam’s teacher [[Jagmohan Chopra]], and was dedicated to furthering an awareness of printmaking in India.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> |
Sud studied at the [[College of Art, Delhi]] from 1962 to 1967, during the same decade that [[Somnath Hore]] was retooling and revitalizing the college’s printmaking department. Anupam was the youngest member of “Group 8”, an association of artists at the college that was founded by Anupam’s teacher [[Jagmohan Chopra]], and was dedicated to furthering an awareness of printmaking in India.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> |
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Sud later studied printmaking at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], University College, London, from 1971 through 1972. It was after her return from Slade that Anupam Sud developed an intense interest in exploring clothed and unclothed human figures through the medium of etching. Anupam found inspiration in both male and female sexuality and identities. Overt takes on social issues are seldom found in Sud’s art, and her figures are often self-absorbed and brooding. However, through symbolism and metaphor Sud engages with socially relevant themes, and moody depictions of interrelations between the sexes are a favorite topic in her work. Sud’s etchings are made with the use of zinc plates, a difficult medium that requires both patience and precision.<ref>Amrita Jhaveri, ''A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists'', 2005 ISBN |
Sud later studied printmaking at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], University College, London, from 1971 through 1972. It was after her return from Slade that Anupam Sud developed an intense interest in exploring clothed and unclothed human figures through the medium of etching. Anupam found inspiration in both male and female sexuality and identities. Overt takes on social issues are seldom found in Sud’s art, and her figures are often self-absorbed and brooding. However, through symbolism and metaphor Sud engages with socially relevant themes, and moody depictions of interrelations between the sexes are a favorite topic in her work. Sud’s etchings are made with the use of zinc plates, a difficult medium that requires both patience and precision.<ref>Amrita Jhaveri, ''A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists'', 2005 {{ISBN|81-7508-423-5}}</ref> |
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One of Sud’s best known bodies of work, the "Dialogue Series", expresses human communication between people of various sexes through a mood of mature, silent, acceptance. The "Dialogue Series" emphasizes human togetherness as intimate and non-verbal.<ref>Neville Tuli, ''Indian Contemporary Painting'', Hary N. Abrams Incorporated, 1998, ISBN |
One of Sud’s best known bodies of work, the "Dialogue Series", expresses human communication between people of various sexes through a mood of mature, silent, acceptance. The "Dialogue Series" emphasizes human togetherness as intimate and non-verbal.<ref>Neville Tuli, ''Indian Contemporary Painting'', Hary N. Abrams Incorporated, 1998, {{ISBN|0-8109-3472-8}}</ref> |
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Sud’s work is in the collections of The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, [[The Victoria and Albert Museum]], London, The Peabody Museum, U.S.A., and the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan.<ref>Geeti Sen (editor), ''Transgression in Print'', Palette Art Gallery, 2007 ISBN |
Sud’s work is in the collections of The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, [[The Victoria and Albert Museum]], London, The Peabody Museum, U.S.A., and the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan.<ref>Geeti Sen (editor), ''Transgression in Print'', Palette Art Gallery, 2007 {{ISBN|978-81-906029-0-7}}</ref> |
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Anupam Sud (born 1944) is an artist who lives and works in Mandi, a small community on the outskirts of New Delhi. She was born in Punjab, though she spent much of her youth in the former British summer capital of Simla in Himachal Pradesh. Coming from a conservative family, her choice of an academic career and artistic pursuits over an arranged marriage was both brave and rare.[1]
Sud studied at the College of Art, Delhi from 1962 to 1967, during the same decade that Somnath Hore was retooling and revitalizing the college’s printmaking department. Anupam was the youngest member of “Group 8”, an association of artists at the college that was founded by Anupam’s teacher Jagmohan Chopra, and was dedicated to furthering an awareness of printmaking in India.[1]
Sud later studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, from 1971 through 1972. It was after her return from Slade that Anupam Sud developed an intense interest in exploring clothed and unclothed human figures through the medium of etching. Anupam found inspiration in both male and female sexuality and identities. Overt takes on social issues are seldom found in Sud’s art, and her figures are often self-absorbed and brooding. However, through symbolism and metaphor Sud engages with socially relevant themes, and moody depictions of interrelations between the sexes are a favorite topic in her work. Sud’s etchings are made with the use of zinc plates, a difficult medium that requires both patience and precision.[2]
One of Sud’s best known bodies of work, the "Dialogue Series", expresses human communication between people of various sexes through a mood of mature, silent, acceptance. The "Dialogue Series" emphasizes human togetherness as intimate and non-verbal.[3]
Sud’s work is in the collections of The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Peabody Museum, U.S.A., and the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan.[4]
References
- ^ a b Gayatri Sinha, Transgression in Print, Palette Art Gallery, 2007 ISBN 978-81-906029-0-7
- ^ Amrita Jhaveri, A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists, 2005 ISBN 81-7508-423-5
- ^ Neville Tuli, Indian Contemporary Painting, Hary N. Abrams Incorporated, 1998, ISBN 0-8109-3472-8
- ^ Geeti Sen (editor), Transgression in Print, Palette Art Gallery, 2007 ISBN 978-81-906029-0-7
