A monograph accompanying the first retrospective of the artist in France Characterized by the use of found objects and utensils from daily life, Subodh Gupta’s work touches on universal themes: the opposition between the rural and the urban, between craftsmanship and industrialization, between one-of-a-kind and mass-produced, between personal and monumental scale.
Subodh Gupta offers in-depth essays written by renowned art critics and specialists in Gupta’s work, as well as a new annotated chronology summarizing his career up to the present, thus helping readers to better understand the production of this major contemporary artist who remains under-exhibited in Western countries.
The book accompanies the first retrospective dedicated to Subodh Gupta in France, which took place at the Monnaie de Paris in 2018. The exhibition retraced Gupta’s entire career, from the early days in the 1990s to his latest experimentations with video and sound, presenting artworks come from public and private collections including the iconic Doot, Very Hungry God and Faith Matters. This publication includes these, as well as the new version of Specimen No. 108 specially produced for the courtyard of the Monnaie de Paris.
AUTHORS Camille Morineau – Curator, exhibition commissioner and art director for the Monnaie de Paris. Mathilde de Croix – Exhibition commissioner. Germano Celant – Art historian, critic and curator, art director for the Prada Foundation in Milan, specialised in contemporary art and Arte Povera. Nicolas Bourriaud – Art historian and critic, specialised in contemporary art, director of La Panacée, contemporary art centre in Montpellier (France). Bhrigupati Singh – Anthropologist, writer and anthropology professor at Brown University (USA).
Publication: December 2018
Bilingual (English-French)
Length: 192 pages
Size: 7.75 x 10.25 in. (19.5 x 25.5 cm)
Illustrations: 80 color
Binding: Paperback
Price: £ 22.50
ISBN: 978-2-37074- 083-0