From Francis Newton Souza to Jangarh Singh Shyam, from Jagdish Swaminathan to Jivya Soma Mashe, from Indian tribal and folk arts to Indian modern and contemporary arts, this home page gives the oportunity to discover the blogs published by Hervé Perdriolle concerning different kinds of art forms alive today in India.
Gandhi-Proust
http://gandhi-proust.blogspot.com/
Contemporary, one word. Contemporary, several worlds.
Introduction to The Contemporary Indian "Other Masters" Collection
http://indian-tribal-folk-arts.blogspot.com/
This collection constitutes, today, a work of reference in the fields concerned. Several artists present in this collection discovered or were encouraged by the greatest Indian personnalities like Indira Gandhi, J. Swaminathan or Pupul Jayakar. These “Other Masters”, title of an exhibiton organized by Jyotindra Jain, definitively form part of the Indian art history.
The Contemporary Indian "Other Masters" Collection
http://indianartcollection.blogspot.com/
This blog shows all the most important pieces, more than three hundred, from Hervé Perdriolle's Collection.
Warli Art Home Page
http://warli-art-india.blogspot.com/
Hervé Perdriolle Home Page Links about the Art of the Warli Tribes-India
Richard Long, Jivya Soma Mashe, an encounter in India
http://long-mashe.blogspot.com/
Jivya Soma Mashe – A legendary Warli Artist (english)
http://jivya-soma-mashe.blogspot.com/
Hervé Perdriolle wants to draw our attention to this artist born in the 30's in Maharashtra, India. Jivya Soma Mashe's art form unknown by the general public is considered by experts as one of the most important contemporary Indian tribal art.
Bhupen Khakhar, Jogen Chowdhury, Richard Long, Denise Hooker, photo Hervé Perdriolle, Mumbai 2003
An art love story
http://a-love-affair.blogspot.com/
"If I were a Rich Man"...
Jangarh Singh Shyam
http://jangarh-singh-shyam.blogspot.com/
The name brings tears to the eyes of those who appreciate folk art within a contemporary context...
Sita Devi
http://sita-devi.blogspot.com/
The legendary figure of Madhubani painting...
Mithila Wall Painting
http://mithila-wall-paintings.blogspot.com/
From floor to wall...
Kiss Sutra
http://kiss-sutra.blogspot.com/
The « Kiss Sutra », is the tiltle of a book found in a secondhand bookseller of Kolkata giving a descriptive analysis of the “kiss art”...
Princess Diana - Mother Teresa
http://diana-teresa.blogspot.com/
Newsweek and The Week front cover, India 1997.
Francis Newton Souza
http://old-master-souza.blogspot.com/
"I seek Beauty more than knowledge. In fact, knowledge can be ugly..." Francis Newton Souza.
Sayed Haider Raza
http://old-master-raza.blogspot.com/
Sayed Haider Raza, the first Indian contemporary artist to get recognition across the globe...
Manjit Bawa
http://old-master-bawa.blogspot.com/
Faith, fantasy and fun make up the world of Manjit Bawa...
Virtual Indian Contemporary Art Museum
http://virtual-museum-india.blogspot.com/
"Cultural experiences and activity in India is a multi-level phenomenon..." J. Swaminathan.
Jogen Chowdhury
http://jogen-chowdhury.blogspot.com/
"You will see a lot of Bengal influence in my art. The leftist movement that was at its peak in West Bengal since the 40s influenced my earlier works. There was passion in the air, the desire to change the world..." J. Chowdhury.
Indian Sale Artcurial Paris
http://indiansaleparis-en.blogspot.com/
First auction in France dedicated to modern and contemporary Indian art...
Première vente consacrée à l’art moderne et contemporain Indien en France...
Patua
http://patua-india.blogspot.com/
The Patua is a kind of minstrel. He goes from village to village...
Santal Parganas
http://santalparganas.blogspot.com/
The story is shown in sequence, like a story board or a comic strip...
Jadu Patua
http://jadupatua.blogspot.com/
It seems that the scarier the Jadu Patuas'style gets, the more highly he is regarded...
Mritu Pat
http://mritupat.blogspot.com/
One of the most revealing images of the Jadu Patuas' role (in the Santal community) is the "Mritu pat" or "image of the deaths"...
Ravinder Reddy, Visakhapatnam 1999, photo Hervé Perdriolle
About me
Hervé Perdriolle is art director, curator and essayist. Promoter of the French artistic movement Figuration Libre, he organises the first show in France of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ravinder Reddy. From September 1996 to May 1999, Hervé Perdriolle has settled in India.
News : Nek Chand - Jivya Soma Mashe, Paris
http://chand-mashe.blogspot.com/
This exhibition brings for the first time an exceptional whole of more than sixty sculptures of Nek Chand and fourty major paintings of Jivya Soma Mashe. Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, March 16 to August 26, 2007.
Exhibition, publication, conference, ...
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