Thukral & Tagra: Diaspora In a Bottle | The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India

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Artist duo Thukral & Tagra use disposable bottles in installations and sculptures that depict the diaspora of India's youth. On a series of bottles, Thukral & Tagra portray young Indian men whose visions of success assume leaving their home country.

About Thukral & Tagra:
New Delhi-based artists Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra work collaboratively in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture, installation, video, graphic and product design, websites, music and fashion. Thukral was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, and graduated from Chandigarh Art College in 1998 and New Delhi College of Art in 2000. Tagra was born in New Delhi and graduated from Shankar's Academy of Arts, New Delhi in 1999, New Delhi College of Art in 2002, and National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 2006. Thukral & Tagra's solo exhibitions have included Thukral & Tagra: Match Fixed, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2011-2010; Middle Class Dreams, Arario Gallery, Seoul, 2010; Low-Tech Family Vacations, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore, 2010; Nouveau Riche, Nature Morte, Berlin, 2009; and Thukral & Tagra, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, 2009. They have also participated in various group exhibitions, including the Lyon Biennale, 2011; Maximum India, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 2011; Concurrent India, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland, 2011; and Indian Highway IV, Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, France, 2011. Thukral & Tagra have received a number of prestigious awards including "101 Emerging Designers of the World," Wallpaper Magazine, global edition, 2006; One Show Design, New York, 2004 and 2003; Graphis International Awards, 2003; and London international Awards, 2003.


About The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India:
As contemporary art becomes more widely recognized within India, there has also been a growing awareness of its international development and impact. YBCA is pleased to present The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India, an exhibition of sculpture, photography and video by artists of India living inside the country as well as in the diaspora. Inspired by material culture, literature, spirituality, and social and political aspects of the history of the South Asian region, the exhibition is organized around three thematic threads that resonate from contemporary India—embodiment, the politics of communicative bodies and the imaginary. Of particular interest are the artistic practices that either incorporate these concepts or operate within a gap between these existing thematic categories. Whereas sculpture and painting have a long history within both sacred and secular traditions of Indian art, in recent years photography and video have emerged as significant media as well.

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