Three Indian galleries put their best foot forward at Frieze London

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After a brief hiatus last year, Frieze London is back with its latest edition in a physical format (on till 17 October). For Jhaveri Contemporary too, this is the first physical presentation at an art fair since the onset of the pandemic. The gallery is presenting works by Rana Begum, Lubna Chowdhary, Shezad Dawood along with rare historical paintings by Anwar Jalal Shemza, and more. Seen here is Shemza's 'Green Composition', (1965), oil on canvas on hardboard, 

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While spray painting is conventionally associated with street art and graffiti, it has served to inform art practices, across genres, as well. Rana Begum, for one, has used this to create monumental spray painted canvases and art installations. Jhaveri Contemporary is showing Rana Begum's 'No.1078 Painting', (2021), paint on canvas, at the fair

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Lubna Chowdhary constructs a utopian landscape with 28 unglazed and handcrafted ceramic elements. “Chowdhary opens up the language of geometry to the aesthetics of the modern city, to natural and industrial landscapes, echoing the plurality of our built environment and, with it, the indeterminable logic and pulse of city life. In creating the works, there is a pleasure in materials and the skill of manual production,” mentions the note by Jhaveri Contemporary. (above) Lubna Chowdhary's 'Marker 5', (2021), ceramic painting.

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Just like Lubna Chowdhary, London-born artist Shezad Dawood too looks at architectural landscapes, though his line of thought is very different. He interrogates intersections of cross-cultural influences and “other modernities”. Dawood looks at how architecture in south Asia fused Western modernism with local philosophies. “His recent works explore the legacy of the architect Muzharul Islam (1923-2012) and his incomplete housing project for workers at Joypurhat, Bangladesh,” states the note by Jhaveri Contemporary.

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Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi, is participating in the Frieze fair with two booths at Frieze Masters and Frieze London. In the former, as part of the curated section Spotlight, the gallery is presenting a rare body of early drawings, etchings and canvases from the 1960s and 1970s by celebrated Indian modernist A Ramachandran in a selection titled ‘A Victorious Storm’. (above) a canvas by the artist.

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According to Roshini Vadehra, director, Vadehra Art Gallery, these early works by A Ramachandran are a powerful depiction of the angst that he observed of urban life during the 1960s-70s. While his drawings seem like the exploration of the power of the line, his canvases overwhelm with the rawness and intensity of colour and form. “The etchings, on the other hand, are an interesting exploration and interpretation of themes in Christianity, while also extending from the melancholic and angst ridden encounters with the perceived world,” she says. Seen here is an etching by the artist

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The gallery is also presenting works by contemporary artists at Frieze London this year, in an exhibition titled ‘A Brief Current’. It includes works by B.V. Doshi (above), Rameshwar Broota and Atul Dodiya, photographs by Sunil Gupta, photographic installations by Shilpa Gupta as well as mixed media works by Anju Dodiya. This is the first participation by the gallery at Frieze London.

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For Roshini Vadehra, the common thread that binds the works together is the search for meaning, identity and expression in the complex cultural fabric that we find ourselves in. Seen here is Atul Dodiya's ‘The Reader’.

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“We see the nostalgia of memories in a dreamlike architectural drawing on canvas by BV Doshi, the revisit to a landscape of complex childhood experimentations by Sunil Gupta, the search for self in abstraction by Rameshwar Broota’s sculptural painting, the painterly freedom of isolated figure in nature by Atul Dodiya, the juxtaposition and play of the performative and the soul searching in Anju Dodiya’s mixed media installation…” she says. (above) Sunil Gupta's ‘Cruising 1960s Delhi’

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Nature Morte too is presenting an exhibition of work by three artists—Jitish Kallat, Imran Qureshi and Tanya Goel—at Frieze London. Especially interesting is Jitish Kallat’s new photographic lenticular series, ‘Epicycles’ (above), which follows a trail of free-associative intuitions beginning with seemingly incidental changes occurring within his studio premises.

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Located in a renovated 1921 home, Daspan House (right) offers peace and tranquility, while being the perfect base from which to explore Jodhpur (left). (File photo)

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The Johri is a beautiful boutique hotel in a restored haveli in Old Jaipur, and offers a range of experiences.  (File photo)

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The grand Narendra Bhawan in Bikaner is known for its curated meal experiences, which give you reason enough to stay indoors all day.  (File photo)

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At the Six Senses spa located in the 14th century Fort Barwara, a range of relaxing massages and spa therapies are on offer during the summer months. (File photo)

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Dileep Kothi in Jaipur is another restored family home that is an escape from crowds of tourists (File photo)

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Enjoy music and dance performances by traditional artists at Suryagarh, Bikaner (File photo)

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Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 26, 2023 Red Bull's Sergio Perez during practice. (REUTERS)

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the Formula One first practice session at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, Friday, May 26, 2023. The Formula One race will be held on Sunday. (AP)

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Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 26, 2023 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during practice.  (REUTERS)

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McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain pulls onto the track during the Formula One first practice session at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP)

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Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton enters his car in the pits during the first practice session of the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix at the Monaco street circuit in Monaco, on May 26, 2023. (AFP)

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Formula One F1 Monaco Grand Prix: Haas' Kevin Magnussen during practice. (REUTERS)

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Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc during practice on Friday. (REUTERS)

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The collection was presented at a villa in Cannes 

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The ‘La Vacanza’ (Italian for ‘vacation’) includes perfectly cut tailoring and evening gowns, bikinis and terry cotton beachwear 

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‘La Vacanza ranges from metallic miniskirts and sexy bikinis, to butterfly rings and printed  pieces inspired by the Versace SS ’95 collection,’ says Dua Lipa in the press note.

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‘I love the summer and for me this collection celebrates the very best of that time of year. Gorgeous colors,  fun prints, and light silhouettes. Dua loves fashion, I love music,’ says Donatella Versace, in the note. This  collection marks the first time the fashion house has opened up the design process to a collaborator in this way. 

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(FILES) Aerial view of a boat stranded in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. (AFP)

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(FILES) Water depth indicators sit on dry land at Pykes Creek Reservoir in Ballan, Australia, some 60 kilometers west of Melbourne on November 14, 2006. More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are dwindling and placing humanity's future water security at risk, with climate change and unsustainable consumption the main culprits, according to a study by University of Colorado Boulder researchers. (AFP)

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A dry cracked bed surrounds the artificial Vernago lake, in Vernago, near the Val Senales glacier, northern Italy, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP)

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These photos provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows the Aral Sea is visible on Aug. 25, 2000, left, and on Aug. 21, 2018 between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. (NASA Earth Observatory via AP)

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(FILES) A lone flipper sits on a dried boat dock sitting at the bottom of the Stuart Fork arm of Trinity Lake during an ongoing drought in Trinity Center, California, on October 15, 2022. (AFP)

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FILE - A man stands on a hill overlooking a formerly sunken boat standing upright into the air with its stern buried in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. (AP)

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(FILES) The receding reservoir waters behind the Sidi Salem dam, the largest embankment dam in Tunisia, northwest of Testour in the country's north, on April 6, 2023. (AFP)

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Djibril Djimo; and Johnny Depp (right) during the premiere of the film 'Jeanne du Barry' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on 16 May (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Guan Xiaotong chose Valentino for her first day at Cannes (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

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Helen Mirren matched her hair to her Del Core gown at Cannes on 16 May (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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Alessandra Ambrosio's hooded Elie Saab gown made quite a statement (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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Esha Gupta in a Nicolas Jebran ensemble at the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film 'Jeanne du Barry' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on 16 May (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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This combination of photos show, from left, Daiquiri cocktail, a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned, a Poker cocktail and a Rum Old Fashioned cocktail. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)

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This image shows a Daiquiri cocktail. The basic Daiquiri is a model of simplicity and balance. Variations date to at least the late 1880s, but it was during the early 1900s in Havana that the drink became the icon of white rum, lime juice and sugar we know today. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)

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This image shows a Rum Old Fashioned cocktail. The Rum Old Fashioned is a warm weather take on the classic. Just substitute 2½ ounces white rum and ½ ounce aged rum for the bourbon in the classic Old Fashioned. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)

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This image shows a Poker Cocktail. The Poker Cocktail is rum’s answer to the Manhattan, just substitute 2 ounces white rum for the rye, increase the sweet vermouth to 1 ounce and replace the cherry with ¼ ounce agave or simple syrup. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)

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This image shows an Old Fashioned cocktail. The Old Fashioned began life at least 150 years ago as little more than whiskey with a sugar cube and cocktail bitters, sometimes a splash of water. This is the drink for people who like whiskey and like it strong. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)

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This image shows a Manhattan cocktail. There are numerous origin stories for the Manhattan, but all of them place its birth in the late 1800s and in the New York City borough for which it is named. From the start, it has been a simple mix of rye, sweet vermouth and bitters. Somewhere along the line, the maraschino cherry became a must-have, taking the place of the simple syrup sometimes added. (Callum Duffy via AP) (AP)