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Subodh GUPTA: Inner Garden: Solo Exhibition

Past exhibition
4 September - 12 October 2024 Seoul
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Subodh GUPTA: Inner Garden, Solo Exhibition
Subodh GUPTA (b. 1964), a renowned contemporary artist from India, has garnered international acclaim in the art world for his distinctive works that reinterpret everyday objects commonly found across India. By transforming ordinary items such as tiffin boxes, thali pans, bicycles, and milk cans into monumental forms, GUPTA challenges conventional notions of artistic value, striving to uncover new forms of beauty in the process. His body of work reflects a deep engagement with socio-cultural realities in Asia, which he explores through various mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, video, and performance, offering profound reflections on themes such as rapid urbanization, globalization, and cultural hybridity. This exhibition marks his first solo show in Korea in a decade, since 2014, and presents a diverse array of new works, including paintings, sculptures, and installations created this year.
 
The series of works on display centers on the spiritual process of developing an intimate relationship with nature. The new piece Stupa (2024), located on the basement, transforms the space into a meditative and sacred environment. The 'stupa' is a traditional Buddhist architectural structure. The body of the stupa, finished in white plaster, is embedded with kitchen utensils. The surfaces of these utensils, once used in homes, bear different traces of past lives. GUPTA's Stupa serves as a reliquary for the living and a humble monument honoring the fleeting nature of time. Within this vessel are the seven oceans and unnumbered stars I (2024) is a counter-relief work made by splitting a pot in half and placing the openings together, embedded in plaster. The title is borrowed from a poem by Kabir, an Indian philosopher and poet. The verse, which speaks of an ordinary pot containing the universe within, closely resonates with GUPTA's artistic vision.
 
Inner Garden (2024), exhibited on the first and third floors, is a series of paintings and sculptures that visually express emotions derived from reflections on communication and relationships with nature. The still life at the center of the paintings, with its fluid, dynamic form, symbolically reveals the powerful and resilient forces of nature. The series of sculpture of the same name is composed of flowerpots made from spoons, ladles, and stainless steel bowls. By reconfiguring these mass-produced industrial objects into delicate, nature-inspired forms like flowers, GUPTA creates a meditative garden landscape formed by these assembled objects. The title of the series Proust Mapping is borrowed from the 'Proust Effect,' wherein the utensils, each with its own history, memory, and traces of life, evoke old memories in the viewer's consciousness. GUPTA recontextualizes ordinary objects as symbolic elements that evoke cultural memory and spiritual resonance.
 
GUPTA's work has been highlighted in numerous major international biennales and has been featured in solo exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and the United States. His works are held in prestigious collections around the world, including the Tate Collection (UK), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (USA), MMK Museum of Modern Art (Germany), National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi (India), Sara Hildén Art Museum (Finland), Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (India), Centre Pompidou (France), Louis Vuitton Foundation (France), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), Saatchi Collection (UK), François Pinault Collection (France), and Arario Museum (Korea).
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Installation Views
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul B1F 3
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul B1F 4
  • Low Subodh Gupta Stupa 2024 Aluminum And Plaster Dimensions Variable 1
  • Low Subodh Gupta Stupa 2024 Aluminum And Plaster Dimensions Variable 2
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 1F 1
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 1F 2
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 1F 3
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 1F 4
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 3F 1
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 3F 3
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 3F 5 Changed
  • Low Installation View Of Subodh Gupta Inner Garden Arario Gallery Seoul 3F 2 Changed
Works
  • Subodh GUPTA, Stupa 스투파, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Stupa 스투파, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Within this vessel are the seven oceans and unnumbered stars I 이 질그릇 안에 일곱 개의 대양과 헤아릴 수 없는 별이 있다 I, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Within this vessel are the seven oceans and unnumbered stars I 이 질그릇 안에 일곱 개의 대양과 헤아릴 수 없는 별이 있다 I, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden I 이너 가든 I, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden I 이너 가든 I, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden V 이너 가든 V, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden V 이너 가든 V, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping I 프루스트 매핑 I, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping I 프루스트 매핑 I, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping II 프루스트 매핑 II, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping II 프루스트 매핑 II, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping III 프루스트 매핑 III, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Proust Mapping III 프루스트 매핑 III, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Cosmic Dust 우주진, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Cosmic Dust 우주진, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Twin I 트윈 I, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Twin I 트윈 I, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, We are all scattered stars floating across like dust 우리 모두는 먼지처럼 유영하는 별의 조각이다, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, We are all scattered stars floating across like dust 우리 모두는 먼지처럼 유영하는 별의 조각이다, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden VII 이너 가든 VII, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden VII 이너 가든 VII, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden VI 이너 가든 VI, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden VI 이너 가든 VI, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden III 이너 가든 III, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden III 이너 가든 III, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Zodiacal Light 조디악의 빛, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Zodiacal Light 조디악의 빛, 2024
  • Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden II 이너 가든 II, 2024
    Subodh GUPTA, Inner Garden II 이너 가든 II, 2024
Press
  • Chosun Ilbo: Inner Garden

    Heo Yoonhee, Chosun Ilbo, 9 October 2024
  • DongA Ilbo: Inner Garden

    Kim Min, DongA Ilbo, 23 September 2024
  • The Times of India: Inner Garden

    Uma Nair, The Times of India, 11 September 2024
  • SayArt: Inner Garden

    Maria Kim, SayArt, 4 September 2024
  • Yonhap News: Inner Garden

    HWANG HeeKyung , Yonhap News, 2 September 2024
  • The Kyunghyang Shinmun: Inner Garden

    Lee Youngkyung, The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 2 September 2024
  • The JoongAng: Inner Garden

    Lee Eunjoo, The JoongAng, 2 September 2024
News
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