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Media Release • 10 Aug 21

Transforming Worlds: Change and Tradition in Contemporary India

Apindra SWAIN
Stay home 2020
Odisha, Eastern India
cotton, natural gum, lime, polished with glass bottles
30.5 x 33.0 cm
Proposed acquisition supported by NGV Supporters of Asian Art, 2021
Satyanarayan SUTHAR
Kaavad 2017
wood, pigments
70.8 x 177.0 x 33.9 cm (open)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019
2019.631
© Satnarayan Suthar, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar
Venkat Raman Singh SHYAM
The world of the Gonds 2017
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
125.0 x 91.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019
2019.661
© Venkat Shyam, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar
Kalyan JOSHI
Migration in the Time of COVID-19 2020 
Bhilwara, Rajasthan
natural colour on burnished cotton
76.2 x 121.92 cm
Proposed acquisition supported by NGV Supporters of Asian Art, 2021
Daroga RAM
Grain container 2017
(Koti)
clay, bamboo, wood, coir, pigments
(a-b) 119.5 x 46.0 x 47.2 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019
2019.622.a-b
© Daroga Ram, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar
Kalam PATUA
Restaurant 2017
watercolour on paper
55.0 x 38.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019
2019.649
© Kalam Patua, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar
Sangita JOGI
Women rescuers (2020)
ink on paper
27.8 x 38.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Asian Art, 2021
2021.25
© Sangita Jogi, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar
Rajesh Chaitya VANGAD
Natural world of Warlis 2017
synthetic polymer paint and cow dung on canvas
167.0 x 365.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019
2019.657
© Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar