Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art- SINGLE ARTIST MUSEUM

SPECIAL NEWS ON ART 

Artchill takes great pleasure to make this special announcement to media in India & Abroad:

UTTARA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART opens in Dehradun- showcasing  a permanent collection of 50 artworks by Surendra Pal Joshi,  which is first of its kind to open in India, dedicated to showcase artworks by ONE Individual artist only.  Surendra Pal Joshi hails from Garhwal basically , but he is based at Jaipur for last few decades. He is a multiple award winner including National Academy Award( 2004) ALL INDIA AWARDS & STATE AWARDS,( resume attached)

Inaugurated recently by Honorable Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Sh Trivendra Singh Rawat, this museum is in a specially designed building at Dehradun & is showing paintings, drawings, photo art & large installations by Joshi. It is now open for public each day.

Each work is conceptual , modern & the range of his works is multimedia-multidimensional, it is also at par with International artists' approach to Contemporary Art . Some sculptures are significantly based on the Uttarakhand tragedy of Cloudburst - a cascade of safety pins in shape of water fall , large helicopters made from safety pins are a Salute to the daring of Indian armed forces that conduct evacuation & save thousand of lives during such calamities. His approach to art ranges from  abstracted-minimal to fullsome in some pieces of art.

The Museum space is aesthetically  designed & collection is on view for public.