Dinodia 1x1 Photo Gallery Showing Ashvin Mehta
February 8th, 2015 - Mumbai , Ma
Photographer Ashvin Mehta shows 'Celebrating the Timeless' lifetime work at this new photo gallery which will only exhibit 1’x 1’prints. Sixty of them. But art collectors can order larger sizes.
Another first is that with each show, a Limited Edition book with all sixty pictures will be published. Only 60 copies of the book will be printed. Each book will be numbered 01/60 to 60/60. Hence every collector will have a unique, one of a kind, print + book. Exclusive.
The show, starting from 1st February is of the life time work of Ashvin Mehta who was one of India’s most distinguished photographers. In a career of several decades, he had excelled in various genres, including nature photography, destination photography, and the cityscape. His work was collected in a series of books, including, Himalaya: Encounters with Eternity (Thames & Hudson, London), Coasts of India (Thames & Hudson, London), Gifts of Solitude (Mapin, Ahmedabad), Hundred Himalayan Flowers (Mapin, Ahmedabad), Happenings – Journal of Luminious Moments (Micro Inks, Vapi), Intimate Cityscape (Archer, Ahmedabad), Bicycle – a Celebration (Archer, Ahmedabad) and Contemplative Colour (Archer, Ahmedabad). His work had also been shown in the group exhibitions ‘Creative Eye’curated by Raghu Rai; ‘Indian Photography’ curated by Mitter Bedi and ‘Another Way of Seeing’ curated by Circle of 24, The Netherlands. Mehta had also engaged in a number of prestigious collective projects, including A Day in the Life of India (Collins, San Francisco) and The Festivals of India in UK, Russia and Germany. He was commissioned as a destination photographer by Singapore Airlines, The Oberoi Hotels and ITDC. He had photographed the spices of India for The Taj Hotels. Mehta, first exhibited his photographs in 1966, held exhibitions in the Jehangir Art Gallery, the Centre for Photography as an Art Form, and Gallery Chemould, IGNCA and Gardner Centre for the Arts, Brighton, Britain.
Worth a visit. Dinodia 1x1 Photo Gallery, 66–Bajaj Bhawan, Opposite INOX, Nariman Point till 28th February 2015, daily 11 am to 6 pm. Sundays by appointment. Phone 2204 4016. Email – jagdish@dinodia.com
Hurry, because the pricing is such that while the first five limited edition print + book is a steal, the price goes up with the sale of every five sets. Hence, be the first to book your print. There is only one print of each picture, which is a collector’s nightmare. The low price for the initial few sets is because Agarwal believes in low price – high volume and wants to encourage new collectors to start displaying art in their interiors.
Welcome to the new Dinodia 1x1 Photo Gallery.
Some Comments on Ashvin Mehta:
Ashvin Mehta is a master of scale and a metaphysical poet among artists – Larry Berryman
Mehta’s images reveal to us a beauty that often touches the edge of the sublime – Ranjit Hoskote
He rejects the gimmick outright – Gieve Patel
Here we see a poet’s vision at work – Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni
A true journey is a mutation. Once marked by it, you can never be the same as you were before – Maurice Herzog
My first reaction to Mehta’s work is always one of speechless wonder – Saleem Peeradina
Mehta’s photographs not only represent, but breathe life into the unknown – Judith Mara Gutman
Ashvin Mehta has an unerring sense of form in his photographs – Eunice de Souza
Mehta’s photographs : without warning, a seemingly mundane detail offers a glimpse into another universe of meaning ; we are embraced by an unknown reality – Nancy Adajania
Mehta’s ongoing quest for the essence of things has bought him at last to the two-dimensional world of surfaces – Vithal C Nadkarni
Great mastery : colours – unending source of unknown emotions. Ashvin an artist with great vision – Laxman Shrestha
If you want to see all 60 pictures go to http://dinodia.com/Photogallery.htm
You can see the book, by clicking on this link, ( type the passcode to access the book online):
http://sites.canvera.com/36fxr6f
Passcode: 787xb3
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