Chemould Prescott Road

Chemould Prescott Road was founded (as Gallery Chemould) by Kekoo Gandhy and Khorshed Gandhy in 1963,[1] and is one of the oldest commercial art galleries in India. Always based in Mumbai (Bombay), in 2007 the gallery moved from its original home on the first floor of the Jehangir Art Gallery to spacious new premises on Prescott Road.[2]

Chemould Prescott Road
Former name
Gallery Chemould
Location3rd Floor, Queen's Mansion, Prescott Road, Fort, Mumbai
TypeContemporary Art Gallery
FounderKekoo & Khorshed Gandhy
Websitewww.gallerychemould.com

History

A film on the life of its founders Kekoo Gandhy and his wife Khorshed Gandhy - Kekee Manzil- The House of Art[3] - is due to be released soon.

Artists

Chemould has been instrumental in establishing the reputations of many now well-known Indian modern artists. MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta, and SH Raza, who emerged on the first wave of India's modernist and contemporary art movements, first exhibited with Chemould. Under the directorship of their daughter Shireen Gandhy[4] since 1988, Chemould Prescott Road has expanded its roster of artists to represent those working in experimental work, and its exhibition program spans younger, mid-career, and senior artists. Chemould also hosted the first solo exhibition of the late Bhupen Khakhar,  Ram Kumar, Nalini Malani, Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, KH Ara, Bal Chhabda, Krishen Khanna, Jehangir Sabavala, Gaitonde, KK Hebbar, Vivan Sundaram, and Jivya Soma Mashe all exhibited with Chemould.[5] Targeting the young collector and the millennial, Shireen Gandhi conceptualized Modus Operandi[6] in 2018.

Their current roster has 29 artists which also include artists like Aditi Singh, Anant Joshi, Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Archana Hande, Bhuvanesh Gowda, Bijoy Jain, Desmond Lazaro, Dhruvi Acharya, Gigi Scaria, Jitish Kallat, Lavanya Mani, Madhavi Subrahmanian, Meera Devidayal, Mehlli Gobhai, Mithu Sen, N S Harsha, Nilima Sheikh, Pushpamala N, Rashid Rana, Reena Kallat, Ritesh Meshram, Sheetal Gattani, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Shilpa Gupta, Tallur L N, Varunika Saraf, Vivan Sundaram, and Yardena Kurulkar.

Art Fairs & Art Festivals

The gallery is known for its participation in Art Basel, India Art Fair, Kochi Muzris Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit amongst others.

References
  1. Karin Zitzewitz 'Framing a gallery of heroes' Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Art India, 2 Feb 2013.
  2. Sen, Debarati S (17 August 2013). "Chemould celebrates fifty years". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. The Hindu (25 June 2020). "'Kekee Manzil - The House of Art' chronicles a micro-history of Mumbai anchored in a century-old family home". The Hindu.
  4. Verve (17 June 2014). "Power Gallerist: Shireen Gandhy".
  5. Nancy Adajania (28 January 2013). "Beyond the Commodity Fetish: Art and the Public Sphere in India". Guggenheim, New York. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. Ghose, Anindita (14 July 2018). "An old Mumbai art gallery draws millennials". Mint. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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