Chintan upadhyay biography sample
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Chintan Upadhyay
Stimulating Thoughts Pankaja JK in conversation with Chintan Upadhyay - interview.
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Disturbing Chintan Upadhyay in his busy schedule and ultimately getting an interview was a kind of annexing a difficult citadel. But here it was not my efforts but his kindness and friendly gesture helped me to get his interview for “Art : News & Views” magazine. This short and precise conversation shows his stronghold over his beliefs and sensitivity towards everything that he confronts in his life, be it human relation, technology or nature. The following conversation highlights it:
PK: As your name goes 'Chintan' you are really so concerned with the social causes. Are you 'an artist for social cause'?
CU: I would säga that directly or indirectly every artist is in one way or the other related to social cause. They are concerned with th
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I’m a provocative artist: Artist Chintan Upadhyay builds a narrative around sexuality, the male gaze and gandi baat
The city soon consumed him, with its sights, sounds and people. Mostly people. His first rented apartment in Green Park became a battleground for neighbours, who objected to a project wherein he invited people to work, spend time and create something new in his studio. He abandoned the planerat arbete and moved to Sheikh Sarai. There, he faced ire from his new set of neighbours over a painting of a naked baby. “Yahan shareef log rehte hain (Decent people live here),” they told him, and proceeded to call the cops.
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On less dramatic occasions, be it in the bustling Khirki or the choked Hauz Khas Village, he mulled over conversations, either overheard or narrated bygd friends. “I started recording them. I could see how technology has shaped new ideas, relationships and self-images. Some saw it as liberating, some suppressing.
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Smart Alec Babies are the hall mark of Chintan Upadhyay’s creative style. When they reach the latest solo show, ‘Nature God’ at Sakshi Gallery, Taipei, these babies are called ‘Chintu’. Chintan Upadhyay does not say that they represent his surrogate self. Instead Chintan reiterates that he likes to be a ‘factory’ artist and wants to reinvent the ‘karkhana’ style through his contemporary mediations. In this candid interview with JohnyML, Chintan Upadhyay not only speaks about his latest works, but about his personal life, its trials and tribulations, page three culture and its consequences.
JohnyML:Chintan, recently you were in Mexico and how did you find the contemporary art scene there? Are they still interested in Mural art?
Chintan Upadhyay:My Mexican trip was really refreshing and fruitful. They are very proud of their mural tradition and culture, though the height of this tradition was seen during the mo