d.e.n. contemporary art
6023 Washington Blvd
310.559.3023
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Chitra Ganesh, Hidden Trails (detail), Courtesy d.e.n contemporary art
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Opens Saturday June 21, 2008 (5–8pm)
June 21, 2008 – Aug 2, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–5:30pm)
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Note: The Western Project opening reception takes place on the same night, Sat Jun 21 (6-9pm). A free panel discussion follows at d.e.n. on Sun Jun 22 (3pm).
A single definition of Indian contemporary art is tricky to pin down, as one might expect when funneling the widely varying creative output from any country with 1.13 billion people. Still, the d.e.n. Contemporary Art Museum and Western Project in Culver City team up to explore the subcontinent's blossoming contemporary art scene in Contradictions & Complexities: Contemporary Art from India. The show includes the work of six artists that create everything from stark black-and-white photographs (Sheba Chhachhi) to colorful geometric textures (Shobha Broota), and just about everything in between. Much of the art touches upon the nation's constant economic and class struggle, while celebrating the rich, kaleidoscopic palette of colors often associated with the Indian aesthetic. Artists Anita Dube, Chitra Ganesh, Mithu Sen, and Santana Gohain also show.
