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Artist Statement:
I was born in the Indus
valley, and after the
partition of India in 1947, I
migrated to Delhi. Sickness
and hunger were dominating
experiences. After a long
struggle, hard work and
self-education, I ultimately
started to paint, attending
the Delhi School of Art (Delhi
Polytechnic). My earliest
works depicted all these
experiences of suffering. But
very soon I became free and
open to other cultures.
Through exposure to the
Bauhaus exhibition and the Max
Mueller Bhavan
(Goethe-Institut) Library, I
became interested in German
art and culture (particularly
such artists as Kandinsky and
Klee).
Then after a period of
intensive study, I received a
DAAD (German Academic Exchange
Service) scholarship in 1966
to study art at the Munich
Academy of Visual Arts. Here
I learned not only many
painting and graphic
techniques, but also found
myself in the midst of various
currents of creative
expression. Kandinsky´s book
The Spiritual in Art and
Constructivism of the 60s
influenced me, as I drew
closer to my working
conception. Ultimately, a
geometrical construction of
four circles and a square
appeared before my inner eye –
the circle symbolising the
spiritual world and the
square, the material. Since
then, this form has ...
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Exhibitions for Mahirwan Mamtani:
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ONE-MAN-EXHIBITIONS (selected)
1964 New Delhi AIFACS Gallery
1967 M�nchen, Galerie Stenzel
1967 Augsburg, Ecke Galerie
1967 Mainz, Galerie Winfried Gurlitt
1967 Z�rich, Galerie La Fourmi�re
1970 Berlin, modern art galerie
1970 Grenchen, Galerie Toni Brechb�hl
1971 Heilbronn, Galerie Rota
1972 M�nchen, Kunstverein
1972 Wuppertal, Schauspielhaus
1973 London, Commonwealth Art Gallery
1974 M�nchen, Art Galerie Schwabylon
1974 Wuppertal, Galerie Becher
1975 New Delhi, Gallery Chanakya
1976 Heilbronn, Galerie Lee Babel
1979 New Delhi, Gallery Chanakya
1985 M�nchen, Galerie Transart
1986 New Delhi, Dhoomimal Art Centre
1988 M�nchen, Galerie Rozmarin
1991 New Delhi, Dhoomimal Art Centre
1991 Baroda, Vithi Art Gallery
1993 Hanau, Galerie Neunauge
1994 Z�rich, Galerie Gerhard Z�hringer
1995 New Delhi, LTG Art Gallery
1998 Landsberg, Stadttheater
2002 Hanau, Galerie Neunauge
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
1968 M�nchen, Kunstverein
1969 M�nchen, Gro�e Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst
1970 Berlin, Fr�hjahrsmesse
1970 Basel, Internationale Kunstmesse Galerie Regio
1970 M�nchen, Gro�e Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst
1971 Basel, Mustermesse Galerie Brechb�hl/modern art
1971 M�nchen, Gro�e Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst
1971 M�nchen, Kunstzone
1971 K�ln, Kunstmarkt Galerie Brechb�hl/Regio
1972 New Delhi, National Exhibition of Art Lalit Kala Akademi
1972 Basel, Art �72 � Galerie Brechb�hl/Regio
1972 M�nchen, Gro�e Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst
1972 M�nchen, Mandala in der zeitgen�ss. Kunst
1972 D�sseldorf, Internationaler Markt f�r aktuelle Kunst
1973 New York, Young Artists �73
1973 Locarno, Ipotesi per unarte simbolica
1973 Milano, Situazione Simbolo
1973 D�sseldorf, Internationaler Markt f�r aktuelle Kunst
1973 New Delhi, National Exhibition of Art Lalit Kala
1974 Segovia, Bienal Internacional de Obra Grafica Y ArteSeriado
1975 New Delhi, Third International Triennale-India
1975 Aarau, Kunsthalle- Weltanschauung als Bildidee- gemalte Weltschau curated by Dr. Walter Sch�nenberger
1976 Bochum, Museum �Weltanschauung als Bildidee- gemalte Weltschau
1976 Tokyo, Musem of Modern Art, International Print Biennial
1976 N�rnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum,Bild+Text/Text+Bild
1977 Melbourne, Western Pacific Print Biennale
1977 Paris, Salon de Mai
1978 New Delhi, Fourth International Triennale-India
1978 Ljubljana, Moderna Galerija, International Art �78
1978 Landau, St�dt. Galerie
1979 Tolentino, Biennale Internazionale dell Umorismo nell�Arte
1980 Mannheim, Rosengarten, Surya Galerie
1982 Darmstadt, Kunsthalle
1982 Bergkamen, 6. bbb � Kunst zum �berleben
1982 Ibiza, X Bienal Internacional
1983 Stuttgart, Forum f�r Kulturaustausch � Neo-Tantra with Biren De, G.R. Santosh, K.C.S. Paniker, Prafulla Mohanti, K.V. Haridasan, Sohan Qadri, P.T. Reddy, V.Viswanadhan curated by Dr. L.P. Sihare
1984 M�nchen, Gro�e Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst
1984 D�sseldorf, Kunstmuseum der Stadt D�sseldorf
1984 Wien, Kunsthaus, Bayerische Kunst Heute
1984 Hannover, Kubus an der Aegidienkirche
1984 Oberhausen, Kunstverein Oberhausen
1984 Bayreuth, Iwalewa-Haus Universit�t Bayreuth
1984 Tokyo, 15th International Art Biennale
1985 Ljubljana, International Art Collection
1986 Los Angeles, Neo-Tantra Wight Art Gallery UCL � curated by Dr. Edith Tonelli
1986 New South Wales, Neo-Tantra-Art
1986 Frankfurt, Buchmesse � Zeitgen�ssische Indische Malerei curated by Prof. P.N. Mago
1987 Warsaw, Zeitgen�ssische Indische Malerei
1987 Moscow/Leningard/Riga, Festival of India
1987 Tolentino, Biennale Internazionale dell Umorismo nell�Arte
1987 M�nchen, Transart Galerie, Stille R�ume
1988 St. Gallen, Stadttheater
1988 Neumarkt, Steinm�hle, Kunst f�r Lebensr�ume
1988 Perpignan/France, Biennale Internationale de l�Estampe
1991 Bad Kissingen, Galerie Hirnickel
1991 K�ln, Die Weisse Galerie
1993 Tolentino, Biennale Internazionale dell Umorismo nell�Arte
1993 Mainz, Galerie Rathaus-curated by Edda Bhattacharjee
1993 Stettin, Schlo� der Pommerschen F�rsten
1995 Tolentino, Biennale Internazionale dell Umorismo nell�Arte
1995 New Delhi, My East is your West, Max M�ller Bhavan � Goethe Institut
2003 M�nchen, The Dual Path of Indian Art Today, Galerie M�ller+Plate
2004 M�nchen, Indien Institut 75th Anniversary, at Sotheby�s M�nchen
2004 New Delhi, NRI artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
2007 New Delhi/Kolkota, Contemporary Art-India
2007 Lamia/Greece, 3rd International Art, Belle Arte Lamia 07
2008 Toronto, 5 Modern Artists, Living Arts Centre
AWARDS
1976 Tokyo, 10th International Print Biennale
1978 New Delhi, National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi
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