March 25 - April 12 2011

ABIR KARMAKAR | ANJANEYULU G | ANUPAM SUD

ARPANA CAUR | BAIJU PARTHAN | BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI

GEORGE MARTIN P.J | G.R IRANNA | JAYASRI BURMAN

JOGEN CHOWDHURY | PARESH MAITY | PRAJAKTA PALAV AHER

PRAJJWAL CHOUDHURY | RAJESH RAM | SEEMA KOHLI

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CURATORIAL COORDINATION Suruchi Khubchandani and Neha Talwar
COORDINATION Mamta Pawar
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
BHAVNA KAKAR
Latitude 28 is set to celebrate its 2nd
anniversary with a dynamic and eclectic
collection of artworks in ‘The Annual’. The
show marks the gallery’s relation to the varied
and challenging body of artworks its space
has come to display so far. The intent of the
gallery from its initiation has been to provide
the art community, a snapshot of a vibrant
generation of artists working across a range of
media, from painting, sculpture to installation
and video. These visual interventions, have
been in sync with the active social and
cultural engagement on part of the artists
accompanied in an equal amount with all
their enthusiasm and commitment to help
the gallery realize its set goals and ambitions.
Latitude 28 in view of such associations,
has been popularly staking a position which
is free of narrow specializations, allowing
artists an aesthetic playground where they
can engage and experiment with the thoughts
and sensations that connect with their own
experiences. Equally for the viewer, it has
provided an opportunity to breathe for a
while the scent of freedom that works of art
emit. With this show, an attempt is not only to
celebrate the unique and vibrant compilation
the gallery has to offer but also to reciprocate
to the exuberant and daring ‘zeitgeist’
consuming the art industry.
ABIR KARMAKAR

BIRTH | 72 x 108 inches | Oil on Canvas | 2010-11

ANJANEYULU G

SODA | 70 x 70 inches | Oil on Canvas | 2011 UNTITLED | 48 x 48 inches | Oil on Canvas | 2011
ANUPAM SUD

left
UNTITLED | 7 x 5 inches | Pen on paper
right
PIED PIPER- BARCELONA | 36 x 40 inches | Oil on Canvas | 2005
left
UNTITLED | 9 x 4 inches | Acrylic on Paper | 1996
right
UNTITLED | 8.5 x 6 inches | Mixed Media on Paper | 2002
ARPANA CAUR

DAY AND NIGHT | 59 x 39 inches | Oil on Canvas | 2008

BAIJU PARTHAN

PIT STOP - MUMBAI (SOFT GRAFFITI) | 36 x 96 inches (Diptych) | Acrylic on Canvas | 2011
BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI

UNTITLED | 24 x 60 inches | Autocoat Paint and Vinyl on Marine Ply | 2011

STRETCHED BODIES | 36 x 48 inches | Acrylic on Canvas | 2011
G.R IRANNA

MONKS AND ROOTS | 52 x 132 inches (Diptych) | Acrylic on Tarpoline | 2011

GEORGE MARTIN P.J

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - I | 48 x 48 inches | Acrylic on Canvas | 2011

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - II | 48 x 48 inches | Acrylic on Canvas | 2011
JAYASRI BURMAN

SHRISTIWAT | 48 x 72 inches | Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper | 2010

JOGEN CHOWDHURY

UNTITLED | 5 x 5.5 inches | Mixed Media | 2011

left
UNTITLED
3.5 x 5.5 inches | Pen & Ink | 2011

right
UNTITLED
20 x 13 inches | Mixed Media | 2006
PARESH MAITY

UNTITLED | 60 x 55 inches | Mix Media on Paper Board | 2011

 PRAJAKTA PALAV AHER

UNTITLED | 84 x 60 inches | Acrylic and Gesso on Canvas | 2011

UNTITLED
108 x 12 inches
Acrylic, Primer, Luster, White Paint on Canvas
2011
PRAJJWAL CHOUDHURY

TO BE CONTINUED.... | 48 x 48 inches | Offset Printing on Handmade Matchbox | 2010

RAJESH RAM

JAHAN DHAD WAHAN GHAR | 55 x 38 x 9.5 inches | Books, Slate, Pencil, Plastic, Wood and Resin | 2009
SEEMA KOHLI

THE GOLDEN WOMB SERIES | 24 x 24 inches | Mixed Media on Canvas with 24 Karat Gold leaf | 2011 RISING OF THE KUNDALINI | 36 x 48 inches | Mixed Medium with 24 Karat Gold Leaf | 2011
ABIR KARMAKAR
Born in 1977 at Siliguri, Abir Karmakar has
graduated in Painting from Rabindra Bharati
University, Kolkata in 2001 and Masters in
Painting from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.
University, Baroda in 2003. His selected
solo exhibitions are ‘In the Old Fashioned
Way’ at Aicon Gallery, London in 2007,
‘Interiors’ at Galerie Heike Curtze,
Berlin, Germany in 2006 and ‘From
my Photo Album’ at The Museum
Gallery, Mumbai in 2005. Some group
exhibitions he has participated in
are ‘The Harmony Show’, Mumbai,
‘Reality Bites’, CIMA, Kolkata,
‘Beyond Credos’, Birla Academy
of Art & Culture, Kolkata in
2007; Annual Exhibition of Birla
Academy of Art & Culture,
Kolkata, ‘Two x Two’, Sarjan
Art Gallery, Baroda; ‘De Tour’
at Gallerie 88, Mumbai in
2005 and ‘Fusion’ at ABS
Bayer Gallery, Baroda in
2004. He is the recipient
of The Harmony Award
in 2007 and was
awarded Gold Medal
during his Masters in
Faculty of Fine Arts,
M.S. University,
Baroda in 2003.
The artist lives
and works in
Baroda, India.
ANJANEYULU G
Born in 1976 in a small village called Garidepally, in
the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, Anjaneyulu
completed her Bachelors from College of Fine Arts
in Hyderabad and Masters from JNTU college of Fine
Arts, Hyderabad in 2000. The artist has had a solo
exhibition at Kalahita Art Foundation, Hyderabad in
2006. Some of the prominent group shows are the
ones held at Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata, India Fine Art
Gallery, Mumbai, Space Gallery, Hyderabad in 2011;
Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Kalakriti Art Gallery,
Hyderabad in 2010; ‘A Long Short Cut’ at Hasta
Gallery, Hyderabad in 2009; ‘Visible Invisibilities’ at
Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin besides several others.
The artist lives and works in Hyderabad.
ANUPAM SUD
Born in Hoshiarpur in Punjab in 1944, Anupam did her
Diploma in Fine Arts from the College of Art, New Delhi
in 1967 and specialized in printmaking. With a British
Council Scholarship she studied printmaking at the Slade
School of Art, London (1971-72). Anupam has had 12 solo
shows in India, Korea and USA since 2007, her last year
as an educator at College of Art, New Delhi. From 1968
to 1996, she participated in 34 national and international
exhibitions which include Women’s, International
Exhibition, New York (1975), The Florence Triennale
and the Third Triennial - the Fourth and Fifth Biennale,
Valparaiso, Chile (1979, ’81), International Print Biennale,
Ljubljana (1981, 83), Fifth Triennial - India, and in
Switzerland, the Sixth Norwegian Print Biennale (1982),
British Print Biennale, Bradford (1985), ‘Printmaking
in India since 1850, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
(1986), the Eight International Print Biennale, Berlin
(1987), International Print Biennale, Bharat Bhavan,
Bhopal (1995), ‘Mark, Etch and Print’ curated by
Bhavna Kakar, (2007). She curated the ‘Mini
Print 96’ show for Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
Anupam Sud has won several awards
between 1969 and 1995. In 1990, the
Centre for International Contemporary
Art (CICA), New York awarded her
with a study and traveling fellowship
in printmaking in the USA, and
she won the President of India’s
Gold Plaque at the Women’s
International Art Exhibition,
New Delhi (1975), Special
Award at the International
Print Biennale, Bharat
AIFACS, in the same
year. Anupam Sud
lives and works in
New Delhi.
ARPANA CAUR
Arpana Caur has been exhibited since 1974 across the
globe. Her solos apart from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta,
Bangalore and Chennai have been held in galleries
in London, Glasgow, Berlin, Amsterdam, Singapore,
Munich, New York and in Stockholm and Copenhagen
National Museum. Her work can be seen in Museums of
Modern Art in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Dusseldorf,
Singapore, Bradford, Stockholm, Hiroshima,
Smithsonian Washington & Victoria and Albert
Museum London. She was awarded a gold medal in
VIth International Triennele 1986 in Delhi. She was
commissioned by Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art
to execute a large work for its permanent collection
for the 50th anniversary of the Holocaust in 1995, and
by Bangalore city and the city of Hamburg to do large
non¬commercial murals in public spaces. Since 1981
she did three large non-commercial murals in Delhi
and one in Kathmandu. The artist lives and works in
New Delhi. commercial murals in Delhi and one in
Kathmandu. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.
BAIJU PARTHAN
Born in Kerala, Baiju Parthan studied Painting at the
Goa College of Art, and received a Post-Graduate
Diploma in Comparative Mythology at the University
of Mumbai. Parthan has held several successful shows
in India, China, Germany and the U.K. solos include
‘Liquid Memory + Rant’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New
Delhi in 2007, ‘Source Code’, Art Musings, Mumbai
at Museum Art Gallery in 2006, ‘Vapour’, New Media
Prints, The Guild Gallery, Mumbai in 2005 besides a
few others. He has also participated in major group
exhibitions such as the IX Asian Biennale in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Parthan was the Artist in Residency at
Gallery Seven Degrees, Laguna in 2001, Nominee
for Artist of the Year, Sotheby’s, London in 2000 and
Recipient of the Lalit Kala Akademi Merit Prize in four
consecutive years i.e. from 1978 to 1981. Parthan lives
and works in Mumbai
 G.R IRANNA JOGEN
BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI
Born 1970 in Karnataka, Iranna obtained B.F.A. from the CHOWDHURY
Bose Krishnamachari was born in Kerala in 1963 and studied at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, College of Visual Arts in Gulbarga and M.F.A. from Delhi
later moving to Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2000 for Masters in Visual Arts. Bose College of Art. Iranna is a recipient of National Academy award Jogen Chowdhury was born in
Krishnamachari is a multi-disciplinary artist who has exhibited in numerous solo and group in 1997, the M.F.Husain and Ram Kumar award. Iranna has a village near Kotaliparha at
exhibitions internationally. Some of his solo exhibitions are ‘No’, 1 x 1 Contemporary, Dubai been nominated from India for the ABPF Signature Art Prize Faridpur district what is now
in 2010, ‘LaVA’, (Laboratory of Visual Arts), a Traveling Installation Project at Gallery BMB, 08, Singapore. Iranna’s first solo show was held in 1992 at the Bangladesh in 1939. The family
Mumbai in 2009-10, ‘To Let – White Ghost’, Kashi Art Cafe, Kochi in 2008-09, ‘Ghost’, Aicon College of Visual Art, Gulbarga. Since then, he has shown at moved to Calcutta in 1947
Gallery, London in 2008 and Bodhi Art, Mumbai, ‘LaVA [Laboratory of Visual Arts, a traveling Aicon Gallery, London and New York, The Guild, Mumbai, Delhi following the Partition of
installation project]’, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Baroda and New Delhi in 2007, Art Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 1995 and group Bengal. Chowdhury entered
‘Ghost/ Transmemoir’ at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai presented by Aicon Gallery, New York in exhibits include ‘Size Matters..or Does It? I’ at Latitude 28 in the Government College
2006, ‘Exist’ at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 2005, 2010, ‘Indian Subway’ at Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery, London in of Art and Crafts in 1955
‘Vanitas Vanitatum’, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi in 2004 2010, ‘Go See India’, Contemporary Indian Art at Gothenburg, and graduated from
later joined by a group show in Mumbai, ‘De Curating’, Sweden in 2010, ‘Retrieval Systems’ curated by Ranjit Hoskote the college in 1960.
Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sumukha, Bangalore and at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2009, He was appointed
Durbar Hall, Kochi in 2003, ‘AmUseuM Memoirs’, ‘Astonishment of Being’ at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, as a Curator at
NGMA, Mumbai in 1999 besides some others. Kolkata curated by Deeksha Nath in 2009 besides many others. Rashtrapati Bhavan,
He also actively curates exhibitions and projects of His latest solo was ‘Ribbed Routes’ at the Guild, Mumbai in New Delhi and has
fellow artists around India. He has conceptualized and February 2010. He lives and works in New Delhi. had numerous
organized four major exhibitions: ‘Kaam’, ‘Double- solos and books
Enders’, ‘Bombay Boys’, and ‘Maarkers’, Bodhi Art. The p u b l i s h e d
artist lives and works in Mumbai. on him by
Glenberra
JAYASRI BURMAN Museum,
GEORGE MARTIN P.J J a p a n ,
Jayasri Burman was born in Kolkata in 1960 and studied at Kala Va d e h r a
George Martin P.J. was born in Kerala in 1973 and received his Bachelor’s Bhavan, Santiniketan between 1977-79. Later, she joined Visual A r t
degree in Sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram College of Arts, Kolkata in 1979-80 and then went to France to G a l l e r y,
in 1998, and his Masters degree in the same from the Government learn print making under the guidance of Monsieur Ceizerzi New Delhi. He became the founder
College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2001. Martin’s recent solo shows in 1984. Her latest solo exhibition ‘A Mythical Universe’ was member of Gallery 26, Artists’
include ‘Objective Voice’ at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi in 2009, presented by Art Alive Gallery in January 2010 at Lalit Kala Forum, New Delhi in 1975. He
‘Cavities’ at Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘Lost Article’ at Akademi, New Delhi. She has had ten solo shows in Mumbai, curated a show on Indian Art, by
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, in 2007; and ‘Footloose of Blue Pencil’ Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore between 1985 and 2004 and has the Govt. of India and Bangladesh,
at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006. The artist has also participated also participated in various group shows across India and Indian Council for Cultural
in a number of group shows, the most recent being, ‘From Surface abroad including Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal in 1986, the Relation (I.C.C.R), Dhaka in 1989,
to Origin: Journeys Through Recent Art From India and Thailand’ at International Triennale, Intergraphic, Germany in 1987 and 92. He was one of the jury members
Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok, in 2008; ‘Resonating Pulse’ by Latitude Bollywood show, London Selfridges in 2001, Hong Kong & Los at the International Exhibition,
28 at Alliance Francaise, New Delhi in 2009, ‘Shifting Terrains Altered Angeles in 2001. For outstanding merit in the Annual exhibition Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 1990
Realities’ at the Shrine Gallery and Empire Art, New Delhi, in 2008; she was awarded by the College of Visual Arts in Tempera in and was also in the jury of Lalit
‘Images/Urban/Neon’ at 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai, in 2007; and ‘Encode- 1979. Jayasri has been awarded the National Award. She lives Kala Akademi, Bhubaneshwar.
Decode’ at Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006. Besides Art India and works in Delhi. The artist lives and works in
Magazine’s Promising Artist Award in 2005, Martin also won the Kashi Santiniketan, West Bengal.
Visual Art Award in 2005.

G.R. IRANNA
PARESH MAITY PRAJJWAL CHOUDHURY
Born in Tamluk, West Bengal in 1965, Paresh Maity received Post graduated in Fine Arts from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U. Baroda in 2007and had his first solo at Project 88, Mumbai
his Bachelor’s Degree from Fine Arts from the Government in 2008. The artist was represented by Latitude 28 at India Art Summit 2009, 2011. Choudhury has participated in
College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata and his Master’s Degree several group shows such as the ‘Re-claim/Re-cite/Re-cycle’ curated by Bhavna Kakar, Latitude 28 at Travancore Art
from the College of Art, Delhi. The artist has held over Gallery, New Delhi in 2009; 8th Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Print in Bhopal in 2006, 2008; 12th Harmony
more than 50 solo shows, the recent one being at Art Art Show in Mumbai in 2007; 77th All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi in 2005; An Exhibition for Tsunami
Stage Singapore 2011 and has participated in equal Rehabilitation Fund, M.S.U. Baroda; Two Men Show at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in 2003 besides many other.
number of group exhibitions and workshops including The artist has also been part of Digifesta Media Art Festival, Korea in 2010 and a six-month residency at Bharat Bhavan,
the Cleveland International Drawing Biennale in 1995, Bhopal in 2003-04. The artist lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat.
International Art Camp Hungary in 1999, Saffronart,
Hong Kong & Los Angeles in 2001 and Rossi and
Rossi Gallery, London in 2002. A number of awards RAJESH RAM
he has received include Gold Medal from USSR in
1983, Governors Gold Medal from Academy of Fine Born in Jharkhand in 1978, Rajesh Ram did BFA from College of Art and Crafts, Patna in 2002. The artist solos include
Arts, Kolkata in 1988, National Scholarship Award ‘Shifting Peripheries’, a curated project booth by Latitude 28 at Art Stage Singapore 2011, ‘Kala Akshar Bhains Barabar’ at
in 1989, Pandit Ravishankar Award from College Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi in 2007 and ‘Hybrid’ at Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata in 2008.
of Art, Delhi in 1992, and Royal Watercolour His recent group exhibits include ‘Art Celebrates’ at Anant Art Gallery in 2010, ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ at Saatchi
Society Award, London in 2002. Maity’s works Gallery in 2010, ‘Re-claim/Re-cite/Re-cycle’, curated by Bhavna Kakar, presented by Latitude 28 and Seven Arts Limited
can be seen in the collections of the British at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2009; ‘East Village’ at Project 88 in 2009, ‘City Breathes/City Breeds’ presented by
Museum, The ARKS Gallery in London Latitude 28, New Delhi and 1x1 Gallery, Dubai in 2009; participation in London Art Fair, Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery,
and the National Gallery of Modern Art in London; ‘Trends and Trivia’, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2008; ‘Millennium Turks-Envisaging Contemporary Art of
New Delhi. India’, Trident Hilton, Delhi in 2008; ‘New Paradigms III’, Threshold Art Gallery; 2006. He was a part of the Emerging
artist FICA group show in Travancore Gallery, New Delhi in 2008. He has also been part of Art Links, Indo German
Camp, Kolkata; Khoj Residencies ‘Peers’, New Delhi in 2005; Sculpture Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi, Bhubaneswar
in 2005. The artist has participated in art fairs like Art Expo, Mumbai in 2009, India Art Summit 2008, 2009, 2011,
PRAJAKTA PALAV AHER Art Stage Singapore 2011. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.

Prajakta Palav was born in Mumbai in 1979. She completed her

Bachelor’s degree in painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai,
in 2000 and her Master’s degree in portraiture from the same institute,
in 2003. Palav has participated in a number of solo as well as group
shows. Her recent solos include ‘Sprouting Beads’ held at London Gallery
in 2010 and another organized by Vadehra Art Gallery (VAG) at Kitab
Mahal, Mumbai, and VAG, New Delhi in 2007. Prominent Group Shows
include ‘Constructed Realities’ at The Guild, Mumbai in 2010, ‘Progressive
to Altermodern’ at Grosvenor Vadehra, London in 2009, ‘Re-claim/Re-cite/
Re-cycle’ by Latitude 28 at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi in 2009, ‘Does
Size Matter?’ I & II curated by Bhavna Kakar at NCPA, Mumbai, India in 2007;
Project 88, Mumbai, in 2007; Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, in 2005; the National
Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, in 2005; and Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai, also in
2005. The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
SEEMA KOHLI
Born in 1960, Seema Kohli received a Diploma in Applied Arts from South Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi in 1983
and worked and trained in Triveni Kala Sangam under the eminent artist Mr. Rameshwar Broota from 1995 to 2005.
Some of her prominent solo exhibitions are ‘Mystical Narratives’, Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore in 2009, ‘Swayam
Siddha’, curated by Dr. Alka Pande and presented by Gallery Nvya in 2009, ‘Hiranya Garbha - The Golden Womb’
curated by Dr. Alka Pande at Visuals Art Gallery in 2007, ‘Hiranya Garbha’, Chor Bazaar, London, curated
by Sushma K Bahl in 2006, ‘The Eternal Womb’ at Art Heritage curated by Ebrahim Alkazi, New Delhi in
2006 besides many others. The artist has been part of several important group shows around the world
and is the recipient of Young FICCI Ladies Organisation Women Achiever’s Awards in 2010, Gold Medal
Florence Biennale for 2-channel video installation, Swayamsiddha in 2009, Marg Drishti Award, South
Delhi Polytechnic for Women, New Delhi in 2008 and Lalit Kala Akademi National Awards for Women in
2007. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.
Deriving its nomenclature from the geographical location of New Delhi, LATITUDE 28 is located
at the art district of Lado Sarai. The shows conceived and presented under LATITUDE 28 are
a concocted gesture implicating a grounded and innovative curatorial strategy. The initiative is
not only to present a strand of artists through exhibitions but to foster a discursive dialogue
enriching the process of an artistic rendezvous.

A consortium of defined services also includes art management facilitation, building effective
portfolio for clients, consultancy, art funds, research and documentation. And though the gallery
aims to present artworks largely in sync with cutting edge trends, there is a large repository of
works of masters and senior contemporaries the gallery has in its collection.

The gallery attempts at representing contemporary Indian art not only through exhibitions in the
white cube of a gallery space, but also by supporting residencies, and organization of outreach
programs, seminars, and talks. Bhavna Kakar, the founder of LATITUDE 28 with a degree in
Art History and Painting, also essays the role of an Editor/Publisher of TAKE on art, an art
quarterly published from India that extends the vision of its outreach programs. Not confining
its presence within its own local premises, LATITUDE 28 represents artists under its brand at
international fairs such as Art Stage Singapore, Art HK, Scope Basel. Some of the forthcoming
shows are a curated exhibition titled ‘Love is the Devil’, Solo exhibitions of artists - Anupam Sud,
Chila Kumari Burman, Rajesh Ram, Kartik Sood and Anandita Bhattacharya. Through this the
gallery aims to exemplify the essential component of ‘the contemporary’ at important art tangents
signaling a shift away from simple survey exhibitions.