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THE POETICS OF COLOR: NATVAR BHAVSAR
Directed by SUNDARAM
TAGORE
USA, 2010, 56 min. US Premiere.
English
Thursday, November 11 @ 9:00 PM @ SVA Silas Theatre
Synopsis:
While
examining
aesthetics
in
the
context
of
globalization,
this
documentary
explores
the
life
and
work
of
painter
Natvar
Bhavsar,
a
pioneer
who
paved
the
way
for
subsequent
generations
of
artists.
The
central
theme
of
the
film
is
the
multicultural
nature
of
his
work
and
how
that
has
influenced
the
trajectory
of
his
career
from
his
upbringing
in
India
to
his
move
to
New
York
City,
the
nerve
center
of
culture
and
the
arts.
In
time,
Bhavsar
was
interacting
closely
with
such
artistic
luminaries
as
Mark
Rothko,
Barnett
Newman,
and
Clyfford
Still.
The
first
of
its
kind,
this
film
is
not
only
a
history
of
one
artist’s
life,
but
also
a
celebration
of
the
Asian
diasporic
community
and
its
contribution
to
American
contemporary
art.
Director Sundaram
Tagore:
Sundaram
Tagore
is
a
New
York--based
art
historian
and
gallerist.
He
was
the
first
gallerist
to
focus
exclusively
on
globalization,
assembling
a
roster
of
artists
from
around
the
world.
A
descendant
of
the
influential
Indian
poet
and
Nobel
Prize
winner
Rabindranath
Tagore,
he
promotes
East--West
dialogues
through
his
contributions
to
numerous
exhibitions
as
well
as
his
eponymous
galleries
with
their
multicultural
and
multidisciplinary
events.
He
was
nominated
by
Avenue
magazine
in
1999
as
one
of
the
100
Most
Influential
Asian
Americans
in
the
United
States
and
was
recently
the
subject
of
a
30--minute
interview
on
CNN’s
Talk
Asia.
Natvar
Bhavsar:
The
Poetics
of
Color
is
his
first
documentary
film.
FEATURING: Natvar Bhavsar
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