Natvar Bhavsar
Natvar Bhavsar, MRINA, 1978, Dry pigments with oil and acrylic mediums on canvas, 44 x 108 in (111.8 x 274.3 cm)
Natvar Bhavsar, Untitled (1968), 1968, Dry pigments with oil and acrylic mediums on canvas, 90 x 68 in (228.6 x 172.7 cm)
Natvar Bhavsar, VERGAA, 1973-2004, Dry pigments with oil and acrylic mediums on canvas, 108 x 44 in (274.3 x 111.8 cm)
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Untitled, 1963, Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 35.5 in (128.3 x 90.2 cm)
M. F. Husain, Circus Figure with Yellow Face, 1959, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
M. F. Husain, Untitled (Ganesh), n/d, Acrylic on canvas, 34.5 x 28.5 in (87.6 x 72.4 cm)
M. F. Husain, Mirage, 1963, Oil on wood panel, 49 x 24 in (124.5 x 61 cm)
K. S. Kulkarni, Untitled, 1983, Acrylic on board, 27.5 x 21.5 in each (69.9 x 54.6 cm each)
K. S. Kulkarni, Untitled, 1976, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 44 in (91.4 x 111.8 cm)
K. S. Kulkarni, Untitled, 1980, Acrylic on paper, 21 x 13.5 in (53.3 x 34.3 cm)
Ram Kumar, Untitled, 1979, Oil on canvas, 62 x 35 in (157.5 x 88.9 cm)
Ram Kumar, Untitled, 1961, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
S. H. Raza, Cantique, 1971, Acrylic on paper on board, 19.5 x 25.5 in (49.5 x 64.8 cm)
S. H. Raza, Paysage, 1965, Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 19.6 in (100 x 49.9 cm)
Rekha Rodwittiya, A Chanced Meeting Between Nukata No Okimi and Serendipitous Yayavar, 2004, Oil on canvas, 69 x 216 in (175.3 x 548.6 cm)
Rekha Rodwittiya, The Confessional, 1984. Ink and gouache on paper, 14.5 x 14.5 in (37.5 x 37.5 cm)
Rekha Rodwittiya, And It All Falls In The Shadow Of The King, 1984, Ink and gouache on paper, 14.75 x 14.75 in (37.5 x 37.5 cm)
Utsa Hazarika, storm, 2015, Video, 3 min, 20 sec
Utsa Hazarika, chorus, 2014, Video, 2 min, 58 sec
Vinod Dave, River on Your Right, 1980, Black & white film photograph, 13 x 17 inches
Aicon New York is pleased to present Rockefeller + India, an exhibition of artworks by Indian artists who received grants from the Asian Cultural Council, colloquially known as the Rockefeller Grant. Among the list of careers nurtured by the fund are Natvar Bhavsar, Vinod Dave, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, M. F. Husain, K. S. Kulkarni, Ram Kumar, S. H. Raza, and Rekha Rodwittiya, whose artworks are on display until the end of July. In addition, Aicon is excited to share video work by grantee Utsa Hazarika who recently participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s famed Independent Study Program.
The John D. Rockefeller III Fund was established in 1963 with a mission to strengthen cultural and academic ties between the United States and India. Over the years, the fund has supported several Indian artists, from the inaugural recipient K. S. Kulkarni to artists such as S. H. Raza and M. F. Husain, who played pivotal roles as members of the Progressive Artists' Group in shaping Indian modernism. Touring parts of the United States as fund recipients facilitated cross-cultural exchange, granting Indian artists the opportunity to interact with their American contemporaries at various times when travel and communication outside of India were particularly challenging. The visual impact of Fund-supported sojourns to the US was highlighted in Aicon's Spring 2023 exhibition, Raza + America, which tracked the famed artist's shift from landscape to abstraction after his time in the United States in 1962. Fellow Progressive Ram Kumar's embrace of abstraction can also be traced to his year abroad.
Exhibition photography by Sebastian Bach
