Sunaparanta is a non for profit art institution, which aims to preserve the artistic legacies of Goa; to encourage and promote innovative work in the visual arts, performance and art education. It serves as a bridge between the Goan arts, the national as well as international art communities. The institution provides working
and exhibition space, assistance with exchange and grant funding initiatives, artist residencies, and infrastructure for collaborative projects with state, national and international organizations.
The Emerging Artists Mentoring Program is an initiative by Sunaparanta to encourage, support and promote innovative and experimental projects in the visual arts, and to provide resource support to art students and artists of the coming generations.
This collaboration with KMB aligns Sunaparanta not only with its mission, but also mutually supports each other to infiltrate (contemporary) art and culture within local cities and the youth of this generation. This particular project proposed by us supports our Emerging Artists Mentoring Program, an initiative by the Art Center to
encourage, support and promote innovative and experimental projects in the visual arts, and to provide resource support to art students and artists of the coming generations.
About the Artists
Mansoor Ali is an artist based in Baroda, India. He uses ready-made and found objects such as the chairs in this work, and by altering their pre-conceived configuration, proportion and context, the artist creates sculptures and installations that draw attention to the various facets of power politics prevalent in India. Mansoor is represented by Gallery Maskara, Mumbai.
Pallavi Paul is an artist based in Mumbai. Her primary interest lies in taking ‘found situations’ and reconfiguring them to present fantastical possibilities. She expresses this concept through drawing, photography, video and sculptural installations. She is represented by Project 88 in Mumbai.
Rathin Barman is an artist based in Tripura, India. He studies how economic and environmental structures in both urban and rural settings have been transformed due to globalization, commenting on a growing dependence on metro areas and the subsequent growth of material consumption in society. He has exhibited extensively across the world and is represented by Experimenter, Kolakata.
