TamarindArt To Celebrate 1 Year Anniversary with Progressive Artists Group Show

If you are planning to be in New York for the upcoming Christie’s and Sotheby’s auctions (see “Spring Sales Speculations” below) or live in that city, be sure to include a visit to TamarindArt for their exhibition “Pinnacle-Progressives”, a celebration of their first anniversary. Located at 142 East 39th Street between 3rd and Lexington, the show will feature works by the PAG’s most legendary and important artists selected exclusively from the private collection of gallery owners Marguerite and Kent Charugundla.

Originally opened as a museum in April 2003, TamarindArt housed "Lightning", a mammoth 12-panel, 10 ft x 60 ft mural by MF Husain, the legendary artist’s largest painting. “Lightning” will be included in this exhibition, as well as masterpieces by Bal Chhabda, VS Gaitonde, Krishen Khanna, Ram Kumar, Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamesee, SH Raza, and FN Souza. (See “The PAG Revolution” below for a brief history of the movement and its members).

From the start, TamarindArt’s vision was to curate exhibitions that reflect a healthy balance between established senior artists and younger talents working with experimental forms of conceptual installations, and as part of an on-going effort, to support other art museums and cultural communities around the world. In addition to developing a reputation as the place to be for many art organizations, other events are hosted there as well, including book readings and signings.

Year One was very impressive, as "50 Years of Bal Chhabda: Paintings in New York," was their inaugural show as a full-time gallery. The extraordinary showcase of over half a century of never-before-seen works was the first in the United States for the reclusive artist and only the third solo show of his prolific career.

TamarindArt also held a summer show in 2006 presenting the works of a group of talented younger artists from India, and exhibitions that highlighted the career of Akbar Padamsee of over six decades, a show entitled “Edge of Reality, which portrayed the liminal spaces that a select group of artists has explored through various forms of representation, “Reverse Depth” that brought together one of the most dynamic group of abstract and conceptual artists, and “Parallel Facets” a unique exhibition that incorporated sculptures by Niranjan Pradhan and paintings by Samir Aich.

Although the March 21st opening reception for this special occasion will be by invitation only (RSVP required), “Pinnacle-Progressives” will be open to the public by appointment only for its limited run from March 22 until April 7. For more information call 212-990-9000 or visit their website at http://www.tamarindart.com/. The Charugundlas and their expert staff have many reasons to celebrate and you should make a point to join them!