Geeta Kapur | |
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_in_New_Delhi_on_May_15%2c_2008_(cropped).jpg) Kapur in 2008 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.A. in Arts fromNew York University,M.A. in Arts from theRoyal College of Art,London. |
| Known for | Art Writing, Curating, Art Critic, Indian Art Theory |
| Movement | Indian Modernism, Indian Post Modernism, DecolonisedAvant-garde in India,Indian Art, Contemporary Indian Art |
| Spouse | Vivan Sundaram |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Geeta Kapur (born 1943) is a notedIndianart critic,art historian andcurator based inNew Delhi.[1][2] She was one of the pioneers of critical art writing in India,[3] and who, asIndian Express noted, has "dominated the field of Indian contemporary art theory for three decades now".[4] Her writings include artists' monographs, exhibition catalogues, books, and sets of widely anthologized essays on art, film, and cultural theory.[5]
She has written various books, includingContemporary Indian Artists (1978),When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India (2000) andCritic’s Compass: Navigating Practice (forthcoming).[6] She is one of the founder-editors ofJournal of Arts & Ideas[7] (Delhi). She has also been on the advisory boards ofThird Text[8] (London),Marg (Mumbai), andARTMargins. She was a jury member of theBiennales of Venice (2005),Dakar (2006), and Sharjah (2007). She is a member of the Asian Art Council[9] at the Guggenheim Museum,Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, and theKochi-Muziris Biennale. She is a Trustee of the Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation (SSAF), Delhi, and the series editor of Art Documents (SSAF–Tulika Books).
She was awarded thePadma Shri for her contribution to Art by the Government of India in 2009.[10] She has previously taught at a number of universities, including the Indian Institutes of Technology and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[11]
Her husband was the artistVivan Sundaram. In 2011, Hong Kong–based Asia Art Archive[12] (AAA) digitized their archive and held an exhibition titled,Another Life at theJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in February 2011.[13]
Geeta Kapur was born in 1943, toM. N. Kapur and Amrita Kapur. Theatre directorAnuradha Kapur is her younger sister.[14] She grew up on the campus of Modern School, New Delhi, where her father was Principal from 1947 to 1977.[15] Her husband was the installation artistVivan Sundaram. She was born in New Delhi, where she continues to live and work.
Kapur holds a bachelor's degree inEconomics fromMiranda House,University of Delhi (1962);[16] a master's degree inFine Arts fromNew York University, New York (1964); and a master's degree in Criticism from theRoyal College of Art, London (1970).[17]
She taught in the Humanities and Social Sciences department ofIIT Delhi from 1967 to 1973. She lectures internationally and has held Visiting Fellowships at theIndian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla,Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, andNehru Memorial Museum & Library in Teen Murti, New Delhi.[18]
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