Talk - Arty Acoustic : Coffee and conversation with artists Bose Krishnamachari August 20, 2009

Talk - Arty Acoustic: Coffee and conversation with artists Bose Krishnamachari as a monthly talk show. The programme has been conceptualized to provide a serious platform for contemporary artists to interact with an enthusiastic audience comprising of artists, art lovers, collectors, gallerists and critics. The artist would explain his/her work through a slide show leaving the floor open for questions by art critics and subsequently by the audience. Ranging from being provocative to inquisitive, the question and answer session is sure to bring out the best in the artist. Profile: Bose Krishnamachari - Born in Kerala in 1963, Bose Krishnamachari had his informal art training at the Kerala Kalapeethom and before he joined Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai for graduate studies in Fine Arts. A recipient of Kerala Lalit Kala Akademy Award for painting, he has also been supported by Charles Wallace (India) Trust Scholarship for his Post Graduation in Fine Arts from the illustrious Goldsmiths College, University of London. Bose Krishnamachari came back to India after his studies in London. His annual display had already been noticed by the British artists and scholars and Bose gathered curatorial ideas while he was in his foreign sojourn. London stint was just a beginning of his innumerable travels and researches. Bose's solo shows are important for their self curatorial interventions and ideas. Most of his solos are large in scale. 'Amuseum', 'Decurating', 'Ghost Trans-memoire', 'Ghost', 'LaVA', to name a few, are his important solo exhibitions. Bose Krishnamachari became an internationally acclaimed curator when he became the India Section curator of ARCO, 09, Madrid, Spain. He also guest curated 'Indian Highway', one of the path-breaking shows on Indian contemporary art on an international platform. The show started early this year in Serpentine Gallery, London and currently it is traveling to different cities in Europe. Known as a great talent scout, Bose always spots interesting artists from all over India. He diligently visits studios of young artists and encourages them in several ways. Bose started his curatorial venture in mid 90s with 'Bombay X 17', then the well known 'Bombay Boys'. Bombay Boys later became a stand-in-name for all the successful and young contemporaries from the city of Mumbai. 'Double-Enders', 'Kaam', 'Spy', 'Soft Spoken', 'Aaffairs', to name a few, are his important curated shows. Bose is currently working towards establishing a gallery named 'BMB' in Mumbai. This gallery with state of the art facilities would play a very important role in bringing international art onto Indian shores. Bose Krishnamachari has a huge dream - the dream of setting of an international art museum in India. He has already started working on this and in a few years' time, a world class museum will be set up in Kerala.

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