Your Chance to BID or BUY

This Is Your Chance to BID or BUY:

Emami Chisel Art Offers the best of Indian Contemporary Art

at the India Art Summit

New Delhi: If you missed the immensely successful Emami Chisel Art’s (ECA) debut auction in February this year, where Husain’s ‘Tribute to Hashmi’ fetched a record-breaking Rs 10 crore and Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Kali III’ fetched 4.4 crore, here is your chance to register yourself as a bidder for the forthcoming ECA auction during the India Art Summit at Pragati Maidan from August 22, 2008 to August 24, 2008.

Emami Chisel Art Auction House is a joint venture between the Rs 1,500-crore turnover personal health care major Emami Group and Chisel Crafts, the parent company of the Kolkata-based Aakriti Art Gallery. Emami Chisel Art now announces its second auction on ‘Indian Contemporary and Modern Art’ to be held on November 8, 2008 in Kolkata. The auction is tipped to have a spread of about 90-100 lots covering modern and contemporary artists.

Says Vikram Bachhawat, Director, Emami Chisel Art: “I am participating in the Art Summit to give exposure to new artists to the international visitors while also hoping to widen my own knowledge base about various artists from other locations.”

What’s interesting is that while art galleries are viewing the Summit as a means to spread awareness, auction house Emami Chisel Art is hoping to use this platform to attract bidders who would like to participate in their upcoming November auction.

The online bidding commences from the November 3, 2008 and continue till the hammer finally comes down on November 8, 2008. Interested bidders can collect registration forms from the ECA stall during the Art Summit. These registration forms will provide an opportunity to ECA to identify a bidder and tabulate the bidder’s relevant details before the auction commences.

ECA is accepting works of artists of Indian origin including paintings, sculptures, drawings etc. from galleries, private collectors & artists. Works that have not been shown in any auction for the last five years will be eligible for inclusion. All the selected works will be uploaded to the website www.emamichisel.com. The last date for submitting consignments is September 5, 2008. A panel of experts will select the works and once the selection process is over, the consigner will be informed accordingly. Like the last auction, ECA expects to draw attention of collectors by offering rare and important works by Contemporary and Modern masters.

Adds Vikram Bachhawat, Director, Emami Chisel Art: “There is a big need within the art community to understand the difficulties faced by this growing trade, there are many issues related to fakes, interstate trading etc, which needs to be sorted out and it can only happen if trade is united and there are more summits across the country. Moreover a collector gets chance to see works displayed by galleries from all over the country, each gallery has their own set of artists who they promote and each visiting gallery will get the best of the available works from the area they belong. It will be a feast for the eyes as there will be a large selection of visual art under one roof. ECA will take this opportunity to highlight their future auctions and will use it as a platform to build long-term relationship with connoisseurs and art dealers.”

Focusing on Indian Modern and Contemporary Art, the forthcoming November auction will include some rare and significant works of art by many major artists like Satish Gujral, J Swaminathan, Ganesh Pyne, F. N. Souza, Arpita Singh, Chintan Upadhyay, M. F. Husain, Ganesh Pyne, Jitish Kallat, Reena Kallat, Sakti Burman, Bikash Bhattacharya, Jayashree Chakraborty, S. H. Raza and Shibu Natesan. All the works for the auction will be selected by a panel of experts for their value, authenticity and auction viability. The authenticity and value of the works will be endorsed by the artists if he or she is living. Paintings by those who have passed away will be certified by experts on the concerned artist.

If bidding at the auction seems out of reach, don’t despair. Emami Chisel Art will also put up significant artworks for sale. Works of artists from Bengal school like Bikash Bhattacharjee, Paritosh Sen, Ganesh Pyne, Satish Gujral, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Somenath Hore and K.G. Subramanyan will be sold during the Art Summit at the ECA stall.

So, this is your chance to either bid for or to buy the artwork you always craved for, at Emami Chisel Art’s stall in the India Art Summit!