Thukral and tagra biography sample
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Thukral & Tagra
Jiten Thukral was born in and received a BFA from Chandigarh College of Art and his MFA from the Delhi College of Art.
Sumir Tagra was born in and received a BFA from the Delhi College of Art and later studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra work collaboratively with a bred range of media including painting, sculpture, installations, interactive games, film, performance and design. Thukral & Tagra work on new formats of public engagement and attempt to expand the scope of what art can do. They break out of the mediated and disciplinary world and create multi-modal sensory and immersive environments. Their earlier work dealt with tropes of migration and motifs of a globally manifested consumer culture. It questioned the provenance of Indian identity and its various articulations. Their recent work has dealt with the interpretation of Indian mythological narratives and symbols in ways that renew and enliv
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Tip-toeing through the web of conscious utopia and dystopia, the world has become a delicate cradle of consequences that look straight in the eye of our actions — good and otherwise. With the reality of climate escalations becoming an everyday occurrence in our forgettable conversations, dialogues and bulletin headlines, what could be the next step to awareness, one that stays and impacts?
Perhaps, art, or indeed. With the environment and perception at its crux, artists Sumir Tagra and Jiten Thukral, also colloquially known as Thukral & Tagra envision Sustaina India, instituting climate awareness and sustainability with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
On view until 15th February at Bikaner House, New Delhi, Sustaina India along with Aditya Srinivas Mopidevi sculpts a critical connection between artworks, artists and everyday materials to realign our relationship with the planet. With “eyes to the ground, heart to the horizon” at its nexus, a cohort of
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Life is Superman
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Designer and artist duo Thukral &#; Tagra’s works are executed in a wide variety of media including graphics, videos, music, interiors, product design, paintings, sculpture and installations. Their quirky, kitsch, pop art-like works focus on the influence of popular western ideologies on India’s deep-rooted cultural heritage. However, the duo’s approach to the subject is refreshingly stylish. Although vibrant and energetic, their compositions raise serious questions about the loss of identity experienced by Indians in their own sub-continent and its repercussions worldwide.
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, branded as Thukral &#; Tagra, have worked as a team since the turn of the millennium. Born in in Jalandar, Thukral completed his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at Chandigarh College of Arts, and his Master’s degree in the same at the Delhi College of Art. Tagra was born in New Delhi in He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at the D