Shilpa Gupta
Untitled (Heat book), 2009
Heat book, mild steel, heating element of 2000 Watts, pedestal
132 x 44 x 33 cm
Edition: 3/3
An anonymous book, untitled, nameless, faceless lies on a sacramental pedestal. Years of imbibed knowledge within these pages over the years become reasons for incitement. Made of carbonized mild steel,...
An anonymous book, untitled, nameless, faceless lies on a sacramental pedestal. Years of imbibed knowledge within these pages over the years become reasons for incitement. Made of carbonized mild steel, the book sits on a wooden pedestal containing a heating element, emitting heat and light.
Provenance
Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai, India
Exhibitions
Chemould Prescott Raod, Mumbai, India | Someone Else | January 2012 - February 2012.Lalit Kala Akademi with Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India | Solo Show | March 2009.
Castle Blandy, France | Solo Show | June 2010 - October 2010.
Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France | Recent Works | September 2009 - October 2009.
OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria | Half A Sky | November 2010 - January 2011.
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | A Bit Closer | February 2010 - May 2010.
ArtScience Museum, Level 3 galleries Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd. 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore | New Eden | October 2023 - March 2024.
Science Gallery Melbourne, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton | SCIFI: Mythologies Transformed | August 2024 - April 2025.
Publications
Avni Doshi | "Contested Territories: The Art of Shilpa Gupta" | Art Fair Magazine | 2011."Luther and the Avante Garde" | May 19 2017.
Walter Smerling | "Luther und die Avant Garde" | 2017.
Damien Sausset | "Shilpa Gupta" | Blandy Art Tour | 2010.
SG Magazine | "36 fun things to do in March 2024" | SG Magazine | 29 Feb 2024.
Gail Chin, Joel Chin, Adrian George and Honor Harger | "New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed" | ArtScience Museum.