Anjolie Ela Menon: Through the Patina
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAnjolie Ela Menon is a contemporary Indian artist whose paintings have been known to make waves not only on the Indian art scene but also at international arenas. She is renowned for her oil on Masonite paintings as well as paintings on other form of media.
Her new book, Anjolie Ela Menon: Through the Patina, is a pictorial illustration of her work over the last 55 years with essays on her work and life authored by the famous art critic Isana Murti.
Please join Asia Society Washington for an evening with Anjolie Ela Menon as she presents her book and talks about her paintings and her journey as she explored the boundaries of this art form over the last six decades.
About the speaker:
Anjolie Ela Menon was born in 1940 in India of mixed Bengal and American parentage. In 1960 she went to Paris and studied in the Atelier Fresque at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In addition to paintings in private and corporate collections, her works have been acquired by museums in India and abroad. She is also a well-known muralist and has represented India at he Algiers Biennale, the Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil and three triennials in New Delhi. She has been invited by the British Council, the US State Department, and the French Ministry of Culture to confer with leading artists in those countries.
Her new book, Anjolie Ela Menon: Through the Patina, is a pictorial illustration of her work over the last 55 years with essays on her work and life authored by the famous art critic Isana Murti.
Please join Asia Society Washington for an evening with Anjolie Ela Menon as she presents her book and talks about her paintings and her journey as she explored the boundaries of this art form over the last six decades.
About the speaker:
Anjolie Ela Menon was born in 1940 in India of mixed Bengal and American parentage. In 1960 she went to Paris and studied in the Atelier Fresque at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In addition to paintings in private and corporate collections, her works have been acquired by museums in India and abroad. She is also a well-known muralist and has represented India at he Algiers Biennale, the Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil and three triennials in New Delhi. She has been invited by the British Council, the US State Department, and the French Ministry of Culture to confer with leading artists in those countries.
Event Details
Wed 06 Oct 2010
Embassy of India, 2536 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008 Washington, DC
Asia Society Members: $15, nonmembers: $20. RSVPs are required by 12:00 pm on Oct. 4