Born in 1956 in Onkkoor Kerala Surendran Nair did his BFA (Painting) from College of Fine Arts Kerala in 1982 and Post Diploma (Printmaking) from ...and mundane - growing out of the body of cosmic man. In his body of his work titled 'Corollary mythologies' Nair weaves together visual strands

artists including Bhupen Khakhar Dashrath Patel Gulam Sheikh Dhruva Mistry Jyoti Bhatt Amit Ambalal Surendran Nair Nataraj Sharma Rekha Rodwittiya Navjot

touring exhibition with Surendran Nair at major Art Centers in Australia Noosa Regional Art Gallery Australia 1999 'Pacaembu' Sao Paulo Brazil

of the Century’ Nature Morte New Delhi 1999 ‘Surendran Nair/ Jeffery Schiff/ Anita Dube/ Peter Nagy’ Nature Morte New Delhi 1998 ‘The Bridge

Indian contemporary artist is Atul Dodiya and Baroda based artist are Anandjit Ray Surendran Nair and Natraj Sharma in the senior category.

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Born and raised in Kerala Surendran Nair asserts that the experiences and memories of his early years in the state continue to influence his thinking and body of work. In addition to the personal Nair’s narrative paintings are shaped by the artist’s immense database of trivia covering fields

Nair we see the emergence of parallel visual lexicons that challenge memory and association…Surendran’s context is his country and its protean ...arms of the darkly benevolent former police officer Thakur. It is interesting that Nair has interpolated an icon from Indian history a sculptural

Surendran Nair’s complex artistic idiom involves the use of both conventional and contemporary imagery and draws inspiration from various artistic ...be described as roguish ironic or curious but it is their air of gentle surrealism that prevails over each of Nair’s deeply thought out images.

An ardent observer and commentator on identity and sociopolitical change Surendran Nair draws his images from the abundant global archive ...“The Openness of Secrecy Soliloquy and Conversation in the Art of Surendran Nair” Surendran Nair forthcoming from Sakshi Gallery Mumbai 2008)

Born and raised in the Southern Indian state of Kerala Surendran Nair’s creative process and body of work has been acutely influenced ... “Surendran Nair’s visual language evolves from the mythical and iconic representations presented through the realm of imagination. By placing archetypal

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Contemporary Art ; Top lots are paintings by Surendran Nair and Subodh Gupta; Five lots sell for more than Rs. 1 crore (US$ 263,000); World auction records set for Surendran Nair, Bharti Kher, Sudhir Patwardhan,Jagannath Panda, Shilpa Gupta and 16 others; Unprecedented number of participants - over 550

on the weekend, set a world auction record for 21 most sought-after artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists. These included Surendran Nair,...lots of this sale were Surendran Nair's "Doctrine of the Forest: An Actor at Play (Cuckoonebulopolis)", which was sold for $558,969; Subodh Gupta's

Surendran Nair and Subodh Gupta, a release said here. "We are very excited about the attention Contemporary Indian art is drawing around the world.

including Surendran Nair, Subodh Gupta, Atul Dodiya, Shilpa Gupta, Anju Dodiya, Bharti Kher, T.V. Santhosh, Shibu Natesan, Baiju Parthan and Jagannath Panda. World auction records were set for 21 artists, including Surendran Nair, Bharti Kher, Shibu Natesan and Jagannath Panda. Within the first hour

including Surendran Nair, Subodh Gupta, Atul Dodiya, Shilpa Gupta, Anju Dodiya, Bharti Kher, T.V. Santhosh, Shibu Natesan, Baiju Parthan and Jagannath Panda. World auction records were set for 21 artists, including Surendran Nair, Bharti Kher, Shibu Natesan and Jagannath Panda. Within

have sold at astounding prices ' even touching a crore. The Saffronart auction saw bids on works of artists like Surendran Nair, Shibu Natesan, Subodh Gupta Anju Dodiya among others cross 50 lakhs. Surendran Nair emerged the new star, whose work crossed a crore. An excited Dinesh Vazirani

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