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International Workshop Modinagar 1997
From 1997 until 2001, KHOJ conducted the International Artist Workshop mostly at Sikribagh, a quasi-colonial bungalow in Modinagar, offered for the workshop by SK Modi. The workshop functioned as an experimental art laboratory that brought together artists from all over the world to create a co-operative and non-hierarchical space, encouraging critical dialogue, exchange and the transference of information and skills.
- Ludwig Foundacion, Cuba
- Pratibimb Communications Pvt. Ltd.
- The Foreign & Commonwealth Office, U.K.
- Sita Theruchelvam, Colombo
- Vikas Rathi
- artsACT
- Canberra School of Art , Australia
- Vijay Gupta, VKGN Associates
- Malvika Poddar
- IPAN
- O.P. Jain
- Austrian Embassy, New Delhi
- Nitin Bhayana
- Lalit Nirula
- Mohit Gupta
- Jindal Art Foundation
- Dr. Ashok Rajgopal
- Vadehra Art Gallery
- Heart Foundation
- Camlin Ltd.
- Anand Agarwal, ABC Corporation
- Ebrahim Alkazi
- Robert Loder
- Intach, U.K. Trust
- British Council, London
- British Council, Nairobi
- British Council, New Delhi
- The Commonwealth Foudnation, U.K.
- Triangle Arts Trust
- The Dayawati Modi Foundation for Art, Culture and Education
- Eicher Gallery, New Delhi
- Oct 31, 1997 to Nov 15, 1997
- 14 Days ( Non- Residential)
About this edition
KHOJ’s first International Artist Workshop functioned as an experimental art laboratory under an autonomous, open ended organisation led by artists for artists.
22 artists participated in the workshop: 10 international and 12 Indian. The workshop was conducted at Modinagar, approximately 55 kms from Delhi. Modinagar is a town that has grown around a group of industries founded by the late Gujarmal Modi in the Nehruvian days of independent India. Sikribagh, the venue for the KHOJ workshop, is an old bunglow built in a quasi-colonial style, amidst acres of land, mango trees and a pond; it was a refuge from the decaying industrial city. This space was generously offered to KHOJ for the workshop by SK Modi. Sikribagh has continued to be used as a workshop site for many years since.
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