Madan Lal

MadanLal effuses his canvases with a selection of iridescent colours of India from forest greens to Rajasthani pinks and the ever blues of sky and mood. Amidst MadanLal’s carefully crafted imagery, we see the paraphernalia of modernity. We notice symbolic arrows and alphabetic texts. We espy the manufactured fusing with nature, and perkily prominent elements of haunting home domesticity.

SOLO EXHIBITION

2013 Exhibition of paintings at Shridharni gallery Triveni kala sangam New Delhi

2013 Exhibition of paintings and drawings at Art Indus Gallery New Delhi

2013 Exhibition of paintings at Jehangir art gallery mumbai

2013 Exhibition of paintings & drawings at Art Folio Chandigarh

2011 Exhibition of Paintings at Shridharni Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

2008 Exhibition of Painting Jahangir Art Gallery, Chandigarh

2007 Exhibition of Drawing & Paintings at Art Indus, New Delhi

2006 Exhibition of Painting at Art Folio, Chandigarh

2005 Exhibition of Paintings at Art Folio, Chandigarh

2005 Exhibition of Paintings at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

2004 Exhibition of Paintings at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

2004 Exhibition of Paintings at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

2001 Exhibition of Drawings at Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh

1999 Exhibition of Paintings at Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan New Delhi

1998 Exhibition of Drawings & Paintings at Museum of Fine Arts,panjab Uni. Chd

1996 Exhibition of Paintings at Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh

1995 Exhibition of Drawings at Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh

GROUP EXHIBITION

2014 Triveni Exhibition of paintings by Gallery The Art Place Gurgano (HR)

2013 Asian art gallery Chelmsford , ma 01824 USA

2012 United art fair New Delhi

2011 Group show Curetted by Art File art promoter & services at Govt. Museum Art Gallery Chandigarh.

2011 Group “UNTITLED”show at Punjab Lalit Kala Academy Art Gallery, Chandigarh.

2011 Group “UNTITLED” show at Ravindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Academy Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2010 Exhibition of paintings & Drawings at Chandigarh & Ludhiana By City Bank Chandigarh.

2010 Exhibition of Untitled Paintings Punjab Lalit Kala, Chandigarh

2009 Exhibition of Painting at Stokholm, Sweden

2008 Exhibition of Painting Habitit Centre, New Delhi

2008 Exhibition of paintings at Nehru Centre London

2007 Exhibition of Paintings at Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi

2007 Exhibition by Nvya Art gallery, New Delhi

2006 Exhibition of Paintings by Art Indus at Habitat Center New Delhi

2006 Exhibition by Indian Art form at Habitat Center, New Delhi

2005 Polka Vision by Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi

2005 Harmony show Mumbai

2000 Exhibition of Paintings at Nehru Center, Worli Mumbai

1997 Exhibition of Paintings at AIFACS, New Delhi

1997 Exhibition of Paintings at Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh

1997 Exhibition of Paintings at Punjab Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Chandigarh

1995 Exhibition of Paintings at Fine Art Deptt., Punjab University, Chandigarh

AWARDS & Honour

2001 Gold medal All India Exhibition by Avantika, New Delhi

2000 All India Millennium Drawings by PLKA & Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

2000 AIFACS Millennium Exhibition Chandigarh.

Secretary Punjab lalit kala academi 1999-2003

Secretary Chandigarh lalit kala Akademi 2003-2006

Vice Chairman Chandigarh lalit kala akademi-since 2012

PARTICIPATION

2013 55 national Exhibition by lalit kala akademi New Delhi

2010 52nd National Exhibition, by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi

2005 Camlin Art Foundation, New Delhi

2004 Annual Art Exhibition, PLKA, Chandigarh

2003 Exhibition of art our Roots are our wings by Indian Artist network at Jakarta Indonesia

2002 45th National Exhibition, by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi

2001 44th National Exhibition, by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi

2001 Contemporary Indian Painting “Tradition to Modernity at Kleinessen Art gallery Fulda” Germany

Participation at state Level & National Level since 1995

Camp

2013 national artist camp at Kargil by J& K akademi Jammu

2011 Artist camp at Goa by puna art foundation

2010 Artist camp at Bheem Tall by Rai Foundation New Delhi

2009 International Artist Camp at Hega Park , Stokholm Sweden

2009 National Artist Camp at Rajore Jammu

2009 National Artist camp by Central Lalit Kala Academy at Gantaok

2008 Artist Camp by Advance Study ,Vice Roy loge Shimla

2007 Artist Camp at Mysore by Art Indus & ITDC

2007 National Artist camp by Artistic Creation at Broag (HP)

2007 Artist Camp by Art Mall at Dehradoon

2006 National Artist camp by Art Mall at Broag (HP)

2005 Artist camp by AIFACS, New Delhi

2005 National Camp by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

2004 Artist Camp by Amrit Kala Kumbh at Amritsar

2003 Painting Workshop by PLKA at APJ College, Jalandhar

2003 Painting Workshop by Govt. College, Mohali

2002 Artist workshop at Chandigarh Press Club

2002 Artist Workshop by CLKA & Distt Administration Panchkula

2002 Painting Workshop at Chandigarh Carnival

2002 Drawing Workshop by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy

2001 Painting Workshop at BCS, Shimla

2001 Artist Camp at Jalandhar by PLKA

2001 Young Artist camp by AIFACS, New Delhi

1999 Artist Camp by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy

1999 Painting Workshop by Art & Film Society, Chandigarh

1999 Homage to Kargil Hero's Artist Workshop by Punjab Lalit Kala Academy

COLLECTIONS

Govt. Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Museum of Fine Art, Punjab University, Chandigarh

Fine Art Deptt., Kurukshetra

ITDC, Rai Foundation

Aura Art Foundation

AIFACS, New Delhi

Indian Academy of Fine Art, Amritsar

Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy

Punjab Lalit Kala Academy

Bank of Punjab Gallery 54, Paris, Art Folio, Chandigarh, The Art Mall New Delhi

Artistic Creation New Delhi, Art Indus New Delhi, Nvya New Delhi. Advance Study,

Private Collection in India & abroad

MadanLal brings to us questioning visages of pursed lipped women and quizzing, staring eyed, regal parrots. He effuses his canvases with a selection of iridescent colours of India from forest greens to Rajasthani pinks and the ever blues of sky and mood. Amidst MadanLal’s carefully crafted imagery, we see the paraphernalia of modernity. We notice symbolic arrows and alphabetic texts. We espy the manufactured fusing with nature, and perkily prominent elements of haunting home domesticity.

For our delight, there is a broad spectrum of kaleidoscope meaning in these essentially evocative paintings. MadanLal encourages our eyes to note images of Brahma’s bull, and slender conversational storks. As we gaze in awe, we wonder. Are we the giver or receiver of the maiden’s loving blissful gaze, the parrot questioner or the gently questioned? We are drawn in. We succumb to MadanLal’s bewitchment, to his remarkable reflections of Indian modernity. In our balmy revery we realise that MadanLal provides us with more conundrums than answers - blank speech balloons, muted phonograms. But then, why should we expect answers when life, chasing irrevocably through time, continually changes and we change with it. Painting captures moments, but revels a history. If we are lucky, paintings such as MadanLal’s can reflect us back to ourselves in new and exciting ways.

Martin Bradley

Malaysia