Geeta Kapur

Not to be confused with Indian choreographer Geeta Kapoor.

Geeta Kapur (born 1943) is a noted Indian art critic, art historian and curator based in New Delhi.[1][2] She was one of the pioneers of art critical writing in India,[3] and who as Indian Express noted, has "dominated the field of Indian contemporary art theory for three decades now" .[4] Her husband is installation artist Vivan Sundaram. In 2011, Hong Kong-based Asia Art Archive (AAA) digitized their archive and held an exhibition titled, Another Life at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in February 2011.[5]

She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Art by the Government of India in 2009.[6]

Biography

Geeta Kapur is the elder daughter of M N Kapur, the Principal of Modern School in New Delhi from 1947 to 1974. She excelled in art while studying at the Modern School from 1947 to 1959.

Kapur has an M.A. in Arts from New York University (1963/63) and another M.A. in Arts from the Royal College of Art, London.[7]

She taught in the Humanities and Social Sciences department of IIT Delhi from 1967 to 1973. She has held fellowships at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.[8]

Curated exhibitions

Books

References

  1. Geeta Kapur bio MoMA.
  2. Holland Cotter (January 29, 2007). "Feminist Art Finally Takes Center Stage". New York Times. the renowned critic Geeta Kapur from Delhi had to represent..
  3. "Fight for art’s sake". Indian Express. Jun 8, 2008. ..Ms. Kapur, who is a pioneer of art critical writing in India..
  4. "Culture Control". Indian Express. May 5, 2002.
  5. "The byte of history". Mint (newspaper). Feb 18, 2011.
  6. "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  7. Adil Jusswalla; Eunice De Souza. Statements :anthology of Indian Prose in English. Orient Blackswan. p. 153. ISBN 0-86125-263-2.
  8. Geeta Kapur, Curator, Writer InIVA website.

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