| Exibitions |
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| Minimal Maldives |
| - December 2007
Irish photographer Adrian Neville has long been fascinated with the beauty of the Maldives. He has produced two books on the Maldives (Male and Dhivehiraajje) which are highly popular with tourists as well as with Maldivians. Adrian Neville’s exhibition’ exhibition will feature works from both his earlier book on Male and the comprehensive book on the Maldives at the end of the 20th century, Dhivehiraajje. A special catalogue will also be published for the exhibition. |
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| Beyond the Tourists Eye (Contemporary Maldivian Art Exhibition) |
| - May 2007
Scheduled for May 2007, Beyond the Tourists’ Eye features the work of six contemporary Maldivian artists. Curated around theme of ‘emerging Maldivian identities’, the exhibition features 30 works including an installation by Fathmath Zuhura and 2 artist books by Nina Manik. After the exhibition in Male, the works will also be exhibited in Colombo, Sri Lanka, later in the year. |
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| Image and Identity – 100 years of Maldivian Stamps |
| - 24 November – 14 December 2006
An exhibition showcasing 100 years of Maldivian stamp designs, Image and Identity was jointly organized by the National Art Gallery and Maldives Post Limited to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the introduction of postal services to the Maldives. The exhibition featured more than 100 designs of Maldivian designs. The exhibition was also shown at Addu Atoll.
(photos with captions…) |
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| Self and Identity – Contemporary South Indian Painting |
| - 15 August – 31 August 2006
Exhibition of paintings by contemporary South Indian Artists. The exhibition comprised of 22 works by 12 artists. The exhibition was organized jointly by the National Art Gallery, Maldives and Gallery Pallazzo, Chennai, India, and was sponsored by Indian Airlines and State Bank of India. |
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| Imagination – Aiminath Hilmy |
| - 23 July – 10 August 2006
An exhibition of 29 drawings and paintings by Maldivian artists Aiminath Hilmy. This was the first solo exhibition of a Maldivian artist held at the National Art Gallery. The exhibition was accompanied by a brief leaflet outlining a short description of Hilmy’s work. The exhibition received a good response from the Maldivian public.
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| Sreejoni - Paintings from Bangladesh |
| - 26 March – 09 April 2006
The first exhibition after the inauguration, Sreejoni compromised the works of the private collection of the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to the Maldives, His Excellency Mijarul Quayes. The exhibition was organized also in part to celebrate the Bangladesh Day. |
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| Maldives Contempory 2005 |
| - "29 painters at the National Art Gallery" |
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| Indian Artists’ Camp to be held in Maldives |
| - An eminent Indian artists’ camp is to be held in the Maldives from 15th to 20th October 2007. Initiated by Artmosaic and facilitated by the Asia Media Information and Communication Center (AMIC) and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Arts and the National Art Gallery, the camp will be attended by 8 leading Indian artists who have been widely exhibited both in India and abroad.
During their stay in the country the artists will also interact with the local artists’ community, students and the media. Details of this will soon be announced. The artists participating in the camp are: Aditya Basak, Amitabh Sengupta, Sunil De, Amitava Dhar, Sibaprasad Karchaudhuri, Bijan Choudhury, Chhatrapati Dutta and Debasish Sarkar.
The event will be the first of its kind hosted in the country and the NAG is working on making it a regular feature of the gallery’s annual programming. The benefits of hosting such camps are enormous in the light of limited opportunities for Maldivian students and artists to experience professional painters and visual artists at work.
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