In a former power plant in Delhi will open a museum of modern art

Power Indraprasta
Source: indianexpress.com

Indraprasta Power Plant is located on the banks of the river Yamuna and occupies an area of 24.3 hectares. Some of its buildings will be demolished. In addition to the museum, there will be offices and a metro station, in addition, one sixth of the area are going to plant trees. The buildings will be equipped with solar panels on the roof of one of them divorced garden. Since project management is going to contribute to the improvement of ecological situation in Delhi, which is now one of the dirtiest cities in the world.

Despite this, it is dirt can cause a non-profit project. The museum will be located within a hundred meters from the river into which the garbage dump of approximately nine million residents of Delhi. In addition, there are regularly merge toxic industrial waste. Dreadful smell, which is reached from the river, could deter visitors to the museum.

However, the very appearance of this project indicates a growing interest in contemporary art in India. Recently in Delhi and Mumbai have been exhibitions of Indian origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor (AnishKapoor), who have had tremendous success. Came to the opening itself the leader of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi (Sonia Gandhi), the most influential person in the country. According to the Delhi art dealer Parula Vadehra (Parul Vadehra), it is the center of the capital of the Indian art scene.

Overseas Indian art is also gaining popularity. Next summer in Europe will be arranged several large exhibitions devoted to this country, one of them will hold the Pompidou Center in Paris. Auction record in this segment is the sum of 2.7 million pounds - so much has brought in June of this year the work of Indian modernist SH Raza (S. H. Raza).

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: guardian.co.uk , artinvestment.ru