MAYUR & TUSHAR VAYEDA
I have been watching the work of the Vayeda Brothers with interest as they blur the boundaries between indigenous and contemporary art as they bring forth a new direction in tradition - based contemporary art in India. Rooted in tradition, they are able to inject their projects and practice with a dynamism that is exciting to witness. We were excited to acquire a recent work by Mayur and Tushar Vayeda for the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection. I watch their emergence on the contemporary art scene of India with tremendous interest.
Dr Madhuvanti Ghose
The Art Institute of Chicago 2nd February 2023
Native, 2019. In the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago
Aasra - Travel of wishes & Thoughts, 2022
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
26 x 30 inch
Aasra, 2022
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
42 x 42 inch
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
43 x 43 inch
(detail on the left)
Night Light Life, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
43 x 63 inch
Forest of Hope, 2022
Calling spirits, 2021
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods 17 x 26 inch
Pragati (process), 2021
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
21 x 33 inch
Allegiances, 2022
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
32 x 27 inch
Chauk - The Origin of Warli Art Form, 2022 Water based color on cloth using traditional methods 55 x 63 inch
Details
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
43 x 61 inch
Eyes of Forests, 2023
Raab - Season I, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
37 x 61 inch
Paush- Season II, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional 37 x 61 inch
methods
Khala- Season III, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
37 x 61 inch
Rawal, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
49 x 73 inch
Native - Emergence of Spirits, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods 52 x 97 inch
Detail: Native - Emergence of Spirits, 2023
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
18 x 51 inch
Creation, 2020
Water based color on cloth using traditional methods
18 x 60 inch
Fertile Soil, 2022
The Vayedas were a part of the St+Art India Foundation residency program. They worked on a visual language incorporating experimental and new mediums like stencils and blocks in their work. Interestingly, Warli like most Indian indigenous is essentially wall based.
Valley of Elements, A mural measuring 95ft x 35ft by St+Art India Foundation, Curated by Hanif Kureshi, Lodi Road, New Delhi, India, May-June, 2022
MAYUR & TUSHAR VAYEDA
(b. 1992 & 1987)
Brothers by blood, Mayur and Tushar work together as a collective. They have been a part of many projects internationally and graduated from the University of Mumbai.
In 2017, they had a residency with the Mithila Museum, Japan followed by a project at the Aomori Museum of Art, Japan. In Europe, they were a part of an exhibition at Manoir de la Ville de Martingy, Switzerland and Espace d’art, Normandie, Galerie Herve Perdriolle, Paris and Modesti Perdriolle Gallery, Brussels.
In 2019, they participated at the Setouchi Triennale. In 2022, they were part of The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Australia. Their artworks feature in important collections in India and overseas. Recently, their artworks were acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago and QAGOMA.
Vayeda Brothers received the Ojas Art Award 2019 for excellence in Warli Art. They have a number of public art projects to their credit in Hong Kong, Kagawa Island, Japan, Lodhi Art District, New Delhi and Sassoon Dock, Mumbai. They have authored two books with Tara Books.
Cave Mural as a narrating the story where we came from.
