About Gallerie Alternatives in 102, Mega Mall, DLF City, Phase-I,, Gurgaon

Gallerie Alternatives, first of its kind at DLF city, Gurgaon NCR area of Delhi, was inaugurated on 15th Jan 1999 an initiative of Mrs Mannu Dosaj. A close interaction with each of the artists has led towards a good selection of works .The exhibitions are received very well by local people, art critics and media. Fine Art and Theatre workshops are organized by the help of Artists in their respective fields which opened up horizons for children. The children interacted freely with artists. In April 2001 there was the Gallerie Alternatives-British Council and Cambridge University collaboration on- the - spot painting competition where participation was so high, that the participants had to be divided into three categories. In Oct. 2002 Gallerie Alternatives in collaboration with HSBC Bank had an exhibition of leading artists of India at their premium branch in Gurgaon.

The Gallery has displayed drawings, paintings and sculptures by many artists - M.F. Husain, S.H. raza, V.S. Gaitonde, Manu Parekh, Ram Kumar, F.N. Souza, Latika Katt, Abanindarnath Tagore, Krishen Khanna, K.Laxma Goud, Tyeb Mehta, Rameshwar Broota, Prof Rajeev Lochan, Trupti Patel,Balbir Singh Katt, Jatin Das, Shobha Broota, Prithpal Singh Ladi, Shuvaprassna, A. Ramachandran, Arpita Singh, Mahendra Pandya, Navjot Altaf, Arpana Caur, Shamshad Husain, Anupam Sud, P.Khemraj, Narendra Pal Singh, Nitasha Jainee, Ingrid Pitzer, Krishna Murari, Suman Choudhary and many other artists from India as well as artists from Denmark, Spain, Germany & Australia.

In Jan. 2003 the gallery hosted an Indo-Danish Painters Meet introducing four senior Danish artists – Anne Vilsboell, Else Husted Kjaer, Lone Lindorff and Hellen Lassen curated by Mona Lauridson & Fawad Tamkanat along with four Indian Artists -Fawad Tamkanat , Stanley Suresh, Laxman Aley and Hanumantha Rao . The exhibition was titled CROSSCURRENTS. The curators selected eminent Danish artists along with young and promising Indian artists to blend experience with youth.

Gallerie Alternatives attempts to make the fine arts accessible to a wider public, as well as connoisseurs, enhancing their appreciation of the arts. Whilst many of the senior artists have exhibited at the gallery, it attempts to nurture young talent and support experimentation and innovation in the arts. Pls visit our website. www.galleriealternatives.com