{"id":777,"date":"2025-11-04T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galleryespace.com\/artespace\/?page_id=777"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:03:52","slug":"founders-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galleryespace.com\/artespace\/founders-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder&#8217;s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Founder&#8217;s Note&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/galleryespace.com\/artespace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/renu-modi-founders-note.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;renu-modi-founders-note&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||77px|||&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1989, Gallery Espace has fostered a conversation around the arts, publishing important catalogues to accompany its exhibitions such as <em>Drawing \u201994<\/em>\u00a0&amp; <em>Sculpture \u201995<\/em>; organising <em>addas<\/em>\u00a0and informal spaces for discussions involving artists, poets, curators, and critics. Our efforts have been geared towards enriching and broadening the space for creative and critical discourse in the Indian Art Landscape, drawing on the Gallery\u2019s 35-year long journey in the promotion of Indian art.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I have foregrounded the importance of arts education \u2013 the possibilities it holds in going beyond, pushing the register, and changing the conversation on art in the country. In today\u2019s art landscape, I believe that there is a need to create more and more space where we curate and contextualise artworks, and artists. Such space will ensure that art goes beyond \u201ccommodity\u201d and becomes a living manifestation of beauty and depth of vision.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><b><i>ArteSpace<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><em><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/em>is that space \u2013 a space of scholarship, education, and creative exploration; where the work of art will come alive through <em><i>writing<\/i><\/em>. I am happy to be presenting the first edition of this E-Journal of the Arts : \u00a0\u201cAnthology\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6163\" data-end=\"6883\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;680px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/galleryespace.com\/artespace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/renu-modi-s-1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;renu-modi-s&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;400px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-29px||-1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|71px||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renu Modi<\/strong><br \/>(Founder, Gallery Espace)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its inception in 1989, Gallery Espace has fostered a conversation around the arts, publishing important catalogues to accompany its exhibitions such as Drawing \u201994\u00a0&amp; Sculpture \u201995; organising addas\u00a0and informal spaces for discussions involving artists, poets, curators, and critics. 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