VACHERON CONSTANTIN celebrates art of classic refinement with Tasveer

In the world of time and precision, the craftsman’s hand plays an essential role. Through gestures inherited from past centuries, it sets out to conquer matter, lingering over the smallest details, while finding the path to perfection armed with patience and concentration.

Saluting this unwavering passion and skill of artists, Vacheron Constantin extends its ongoing support to the art of photography in India by partnering with Tasveer’s 9th Season of exhibitions across the country.

Right from the time of its founding in 1755, the Manufacture has constantly enhanced its creations by providing scope for the expression of artistic crafts, orchestrated by artisans with skilled gestures governed by a blend of patience and dexterity just like for a photographer.

‘In its continuous quest for excellence, of preserving art and culture while echoing openness to the world, Vacheron Constantin aims to build a framework and context around Indian photography by showing, new projects from inside the country alongside works from the West, which have previously been unseen in India through Tasveer’s 9th Season of exhibitions’, Said Mr. Rishab Suresh, Country Manager-India, Vacheron Constantin.

The exhibitions of five key artists span a range of historical periods and styles. Ram Shergill’s sophisticated, polished fashion photographs, Christopher Taylor and Saibal Das, who each explore the more singular aspects of India’s society and cultural landscape, Karl Blossfeldt’s iconic plant portraits which are regarded as a precursor to the ‘New Objectivity’movement and photographic Modernism,contemporary bodies of work from Sebastian Cortés’ dreamlike images which document the Bohra community in Sidhpur.

The complete range of exhibitions will travel through the year across select galleries in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore.

‘It’s been a pleasure to continue to partner with Vacheron Constantin, whose support of Tasveer’s programme has allowed us to really raise the standard for this season. We’ve been working with some fantastic artists, writers and curators to put together shows of iconic and classic photography, such as Karl Blossfeldt’s ‘Artforms in Nature’, as well as promoting important and progressive contemporary practitioners, such as fashion photographer, Ram Shergill – who I’m delighted to say will be having his first solo exhibition with us in India’, Said Mr. Abhishek Poddar, Founder Tasveer

The photographs in this season bring out the splendour of past and present and at times exploring the symbiosis and layering of cultures through time. Over all, the sophisticated skills displayed through various artists in Tasveer’s 9th Season of exhibitions serve as a reminder that tradition and modernity quite naturally go hand in hand.

Over the years, Vacheron Constantin has given its support to many international projects in the field of art and cultural institutions such as the Opéra National de Paris, the New York City Ballet, the French Institut National des Métiers d’Art and Tasveer exhibitions in India, just to name a few.