Amdavad ni Gufa
Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad , India, also known as the Hussain-Doshi ni Gufa .
The gallery was designed by the architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi and built between 1992 and 1995 to exhibit works of art by the artist Maqbul Fida Husain . The gallery unites architecture and art in a unique way. The cave-like walls and tree-like supports support a roof made up of a multitude of interconnected domes, which are adorned with a tile mosaic.
etymology
The gallery is called gufa ( Gujarati for "cave"). Originally it was called Hussain-Doshi ni Gufa after the architect and the artist. Later the name of the city Ahmedabad was included, which is colloquially called Amdavad .
photos
Web links
Commons : Amdavad ni Gufa - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Jon T. Lang: Concise History Of Modern Indian Architecture . Orient Blackswan , 2002, ISBN 8178240173 , p. 164 (accessed December 6, 2012).
- ↑ Hussain Doshi Gufa . Gujarat Tourism. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ↑ Anil Mulchandani: lovestruck kind . In: India Today , July 14, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ↑ Maqbul Fida Husain, Balkrishna V. Doshi: Amdavad-ni-gufa . Ed .: Vāstu Shilpā Foundation. 2008 ( google.com [accessed December 6, 2012]).
Coordinates: 23 ° 2 ′ 10 ″ N , 72 ° 32 ′ 58 ″ E