Amdavad ni Gufa

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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

  • Amdavad ni Gufa

  • Shield from MF Hussain

  • Exterior view

  • Hidden door

  • entrance

Web links

Commons : Amdavad ni Gufa  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jon T. Lang: Concise History Of Modern Indian Architecture . Orient Blackswan , 2002, ISBN 8178240173 , p. 164 (accessed December 6, 2012).
  2. ↑ Hussain Doshi Gufa . Gujarat Tourism. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ Anil Mulchandani: lovestruck kind . In: India Today , July 14, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2012. 
  4. ↑ 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