Vikram Sarabhai relived through an exclusive “photovoice” by the artist Matti Braun
Imagine to be a talented art student who decided to visit, twenty-five years ago, Ahmadabad, the historical capital town of Guyarat in North India, seeking the extraordinary architectural project by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, conceived there in the 1950’s. Suppose then to be deeply inspired visiting Villa Sarabhai, a modernist environmentally friendly building by Le Corbusier. A place full of artworks, commissioned by Madame Manorama, wife of Suhrid Ambalal Sarabhai, eclectic industrialist and entrepreneur, mill owner and philanthropist, who gave birth to some of the most talented Indian characters.
That is the story of Matti Braun, a German artist with Finnish backgrounds, formed at the Braunschweig’s School of Fine Arts and at the Frankfurt’s Academy of Fine Arts, who has been working for many international institutions, with a special link to the Principality of Monaco. Recently, his piece of art, “Untitled” (2015), has been included in the art collection at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (Villa Paloma).
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