L.N. Tallur

Laxmi Narayan Tallur ( , ; born 1971), professionally known as L.N. Tallur, is an Indian conceptual artist best known for sculptural, site-specific art installations and interactive media. He is represented by Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai, Nature Morte in New Delhi and Arario Gallery in Seoul.

Early life and education Tallur was born in Koteshwara, a coastal town located in the Kundapur taluk of Karnataka's Udupi district. His father worked with the Sales Tax Department and traveled often.

Career Tallur's early work, such as Unicode (2011), Obituary (2013) and Milled History (2014), is characterised by a recurring theme of value—monetary or otherwise—as a historical gauge of intersocietal and interpersonal relationships. Unicode features a Chola-era bronze of Nataraja obscured by a concrete lump embedded with coins. The sculpture, named after the universal coding protocol used across all computing devices, is a commentary on "the homogenising potential of globalisation and the elevation of money to the status of God." V+Mana Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, India (2023) Chirag-e-AI Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru, India (2022) Interference Fringe Grounds For Sculpture, New Jersey, United States of America (2019) Coinage UPM Circle, Manipal, India (2018) Smoke Out Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India (2017) The Threshold Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2015) UKAI (Cormorant Fish Hunting) Nature Morte, New Delhi (2014) New Yorked Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, United States of America (2013) Montessori: Lessons in Economics Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany (2012) Password Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2012) Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 2) Nature Morte, New Delhi (2011) Antimatter Arario New York, New York, United States of America (2008) Bon Appetite Arario Seoul, Korea (2007) Past Modern Interactive Art Objects Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India (1999)

Selected group exhibitions 2024 Move Sound Image Ground Seoul, South Korea Money Talks: Art, Society & Power Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom My World Singer Laren Museum, Laren, Netherlands

2023 Find X Frida Art House, Pune, India Things are Vanishing before us Gallery Dotwalk, Bikaner House, Delhi, India Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India Multiple Realities - Voices in Contemporary Indian Ceramics Clayarch Gimhae Museum, South Korea A Demonstration of Ornamentation Nature Morte, New Delhi, India Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, India

2022 Kiaf Seoul Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Frieze-Seoul Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea and Nature Morte, New Delhi, India Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Earth Chronicles 1X1 Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Modus Operandi III: Together Alone Chemould Prescott Road Mumbai, India Manicured Techniques Nature Morte, New Delhi, India

2021 Reimagining the Object Chemold Prescott Road, Mumbai, India On | Site Bikaner House, New Delhi with Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India and Nature Morte, New Delhi, India Markers of Time & Space Nature Morte, New Delhi, India

2020 The Idea of the Acrobat Bikaner House, New Delhi, India Erasure Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India Game of Chance Center for Arts, Goa, India Out-site / Insight Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India

2018 Modus Operandi Chemould Prescott road, Mumbai, India

2017 India and the World: History in Nine Stories, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai and National Museum, New Delhi, India Contemporary Art Acquisitions Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India Sub-Plots: Laughing in the Vernacular National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India Art in Counting House 21C Durham Museum Hotel, United States of America Persevering Traditions Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India and Art DistrictXIII, New Delhi, India

2016 The Dream Must Turn Speculative Nature Morte, Mumbai, India

2015 Constructs / Constructions Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art Queens Museum, New York, United States of America Encounters Art Basel, Hong Kong, China

2014

Mise En Scène, The School, Kinderhook, New York, United States of America Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time The National Academy Museum, New York, United States of America By Destiny Arario Museum, Jeju island, South Korea Universal Studios, Seoul: An Exhibition of Works by Foreign Artists Seoul Art Museum, South Korea The Armory Show, representing Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, United States of America India Art Fair, representing Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi, India

Awards D Devaraj Urs Award, Chitrakala Samman Awards, Chitrakala Parishat, Bengaluru, India (2024) The SKODA Prize Delhi, India (2012) Sanskriti Award, Sanskriti Foundation, Delhi, India (2003) Emerging Artist Award, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, United States of America (1999) Inlaks Fine Art Award, Inlaks Foundation, Delhi, India (1997)

Personal life Tallur splits his time between his family home in Karnataka, India and Daegu, South Korea, where his wife is from.