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{{Short description|Indian conceptual artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = L.N. Tallur
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = Udupi, Karnataka, India
| education = [[Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts]], <br />[[Maharaja Sayajirao University]], <br />[[Leeds Metropolitan University]]
| website = [http://www.tallur.com/ tallur.com]
| known_for = [[Conceptual art]]
| awards = [[The Skoda Prize]]
}}

'''Laxmi Narayan Tallur''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|l|ʊər}} {{respell|TUH|LOOR}}, {{IPA|kn|ತಲ್ಲೂರು|lang|}}; born 1971), professionally known as L.N. Tallur, is an Indian [[conceptual art]]ist best known for sculptural, site-specific art installations and interactive media.<ref name=":09"/><ref name="huffpost.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tallur-ln-straddles-the-g_b_4859876 |title=Straddling the Globe with a Balancing Act |date=26 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/artists/ln-tallur/ | title=LN Tallur - Grounds for Sculpture | date=9 August 2019 }}</ref> He is represented by [[Chemould Prescott Road]] in Mumbai, Nature Morte in New Delhi and Arario Gallery in Seoul.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maanav |date=2020-05-15 |title=In Focus: L.N. Tallur |url=https://indiaartfair.in/in-focus-l-n-tallur |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=India Art Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>

==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 [[Income Tax Department|Sales Tax Department]] and traveled often.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tallur.com/text/index.php?/chirag-e-ai/ |title=Text - Dr Rahamath Tarikere }}</ref><ref name=":09"/>

After completing a BFA in [[painting]] from [[Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts]], [[University of Mysore|Mysuru]] in 1996, he received the Karnataka [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] Scholarship to pursue an MFA in [[museology]] from the from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]], Baroda. During this time, he was also awarded the National Scholarship by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), [[Government of India]]. In 2001-02, Tallur received the [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan|Commonwealth Scholarship]] to study Contemporary Fine Art Practice at [[Leeds Metropolitan University]], United Kingdom.<ref name=":09"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://tallur.com/about | title=About - C.V. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/ | title=Tallur LN }}</ref>

==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 [[Globalization|globalisation]] and the elevation of money to the status of God."<ref name=":09" />

In ''Obituary'', we see a palanquin bearing a wooden log, into which a number of coins have been hammered. The viewers can add more coins to increase the value of the sculpture. However, with incense smoke engulfing the [[palanquin]], the sculpture is reminiscent of both an [[altar]] and a [[Pyre|funeral pyre]], gently reminding us of the transient nature of wealth. To create ''Milled History'', Tallur digitally scanned a wooden copy of a termite-ravaged temple figurine and then milled a replica from teakwood sandstone. The sculpture embodies conventional markers of age, making pointed references to the value we usually attribute to such signs of wear and tear.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vali |first=Murtaza |date=2019-11-01 |title=Tallur L. N. |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/tallur-l-n-2-245882/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":09" />

== Exhibitions==
===Selected solo exhibitions ===

* ''Neti-Neti;Glitch in the Code'' Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2024)<ref name=":08" />
* ''Data Mining'' [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], Mumbai, India (2024)
* ''Vidi Vini Vici'' [[Linden Museum]], Stuttgart, Germany (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lindenmuseum.de/veni-vidi-vici/ |title=Veni, Vidi, Vici |date=26 March 2024 }}</ref>
* ''V+Mana'' [[Kempegowda International Airport]], Bengaluru, India (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bengaluruairport.com/terminal2/art-and-culture/v+mana}}</ref>
* ''Chirag-e-AI'' [[Museum of Art & Photography|Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)]], Bengaluru, India (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://map-india.org/exhibition/chirag-e-ai/ |title=LN Tallur: Chirag-e-AI }}</ref>
* ''Interference Fringe'' [[Grounds For Sculpture]], New Jersey, United States of America (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/exhibitions/interference-fringe-tallur-l-n/ |title=Interference Fringe | TALLUR L.N. - Grounds for Sculpture |date=23 July 2019 }}</ref>
* ''Coinage'' UPM Circle, Manipal, India (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/works/3023-tallur-ln-coinage-2018/ |title=Tallur LN, Coinage, 2018 }}</ref>
* ''Smoke Out'' [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/smoke-and-megaliths/articleshow/62077134.cms |title=Smoke and Megaliths }}</ref>
* ''The Threshold'' Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2015)<ref name="arariogallery">{{cite web|url=https://www.arariogallery.com/artists/149-tallur-l.n./ |title=Tallur L.N. }}</ref>
* ''UKAI'' (Cormorant Fish Hunting) Nature Morte, New Delhi (2014)<ref name=":08" />
* ''Balancing Act'' [[SCAD Museum of Art]], Georgia, United States of America (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scadmoa.org/exhibitions/2013/balancing-act |title=Balancing Act | SCAD Museum of Art }}</ref>
* ''New Yorked'' [[Jack Shainman Gallery]], New York, United States of America (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jackshainman.com/exhibitions/new_yorked |title=New Yorked « Exhibitions « Jack Shainman Gallery }}</ref>
* ''Montessori: Lessons in Economics'' Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany (2012)<ref name=":08">{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/artists/lntallur/}}</ref>
* ''Password'' Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2012)<ref name=":08"/>
* ''Quintessential'' [[Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum]], Mumbai, India (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdlmuseum.org/exhibitions/2011/quentesential.php}}</ref>
* ''Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 2)'' Nature Morte, New Delhi (2011)<ref name=":08"/>
* ''Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 1)'' Arario Gallery, South Korea (2011)<ref name=":08"/>
* ''Chromatophobia—The Fear of Money (Part 1)'' Arario Gallery, Beijing, China (2011)<ref name=":08" />
* ''PLACEBO'' [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=That placebo effect |date=6 March 2009 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/that-placebo-effect/story-4TtCt2aGlLG2wQuY06nn2K.html}}</ref>
* ''Antimatter'' Arario New York, New York, United States of America (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharmistharay.com/uncategorized/l-n-tallurs-solo-exhibition-placebo-at-chemould-prescott-road-mumbai-in-artasiapacific-issue-65-septoct-2009/ |title=L.N. Tallur's solo exhibition "Placebo" at Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, in artasiapacific, Issue 65, Sept/Oct 2009 |date=20 October 2009 }}</ref>
*''Bon Appetite'' Arario Seoul, Korea (2007)<ref name=":08" />
*''Past Modern, Interactive Art Objects'' Bose Pacia Modern, New York, United States of America (2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bosepacia.com/exhibitions/1999-04-24_ln-tallur/press-release/ |title=Bose Pacia - LN Tallur, - Press Release }}</ref>
*''Past Modern Interactive Art Objects'' [[Chemould Prescott Road|Gallery Chemould]], Mumbai, India (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/category/features/archival-show-set-to-celebrate-60-years-of-chemould-mumbais-iconic-art-gallery-95279 |title=Archival show set to celebrate 60 years of Chemould, Mumbai's iconic art gallery |date=31 August 2023 }}</ref>

===Selected group exhibitions ===
====2024====
*''Move Sound Image'' Ground Seoul, South Korea<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stephaniekimgallery.com/exhibitions/move-sound-image-ground-seoul |title=Move Sound Image - Ground Seoul |date=22 August 2024 }}</ref>
*''Money Talks: Art, Society & Power'' [[Ashmolean Museum]], Oxford, United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/money-show-ashmolean-museum-2523130 |title=A New Show Explores How Artists Have Left Their Mark on Money |date=20 August 2024 }}</ref>
*''My World'' [[Singer Laren|Singer Laren Museum]], Laren, Netherlands

====2023====
* ''Find X'' Frida Art House, Pune, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/fridaarthouse/reel/C50wKiesd4Z/ |title=Instagram }}</ref>
* ''Things are Vanishing before us'' Gallery Dotwalk, [[Bikaner House]], Delhi, India
*''Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives'' [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/132-part-2-futuring-chemoulding-framing-future-curated-by-shaleen-wadhwana-60-years-of/ |title=Part 2 - Futuring | CheMoulding: Framing Future Archives | 15 November - 23 December 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Multiple Realities - Voices in Contemporary Indian Ceramics'' [[Gimhae National Museum|Clayarch Gimhae Museum]], South Korea<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ceramicsnow.org/exhibitions/multiple-realities-voices-in-contemporary-indian-ceramics-at-the-clayarch-gimhae-museum-gimhae/ |title=Multiple Realities: Voices in Contemporary Indian Ceramics at the ClayArch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae |date=15 January 2024 }}</ref>
*''A Demonstration of Ornamentation'' Nature Morte, New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/ademonstrationofornamentation/}}</ref>
* ''Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular'' [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art]], Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knma.in/pop-south-asia-artistic-explorations-popular |title=Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular |date=10 November 2022 }}</ref>

====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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.v1.sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/pop-south-asia-artistic-explorations-in-the-popular |title=Exhibitions - Sharjah Art Foundation }}</ref>
* ''Earth Chronicles'' 1X1 Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/1x1-art-gallery-earth-chronicles |title=Earth Chronicles }}</ref>
* ''Modus Operandi III: Together Alone'' [[Chemould Prescott Road]] Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/117-modus-operandi-iii-together-alone-group-show/ |title=Modus Operandi III: Together Alone | 11 August - 10 September 2022 }}</ref>
* ''Manicured Techniques'' Nature Morte, New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/manicuredtechniques/}}</ref>

====2021====
* ''Reimagining the Object'' [[Chemould Prescott Road|Chemold Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India
*''On | Site'' [[Bikaner House]], New Delhi with [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India and Nature Morte, New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/bikaner-house-delhi-4-leading-galleries-from-the-country-come-together-for-special-show/ |title=Bikaner House, Delhi: 4 leading galleries from the country come together for a special show |date=3 March 2021 }}</ref>
*''Markers of Time & Space'' Nature Morte, New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/markersoftimespace/}}</ref>

====2020====
* ''The Idea of the Acrobat'' [[Bikaner House]], New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naturemorte.com/exhibitions/theideaoftheacrobatandterranumnuncius/}}</ref>
* ''Erasure'' Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/naturemorte_india/p/B7WFI6Hls7-/ |title=Instagram }}</ref>
* ''Game of Chance'' Center for Arts, Goa, India
* ''Out-site / Insight'' [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/17-out-site-insight-group-show-in-touch-edition-i/ | title=Out-site / Insight | 24 April - 23 July 2020 }}</ref>

====2018====
* ''Modus Operandi'' [[Chemould Prescott Road|Chemould Prescott road]], Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/exhibitions/28-modus-operandi-group-show/ |title=Modus Operandi | 13 July - 18 August 2018 }}</ref>

====2017====
* ''India and the World: History in Nine Stories'', [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], Mumbai and [[National Museum of India|National Museum]], New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ugVRTfMuEgnNJA |title=India and the World: A History in Nine Stories }}</ref>
* ''Contemporary Art Acquisitions'' [[Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum]], Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdlmuseum.org/exhibitions/2017/exhibition-of-contemporary-art-acquisitions.php?php%20echo%20BASE_URL;%20?%3Ecollections/galleries.php}}</ref>
* ''Sub-Plots: Laughing in the Vernacular'' [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery of Modern Art]], Mumbai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artguide.artforum.com/uploads/guide.004/id18122/press_release.pdf}}</ref>
* ''Art in Counting House'' [[21c Museum Hotels|21C Durham Museum Hotel]], United States of America<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/foundcounting-house/ |title=Art in Counting House }}</ref>
* ''Persevering Traditions'' Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India and Art DistrictXIII, New Delhi, India<ref>{{Cite web |title=Persevering Traditions: The weft and the warp – Sakshi Gallery |url=https://sakshigallery.com/exhibition/persevering-traditions-the-weft-and-the-warp-2/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

====2016====
* ''The Dream Must Turn Speculative'' Nature Morte, Mumbai, India

====2015====
* ''Constructs / Constructions'' [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art]], New Delhi, India<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONSTRUCTS CONSTRUCTIONS |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/incognito/story/constructs-constructions-kiran-nadar-museum-of-art/8AVxyWAh7IGlIA?hl=en |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref>
* ''After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art'' [[Queens Museum]], New York, United States of America<ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Queens |title=Queens Museum {{!}} After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art |url=https://queensmuseum.org/exhibition/after-midnight/#:~:text=After%20Midnight:%20Indian%20Modernism%20to,from%201997%20to%20the%20present. |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Queens Museum {{!}} After Midnight: Indian Moderns and Contemporary Indian Art |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Encounters'' [[Art Basel]], Hong Kong, China<ref>{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Sarah Cascone ShareShare This |date=2015-01-31 |title=Art Basel in Hong Kong Encounters 2015 Exhibits |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-in-hong-kong-2015-encounters-artists-announced-238925 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref>

====2014====

* ''Mise En Scène'', The School, Kinderhook, New York, United States of America<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mise En Scène « Exhibitions « Jack Shainman Gallery |url=https://jackshainman.com/exhibitions/mise_en_scne |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=jackshainman.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time'' [[National Academy of Design|The National Academy Museum]], New York, United States of America<ref>{{Cite web |title=NAD |url=https://nationalacademy.org/calendar/beyondtheclassical |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=nationalacademy.org}}</ref>
* ''By Destiny'' Arario Museum, [[Jeju Island|Jeju island]], South Korea
* ''Universal Studios, Seoul: An Exhibition of Works by Foreign Artists'' Seoul Art Museum, South Korea<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-16 |title=Universal Studios, Seoul: An Exhibition of Works by Foreign Artists - |url=https://english.seoul.go.kr/universal-studios-seoul-exhibition-works-foreign-artists/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Official Website of the |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=Asia Art |title=Universal Studios Seoul |url=https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/universal-studios-seoul |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=aaa.org.hk |language=en}}</ref>
* The Armory Show, representing [[Jack Shainman Gallery]], New York, United States of America<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Top 5 sculpture recommendations from The Armory Show 2014 |url=https://galleryintell.com/5-sculptures-armory-show/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=galleryIntell |language=en-US}}</ref>
* India Art Fair, representing Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi, India

== Awards==
* [[D. Devaraj Urs|D Devaraj Urs]] Award, Chitrakala Samman Awards, [[Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath|Chitrakala Parishat]], Bengaluru, India (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/four-artists-honoured-at-chitrakala-samman-awards-2838483 |title=Four artists honoured at Chitrakala Samman Awards }}</ref>
* ''[[The Skoda Prize|The SKODA Prize]]'' Delhi, India (2012)<ref name=":09">{{cite web|url=https://mapacademy.io/article/tallur-ln/ |title=Tallur LN }}</ref>
* Sanskriti Award, [[Sanskriti Museums|Sanskriti Foundation]], Delhi, India (2003) <ref name=":09"/>
* Emerging Artist Award, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, United States of America (1999) <ref name=":09"/>
* 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.<ref name="huffpost.com"/><ref name=":09"/>

== See also ==
* [[Tallur]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tallur.com/ L.N. Tallur website]
* [http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/ln_tallur.htm?section_name=new_india Saatchi gallery website]
* [https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/48-tallur-ln/ Chemould gallery]

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