Young architect to India’s stars, Ashiesh Shah, has become and advocate for Le Corbusier’s work in India hosting a party to celebrate the artist-architect’s furniture designs:
He laughs, “All my money goes in collecting art.”
At this year’s India Art Fair he even flew in his clients to buy art. Today as the euphoria of art boom is over, he believes people are buying art they want to live with. As an architect he likes to work with artists and designers and advocates all architects must visit Art Biennales. Incidentally, it was at Art Basel that he woke up to the genius of Le Corbusier and also how we are fast losing his legacy. As he saw and even bought furniture designed by Corbusier, his consternation led him to Chandigarh. A long interface with well-known architect M N Sharma and the net result was a special show Ashiesh put up at the concluding party of the India Art Fair. To those who felt that the party venue wasn’t quite the perfect choice for paying a tribute to the great architect he has a clarification at hand. He justifies, “The room in which Corbusier’s furniture was displayed was separate and out of bounds for ‘eat, drink and be merry’ crowd.”
