Subodh Gupta opens Seven Billion Light Years in Los Angeles
Published on 08/21/2026 at 17:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Subodh Gupta's practice still turns ordinary objects into charged sculpture and image. Hauser & Wirth describes Seven Billion Light Years as an exhibition of sculptures, installations, film and new paintings by the artist.
Seven Billion Light Years
The show opened on February 10, 2015 at Hauser & Wirth's downtown New York space and stayed on view through April 25, 2015, according to the gallery's exhibition page. The presentation centered on found and commonplace materials, from utensils to film and painted surfaces. Hauser & Wirth exhibition page
That language matters because Gupta has built a career on domestic forms that carry social meaning. In this show, the gallery tied that method to cultural dislocation, globalization and the divide between the earthy and the divine.
The studio vocabulary
Gupta works across sculpture, installation, film and painting, often using stainless steel utensils, buckets, pans and other found objects. The Hauser & Wirth artist page says he was born in 1964 in Khagaul, Bihar, studied at the College of Art, Patna and lives and works in New Delhi.
His key work groups include Pure, Seven Billion Light Years and This is not a fountain. Those series keep returning to labor, migration, memory and the everyday rituals of food, travel and worship.
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Where Subodh Gupta stands now
Gupta's work remains anchored in material transformation and the circulation of everyday forms. The latest verified exhibition material available here places that language in his long-running sculptural and painterly practice.
Key facts on Subodh Gupta
- Artist: Subodh Gupta
- Medium / Genre: Sculpture, installation, film, painting
- Born: 1964, Khagaul, Bihar, India
- Place(s) of practice: New Delhi, India
- Active since: 1996
- Key work groups: Pure, Seven Billion Light Years, This is not a fountain
- Current/last exhibition: Seven Billion Light Years - Hauser & Wirth, New York, February 10, 2015-April 25, 2015
- Major collections: Not confirmed from a live, paywall-free collection source
- Awards: Not confirmed from a live, paywall-free award source
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Subodh Gupta
Where was Subodh Gupta's Seven Billion Light Years shown?
Hauser & Wirth presented the exhibition in downtown New York from February 10 to April 25, 2015.
What materials define Subodh Gupta's work?
He is known for sculpture, installation, film and painting, often built from stainless steel utensils and found everyday objects.
When did Subodh Gupta begin working as an artist?
The Hauser & Wirth artist page notes that his first installation, 29 Mornings, dates to 1996.
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