NEWS
A Mural Conjoining Lands-Art at Airport
Eminent artists Nilima
Sheikh and B V Suresh, have collaborated with several master craftsmen from the
Kashmir valley to create a unique mural installation for the new terminal in
the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
The exhibit titled,‘Conjoining
Lands’ is yet to be completed and it will stand at a mammoth 6800 sqfeet of a
multimedia mural. The mural comprises of paintings on papier mache, carved
sculptures in wood with portions of Khatamband and Pinjrakari works indigenous
to Kashmir.
Artist Nilima Sheikh’s
recent works have been focussed on Kashmir inspired from the
poetry of Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali, which formed the core of her recent
series titled “The Country Without A Post Office – Reading Agha Shahid Ali.”
The mural will
be inaugurated by Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir on 31st
of May 2013 and will be on display till 2nd June 2013.
Landscape
Beyond the Picturesque Frame
(Shukla Sawant)
A lecture by artist Shukla Sawant, has been
organized at the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai on the 1st of June 2013. The
topic of the lecture is ‘Out of India: Landscape Paintings Beyond the
Picturesque Frame’.
The lecture focuses on landscape painting
in India, from the year of 1793 to1947, roughly a hundred and fifty year time
frame. The focus also is on the artists who emerged from the social and
intellectual world of art institutions introduced to India in that time. The
historical context of the native artists attending these institutions and how
they broke away from imperial landscape painting discourses to connect with
surveillance and documentation, especially with references to work from Mysore
and Kolhapur will be talked about.
Shukla Sawant
is a visual artist and currently an Associate Professor of Visual Studies at
the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She
works with photography, installation, and printmaking and her theoretical
interests extend to writing on contemporary art.
The lecture
will be held on Saturday, 1st June, 2013, in the Origins of Mumbai
Gallery at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum.
Children’s ‘Nazariya’ of the Environment
Options Conceptual
Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, presents their annual show, ‘Nazariya’ at the
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat. Nazariya is a Go-Green initiative and the show
is held each year with the participation of children’s art.
The aim is to build a solid
foundation towards environmental awareness, and to grow a greener future for
the generations to come.The show exhibits the best paintings done by chilren
who take part in the Nazariya painting competition each year.
Each year the show is
held on the occasion of World Environment Day at the Karnataka Chitrakala
Parishat.
Over the years the
themes have become more serious and adhere to spreading the awareness on
environmental issues and methods to reduce the effects of rapid destruction of
natural resources through art and other mediums.
The show begins on 5th
of June 2013, and will be on view till the 7th of June 2013.
Capturing Divinity Through Art
The Hirji Jehangir Art
Gallery, Mumbai, presents a debut solo show of unique works by artist Sanjay
Thapar. The show displays works of this J J School of Art gold medalist, in a
variety of mediums ranging from digital work to oils on canvas to pencil and ink
on paper.
Sanjay’s works on
display at the show are mainly figurative and portraitures of people one would
consider inconspicuous in the hustle and bustle of an urban existence. Millions
of such people leading their lives quietly coping with the pace of a city in a
hurry, inspire Sanjay’s works by making them seem rich in experience and
portraying a complete contrast of peace and turmoil in their expressions.
The conflict of the two
very opposite emotions in one face simultaneously can be seen in majority of
his canvases. The urban sanyasi, the Vietnamese old woman, all of these faces
of strangers exude a familiarity and a narrative of the human condition. They
seem at once human and at once divine in their calmness.
Heavy relief and
textures in some of the works and some simple line drawings, dispaly Sanjay’s
range of skills as an artist.
The show is on from the
the 5th of June 2013 to the 11th of June 2013.
(News Reports by Sushma Sabnis)
FEAUTRE
Chalking out angels: Hyderabad's very own miniature
artist
Creating
carvings on chalk is child’s play for 30-year-old miniature artist Yuktha
Moukthik — the result of long hours of persistent hard work
(Yuktha Moukthik)
Chisel
the chalk, that’s what she does to create endearing motifs from them.
The firm hands of 30-year-old Yuktha Moukthik move with precision
on a piece of chalk. And guided by the deft movement of her fingers, the
shapeless chalk transforms into a miniature angel, replete with detailed
engravings.
Delicate work
A small slip-up or an innocent gesture of the hand is enough to
destroy hours of her hard work. At the end of it all, she holds up the figure
of the angel proudly before tucking it away safely in a thermocol box.
“Chalk figures are delicate and have to be stored carefully. Four
years ago, I lost 34 art works because of a mistake. Carving a chalk requires a
lot of patience, perseverance and soft hands. I think God has given me a gift,”
she says, while showcasing her other works which include a miniature statue of
Radha-Krishna, a village belle carrying a pot of water, a bride holding a
garland, angels with extended wings, faces of gods and goddesses, etc.
Chance occurrence
There is no school where the art of carving miniature figures is
taught.
“It happened all of a sudden. A few years ago, I was holding an
idol of Lord Krishna and abruptly I felt I should carve it. I drew a
two-dimensional figure. The next day, I carved ballet dancers on a chalk and that
came well. Then, I started to chisel regularly,” she recalls.
Perseverance
Given the delicate nature of the art, Yuktha points out that one
should not be bogged down by frequent failures and be disappointed.
“There are instances when I managed to finish the statue
completely before losing it just for one small mistake. It also depends a lot
on the quality of chalk,” she says.
While strangers might need a magnifying glass to appreciate the
intricate designs in her miniature art work, Yuktha says that she does not need
them while carving.
“I have become accustomed to using just a needle to carve the
figurines on the chalk. I don’t even wear glasses or take help of magnifying
lens to carve,” she points out.
(Report by
M.Sai Gopal, Courtesy The Hindu)
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