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élange – Modern and Contemporary Art is a Each of Arpita Singh’s work has a story to tell that contemporary discourse to its viewers. rendering of forms with colours, light with shade, placing jubilant assortment of the works of forty seven celebrates the ritual of family life while questioning the human figures with various angularities. His figures are Ramesh Gorjala works mostly with the subjects comprising prominent artists who have contributed a lot to myth of domesticity and urban life. Her colour pallet is shrouded in mystery with a semi-abstract background. M the gods, goddesses and mythical forms that includes the Indian art and culture. The works by these artists offer bright and vibrant while the themes could be dismal and Hanuman, Vishnu and Buddha, and are all painted with Devidas Dharmadhikari plays with figures and textures on visual delight to the spectator. The words are unable to daunting where she uses motifs like flowers, teapot, trees, great sensitivity and meticulous detail. His colour pallet is one hand and emotions and expressions on the other that describe the creativity of these geniuses however I take and animals. dominated by gold, red and green that renders a rich and combines figures with gestural abstraction with a fusion the liberty of putting a small brief of the masterstrokes Soothing colours, graceful contours and rich textures natural feel to each of his paintings, creating an antiquated of European and oriental sensibility. His paintings, with carefully chosen by Mr. Sanjay Sethia who has put are important facet of Shakti Burman’s paintings. There yet contemporary dynamic to his work. a mysterious gaze, strong imagery and colour splashes, together a bounty of works which is really a treat in this is an aura of dream in his works with sensuous nudes, have the aura of a dream. festive season. The figurative and surrealistic works of Sanjay Bhattacharya mysterious creatures and fragments of mundane life. are unmatched. He skilfully uses the light and shade Prokash Karmakar adroitly distorts his figures offering a V S Gaitonde, the master abstractionist (non-objectivist) Paramjit Singh is a painter of imagery landscapes which methods on his canvas. In watercolours also he portrays profound insight into the hidden matrix of experience. was known for his creation which carries a deep silence, are not reflection of any specific land instead they are the objects more prominently. His brush potently captures the anguished search of his divine spiritualism, and subtle use of colour. His meditating his imaginative idioms that he renders minutely with his age for meaning and direction through bold lines and rich canvas gives a serene feeling to the viewer. The silk S Harshavardhana’s colour palette is heavily textured typical impressionistic style. colour. screen work with red background and several forms is but plainly coloured. Influenced by tribal art and an exclusive style of Gaitonde who creates inter-personal K Laxma Goud is an accomplished draughtsmen and a symbols, he creates abstract geometrical forms using Nityam Singha Roy portrays mostly Radha, Krishna and relation with his work and paints with his senses not the remarkable artist. Goud presents versatility over a range inverted triangular structures constructed carefully with Mira in the themes of love and joy. He experiments very observance. of mediums, from printmaking, drawing, watercolour, demarcated areas of colour, which viciously slash into little with the subjects and mostly works with the human gouache and pastels to glass painting and sculpture in one another. Veer Munshi’s work normally does not figures, where largely emphasis has been given to the face F N Souza’s paintings are both tender and brutal. The bronze and terracotta. Most recurrent theme with the give visual pleasure but has strong sense of message he to convey its inner feelings and sentiments. landscapes with roman architectural buildings painted in artist is that of the erotic vitality, treated as a dynamic wants to convey. His works are very realistic and convey blue and black, with rich patterned effect of cloud reflects R B Bhaskaran’s work carry animal figure in a dynamic and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and the message of agony created by the political situation, the excellence of vision and creation. and witty mood. The colour pattern of deep browns and existence. social disparity and the feeling of being away from own grey-blacks, there is an emblem of tribal character and M F Husain is India’s most renowned and prolific artist. homeland. A P Santhanaraj’s spontaneous free line inspired his interestingly the heart signs. The painting by Yogendra One can imagine the magical quality of artist by looking colour palette and also archetypes to emerge, especially Subrata Sen’s versatile talent exploits a wide range of Tripathi emphasises with emptiness and silence as the at the canvas portraying two women in such a great the buxom female heroine. He uses this element without traditional media. His style is distinguished by a dynamic artist asserts. The blue and grey abstract work gives the proportionate composition in blue and grey colour. He any reticence exploring it endlessly and creating his own use of robustly coordinated colours. inference of various experiences he has gathered in his has the mastery of instantly endearing itself to the viewer unique composition with it. daily life. whether it is a small drawing or a hoarding size painting. In Rahim Mirza’s work the leaf occupies a central motif, The work by Jai Zharotia embraces a series of icons that representing, perhaps, a multiplicity of emotions. He gives Ajay Kaushik paints his devotion through the depiction of Manjit Bawa’s paintings usually take shape around a single are drawn from this mundane world which actually in prominence to the leaf and does not put it with the tree piety divine figure. The dark palette of his canvas evokes figure or a group, inspired by well-known icons and myths artist’s imagination is far beyond the reality and is only etc. which is generally seen. the intensity of the subject. which is prevalent in the pencil work representing the an ideal state he dreams of. Amitava Das’s work appears serene Krishna. His works depicts the artist’s preference Suhas Roy’s works are primarily preoccupied with the The landscape painted in blazing sun by Vikash Kalra is illustrative. He creates a fusion of natural and artificial on for form over narrative. In his paintings, stylized female face and form, which he romanticise, inhabiting concrete and intense, with recognizable architectural his canvas, to show the interdependence of the man-made demigods, acrobats, and animals are suspended against them with a dreamlike world between sensuality and forms. The landscapes are imagery and timeless, notifying and natural works. flat, luminous colour. Jehangir Sabavala’s creation of vast, innocence. The patent beauty veers towards melancholic Kalra’s fondness for a more conceptual vision of nature. grace and elegance. The figurative work by Ashok tranquil scenes, the cubical representation drawings give Gogi Saroj Pal’s paintings hover around the issues of Anita Chauhan’s creations carry the various emotions and Bhowmick has an essence of political satire and he renders his canvas an illusory sense of depth and his search to woman, its sustenance, relationship and desires. The style dreams of women in contemporary manner. The calmness the images with animal and human forms. The colour fathom the infinite cosmos and its revelations. His mere and feel is simpler with a deep inherent meaning. in the facial expression notifies the woman’s esteemed act of painting transcends into metaphysical. pattern is darkish and quite subtle. Seema Kohli celebrates beauty, sensuality and intimacy state however mask in the hand depicts the change in S H Raza’s works are inspired by Hindu cosmology, Indian through her art. They are spiritual but not religious, Farhad Hussain’s painting with vibrant colours is based on gesture if there is need of time. the subject of human relationships and their bonding. The poetry, the landscape of his childhood. He is better known exploring with them, a poetically elegant and richly The array of works is magnificent and I hope the viewers characters in his works are interrelated and complement for the works revolving around Bindu which became a sensuous female form focusing into a woman’s physical would be exultant to see the genius creation of modern each other. trademark in most of his paintings. attributes, her intellect, thought, dreams and realities. Her masters and the turks of contemporary art practices. I am works are a prayer to the eternal self - a way of meditation Sohan Qadri incorporated Tantric symbolism and Rajesh Srivastava’ s work is quite contemporary in nature equally happy to see these works and write a brief note and is known for using brilliant combination of bright and philosophy into his vibrantly colored minimalist works and the existence of map of a region with the lady in the of these. I really hope that Mr. Sanjay Sethia would bring vibrant colours. abandoning representation early on in his long career. The background may be interpreted as the journey of present more such initiatives to give a treat to the art aficionados. day woman. repetition of careful incisions on the paper was an integral Dharmendra Rathore’s work is colourful, joyous, chic, Vikash Nand Kumar part of his meditation. His luminous paintings, with radiant astute, and complex, and embodies the very temperament Gourishankar Soni’s work could be marked as a stylistic Art Historian & Writer auras, reinforce the idea of art as a mystical experience. of a contemporary culture and thus presents a
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Mélange [mé•lange / mixture]
The process of bringing together this collection has been an arduous, yet exhilarating, experience.
In normal circumstances, the selection of artists to represent any V S Gaitonde Gogi Saroj pal Devidas Dharmadhikari theme or themes can be a difficult task. The artists in this collection are all established and renowned – from the outset, the challenge F N Souza Seema Kohli Prokash Karmakar has been to limit their number, selecting from myriad possibilities, M F Husain Dharmendra Rathore Kishore Roy whilst choosing oeuvres that resonate with the distinctive and Manjit Bawa K S Kulkarni Nityam Singha Roy unique energies of each one. Jehangir Sabavala Ramesh Gorjala R B Bhaskaran From hundreds of artists, we have selected forty seven. A solo S H Raza Sanjay Bhattacharya Yogendra Tripathi exhibition of the works of any one of these would be significant; Sohan Qadri S Harshavardhan Ajay Kaushik Awtans collectively, these artists and their works have been selected to Arpita Singh Veer Munshi Vikas Kalra represent the huge diversity and symphonic range and scope of Sakti Burman Subrata Sen Rahim Mirza modern Indian art. Paramjit Singh Suhas Roy Anaida Parvaneh Some, like M F Husain are prolific and venerated artists, whose name Sidharth Ashok Bhowmick S Nelson has been heard by all. Others, like Bolgam N Goud have achieved Anwar Khan Farhad Hussain Anita Chauhan notice and gained recognition but have barely embarked on a journey full of promise. Laxma Goud Sachin Jaltara Rashmi SIkand Collection : Private collector, New Delhi A P Santhanaraj Rajesh Srivastava Bala Taral M F Husain Acrylic on Canvas Geographically, these artists span the length and breadth of the Jai Zharotia Gourishankar Soni Bolgam N Goud 30” x 24” 1980 country; with varying seniority, and straddling the spectra of styles, Amitava Das Neeraj Bakshi media and range, this collection offers the promise of a vibrant and exhilarating experience.
The search for perfection has been both pleasurable and frustrating. I hope viewers of this exhibition will find it joyful and memorable, integral and completely satisfying.
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8 9 V S Gaitonde Paramjit Singh
14 35
F N Souza S H Raza Sidharth Amitava Das
16 26 36 45
F N Souza S H Raza Anwar khan Gogi Saroj Pal
18 27 38 46
M F Husain S H Raza Laxma Goud Seema Kohli
20 28 39 48
M F Husain S H Raza A P Santhanaraj Seema Kohli
21 29 40 49
M F Husain Sohan Qadri A P Santhanaraj Dharmendra Rathore 22 30 41 50
Manjit Bawa Arpita Singh A P Santhanaraj Dharmendra Rathore
24 32 42 51
Jehangir Sabavala Sakti Burman Jai Zharotia K S Kulkarni
25 33 44 52
Paramjit Singh Ramesh Gorjala
34 53 Sanjay Bhattacharya Nityam S Roy
54 72
Sanjay Bhattacharya Sachin Jaltara R B Bhaskaran Rahim Mirza
55 63 74 79
S Harshavardhan Rajesh Srivastava Yogendra Tripathi Anaida Parvaneh
56 64 75 80
Veer Munshi Rajesh Srivastava Ajay Kaushik Awtans S Nelson
57 65 76 81
Subrata Sen GouriShankar Soni Ajay Kaushik Awtans Anita Chauhan
58 66 77 82
Suhas Roy Neeraj Bakshi Vikas Kalra Rashmi Sikand
60 67 78 83
Ashok Bhowmick Devidas Vikas Kalra Bala Taral Dharmadhikari 61 68 78 84
Farhad Hussain Prokash Karmakar Vikas Kalra Bolgam N Goud
62 70 78 85
Kishore Roy
71 Vasudeo S Gaitonde
Silk Screen on Canvas LE Canvas Print 36” x 24” Edition No: 23/32 Signed: B/R 2001
15 Francis Newton Souza
Oil On Canvas 24” x 28” 1958
Acrylic on Canvas 48” x 30” 2010
17 Francis Newton Souza
Oil on Cardboard 21.5” x 15” circa 1950’s
18 M F Husain
◄ LE Serigraph Print Numbered & Signed in Original 54.5” x 25” 2010
► LE Serigraph Print Numbered & Signed in Original 30” x 22” circa 2001
20 21 Maqbool Fida Husain
Oil on Board 30” x 18” c. 1977
22 Manjit Bawa Jehangir Sabavala
Pencil on Paper | 14” x 11” | 1985 LE 1/125 Signed Serigraph | 24” x 17” | 2007
24 25 Syed Haider Raza
S H Raza
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 40” x 20” Acrylic on Paperboard | 9” x 6.5” | 2005 1996
26 Syed Haider Raza Syed Haider Raza
LE Print on Canvas 1/60 Signed in Original | 48” x 24” Acrylic on Canvas | 12” x 12” | 1995
28 29 Sohan Qadri
Inks Dyes On H/M Paper With Inclusions 39” x 27.5” 2006
30 Arpita Singh Sakti Burman
Pastel on Paper | 6.5” x 6.5” | 1988 A certain reality | Watercolour on Paper | 20” x 25” | 1979
32 33 Paramjit Singh
▲ Charcoal on Paper | 7” x 9.5” | 2000
► Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 48” x 36” 2001
34 Sidharth
Silver Leaf & Natural Pigments on Canvas 45” x 32” 2011
37 Anwar Khan Laxma Goud
Mixed Media on Canvas | 36” x 36” | 2013 Watercolour on Paper | 7” x 7” | 2004
38 39 A P Santhanaraj
◄ Pen and Ink on Paper 20” x 14” ▲ 2007 Acrylic on Paper | 30” x 22” | 2007
41 A P Santhanaraj
Acrylic on Canvas 40” x 32” 2007
42 Jai Zharotia Amitava Das
Acrylc on Canvas 48” x 36” 2013 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas | 40” x 40” | 2006
45 Gogi Saroj Pal
Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” 2001
46 Seema Kohli Seema Kohli
World at my feet | Mixed Media on Canvas | 24” x 24” | 2006 The Golden Womb - Together | Mixed Media on Canvas | 24” x 24” | 2006
48 49 Dharmendra Rathore Dharmendra Rathore
Kamdhenu 2 | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 56” | 2013 Acrylic & Oil on Canvas | 54” x 54” | 2013
50 51 K S Kulkarni Ramesh Gorjala
Acrylic on Paper | 30” x 22” | c. 1980's Acrylic on Canvas | 50” x 40” | 2013
52 53 Sanjay Bhattacharya
◄ ▲ Watercolour on Paper | 15” x 11” | 1999 Watercolour on Paper | 15” x 11” | 2013
55 S Harshavardhan Veer Munshi
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas | 36” x 60” | 2006 Mixed Media on Canvas | 66” x 33” | 2013
56 57 Subrata Sen
Pujarini Oil on Canvas 42” x 48” 2013
58 Suhas Roy Ashok Bhowmick
Mixed Media on Paper | 12” x 10” | 2013 Pen and Ink on Paper | 13” x 21” | 1997
60 61 Farhad Hussain Sachin Jaltara
Acrylic on Canvas | 48” x 48” | 2010 Mixed Media on Canvas | 36” x 36” | 2013
62 63 Rajesh Srivastava
◄ ▲ Oil on Canvas | 60” x 42” | 2013 Mixed Media and Oil on H/M Paper | 30” x 22” | 2013
65 Gauri Shankar Soni Neeraj Bakshi
Acrylic on Canvas | 60” x 60” | 2012 Watercolour on Paper | 22” x 30” | 2010
66 67 Devidas Dharmadhikari
Kamdhenu 2 | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 56” | 2013 Acrylic on Canvas | 26” x 60” | 2013 68 Prokash Karmakar
Kishore Roy
Acrylic on Canvas 66” x 36” Mixed Media on Paper | 28” x 19” | 1999 2013
70 Nityam Singha Roy
The Eternal Rider of Peace | Acrylic on Canvas | 36” x 60” | 2012 72 73 K B Bhaskaran Yogendra Tripathi
Oil on Canvas | 36” x 24” | 1990 Acrylic on Canvas | 72” x 48” | 2006
74 75 Ajay Kaushik Awtans Ajay Kaushik Awtans
▲ Oil on Canvas 48” x 48” 2013 ► Oil on Canvas 30” x 24” 2013
76 Vikas Kalra Rahim Mirza
Pen on Paper | 10” x 8” | 2012 Acrylic on Paper | 10” x 8” | 2013
Acrylic on Canvas | 20” x 48” | 2013 Acrylic on Canvas | 30” x 30” | 2010
78 79 Anaida Parvaneh S Nelson
Acrylic on Paper | 17” x 12” | 2000 Acrylic on Canvas | 48” x 60” | 2012
80 81 Anita Chauhan
Rashmi Sikand
Acrylic on Canvas 58” x 24” Oil on Canvas | 36” x 24” | 2013 2010
82 83 Bala Taral Bolgam Nargesh Goud
Acrylic on Canvas | 36” x 48” | 2013 Goddess Sita | Acrylic on Canvas | 24” x 24” | 2013
84 85 Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, 1924 -2001 A graduate from the famous J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1948, Gaitonde remained committed to a fairly solitary vision even within artists’ groups. He joined the Progressive Artists Group as an associate, like Krishen Khanna and Tyeb Mehta, in the early 1950s. Gaitonde was chosen for the Bombay Art Society award in 1950. In 1957 he won an award at the Asian Artists exhibition for his work `The Bird and The Egg’. During the 1950s Gaitonde worked in the famed Bhulabhai Institute where Alkazi’s theatre unit and Ravi Shankar’s school of music and dance were also housed. He is widely acknowledged as India’s most committed abstract artist. Conceptually, however, Gaitonde never considered himself as an abstract painter and was averse to being called one. In fact, he believed that there was no such thing as abstract painting; instead, he referred to his work as non- objective, devoid of subject matter.
Francis Newton Souza, 1924 - 2002 Born in Portuguese, Goa. Souza joined the Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai in 1940. He was a founder member of the Progressive Artists Group, which held it’s first exhibition in Mumbai in 1948. However the following year Souza left India and moved to London. The works he produced in 1950’s and 1960’s reflect his catholic upbringing in Goa, which had a great influence upon him as a child. He has participated in many international exhibitions, including Art Now in India, London (1965), India: Myth and Reality, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1982), Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy, London (1982), Modern Indian Paintings, Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C. (1982) and Coups de Coeur, Halles de L’lle, Geneva (1987).
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN, 1915 – 2011 Born 1915 at Pandharpur in Maharashtra Maqbool Fida Husain is amongst India’s world famous painters. He learnt the art of calligraphy and the Kulfic Khat and wrote poetry at a young age and followed it with brief stints studying art, first at the Indore Art College and then Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, where he worked on designing furniture and making toys as well as a bill board painter for cinema hoardings to sustain himself initially. It is this varied experience and rigor that endows his work its special artistic oeuvre. There is a simplicity enshrined in the enigmatic style, vibrant colors and accessible imagery that this multi-faceted and special individual creates in bold and quick brush strokes. Well grounded in the traditional roots and fiercely open to the contemporary, external or experimental, his masterpiece Artist Profiles creations about life, society and the world around – people, nudes, horses, Mother Teresa, religious icons, landscapes and other forms of imagery, all assume a distinct and luminous representation even though their faces bear no features! His enormous body of work also includes series of paintings on the British Raj, on the cities of Calcutta, Benares, Rome and Beijing, Epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana, religions of the world and his favorite bollywood stars. His repertoire also includes murals, portraits, photographs, design work and film direction including ‘Through the Eyes of a Painter’, ‘Gaja Gamini’ and ‘Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities’ the former winning the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Invited to Sao Paulo Biennial along with Pablo Picasso, his work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and seminal art expositions all over the country and the world. Honoured as Padma Vibhushan by the President of India amongst other awards, he was also a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. His work can be seen at significant collections including Ebrahim Alkazi and NGMA Delhi, Jehangir Nicholson Mumbai, Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Museum in Japan and Chester and Davida Herwtiz in USA. With homes and studio in several cities, Husain lived shuttling between India, Dubai and London.
MANJIT BAWA, 1941 - 2011 Born in 1941, Dhuri (Punjab) Manjit Bawa studied art from Delhi School of Art, New Delhi 1958-63. He later went to London to study Silk-Screen Printing from the London School of Printing, Warden, Essex, UK in 1964 and also worked there as an expert silk screen printer during 1967-71. He was a visiting lecturer at the College of Art from 1975-77 and 1977-88 established a silk-screen workshop at Garhi Studios, New Delhi. He was Municipal Commissioner, Dalhousie from 1977-82; Commissioner, Bharat Bhavan; Curator for NGMA for shows in Syria, Egypt; co-curator of India Songs for New South Wales Museum, Australia for Bharat Bhavan in Moscow and others. He participated in significant solo and group shows including, the Bose Pacia Modern One Man Show, 2000; Solos in Hong Kong, 2000; in London, 2005 in Berlin with Ravinder Reddy, 2005 and earlier in Spain, Washington DC, Singapore, San Sebastian apart from most of the major cities across India. A documentary based on his life directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta and produced by Ina Puri fetched the Rajat Kamal award in 2003. Publications include,” In my own words” (with Ina Puri) and an authorised biography in Black & White by Ina Puri. He is the recipient of the Kalidas Samman (2005-06) given by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
86 87 JEHANGIR SABAVALA, 1922 -2011 Arpita Singh, b 1937 Born in 1922, Mumbai, Sabavala completed his Diploma in Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1944. He Singh studied Diploma in Fine Arts (1954 - 59) at School of Art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi. Since her first solo exhibition went to the Heatherley School of Art, London in 1945 and studied there till 1947 before moving to Paris to study at in 1972 at New Delhi, she has had solo shows with Art Heritage in 1978, 82 and 85, Vadahera Art Gallery at New Delhi 94, Academie Andre Lhote, 1948-51 and further at the Academie Julian, Paris 1953-54. He also studied at The Academie 06 ,10, Bose Pacia New York 97 and 2003. Singh’s work has been featured regularly in shows of Indian art held in the de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris in 1957. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 1977. Along with country and internationally. These include exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1982; the Centre Georges several solo shows held throughout his long career he had participated at Grand Prix de la Peinture de Monaco in Pompidou, Paris, in 1986; in Geneva in 1987; and at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, in 1993. She has also 1949, Salon National Independent Paris in 1950; Venice Biennale Italy in 1954, Contemporary Indian Art Sydney in 1964, participated in the 3rd and 4th Triennials in New Delhi; the 1987 Havana Biennale; and the Indo-Greek Cultural Exhibition Commonwealth Arts Festival London in 1965, Asian Artists Exhibition Fukuoka Art Museum Tokyo in 1979, Modern in Greece in 1984. More recently, her works have been exhibited at `Progressive to Alter modern: 62 Years of Indian Indian Painting at Smithsonian Institute Washington, USA 1982 and in many prestigious auctions worldwide. Many Modern Art` at Grosvenor Gallery, London, in 2009; Memory Jars- Bose Pacia Modern New York `Kalpana: Figurative Art publications have been released on him and on his works including Sabavala Sadanga Series, The Reasoning Vision in India` presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London, in 2009; `The Root of Jehangir Sabavala’s Painterly Universe by Dilip Chitre; Pilgrim, Exile, Sorcerer: The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Everything` at Gallery Mementos, Bangalore, in 2009; and ‘Modern and Contemporary Indian Art’ at Vadehra Art Gallery, Sabavala by Ranjit Hoskote in 1998. New Delhi, in 2006. Singh has won several awards throughout her career, including at the 1981-1982 All-India Drawing Exhibition in Chandigarh, the 1987 Algeria Biennale, and the 1991 Parishad Samman from the Sahitya Kala Parishad, SYED HAIDER RAZA, b 1922 New Delhi. The artist has also showed her works in more than twenty solo exhibitions including several in Chandigarh, Raza was born as Syed Haider Raza in the year 1922, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the most distinguished Bhopal, Mumbai and New Delhi. The artist lives and works in New Delhi. artists of the Indian subcontinent, Raza has been settled in France since 1950. However, his ties with India remain as strong as ever. The paintings of Syed Haider Raza have been done mainly in oil or acrylic and have a very heavy usage Sakti Burman, b 1935 of color. Raza received his formal training in painting at the Nagpur School of Art (Nagpur) and Sir J. J. School of Art Sakti Burman was born in Calcutta. He studied art in Calcutta and Paris. Burman graduated from the Calcutta college of (Mumbai). During his stay at the Sir J.J. School, he became a member of Progressive Artist Group. At that time, SH Raza art and crafts in 1956. He studied at L’ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, Visiting Italy frequently and experimented with the Western Modernism, which was moving away from expressionism and towards abstraction. becoming inspired by the frescoes and paintings of the renaissance period. Over the years, he has had exhibitions in Thereafter, he shifted to France to pursue his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Paris. The paintings of London, Iran, Moscow, Leningrad, Belfast and Yokohama. Sakti Burman continues to live and work in Paris. Burman’s Syed Haider Raza in the 1940s and 1950s revolved mainly around landscapes. The paintings of S.H. Raza revolve mainly images are steeped in romanticism and fantasy. Europe and India are fused in his imagination. “I dream a lot. I create around nature and its various faucets. His paintings have evolved from being purely expressionist landscapes to abstract figures in my dreams,” says Burman. ones. He believes the Bindu (dot) to be the center of creation and existence and his works reflect this particular thinking. Even though the vibrancy of his paintings has become subtle, the dynamism remains as alive as ever. A painting by S.H. PARAMJIT SINGH, b 1935 Raza was reportedly sold for US $1.4 million at an auction held in December 2006. In Feb 2007, his works were exhibited Professor Paramjit Singh, born 1935 at Amritsar in Punjab, studied art at the Delhi school of art and learnt print making in The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (Mumbai). S.H. Raza was awarded the prestigious Padma Shree at Atelier Nord Oslo Norway. He taught art to young aspiring artists at the Department of Fine Art Jamia Millia Islamia by the Government of India in the year 1981. He is also a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi of New Delhi. The government University in Delhi retiring to take to full time painting in pursuit of his passion. A founder member of ‘The Unknown’, a of Madhya Pradesh has awarded him the Kalidas Samman. He now lives and works in New Delhi. group of young painters and sculptors based in Delhi, Paramjit is essentially a landscape painter, known for his masterly studies of nature. Featuring the mysteries of nature, his landscapes appear other worldly given their evocative silence. SOHAN QADRI, 1932 - 2011 There are shadows and tones that evolve and dissolve; endowing the paintings with a mystical aura. The thick green Sohan Qadri can be described as a Tantric painter – a modern Tantric painter to be sure. Born in 1932 in Punjab, India, blue yellow red and other pigments fill up the whole space, to re-create textured landscapes of woods, trees, flowers, Qadri began his quest for his true self through Tantric yoga and spent long periods of time silently meditating in grass, hills, sky and streams adorning a tactile feel with non specific identity or location in his compositions. Though remote temples in the Himalayas and Tibet. His isolation propelled his urge to paint. He received his MFA in 1960 inspired by the Impressionists, his oeuvre that seems reminiscent of the pastoral peasantry that he grew up in his own. from the Government College of Art in Simla, India, but soon discovered that academic trappings were not for him. Working in oils on canvas and pastels and charcoal on paper, in short brisk strokes with lines and colours his surface Shortly after his first exhibition in 1965, he left India for the West. In Qadri’s work, there is a tranquil coexistence of is coated in thick pigment to create impressions of natural forms adorning a colourful tactile appearance set amidst a binary opposites – male and female, known and unknown, physical and spiritual. Although he clearly has Western lyrical musical ambience. Paramjit who prefers to work in series as a continuum, following his first solo exhibition in 67 influences, such as Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still, his work is uniquely Eastern. Heinrich Boll, the 1972 Nobel Prize at Triveni Gallery in Delhi, has had nearly 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions in various Indian metros and abroad including winner in Literature, has said that Qadri, “with his painting liberates the word meditation from its fashionable taste Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Singapore, London, Norway, Germany, Tokyo and Belgium. Winner of the National Award and and brings it back to its proper origin uninfluenced by Western propaganda, misunderstandings and corruptions.” His participant at art festivals in USSR Baghdad and Israel amongst others, he has also painted a 450 sq. ft. environmental paintings are monochrome surfaces with structural effects that, in their repetition, convey the rhythmic expressions room in Bombay and was the Commissioner for the Indian participation at the Art Festival of Pakistan in Lahore. His of color energies. The vibrations created by these energies are endless and break the boundaries between the inner paintings that have come under the hammer at several important art auctions are held in several public and private space of the image and the external space of the viewer. In their pulsations, the colors allow for a meditation in which collections. The artist lives and works in New Delhi. those who experience space seek to become space itself. As Qadri has said, “The narrowness of space has posed as a great problem to me. Phenomenal life can hardly be lived within a few known dimensions.” Qadri’s work has to be Sidharth, b 1956 experienced; the viewer must surrender to the work. In front of his work, the viewer is confronted with the silence Born in 1956 in Raikot, Punjab, India, Sidharth’s mother inculcated in him a spirit of connection with nature and the within himself. The work does not direct; one must direct oneself. This intuitive experience speaks all languages and divine. He started painting signboards while still at school. He learned the skilled art of creating murals and friezes from knows no formal boundaries. Suneet Chopra summed it up by saying, “With its dispersion of and concentration of Tara Mason, skilled master craftsmen of the area in Punjab. He not only meditated on the tenets of Buddhism but also energy, it far excels expressionist abstractions whose aggression is their main force of attraction.” Qadri’s works learnt the highly esoteric and formal religio-magical art of the Thangka painting technique from the Tibetan monks. His are included in official and private international collections. He has had more than 40 one-man shows in his various artistic journey continued and he went to Sweden where he observed and practiced western artistic traditions seen hometowns in addition to major gallery exhibitions in Bombay, Vienna, Brussels, London, Oslo, Stockholm, Montreal, in the canvases, frescoes and windows of churches and museums. Five-year diploma in painting from college of art Toronto and Los Angeles. Chandigarh India. He has held twenty two solo shows and has participated in a hundred eighteen group shows in India,
88 89 UK, Sweden and USA since 1976. He is also a recipient of various awards for his works. His works have been acquired Gogi Saroj Pal by the Indian Government Museum, the British Council in Delhi, the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi; the British, Mexican and Born in Neoli, Uttar Pradesh, 1945. She studied at the College of Art, Vanasthali, Rajasthan in 1961-62 and completed her Swedish Ambassadors; the Düsseldorf Museum; Heda, Sweden and several industrial groups in India and abroad. He is Diploma in painting from College of Art, Lucknow in 1967. She did her post graduation in Painting at College of Art, New the author of a book Neti Neti and has made fifteen documentaries on Indian Temples, Art and Architecture, made a Delhi as vocational student during 1968-69. She has exhibited her oil, acrylic, graphics and gouache works at several short film entitled ‘The decorated cow’. centers around the world such as Canada, London, Pakistan, Baroda, New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata since her first show of Oil Paintings at Delhi in 1969. Among her recent notable solo shows are: Anwar Khan, b 1964 All these flowers are for you, London Art Gallery, London and Mumbai in 2004 and 2005 respectively National Diploma in Fine Arts from, Gwalior, (M.P.) He has had many solo shows throughout India and Internationally. Revisiting Amrita Shergil, Bangalore in 2004 He has participated in selected Group shows including the Bharat Bhavan Biennial of International Prints, Bhopal 1991; 6th International independent Exhibition, Japan 1990; Indo-Russian International Art Exhibition, New Delhi 1991. Embroidering Phulkaries & Memories, Mumbai in 2002 International show Com-Art, Korea, Indo-Syrian art exhibition. His work are in the collection of the National Gallery of Mother Icon * Photographs of Ma * Hidamba at Kulu Dassehra and the paintings inspired by this. She lives and works Modern Art, Delhi, the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and several private and public collections worldwide. in New Delhi.
Laxma Goud, b 1940 SEEMA KOHLI, b 1960 Born in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, Goud studied at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture in Hyderabad and at the Seema Kohli has created her own niche in the world of contemporary art. Her creative repertoire is eclectic, M.S. University, Baroda where he was a student of K.G. Subramanayan. Following on from his first solo show in 1965 in encompassing a wide range of mediums ranging from painting, murals and films to installations, sculptures and Hyderabad, Goud has exhibited widely both in and outside India, including Ansdeell Gallery, London (1973), Hamburg, installation performances each a unique expression of her style. Her rendition of ‘Ouroboros’ for the India Art Summit Germany (1975 & 1976), Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil (1977), Royal Academy, London (1982), Grey Art Gallery, New York created a huge impact on viewers and critics alike. The Ouroboros became an expression of the continuance of the (1985) and Festival of India, Geneva (1987). Goud’s work is in many permanent collections including the National Gallery cycle of birth, life and liberation. Fusing India and Greek philosophy, Seema created 84 paintings and 84 photographs of Modern Art, New Delhi, the Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad and the Glenbarra Museum, Japan. Laxman Goud work is as part of a performance installation to depict a shloka from the Ishavasya Upanishad. She has to her credit, three predominantly figurative using pen, pencil, crayon and watercolour. murals for the Defence Ministry and has also recently completed a 10’ x 100’ mural at the Delhi International Airport, GMR T3. She received further acclaim for her creativity at the Florence Biennale, 2009 where she received a Gold A.P. SANTHANARAJ, 1932 - 2011 Award for her video Swayamsiddha-Myth, Mind and Movement (“Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Born in 1932 in Tamil Nadu, A.P. Santhanaraj studied painting from Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, and Ciia di Firenze, 7th Edizione 2009, 1 Premio “Video”, Firenze in Florence, Italy). She has also received the Young FICCI was its Principal from 1985-1990. He found himself a niche in the world of art with his passion and distinctive style. One Ladies Organisation Women Achiever’s Award and the Lalit Kala National Award for Women in 2008. Seema has more of the most defining aspects of Santhanaraj’s works would be the quality of line. It is this fundamental element, which than 20 solo shows exhibited in various galleries and art fairs in different parts of the world. Her works adorn the walls sets apart the artists style. He uses this element without any inhibitions exploring it endlessly and creating a unique of many public and private collections, including the Rubin Museum, New York. The artist currently lives and works in visual language. As the artist says, “I am hungry about painting. What comes out of it, I don’t know. All my intentions are not to accept a preconceived form. Circumstances force me to accept a particular form.” He is recipient of several New Delhi, India. awards, including the National Award in 1957, the Kala Ratna in 1997, and the Kalimamani Shiromani award in 1996. DHARMENDRA RATHORE, b 1965 Retrospectives of his work were held in Delhi in 1990 and 2001. He has executed portraits for Parliament House, New Dharmendra did his graduation in art from Jaipur and Masters in Fine Art from Delhi College of Art followed by training Delhi, and murals for the Madras State Museum. He was also commissioner for painting for the Brazil Triennale, 1988. in art restoration and conservation. Marked for its colourful imagery, his work adorns a meditative streak. His repertoire He lives and works in Chennai. includes balanced compositions in figuration, abstraction and installation. Exhibited widely in several important shows Jai Zharotia, b 1945 in India and abroad, his work has won him accolades and scholarships including the AIFACS, Rajasthan Biennial, State Jai Zharotia was born in Delhi and did his professional training in Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Art. He worked in Bal LKA awards and a fellowship from Ministry of Culture. Some of his work has found its place in public collections such Bhawan on children’s educational projects, before becoming a lecturer at his alma mater. Zharotia believes imagination as Glenbarra Art Museum Japan and Wolgan University of Australia besides personal and corporate collections such as is god’s gift to man and he believes that it is this that provokes him to create. Here is an Indian artist who tells stories the DLF, Taj Hotel, Hero Cycles, U.P.S.C, State Bank of India and Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur amongst others. The artist through his art. He draws upon all aspects of nature and everyday life, whether living or non living. He believes everything works and lives in Delhi. has emotions and it is this belief that leads him to look beyond their confines and conjure up the powerfully evocative and communicative images we see in his work. A world that gives birth to new dimensions and gives birth to a parallel K S Kulkarni, 1916 - 1994 reality. Jai Zharotia has received several awards in his career, from the 1979 Sahitya Kala Parishad Awards and 1980 Silk K.S.Kulkarni 1916 – 1994, he qualified from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay in 1942. He worked as visiting Professor Screen Prints to the AIFACS award in 1987 for Ceramics and Drawing and the 1993 Lalit Kala Akademi National Award at the Delhi Polytechnic, Art Dept. from 1945 to 1962. He was the Founder member of the Delhi Shilpi Chakra in 1948. In for painting. He has been part of several prestigious group shows and workshops in India and abroad and has had more 1962 he became the Art Director of the Triveni kala Sangam, New Delhi of which he was also the Founder Member. He than 25 solo shows across the globe. His paintings are part of several institutional and private collections in the country held several solo shows in India and abroad from 1951 to 1994. He participated in International shows at Tokyo, Paris, and outside. New york, Venice, Sao Paulo and London. He was the recipient of National and International awards. He made a mural 200ft to 50ft at Moscow for an exhibition organised by the Govt. of India. Amitava Das, b 1947 He was Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Head of the Deptt. of Painting, Banaras Hindu University from 1967-69. Born in Delhi studied at the Delhi College of Art where he later became a lecturer. He was a founding member of the From 1969 to 1972, he worked as visiting Professor at the Skidmore College, New York. In 1984 he was chosen by the artists group New Group. Amitava works in abstract form but his technique and matrix is very different. Some of his Govt. of India as the National Emeritus Professor for outstanding contribution in the field of art. earlier work is in smaller size but more recently he has done large sized paintings. His current work often dwells on He drew his inspiration from the folk and primitive art be it Egyption, Indian, Mexican, Incan etc. He could work entirely juxtaposition of the ‘opposites’ within a common frame. His works feature exquisite textures and is often multi-layered, within the Indian tradition with as much ease and consummate skill as he could adapt the mores of some of the Western both in spirit and essence. Amitava’s works have been widely exhibited throughout India, as well as internationally. He Masters. has many solo exhibitions and over one hundred group exhibitions to his credit.
90 91 RAMESH GORJALA, b 1979 Ashok Bhowmick, b 1953 Born 1979 at Kalahasti in Andhra Pradesh, Ramesh Gorjala did his BFA in painting from J.N.T.U in Hyderabad. The artist’s Solo shows spanning from 1974 to 2004 throughout India, has published various articles on painting and theatre in many work is inspired by folk arts and crafts of Andhra in particular the Kalamkari tradition of painting on textiles, walls and of the national newspapers and periodicals. His works are in collections in India and abroad. scrolls that artisans in the village where he grew up have been practicing for years. The densely drawn imagery reflects some of the mythological tales that he had heard as a child which are also mirrored in the performing arts of the region. Farhad Hussain, b 1975 The narrative on his canvases features characters from epics including Hanuman, Krishna and others that he then takes Graduated 2003 from Santiniketan going on to complete postgraduate diploma at the faculty of fine arts Baroda in on to another platform colouring them with his imagination, refined technique and signature-style. His paintings that 2005. The artist was the 2004 recipient of the Nasreen Mohamedi Scholarship. The Indian Art college art exhibition has make contemporary imaging interlinked with age-old oral and artistic practice come in acrylic on canvas and handmade also awarded him the prize for best watercolour in 1998. Farhad has participated in several group shows in Baroda, paper with a blending of text that adds another dimension. He has also created some amazing wooden sculptures Mumbai and Kolkata. of Gods and dames. Ramesh Gorjala has received several awards including the State Award of Andhra Pradesh and Sachin Jaltara, b 1969 Mahatma Gandhi Birth Centenary Memorial Award from VTI, Chennai. He has been participating in group shows all over Sachin Jaltara graduated 22 years later in Fine Arts (Bachelor) from Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya in Nagpur (1991). After and the country and his work has been exhibited in a Handicraft show at Hyderabad and abroad in London. Gorjala lives in during his studies he has participated in various exhibitions and shows including the Annual Exhibitions at Kalamandir Thirupati and works from his studio there. in Hyderabad in the years 2000, 2003 and 2004. Sachin Jaltara`s astonishing figurative paintings are a sure treat for the Sanjay Bhattacharya, b 1958 eyes. For Sanjay Bhattacharya, school was the most boring thing on earth. He was clearly not interested in books or studies. RAJESH SRIVASTAVA, b 1974 After Sanjay finished school, he decided he wanted to have nothing more to do with books. He went to theG overnment He has trained under Sri Viren Goutam Bhattacharya. In 2000 he came to Delhi, he has had four solo show and has College of Arts & Crafts, Kolkata and graduated in 1982 in fine arts. After graduating, he joined an ad agency, Clarion, participated in many group shows like in harmony art show in 2006 and Lalit Kala Akademi national art exhibition in 2012 as an illustrator and shifted to Delhi. Sanjay rented a place in Delhi and managed to complete 16 or 17 watercolours and where he got National Akademi Award. His work is mainly concerned with the human condition. He lives and works in some oils. He exhibited them in Dhoomimal Gallery. As luck would have it, all the five water colour were sold out within New Delhi. a week. The year was 1988. Sanjay’s figurative images are quite close to those found in the works of the Dutch realist painters or the French 18th century painters. It’s not just empty houses that Sanjay has painted. He has also painted Gourishankar Soni, b 1980 lived in houses. He has painted a mother combing her daughters’ hair; the family silver locked inside the cupboard or the M. F. A. (Painting) from Faculty of Fine Art Rajasthan University 2003. Participated in Demostration Workshop At Gallery kitchen with its beautiful pots and pans. Along with homes and families, Sanjay’s work consists of realistic portraiture. Nour Al Hayat, Abidjan( Ivory cost) Africa, 2010. KEPES WORKSHOP Land Art workShop At Eger, bhudapast , Hungary by Like the exhibition he did on late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s portraits. There are no larger than life images here. ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY FŐISKOLA – VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT AND- FARKASKŐ 2009. Gourishankar is widely collected The interiors against which he has painted Gandhi are untelling and cryptic behind their dark brown layers. Sanjay around the world. He lives and works from Jaipur. Bhattacharya spends his time living between Delhi and Kolkata. Neeraj Bakshi, b 1970 S Harshavardhan, b 1958 Born in Delhi, studied art at the Delhi College of Art and has worked with well-known artist Arpana Caur. He teaches art Graduated in bio-sciences from Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Pilani and Diploma in business management in at various institutions. His own work oscillates between pure figuration and abstraction. Even when he does figurative 1993 began his career as a freelance artist. Harsha is the second son of the late painter J. Swaminathan has held several paintings, a sense of abstraction drives his palette. Based in Delhi he has participated in several shows in India and solo and group shows: 1996 Bharat Bhavan Biennial of contemporary Indian art, Bhopal; group show at lakeeren gallery, abroad. His works are in collections in India and abroad. mumbai. The pastel medium based shows curated by Shri Prayag Shukla for gallery Art Motif, New Delhi; 1997 solo show at gallery Art Motif, New Delhi; post modern Indian art group show curated by Mr. David Olivant for turlock city arts Devidas Dharmadhikari, b 1972 Commission, Turlock, Ca usa; brush with galib nczcc Camp, Habitat Centre, New Delhi; 1998 group show organised Born 1972 at Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India. He is working as a freelance artist last 15 years,with different mediums, by Arushi Arts, New Delhi. The artist lives and works in New Delhi. like acrylic, oil, water colur, pastel. mostely work on acrylic on canvas. Awards include: 1995 V.V Oak Exhibition First Prize. Some notable Solo Shows include : 2008 Ayya art gallery Chennai, 2008 Artist of the month Indian art Collector, Veer Munshi 2007 “Don t Stamp Me !”, Suchitra Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2006 Dusk Gallery, Mumbai. The artist is widely collected. He Veer Munshi is one of the few painters in India today who is able to transform his experiences as an exiled refugee into lives and works in Pune. the language of painting. Munshi was born and brought up in the Kashmir valley, but was forced to move to Delhi in 1990 when it was no longer safe for him to stay there. Munshi s canvases present images that are intriguing. They cross Prokash Karmakar, b 1933 average notions of reality and pass into a surreal realm. He works in oils and sometimes sketches in charcoal. In 1999 he Educated in 1953 at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata. His public events include: “2000 Abinendra led the team of designers of the Jammu and Kashmir tableau that won the first prize in the annual republic day parade. Puraskar Award, 1976 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata. Notable Group shows include: 2008 Hues of Bengal, Gallert G and Janus Art Gallery, 2008 Art from Bengal, Art Elements Gallery, New Delhi, 2007 Signature Images, Gallery SUBRATA SEN Kolkata, Kolkata. Prokash Karmakar is considered a revolutionary in the sense that he doesn’t exhibit in art galleries. “Art to me is a language of true emotions… I am a Kolkata born Self-taught Artist, now based in Mumbai. My forte All through his artistic career he has always exhibited on street corners because he did not want his paintings to be is painting female figures which represent vibrant elements of life. My works are artistic expressions of intertwining imprisoned within four walls. Most of his earlier artworks capture remembrances from the past - some of them are romantic emotions with mystique moments.” Subrata has been a part of numerous group and solo shows around India. very personal, and some are from the darkest moments of human history. More recently he has painted landscapes, He is a well respected and his works are widely collected around the world. depicting lush tropical vegetation, hills and valleys, seascapes and mangroves in their wild diversity – which have made Suhas Roy. b 1926 him even more popular with art galleries. Suhas was born in Bengal. Studied art at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Kolkata, 1953 to 1958. His works have been exhibited in USA, Japan, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, United Kingdom and also Kishore roy throughout India. He lives and works in Kolkata. BFA, Govt. College of Art, Kolkata. Graduate from Kolkata Govt. College of Arts & Crafts. He has held about ten solo exhibitions in Kolkata and Delhi. Participated in more than fifteen group exhibitions all over India. 92 93 NITYAM SINGHA ROY, b 1978 ANAIDA PARVANEH Born 1978 in Balurghat, West Bengal, India. From the very beginning of my childhood I have always attracted to beauty, Anaida is a musician, actor/director, composer/producer, pop and play back singer, multi linguist, advertising beauty that does not only related to visualization but in every Rasa. Story telling of my mother in the childhood makes conceptualizer, writer and painter. From starting as a teenage RJ and pop star she has been an integral part of the me to imagine my own world of fantasy where I always image myself as the hero and visualize the story. The stories Indian music industry for almost 17 years. She has been painting since age 3 but chose to share her work with public only based on Indian mythology specially make me happy where I found the myths, same as reflected in my paintings till since 2009. She has been a part of a few group shows featuring some of the biggest name in the Indian art scene and today. I always enjoy these heroes on my canvas. The human forms in my painting are mostly Radha, Krishna and Mira, had her own first solo show sponsored by AIFACS ( All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society) Delhi. She works on multiple all together or along with the mood of love or prema chemistry. The most interesting part of human figure, in my belief mediums. She creates one of a kind Persian miniature style carvings and Rumi and Khayyam Calligraphy on leather. is the face where I find great area to show every sentiment of love and joy. I gradually develop my temperament to A fusion style created and developed by her over the years . She works as a consultant for various companies and reflect the rasa of their lila and a few objects or forms other than the myths helps to make my sense more powerful presently divides her time between Mumbai and Pune consulting for Oakwood Premier Pune. She enjoys mixing music, and positive. My canvas becomes my language while I paint my story. The medium Acrylic is my favorite and I paint dance and paintings at some of her live shows and currently working on her meditation album with a line of acrylic and most of my paintings with it. I have spent most of time in painting with a very little experimentation since the subjects water colour collection attached to it. with all the forms are always present in my dream. Nityam has been actively participating in numerous Group and solo exhibitions from 2003, major shows include: 2010 – Jehangir Art Gallery (A.C-1), M.G.Road, Kala Goda, Mumbai-400001, S Nelson, b 1963 2010-Group Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Goda, M.G.Road, 2009 - Group Exhibition, Birla art and culture, Kolkata. Studied at Graduate in Fine Arts from Madras and Government College of Arts and Crafts, 1987.Exhibition Participated at include National Exhibition Lalit Kala Akademi-New Delhi,Tamilnadu.Notable Solo and Group Show have been : R. B. Bhaskaran, b 1942 2007-Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai, 2008-Group Show, Delhi, 2009 - Nehru Art Centre, Mumbai, 2009 - Cholamandalam He was taught that Indian paintings should look Indian. But I battle with ideas, challenging the self which rushes out on Artist Village, Chennai. His works are numerous collections including, Government Museum-Chennai, Lalit Kala to the canvas, to integrate into a sympathetic form." R. B. Bhaskaran, principal of the College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, Akademi-Delhi, Citi Bank-Chennai, Lakshmi General Finance-Chennai, Indian Oil Corporation, Chennai and many "An art student is trained to meet the challenges of society as in any other career. Never has art been so marketable as private collection. The artist lives and works in Chennai. it is now. Perhaps for the first time, the growing interest of the middle class in 'collectable art' is being matched by the affordability of art pieces. This is surely going to give a fillip to the art market." Anita Chauhan, b 1968 The man who mouths these words should know the veracity of his statements. After all, Bhaskaran is an established Anita Chauhan has been described as some one representing the new talent that was emerging in India and her figurative painter.Bhaskaran has also trained in the art of painting frescos at the Bhanasthali Vidyapeeth in Rajasthan. "That is why contemporary art was vibrant, colorful, full of form, sensuality and expression. Anita has transformed into a fine artist you find so much of tribal icons and motifs in my work. Tribal art is not only steeped in an ancient culture and civilization, and her lines have a life of their own. The sheer force, the sheer energy and the sheer fluidity compels one with a but is also very close to nature. And nature inspires most artists," says Bhaskaran. R B Bhaskaran lives and works out of mesmerizing effect. She is a promising artist of whom we will surely hear a great deal about in the years ahead. Anita Chennai. has done several shows and has been written about quite extensively on her themes and interests. Anita, age 41 years, has a creative background and has been painting for the last ten years. She is self-taught and successful and has a fairly Yogendra tripathi, b 1965 large list of prominent collectors and admirers. Born in 1965 at Khairagarh, Madhya Pradesh, India. He did his graduation in 1988 and post graduation in 1990. He has had various solo exhibitions in New Delhi and collective shows in India and in London. He has also participated in Rashmi Sikand, b 1968 numerous camps in India. His works are in the collection of many organizations and individuals in India and abroad. Rashmi is a Delhi based artist whose canvases are brought alive with vivid colours and fantastic Figures, Her brushes paint on full-blooded reds, vibrant yellows and sparkling blues and greens, purple and violets. Rashmi is a self taught AJAY KAUSHIK AWTANS, b 1968 artist and has been painting for a number of years, She has drawn inspiration for a host of contemporary & progressive Ajay Kaushik Awtans is an excellent artist with a taste for details, which he depicts through human faces and expressions. artists. Although a recluse, her main showing’s has been in Dubai with M F Husain, Jamil Nashq and Allah Baksh to The subtlety of his paintings is reflected again in the study of a sculpture, expressing himself in his choice of color and name a few. She hardly exhibits her works however Rashmi’s paintings in capitulate life forces with powerful strokes. brush work directly on canvas. Awtans canvases evoke a certain ‘inner feel’ of reflection and introspection, and a certain This young artist, who already has an artistic movement to her credit, hopes to use this latest platform to enhance her ‘visual appeal’ luminous, shadowy and intense. He imparts a sense of intrigue to the simple folk of his paintings. visibility. She works and lives in Delhi. vikash kalra, b 1973 Bala Taral, b 1975 Vikash Kalra transforms the landscapes around him as if he were in a divine frenzy. Highly expressionistic in his approach, Bala’s education in art was in Karnataka, were he received a Master Diploma. Bala style of art is based upon realism and he creates architectural landscape with its mirror reflection in order to emphasize that there is always a hidden other to centres around religious structures. He is widely collected throughout India. everything that is visible. Vikash is works are widely appreciated and are in numerious collections in India and abroad. Vikash lives and works in New Delhi. Bolgum Nagesh Goud, b 1965 He was born in Andhra Pradesh. He holds a B.F.A. with Gold Medal from the College of Fine Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru Rahim Mirza Technology University, Hyderabad, and Grade A Maharashtra Art Certificate with distinction. As a painter he is versatile A Bhopal based artist, Rahim Mirza was inspired in his artistic career by J.Swaminathan’s statement that an artist should working in various forms and styles with immense creativity. His paintings are based on experimental studies of ancient have a personal equation with nature. Mirza closely observes nature and links it to philosophy. The leaf is one favourite stories and are created using different mediums such as acrylics, watercolours, pen and ink, metallic inks, oil pastels themes and he chooses it because according to him it shows infinite possibilities.W hen its bright green, its alive. When etc. His latest works use the Rajasthani hand puppet as a motif or attachment. He has received many awards and has it’s yellow and falls on the ground it has so much presence and it assumes a different character. Another interpretation participated in several exhibitions. is that the floating nature of the leaf beckons people closer. His technique involves working in transparent layers and always moves towards simplification. The inter-dependence of form and the non-formal application of colour is the key to his art. A student of the Graphics department at the Bharat Bhawan, Mirza has taken part in both national and international art events including the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennale.
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