The
inaugural exhibition of the gallery is titled “Colors of India-2”. It s
a part of a series of exhibitions
curated by the artist Bindu P V relating to national integration through arts.
“Colors
of India-2” is an effort by her to bring together artists from
different parts of India depicting various facets of modern India through the
art exhibition. The artists participating in this exhibition are Sadhu Aliyur,
Bindu P V, Varghese Kalathil, Roshin Thankachan, Kanthraj N, Veeranna Karadi, M
S Lingaraju, Madhu Kumar, Sunitha Ramachandra, Umesh C J, Manjiree Manolkar,
Atul Padia, Avani Shah, Mahendra Mithapara, Nirupam Konwar and Sumitha
Sundaram.
The
internationally famous artists Sadhu Aliyur, Kanthraj N, Madhu Kumar and
Nirupam Konwar bring out the world of an aquarelle charm in the new gallery to
be inaugurated. Works of artists from Vadodara like Atul Padia, Avani Shah,
Mahendra Mithapara depict the beauty of Sahyadri and Gujarat. The painting Introspection
by Bindu P V is her depiction of the Bhuj earthquake of Gujarat, which she
experienced during her stay in Jamnagar. Manjree Manolkar is a bureaucrat and
also is an artist who has done her Master in Fine Arts (MFA) Studio Arts, Maine
College of Art in USA. Using the chair as a symbol of power and various
different imagery from her everyday life and cultural background, she tries to
explore something as abstract as power through her art. M S Lingaraju and Umesh
C J paints beautiful landscapes in abstracts. The academician and artist
Varghese Kalathil has been part of many state level exhibitions by Kerala
Lalithakala Akademi since 1993 and has done illustrations and cover designs for
more than 200 books. Through his 8 paintings he depicts the thoughtful life
through the eyes of an artist. The Bangalorean artist Sunitha Ramachandra uses
the elements of earth to bring to life beautiful organic artworks. In this
exhibition photograph of her such site specific work is displayed. Roshin
Thankachan’s art attempts to deal with the harmonic co-existance of nature and
mankind but also reveals a sturdy take on the contemporary chaos in our
society. Sumitha Sundaram, a Chennai
artist shows keen interest in realism and likes to emphasize on viewer’s
emotions. Workshops as part of the exhibition will also conducted by renowned
artists at the gallery premises. 16 Artist from 6 different states putting
together their works reflecting their take on India is the theme of the
exhibition colors of India. The exhibition is from 18th January to
15th February 2015. Workshops of watercolor by International artists
will be conducted in the gallery during February. Intrested people can contact
the gallery.
[Pic: Paintings of Varghese Kalathil in display]
[Pic: Paintings of Varghese Kalathil and Sadhu Aliyur in display]
[Pic: Paintings of Atul Padia, Sunitha R, Bindu P V in display]
[Pic: Paintings of Roshin Thankachan, Veeranna Karadi, Mahendra Mitapara and Bindu P V, in display]
[Pic: Paintings of Madhu Kumar, Nirupam Konwar, Manjiree Manolkar, Kanthraj N, M S Lingaraju in display]
The gallery is functuctional between 11 Am. – 8 Pm. at WHITE SANCTUM Art Gallery, 2nd Floor, #9, “Sreeragam”, Krishna Reddy Layout, Near Wasa Layout, 5th Main, Dodda Nekkundi, Bangalore 560037. Ph: 08065687209. whitesanctum@gmail.com
