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‘The Next Awakening’ from Feb.26

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

FINE STROKES: One of painter Raj Mohanty’s works to be on display at the event.

NEW DELHI: An exhibition of paintings by a group of young artists titled “The Next Awakening” opens at the Open Palm Court Gallery of India Habitat Centre here on February 26. The show will be curated by Alka Pande.

Artists participating in the show include Raj Mohanty, Paradosh Swain, Falguni Gokhale, Mahua Sen, Roopa Shree, Pradeep Puthoor, Rashmi Dogra and Veejayant Dash. Their paintings reflect their individual sensibilities according to their location, background and experience. They use a variety of mediums including acrylics and oils on canvases and charcoal on paper.

Raj Mohanty’s conceptual images deal with the “tradition and modern” in a very ironical way where the person is in search of something.

Speaking about his work, Pradeep Puthoor from Kerala says: “My paintings are in the middle of reality and imagination. All the elements are woven together in a tapestry that reveals to us that a composition of art that touches an onlooker psychologically and causes him to evolve, that in itself is as real as any experience. And that gives the paintings life. So the viewer in turn becomes as much a creator as the artist.”

Pune-based Falguni Gokhale says: “I think that people are like trees, they have seasons, stages of growth, their winters and their springs. I try to create the secret abundance of the wild and free nature of a person’s psyche and the blossoming energy that comes to us in cycles and spurts. My trees and figures are one.”

According to Alka Pande, the exhibition is a show that suggests a brave new terrain, where the poetry of visual arts is often completed in the imagination of the viewer. “The Indian art scene against this backdrop is gaining new ground, indicating a whole new world of images, while retaining its cultural traditions,” says Pande.

The exhibition will be on view till the month end.

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