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An artistic collection from Europe

Kunal Diwan

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On view: ‘Cibeles Square’, a pick from the private art collections of European Union ambassadors to India, displayed at the PBC Art Gallery in the Capital.

NEW DELHI: To mark Europe Day, a week-long exhibition of art is being organised by PBC Art Gallery here at Paharpur Business Centre beginning Tuesday.

The exhibition is being organised in collaboration with the European Commission and the Embassy of Romania.

The exhibition will showcase art works from the private collections of European Union ambassadors to India. Of the 23 EU member-countries, ten have agreed to participate in the show contributing 39 works of art in all.

Participating countries

The participating countries include the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The artists whose works have been chosen are Adol Born and Emanuel Prull of the Czech Republic; Adriana Maras of Slovenia; Alexander Cresswell, Wycliffe Egginton and Peter Biegel of the UK; Paulo Varona and Arturo Suto of Spain; Naresh Kapuria, Georgeta Grabovschi, Kanak Chanpa and Dipto Narayan Chatterjee of Romania; Soile Yli-Mayry of Finland; and Gast Michels of Luxembourg.

Other artists include Elizabeth Sass Brunner of Hungary; Barletta and Mino Maccari of Italy; William Townsend, Vasililki Kolotourou, Jean Batisete Valadie and Daniela Dicorrado of the European Commission.

The art works are done in oil, water colour, acrylic on paper, pencil on paper, oil on wood, lithograph and mixed media.

‘Art for environment’

Since the PBC Art Gallery functions around the motto “Art for Environment”, the exhibition will also raise certain questions such as the future of renewable energy in India, the drying up of water sources and steps that can be taken to counter it.

“There is wide acceptance of the fact that we are suffering due to global warming and climate change. We are at risk but we can solve the problem. The Ganges, according to the IPCC reports, is expected to dry up by 2030. Where will the citizens of Delhi get their water from? These are the relevant questions that we hope to raise and answer,” said a PBC Art Gallery spokesperson on Monday.

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