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The best of contemporary art

Staff Reporter

A painting by Shekhar Roy to be displayed at the exhibition.

NEW DELHI: Arushi Arts Gallery is hosting a weeklong exhibition of contemporary art by senior artists at The Stainless Art Gallery here from this Thursday.

“Unwinding the thread of tradition” covers the works of a who’s who of the art world whose contribution to the Indian art scene is acknowledged by art connoisseurs the world over. To present all genres of visual arts, the exhibition will display murals, sculptures, installations, abstracts and art works.

Art critic Suneet Chopra, who is the curator for the show, says the contemporary art of modern India refers to a tradition that goes back a good ninety years. “Its source is the Bengal Art of the 1920s with artists like Abanindranath and Ganganendranath Tagore whose linear and delicately coloured works with their haunting quality strike an echo in those of Anjolie Ela Menon, Sanjay Bhattacharya and Bratin Khan who evoke a sense of nostalgia for the survival of the past in a fast changing future..… The exhibition includes an etching by Pablo Picasso who was born in Spain and lived in exile in France, a painted assemblage by Jean Wells of Britain and paintings by Maiti Delte of France, Nickolaus of Austria and Wu Qiong of China, because today Indian voices speak in unison with other voices of the world on an equal footing.”

The participating artists include M. F. Husain, Arpana Caur, K. G. Subramanyan, Somnath Hore, S. H. Raza, Akbar Padamsee, F. N. Souza , Sakti Burman, Jamini Roy, Anjolie Ela Menon and Paresh Maity.

The exhibition salutes individuality which has created change, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa who have led by example to bring a change around them.

As this is the tenth year of Harvest, the annual art affair, Payal Kapoor of Arushi Arts is presenting the art show that will feature the works of more than 67 stalwarts. It is held every year since 2001 to promote Indian art to discerning buyers at fairs. The exhibition and its catalogue are a platform for budding artists to present their pieces of art along with senior established artists.

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