Indian art, Korean art
`INDIAN ABSTRACT art is superficially westernised. Though in its root, I can clearly see the Indian ethos', are the words from Ha, Seung-Hee, an eminent artist from Korea. The occasion is a joint exhibition by established and young artists from India and eminent ones from Korea at India Habitat Centre.
The show that concluded this week was titled "2005 India-Korea Contemporary Art". It constituted realistic and abstract works, and was an attempt to introduce signature Korean art to Indian art lovers and vice versa. Presented by Academy of Visual Media and Montage Arts, the exhibition had names as Gopi Ganjwani, K.M. Aadimoolan, Suhas Nimbalkar from the Indian side and Professor Ha, Sun-Young, Professor Hwang, Man-young etc. from Korea.
Says Gopi Ganjawani, "What is most interesting about Korean art is that it bears a sharp resemblance with Indian art especially when it comes to abstract art. If you hide the name of the artist, you can't make out which country out of the two it belongs to."
While Professor Hwang, Man-Young says, "Indian abstract art is brighter in colours and more creative in content. It is stylised too. Yet we relate to each other very strongly. It helps us a great deal in research material too."
The exhibition was curated by Professor Niren Sen Gupta, Shobha Broota and Kalicharan Gupta from India and Hwang Man-Young from Korea.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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