Myriad art activities
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Lalit Kala Akademi held art shows, lectures.
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The Bhubaneswar regional centre of the Lalit Kala Akademi was the hub of myriad art activities. It all began with a weeklong retrospective exhibition of Ajit Keshari Ray, veteran painter and printmaker. Inaugurated by Professor C.L. Porinchukutty, vice-chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi, the exhibition showcased Ray's multi-media work.
Ray who studied Fine Arts and Crafts at Santiniketan in the '40s and then a specialised course in stone carving, modelling, and graphic art in the Anglo-French Art Centre, London, betrays both the oriental and occidental influences on his works.
His realism was touched with a modernist flavour and his works like Flight-II and Cyclone (oil on canvas) herald him as a pre-eminent harbinger of modernism in Orissa. The equestrian form captivated him and he produced a number of works that are abstract-yet-remarkably lyrical. His prints and sand stone sculptures were also on display giving the viewers an idea of Ray's artistic journey over close to five decades.
Women artists
Regional Multiple Media Women's Workshop had nine women artists from States like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa. Sharmila Thakur with her three-dimensional art work showing tribal motifs stood out among the participants though Leelamani Pillai's ceramic work also showed a high degree of expertise. A number of senior artists like Romika Bhasin from Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Rakhi Kumari from Patna Art College and Shubhra Chand from Bilaspur participated in the workshop that thankfully steered clear of the predictable thematic scheme of feminism.
The regional centre organised two lectures in the `Kala Pragati' series. Bijay Kumar Rath spoke on monuments of Bhubaneswar while Prof. Sadasiv Pradhan deliberated on `Primitive art vis-à-vis Prehistoric art'.
B.M.
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