Art Alive presents sounding clay ceramic works by Dipalee Daroz

Asurvedh's solo show of sculptures at Gallery Ragini, lado sarai, new delhi

Birds Home Coming - A solo show of Bronze Sculptures by Asurvedh

The artist grew up in the countryside. Their birds are an integral part of the environment. In his sub conscious mind he has adopted them as his own. Each morning began with the music of chirping birds "like a morning raga they fill up my day with music and peace". Birds tend to live enough ruins bringing life to still monuments that were inhabited in history. The artist is in tuned with nature and wants the delicate ecological balance to remain undisturbed, to provide nascent spaces for the proliferation of birds.

About his works I have found Asurvedh most effective when dealing with emotion, nature and environment. His elongated figures suggest dignity and their proximity with nature brings added emotion to his sculptures. Compositionally strong his works speak a lot about his sensibility and his attraction towards nature. "Birds Home Coming" suggests the artist's reaction to past and present. Monuments are an integral part of his compositions. This is a comprehensive sculpture bringing out human bonding with nature, with history and the outcome is futuristic or eternal. Sculptures like "The Journey" and "The Bird Seller" represent the evolution of the artist. There is a balance in composition and neatness of object, each figure individually sculpted to perfection.

There is certain smoothness in the silhouette of the form which almost invites you to run finger along the periphery of the sculpture. There is almost a poetic rhythm that frees the art work from geometric angularities. The subtle play of emotion in "Family Bonding" brings out the sensitivity in Asur's character. The muse and murmur of the artistic approach in the compositional element displays the tribal essence of the artistic endeavour which showcases the versatility of artistic genius. The serenity and calmness in the facial expression of the figurative representation of these sculptures leads the viewer to the other world. The visuals shaped by the sculptures are much prevailing imagery which may be credited to their being genuine and natural to the artist's philosophy. The artist has represented the traditional ethos of our cultural identity along with the innate bonding of relationship between male-female, human-bird and the monuments. The artist has tried to draw the cardinals of a web-cob which reflects that every creature shown in his sculptures have some unambiguous rapport with each-other.

Nidhi Jyoti Jain
Vikash Nand Kumar

Affordable art with investment value by Nalini S Malaviya

Affordable art with investment value by Nalini S Malaviya
The definition of affordable art has changed over the years. Having grown at a furious pace in the last few years, the domestic art market is currently estimated to be around Rs 1,500 crores. And, market sources predict that it is likely to continue its impressive performance, but what is unclear or has an element of ambiguity, is the growth rate.Whether the market grows at the same spectacular rate or not has to be seen. Despite this, most experts feel that domestic art is one of the safest investment options, provided you invest after a thorough research and look at it as a long-term asset.Affordability is surely a relative term. Earlier, one looked at investing Rs 10,000-50,000 on a painting. Prices have now climbed substantially higher and involve more than five digits. A few years ago, you could buy an average-sized work of art that is associated with investment value for less than Rs 1 lakh. Now you would have to spend at least Rs 2 lakhs to pick up one with some investment potential.In fact, those contemporary artists who are considered to be 'safe' in terms of their investment potential are available only above Rs 5 lakhs.

Unfortunately, these high figures can be a major deterrent to those looking at buying an affordable range of art that goes beyond decorative purposes.Galleries and dealers are therefore introducing new artists with attractive pricing to plug the resultant gap in the market. This also helps in broadening the buyer base. At the same time, this bodes well for young artists and promising talent.Students, fresh graduates and artists with 2-3 years experience are in a better position than ever before to sell their artworks. The demand for affordable art ensures that gallery representatives scout actively for reasonably-priced artists and these are then marketed aggressively to create a clientele.

Source: Economic Times

selected sculptures by Ravinder Reddy

Bose Pacia gallery presents

selected sculptures by Ravinder Reddy

The Bodhi Art Award 2006 Show

The Bodhi Art Award 2006 Show

5th July – 4th August 2007Bodhi Art, Gurgaon.

Artist- Navin Chahande
Title- Puzzle
Medium- Etching on Decapo 200 gsm
Size-24 x 36 inches
Year- 2004

Artist- Atul Mahajan
Title- Breathing in Space (view-2)
Medium- Rubber with Air and Plastic Pot
Size-14x14 inchesYear-2006

Bodhi Art is proud to announce a showing of the winners of the Bodhi Art Award 2006.

The Bodhi Art Award 2006 was instituted in collaboration with the Department of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda. Last years winners, Atul Mahajan [sculpture department] & Navin Chahande [print-making department] were selected by an eminent jury comprising of artists Anandjit Ray and Jitish Kallat, and art critics Nancy Adajania and Ranjit Hoskote. The jury spent a day thoroughly scrutinizing the work of the master’s degree students and the post-diploma students at the annual display of the Faculty of Fine Arts. They also interviewd a short list of students about process and method before conferring the award on Mahajan and Chahande.

The criteria for selection, as spelled out by the jury, were as follows:
- The work ought to demonstrate clear potential for future development, even if it may not seem fully consolidated at this stage.
- The young artist should indicate an amplitude of interests in her or his environment, beyond the bounds of the discipline in which s/he is being trained.
- The artist should not be concerned merely with a limited formalist accomplishment, but must aspire to a receptive and innovative approach.

Having said this, the jury is clear that "its nominees are not by any means 'gallery-ready'." The jury states categorically that this award “is not an instrument of star-creation, there being far too much hype around young artists in the Indian art world today. Rather, the Bodhi Art Award is intended to recognize and nurture talent towards it’s realization, through a process of dialogue, guidance and mentoring.”

The jury selected Navin Chahande for "his ability to work on different avatars of his key conceptual and pictorial interests, namely, the body and the axis mundi. He displays a talent for working in varied graphic and digital media as well as sculpture and installation. He is willing to expand his knowledge base and hone his spectrum of skills, especially in the digital media."

Atul Mahajan was selected for "his ability to revitalize sculpture by reference to interactivity and public-space behaviour. His inflatable mechanisms draw the viewer into an awareness of labour, magic and the palpability of elements like air and movement, which we take for granted. He is sifting among alternative methods of presenting his work so that it is both an object and a process."

Both Mahajan and Chahande will show their award winning work along with new work at Bodhi Art, Gurgaon.


On View From 5th July to 4th August, 2007
Time11:00 am – 7:00 pm (Tuesday – Sunday)
Venue: Bodhi Art,
Grand Mall, LG-1-5,
Mehrauli Gurgaon Road,
Gurgaon

new paintings by ved prakash bhardwaj

different lines-2 a drawing show

curator ved prakash bhardwaj invits you in his next group drawing exhibition titled 'different lines-2' from 22nd may 2007 to 28th may 2007 at arpans art gallery, 4/6 siri fort6 institutional area, new delhi.

artists:
1. arpana caur
2. jai jharotia
3. suhas roy
4. thota vekuntam
5. shamshad
6. anwar
7. neeraj goswami
8. prem sing
9. nand katyal
10. vijendra sharma
11. suman roy
12. paresh maity