FASCINATING DEVOTION- These divine sentiments are depicted very artistically by Bir Kishor Patra via vivid interactive and expressive emotional experiences

Recent creative and thematic work of a famous contemporary artist Bira Kishor Patra will be showcased in a solo art exhibition at Nehru Centre A.C. art gallery Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018 from 26th April, to 2nd May, 2022 between 11 am to 7 pm.  It will illustrate his thematic endeavours in acrylic colours on canvas through their relevant nuances and peculiarities in the apt perspectives of visual fine arts.

Artist: Bira Kishor Patra

The show is supported by Mr. Manmohan Jaiswal, Director Aakriti Art Foundation

Bira Kishor Patra hails from Orissa, He had his art education upto B.F.A. in Painting from Berhampur University, Orissa and then M.F.A. in Painting from Faculty of Visual Arts, B.H.U. Varansi, U.P.  He was a proud recipient of several awards even during his student period and thereafter also from many prestigious art promotional institutions of national and international reputation.  He actively participated in many solo and group art shows at numerous art galleries all over India and abroad and rendered his yeoman services for propagation of fine arts to masses through talks on radio/TV and other means for presentations/demonstrations etc.  His works are in proud collection of many art collectors of good reputation in India and abroad.  He has often received overwhelming public response and appreciations for his presentations.

Invisible Light, Acrylic on canvas

The present series of artwork in acrylic colours on canvas illustrates subtle nuances of FASCINATING  DEVOTION  in his unique style of visual expressions.  His unique expressive thematic endeavours reveal the conceptualization on divine path through music of spirituality and rhythm of music.  It is most effectively revealed through his artistic exploration of the beauty and reality of Universal metaphor in human soul, mind and heart.  These divine sentiments are depicted very artistically by Bir Kishor Patra via vivid interactive and expressive emotional experiences which have duly inspired him to vividly portray the spiritual Universe connected and closely related with Divine Music which, in turn, showers its eternal elixir and nectar on the entire mankind. The artistic expressions in various works symbolize the divine journey from outer world to inner subconscious mind which is based on spiritual experience of Divine Gurus, Saints etc. as has been derived from Universal truth of realisation of self. 

“Fascinating Devotion”

A Journey Through Divine Music

Solo show of Recent Paintings

By well-known artist Bira Kishor Patra

VENUE:Nehru Centre Art Gallery

AC Gallery, Dr. Annie Besant Road,

Worli, Mumbai 400 018

Contact: 11am to 7pm

All participants will be awarded Raja Ravi Verma awards 2022 for their noteworthy art presentation.

 Art exhibition organised by Art Vision group for celebration of World art day.

A group art exhibition will be held at P.L. Deshpande Kala academy art gallery near Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400025 on 22nd, 23rd and 24th April 2022 between 11 am to 7 pm for which there will be free entry for all visitors.  Arjun Machivale, Mahesh Kadam and Riyaz Kazi of ‘Art Vision’ Group have specially organised this exhibition to celebrate ‘World art day’ (on 15th April) which happens to be the birthday of World famous and renowned versatile artist Leonardo de Vinci. About 22 professional artists/Art Teachers and 31 art students from different schools will participate in this show and showcase their recent artwork in different mediums and techniques under one roof. 20 art students from Sacred Heart School, Kalyan and 11 art students from R.N. Gandhi High School, Vidyavihar will be the participants in this show along with students.

This show will be inaugurated on 22nd April at 2pm by Chief Guest – Shri. Uday Samant(Minister of Higher & Technical Education) in the presence of Shri. Jalindar Sarode, Shri. Anil Bornare, Seema Nandkishor Lad, Sonakshi Vikas More

Coincidentally, this happens to be a decade celebration of the art movement started as Art Vision  in 2011 by the pioneering visionaries viz. Arjun Machivale, Mahesh Kadam and Riyaz Kazi and hence will be the 10th group art show in that series where artists from farflung areas like Mumbai, Pune, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Nashik, Kolhapur etc., will showcase their work.

All participants will be awarded Raja Ravi Verma awards 2022 for their noteworthy art presentation. Also, people and institutions engaged in doing social and educational promotional work and other related work will be awarded Raja Ravi Verma 2022 awards towards appreciation and recognition of their works.

The various works presented in this group art exhibition will be in   Acrylic, watercolour, mix media etc on canvas and paper. These will include landscapes, cityscapes, realistic work, showing beauty of nature and its marvels in different seasons figurative work showing various emotions in the sensitive minds of human being monumental works, spiritual works and others.

Participating Art Teachers / Professional Artists:

RAMESH V. DESHMANE, ARUNA PHATAK,   DIGAMBAR B. MANDAVKAR, NARENDRA B. SUTAR,   RAMESH GANDHERE, MAHESH BAJRANG BHOPI, RINKU SARDAR (ROY), DILIP TUKARAM PAWAR,  SANGITA GANESH MORE,  SWATI SATISH NAZARE,  DEEPALI MANOHAR SASWADKAR, ASHWINI JAGADISH PATIL, MANOJ PATIL, LALITA CHAVAN (THAKUR), ANUBHAV SUNIL PAWAR, NILESH YASHWANT PAWASKAR,  SANTOSH ANANT MANE, MURLIDHAR KUMBHAR, MEENA KARTIK GADHAVI, MAHESH KADAM, RIYAZ KAZI,

ARJUN MACHIVALE

From: 22nd to 24th April 2022

Art Vision Presents

10th Group Exhibition of Paintings

By

22 Art Teachers, Professional Artists and 31 Art Students

VENUE: P.L. Deshpande Art Gallery,

Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025

11am to 7pm.

PARTICIPATING ART STUDENTS:-

SACRED HEART SCHOOL, KALYAN: GERELANI RIHAN MOHIT, VALA MANTRA MANOJKUMAR, PURSWANI REYANSH VINOD, SURE KSHETRA SATISH, PARMAR PRISHA DIPESH, MATE ADVET MAHENDRA, SHIVNANI TRISHA RAHUL, SACHNANDANI PLAKSHA RAJESH SHETTY VANSHIKA VEEKKAS, CHANDWANI SOHAM SANJAY, DARJI PURAV DEEPAK, MATTA KRITTEN RAJESH, NARA MANNAT DINESH, CHOUDHARY URMILA DEVENDRA, SULBHEWAR SHRAVANI SUDHAKAR, BHADORIYA SHAGUN AJAY PRATAP, SADAPHULE RIYA ANKUSH, SHAKTHI SHIVKUMAR, SINGH SHRISHTI SUNIL KUMAR, EKAGRA SWAYAM

R. N. GANDHI HIGH SCHOOL VIDYAVIHAR MUMBAI:-

GAURAV SHIRSE, TANMAY SAWARDEKAR , SAHIL MESTRY,  PRIYA BERA , MAITRAY MORE, SHMADAT SHAIKH, SAMIKSHA MALAP, SANKALP SINGH, GAURAV BERA, DEV LOKHANDE.

EXPLORING THE POPULAR TERRACOTTAS AND BRONZES OF SUBRATA BISWAS

The Sculptor Subrata Biswas simultaneously addresses two perennial problems that our modern sculpture has very often to confront. First is the question of identity, the second is that of socio-temporal commitment. Subrata through his skill and meditative tackling of forms brings out assimilation within the two. His expressions are apparently simple, sonorous, witty, humorous, yet very much critical in postulating the intrinsic turmoil of life. Through apparent ludicrousness he unfolds the tragic turmoil of reality. Primitivity and folk traditions have played a significant role in his approach towards own form. He thus connects himself with the sojourn of our modernity and absorbing the essence of its ideals transforms the same to suit his own sensibility and personality and thus creates significant forms positing a solution to the intricate problem of alienation and domination of Western modernistic modes.

 

 Jijibisha - A Ray of Hope                  Vitrified Terracotta                 28 x 23 x 10 in                  2019

Subrata Biswas (born 1972) is a sculptor, who came to his own creativity during the decade of 1990s. He completed his masters from Rabindra Bharati University in 1997 and is now attached to the same university as a faculty. For emancipation of his form he judiciously looked deeper into the popular artistic wisdom of our society. We know this search was an important trend of our modernity too. Abanindranath’s research on the cult of popular worship of women folk of village Bengal, which is commonly known as Broto and his significant publication of the booklet titled Banglar Broto opened a wide range of village cults. Gurusaday Datta’s explorations were also very important. The artistic activities of Sunayani Devi in the inner household of Jorasanko Tagore family and exploration of the popular by Jamini Roy and Nandalal Bose opened up the great expanse of folk and popular art. Yet the post-modern and rather the post-truth trends of the twenty-first century is entirely different from the previous explorations of the popular.

 Coronation           Slip Vitrified Terracotta                 39 x 18.5 x 12 in                  2020

Subrata has judiciously surveyed both the fields of the traditional popular and the devastating reality posed by the politics and the present epidemic situation caused by covid 19. He succinctly experimented with tradition and modernity and built up sculptural forms, which are apparently naïve and deeper in unmasking the various trends of existential truths dormant both within the collective unconscious and explosively conscious extrinsic features of our society. With benign sobriety he strikes the various heinous trends of our society with serious rebellious attitude. This is the essence of his present sets of sculptures.

He has worked both in terracotta and bronze. Both these mediums have their own trends of expressionist properties. But his conceptual rendering has energized one with the property of the other. Particularly his bronzes display a kind of sonority, which is very much inherent characteristic of terracotta.

For more details about the show, please get in touch with Komal Jaiswal at artshop@aakritiartgallery.com / +91 9830411116. The show can also be viewed at www.aakritiartgallery.com

TERRACOTTAS AND BRONZES OF SUBRATA BISWAS

16th April – 14th May, 2022

11am – 7 pm

Time Scape             Slip Vitrified Terracotta                 33 x 22 x 1 in                  2022

Aakriti Art Gallery

Orbit Enclave, 1st Floor12/3A, Hungerford Street, Kolkata – 700 017

Phone: +91 33 22893027/5041, ( Sunday Closed )

He has incorporated use of wash technique and other relevant style expressive ingredients adorn various works made in water colours.

 

Artist: Vitthal Hire 

Recent work of senior artist from Mumbai, Vitthal Hire will be showcased in Jahangir Art Gallery, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001 from 19 April to 25th April 2022 between 11 am to 7 pm.

Vitthal Hire hails from Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He had his art education leading to GD arts (Drawing and paintings) and AM (Art master)  in visual fine arts.Then he displayed his work in many solo and group art exhibition in leading art galleries at Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai etc. A proud recipient of state level and national level award from prestigious art promotional institutions such as AIFACS, New Delhi, Art society of India Mumbai etc. He participated in several art camps workshops etc are rendered his yeoman services for propagation of visual fine arts. His works are in proud collection of numerous Indian and International art collectors of good reputation and some reputed art promotional institutions in India and abroad.

His thematic work display in his exhibition reveals many facets and nuances of thematic hues in an expressive and lucid style. His enriched visual language of expressions having ample iconic metaphors and lucid hues of the ingredient muses and their interactive association as well as interrelation is amazing and picturesque in its own way. He has incorporated use of wash technique and other relevant style expressive ingredients adorn various works made in water colours. Artistic use of palette knife and their norms have rendered unique visual quality of transparency and picturesque to the thematic endeavours in oil colours.

Several subjective themes and their peculiar nuances in present world find a prominent place in his works. The prominent thematic highlights include rural life, social life in urban and rural areas, vignettes of Indian culture and the traditional heritage of our country diverse multi modular culture of India rituals and celebrations at places of religious significance during festivals various fairs and auspicious event with regional importance in particular seasons etc. He has also illustrated beauty of nature in different seasons, simplicity of life and culture of working class in villages and rural parts of our country norms of treasures on seashores, seascapes and many more.

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery161-B, M.G. Road,

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001, Timing: 11am to 7pm.