Art lovers in the city can pick from a group show and a solo show that are simultaneously being held in the city. With each artist offering a varied style and theme, there’s a lot to choose from.
EnsembleEnsemble, the recently inaugurated show at Kalakriti Art Gallery has a wide range of art works on offer for art lovers in the city. With works by 31 artists, all faculty members of Kala Bhavana, the show has an interesting mix of various media with just as varied themes adorning the canvas. From intaglio and gum bichromate to acrylics, serigraphy, platography, bronze sculptures, tapestry, lithography, frame fibre weaves, stoneware ceramics, architectural installations and even ambrotype on glass.
The sheer variety of works is a reflection of Kala Bhavana’s rich legacy and the people who make the art school an institution. With works by senior artists like K.G. Subramanyam, Nirmalendu Das, Krishnendu Bag, M. Thomas Singh, Uttam Kumar Basak, Sisir Sahana, Nandadulal Mukherjee and Arghya Priya Majumdar among other notable names, the ongoing show at Kalakriti can best be described as mesmerising.
Spread over two galleries – Kalakriti Banjara Hills and Trident Hotel – a visitor can expect to be treated to K.G. Subramanyam’s untitled reverse painting on acrylic sheet, Jogen Chowdhury’s untitled serigraphy depicting a woman’s womb, Sanat Kar’s Family in gouache on board, Arghya Priya Majumdar’s The Narcissist in acrylic on canvas that shows a self-obsessed man engrossed only in himself, Madi Linda’s untitled work on Tapestry, Krishnendu Bag’s frame fibre art using cotton and mulberry silk threads titled Different Kind of Peace Energy and M. Thomas Singh’s Vanishing Act in platography among others.
The exhibition is on till May 15 at Kalakriti’s Banjara Hills and Trident Hotel galleries.
Serene RevelationsAs the name suggests, the ongoing art exhibition at Ailamma Art gallery fills the viewer with a sense of peace. With over 25 works by H.R. Devulapalli on display, the exhibition titled ‘Serene Revelations’ the works are made with oil on canvas and acrylic on canvas and have an almost meditative quality to them. Using abstract art to convey the different chakras in the body and the process of meditation, Devulappalli’s works also relies on symbolic motifs. The artist uses Chakras to signify the seat of energy in the body, the lotus to depict the blossoming of consciousness and inverted triangles to represent the cosmic union. His use of appropriate colours signifies the various energies and qualities of meditation and the different moods that he tries to capture with his brush strokes.
The exhibition is on till April 24 at Ailamma Art Gallery.
