Art is a medium to express one’s tradition, culture, and national spirit. There is a need to bring out themes that focus on the content that represents local lifestyle in different formats, editor of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Jyotish Joshi, has said.
After inaugurating the North-East Conclave, a week-long workshop being organised jointly by the akademi and the Department of Fine Arts, Andhra University, on Friday, Dr. Joshi said: “It is imperative to keep the tribal and folk elements alive by balancing both contemporary and traditional art forms. And modern art should not come in the way of diluting the true essence of the medium.”
He said that artists would get their due recognition only when they tried to bring out different shades of local culture and heritage in a realistic manner. “However, those who wish to brush their artistic skills should have enough freedom and space to express their thoughts sans any pressure,” he said, addressing artists who arrived from Assam, Sikkim, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, New Delhi, Baroda, and Visakhapatnam.
