Inner Flow Exhibition at Hutheesing Visual Art Centre at Ahmedabad on 14th April 2015
This exhibition is about Chithrakathi Paintings on Bharatha-K-Koothu. Chithrakathi means 'Chithra’ is painting and ‘Katha’ is story, so Chitrakathi means tradition of telling the mythical and historical stories through Painting in Maharashtra/Karnataka border and in parts of Andhra Pradesh. This thing started in 2002 by the National Folkore Support centre. Traditional chithrakathi style of art inspired by scenes from ‘Bharatha Prasangam’. This interesting blend of art and culture not only brings out some of the lesser-known stories of the Mahabharatha but also the richness of earthen shades and indigenous art forms. ‘Bharatha Prasangam’ is an annual performance by Bharatha-k-koothu, a folk theater group that performs at Draupathi Amman temples across the Tamil Nadu State.
Today i have visited Leila & Purushottam Hutheesing Visual Art Centre - Hutheesing Visual Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, this Art Gallery is in CEPT Campus, Opposite Gujarat University, there was exhibition on Chithrakathi Paintings on Bharatha-K-Koothu. 7 Artists has prepared all paintings.
Meenahshi Madan
Meenakshi Madan Artist: “Art for me is more than a mere passion…the way how I look around me and within me, As a passionate learner, past twelve years I have been dedicated in learning and experimenting the richness and depth of various art forms. Hues of heart studio is my soul place where I conduct art classes, art workshops and art shows with renowned artists.
Indira Seshadri
Indra Seshadri Artist: “Pursuing art for long as a hobby-craft between homemaking, entering a new frame as a serious artist After a few exhibitions in some community halls around Chennai, entering into a new venture through this work.”
S.Suresh
S.Suresh Artist: “Art has been my Passion which has enabled me to Explore the Frontiers of Art and Excavate the treasure underlying beneath, My Professional maturity has surfaced in the form of projects in hotel/ resort/ Corporates / Restaurants and so forth”
Shanmughapriya
Shanmuga Priya Artist: “Becoming an artist is my childhood dream and I pursued my journey towards that. My field of interest is our rich Traditional art forms, have tried to expertise myself in nook and corners of these art forms. Have learnt sculpture drawing also have done sketches of the same for several books. Have also exhibited my paintings at Mamallapuram”.
Rajasri Manikandan
Rajasri Manikandan Artist: “I have a great passion for painting since very young. I am exploring in various traditional Indian art forms. I have done projects in Tanjavur paintings. I am looking forward to interesting and challenging ventures in future.”
Shobha Rajagopalan
Shobha Rajagopalan Artist: “I make use of every opportunity to be creative in all my spheres of activities which is evident from my work as an artist. A passionate home-maker, avid gardener and innovative cook and my keenness to understand people around me, helps me build and maintain excellent rapport with them,”
Vaishnavi Srikanth
Vaishnavi Srikanth Artist: “Learning various visual art tradition of India has made me look deep into them, relating them more with the land and people. A new venture to blend a performance tradition with a drying art is a great experience for me.”
On visiting Exhibition i met Mr. S. Suresh, who is one of the Artists of these 7 Stars. The paintings are based on various episodes of Bharatha k Koothu scenes with the visual idioms of Chithrakathi. The ‘Bharatha-k-koothu’ scenes are depicted in Chithrakathi style of painting by using more modern materials; seven different artists have painted the different episodes of Bharatha-k-koothu in the visual idiom of Chitrakathi
What i can say about the paintings, i was speechless, i have never seen such kind of art in my life. I must say every person who is art lover, have to visit and see the work of these seven stars.
This exhibition is in Ahmedabad so don't miss is opportunity.
Place : Hutheesing Visual Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
Leila & Purushottam Hutheesing Visual Art Centre - Hutheesing Visual Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, this Art Gallery is in CEPT Campus, Opposite Gujarat University, Nearer to Amdavad ni Gufa, When in enter in CEPT Campus opposite to Gujarat University, firstly you see Amdavad ni Gufa, a Big Wooden Board on Tree, if you enter dome looking like Structure, it is Amdavad ni Gufa and if you go on left road from Amdavad ni Gufa you will reach to Hutheesing Visual Art Gallery
Time : 4 pm to 8 pm
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