On the occasion of 59 Birth Anniversary of famous painting artist and Former Asst. Curator of IGRMS, Late Anand Tahenguria, a paintings exhibition titled ‘Anand-Smriti’ has been inaugurated at Rock Art Exhibition hall of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal. ‘Anand-Smriti’ curated by Shikha Tahenguria.
The exhibition was jointly inaugurated by Director, IGRMS, Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri along with Dilip Singh (Joint Director, IGRMS) and Shikha Tahenguria.
About this exhibition, Shikha Tahenguria told that the ‘Anand-Smriti’ is a special exhibition of rare paintings of Late Anand Tahenguria. Late Anand Tahenguria was born on 19th August 1960 at Khairagarh (CG). Anand Studied MFA from the prestigious Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidhyalaya, Khairagarh (CG). He has to his credit, 6 solo shows and 20 groups shows in various art galleries of the country. He received four national awards for his paintings. Anand participated in several all India exhibitions in major cities of the country and received special honour by Kerala Lailt Academy for his achievements. He was a member of the advisory committee at Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi. He was worked as Asst. Curator in Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya and was closely associated with folk and tribal artists of the country. He trained them to promote their art forms, motivated and highlighted their art artistic talent.
He never published but wrote several poems. Anand Tahenguria passed away on 23rd December 2017.
After that, the art lovers discussed about their personality and contribution them. On this occasion the officers, employees of the Sangrahalaya and local art lovers were present in large numbers.