The art lovers of the city would get a chance to have a close look at various forms of art created over canvas in a group exhibition ‘Kala Rachna’ to be organized at Swaraj Vithika (Swaraj Art Gallery), Ravindra Bhavan premises. Organized by an art group of the city Art 20-20 in collaboration with Directorate of Culture Madhya Pradesh, the exhibition would begin here from Sunday.
The exhibition would be on view till February 18. A group of 13 artists came together to display their creations before the art lovers of the city. The artists of the group hail from Narsinghpur, Burhanpur, Indore and Bhopal.
The artists have brought a lot of variations of art at the gallery. From modern art to abstract art and from figurative to traditional paintings could be seen under one roof. Further, from traditional Madhubani, Warli art the art lovers would also be able to see at some contemporary paintings as well.
Artists like, Dinesh K Dubey, Anju Pethiya Arvind Agnihotri, Vimi Manoj, Damini Baghel, Monika Jain, Parul Golcha, Prabhu Dhok, Preeti Das, Sadhna Shukla, Suneeta Komal and Usha lokhanda.
Notably, the exhibition is all about a combination of art variations on canvas, in form of paintings and drawings.
The exhibition would be like a feast for the art lovers to experience the variations of art at the gallery. While talking to The Pioneer, founder member of Art 20-20 group and a noted painter Sajid Premi said, “Kala Rachna the group exhibition, is organised to bring down the artists altogether under roof and showcase their creations. We endeavour to encourage the artists of the State and so, we often organise such group exhibitions.” Elaborating further, Premi said, “Few artists are participating for the first time in the exhibition.”
Interestingly, on the concluding day of the exhibition a poet’s meet will also be organised. City poets like Anjum Barabansi, Bhadra Vatsi, Sangeeta Gundecha and Vinay Upadhyay would recite their creations. “This is like an art experiment done by us to bring the painters and poets together. Such event is being organized for the first time in the city,’ added Premi.