The eye pleasing and catchy canvas works captivated the interest of the art aficionados of the city. The flying woman, tales of love of the king and queen, aspirations of women, music played still over canvas, all these deep perceptions were seen in a group painting exhibition being displayed at the Swaraj Vithika (Swaraj Art Gallery), Ravindra Bhavan premises.
The artists of Art and Artist Group, Bhopal have showcased their thought process over the canvas through various mediums. The group exhibition began here from Friday at the gallery. The art enthusiasts had an enthralling experience of watching all the art works as they walked through the gallery. With bringing a lot of variations, 14 artists of the group have displayed their best of creations. As many as 75 paintings are on display.
One of the artists Rinki Sahu narrated the tales of love and romanticism of Mughal emperor and his queen. The sagacious love story is told in a unique manner. The artist has used khadi as the canvas and with water colour medium painted the moment. This particular painting remained the centre of attraction for the visitors. She has also displayed a series of her oil paint works at the gallery.
Another painting that featured about the aspiration and untold dreams of a woman where she aspires to fly and have wings remained another eye catchy work of the exhibition. Artist Indira Prajapati gave colours to these aspirations over canvas. Further artist Pinky Sahu created a traditional art over canvas.
Notably, from modern art to abstract art and from figurative to traditional paintings could be seen under one roof. As paintings are one of the mediums that display the perception of an artist towards life, this exhibition is a continuum of creativity and one could feel the transformation of it into colors.
While talking to The Pioneer, eminent painter of the city and organizer of the exhibition Raj Saini said, “All the artists are young and are displaying their ever first group exhibition before the Bhopalites. They have done a lot of hard work to create their perceptions on canvas. I am really contended to launch these artists as they have got immense talent and imagination.” It just took a bit of motivational spirit for them to get up and do something creative, added Raj Saini.