It was wonderful to close our 2011 art calendar with a show organised by the prestigious India International Centre New Delhi. It was fun curating this show titled New Visions: Contemporary Folk arts of India. The artists participating in the show included Pushpa Kumari, Pradyumna Kumar, Mantu Chitrakar, Jaba Chitrakar, Sonia Chitrakar ( the youngest artist @ 13 years), Kalam Patua, Soni Jogi, Prakash Jogi and Govind Jogi. The art traditions represented were Madhubani, West Bengal pattachitra, Kalighat and Jogi art.
All the artists presented very powerful works, ranging in themes such as corruption and the Commonwealth Games, women empowerment, pollution, terrorism, natural disasters such as the tsunami, etc. Sonal Kalra my friend and editor of HT City was the chief guest at the opening which was a lovely event.
The response to the exhibition was good - the quality and depth of the works left most visitors astonished.
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