Juneja Art gallery was happy to host the play 'Saari Raat' Directed by Ruchi Bhargava Narula.
Artists : Kapil Sharma, Neha & Jaskaran Bakshi.
Artists : Kapil Sharma, Neha & Jaskaran Bakshi.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Poetically Urban | 17th - 23rd Oct. 2018 | Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
Sangeeta Juneja presents 'Poetically Urban' which is 132nd show sponsored by Artchill
Cities are like lovers
They welcome you, touch and caress
you with the hands of their luminous streets and dark mysterious alleys, and
their lamp posts seem like the signifiers of some unknown civilization. You
could laugh, weep and dream with them and they will listen to you and never let
you alone. They seem in perpetual waiting for those who are in love with them.
The allurement of the city is such that if you enter it once, notwithstanding
the complexities and hardships you come across, you will never go back, never
leave it because, as the great Greek poet Cavafy says, the ‘city will always
pursue you.’
Poetical renderings on canvass by 6 artists , each in love with his own city, pouring his love in each one's unique style.
Somenath Maity is a painter with a strong
drawing base, his canvases are unique in their starkness and almost
monochromatic quality. Invisibility of human beings in Somenath’s canvases is
also a profound statement on the city life where imposing structures take the
center-stage and people often become secondary, marginalized and negligible.
Abstract art is not an imitation of reality or a parallel depiction of it, but it does have a relation with the reality which is often complex and dialectical in its nature. In the abstract art, realism gets transformed into what can be called a ‘higher or heightened realism’.
Somenath’s canvases are superb examples of the dialectics of reality and abstraction, of the ‘heightened realism’ as they do not just provide the exteriors, but depict the essence, the soul of the city. Somenath’s Kolkata is much more interiorized, it’s a Kolkata that transcends its physical appearances, a city within the city where geometrical shapes, angles and triangles, domes, turrets and minarets of a building, temple, church or mosque, balconies, doors and railings of old and new houses cast semblances upon each other and form another place.
Somenath’s cityscapes are beautiful,
illuminated, and enchanting visuals of the city that are quite layered and
imposing, but they belong more to a ‘felt’ space rather than a ‘seen ‘one. They
are solitary and dream-like too. They provide a visual treat, but what is more
striking is that they seem to unfold some mystery to you and you wish to remain
in front of them for as long as you can. This has been possible mainly due to
Somenath’s masterly use of light in his colors. He has succeeded in producing
the inherent light of each and every color he has used. Somenath’s colors
represent fascinating variations, layers and hazes of light and create a
pervasive veil of atmosphere. In a number of his canvases we see a vast and
stylized sky with various hues, clusters of stars and an occasional half moon,
and all these images form a grand dream of atmosphere. The lights of the city
at night were one of the first images Somenath came across as a boy from
village. It’s no wonder that they remained with him and became a part of his consciousness
and creations. Since then, he has been listening and talking to the city,
walking round it, dreaming and lamenting with it and finding a world with every
footstep. He dreams the city in lines, colors and lights, and creates poetry in
his canvases.
The fusion of neon's, bright colors and the precision of lines speak vociferously of Suparna Mondal's work as it denotes
her style and philosophy of the art produced. Art, in which traditional norms
are broken, to liberate oneself to the spirit of experimentation. Contemporary
artists are now open to experimentation on new ways of visualization and
Suparna has also explored fresh ideas & use of varied materials and medium.
She has moved away from the narrative, towards stylized abstraction to portray
the energy, pulse & dynamism in these Urban fantasies. My seven years at
Viswa Bharati helped me to understand the harmony and coexistence between sound
and silence.”
The collage of acrylic and mixed media, that have become intrinsic to her style, add essentials to understand each painting. Each of these paintings works as a timeline in the artist's journey. A transition in her life comes each time she looks out of the ‘window’, the window that plays a major role in her life. Suparna says, “windows have always held importance in this journey of mine. I have seen stories of different cities through it and have spoken to the beaming lights and their sounds too. My prime focus remained to be able to narrate stories of yesterday, today and tomorrow.”
Metros have now become home to the
artist and the window substituted with the canvas on which she narrates tales
of these cities as each city inspired and was creatively captured on these
canvases by the artist - covering all the context from the streets to skyscrapers,
nature to city heights, pace to peace and from shimmering lights to fragile
windows with controlled drawing of lines , use of bright color tones and
use of interesting mixed media. These bubbles are waiting to burst with their
spirit of energies to celebrate the ease, the play of colors, tones, lines and
forms.
In this cosmos, fascination with art
and use of intense warm colors in these architectural urban scapes , SHE
composes a rhythmical succession of the different features of the city life –
living or nonliving to convey the feelings of emotional liberation which needs
to be corrected in time.
Her infinite love of nature breathes life into the inanimate with soothing harmony of colors. It is, at the same time, an escape from the mundane murky development of mad age for seeking solace in solitude. Her attempt is to rejuvenate the traditional pictorial idiom sufficed with a contemporary accent.
Through the last three decades by her constant craftsmanship she has carved for herself an abiding niche in the contemporary art scene of Rajasthan. In her present renderings of the various landscapes, she vehemently loads her imagery with layers of pigments using roller strokes in her artistic endeavor to delve deep into the nostalgic wealth of heritage and love for one's own terra-firma.
Deepak Kumar -What enchants a viewer about his
works which leave them spellbound is the surge of passionate strokes that stand
vertically slash horizontally, weaving a lovely brightness of activity with
silhouettes of skyline on top and on the lower planes the edge of dark deep
abysmal sea that spreads like a band of solitude in contrast to the middle
regions of his canvasses which also convey a sense of TIMELESSNESS and SPACE.
The palette of his hues and variable tones ensures the merging of both with his
energetic zestful strokes.
Bold strokes depict his
coastline erect themselves as colors define the mood of nature surrounding.
These cityscapes are tranquil and serene in some and volatile in some as the
skyline bows gracefully to the seas...
The Cityscapes along harbor as
weaved by Sasanka Ghosh trigger a dynamic process and compel us to look at reality as an
Impressionistic illusion and dig deeper in his abstraction to translate what he
has experienced over a period of years. It is almost as if the four winds
gathered, teased his eye lending him a fervor, strength and vitality as he
translates the depth of nature’s attributes evoking climates in consonance with
the tangled strokes of the planar divisions of the sky-we can sense an inter
connectivity of both the visible and the invisible.
His canvasses are modernist in
nature with impressionistic undertones. His skill is evident in the way he
creates imaginative and stunning cityscapes & harbor scenes – as molten
images in various hues lending a strange luminosity to the skies and the
reflections beneath in contrast to the thickly applied coastal images.
Sanjay Baishnab His landscapes are picture
postcard perfect. At first you are taken in by the sheer prettiness of it all.
It is lush and luminescent, capturing with impressionistic fervor, nature at
its photogenic best. The paintings are ethereal and lovely, swathed in
blue-grey mist, his works on Benaras brim with the timeless energy of the
Ghats.
In his paintings, the landscape is the center point of attention. It surges ahead with force and a startling sense of immediacy. Inside the canvas, the past and the present, ideas, people and monuments and nature melt to form a fecund world where boundaries are seamless. If lighting is used to enhance emotion and mood, color in his work is used to navigate a range of meaning. Bright and rich hues are evocative and lustrous. The canvas is nourished with joyful energy & color. The temple pond and the devout bather converge, the pilgrims , the trees, palm shores and boats all mingle : it is hard to tell where the borders begin and where they end. A lot is happening on his canvas. It is usually bustling with activity and we get a feel of the imminent, as if we are about to witness events just about to unfurl upon the canvas. We aspire to live briefly in those moments of ephemeral loveliness as we keep our sense of splendor alive, our response to beautiful things are heightened because our everyday lives are moored to the world of mediocre imagery.
E-Mail : sangeetajuneja@hotmail.com
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Woven Together at Juneja Art Gallery
Jaipurites are going to witness a spectacular Grand Show , Which will be a blend of gigantic
magnificent Sculptural installation along with dance performance. An invite is attached along with a video & curatorial note for your kind appraisal.
magnificent Sculptural installation along with dance performance. An invite is attached along with a video & curatorial note for your kind appraisal.
Woven Together
1st Sept. 2018 at 6 .30 pm. Juneja Art Gallery – C – 34 & 36, Road No.1, Bais Godown, Jaipur.
Releasing and letting go to create a space.
A space that is both empty and ready to receive, where ideas come and go, watchful egos that float in and out.
Senses that feel and emotions that rise and fall, like a wave that warmly caresses you, before you once again find your balance:
“Woven Together” is this, and more...
It is not about me, not about you, nor about them “Woven Together” is about us.
Woven Together “ is a tangible creative outcome of a collaborative journey that was started over a year ago -
“Mutthi - a fistful of Clay”
Ruby Jhunjhunwala is trained at Alfred University, NY under the mentorship of Daniel Rhodes. She is one of the pioneering ceramic artists of the country, with over 40 years of experience.
Ruby transforms her studio Adipa once every month into a community space for people of different abilities, diverse backgrounds, and all ages; to connect and understand one another from a perspective other than their own. Together they play with clay and leave their identities in the form of a ‘Fistful of Clay’.
Hrishikesh Pawar, formally trained in Kathak, followed by over 8 years of study & practice of contemporary dance in Palucca Schule Dresden Germany, has moved beyond the classical dance boundaries to explore the various dimensions of the human body.
As Ruby and Hrishikesh have meandered through this creative journey, together they have imbibed the sentiments of the two different mediums, the soft, cool malleable clay, and the graceful movements of the dancing body.
42 Artists from across the globe have worked with a sense of oneness, giving Ruby the freedom to curate and weave together their work into fabric like forms speaking a single language- a language of love, caring and acceptance.
Hence, “Woven Together” is an experiential installation that aspires to take back the viewer to the basics, it almost endears you to move within and explore your own feelings and realizations.
Ruby works to bring an acceptance of differently abled members into the mainstream system, so also Hrishikesh invests his artistic energies with Parkinson's patients to facilitate them to dance and accept their body. It is obvious that both Ruby & Hrishikesh desire to expand their expression beyond just clay or dance.
The collaboration “Woven together” is just the beginning of this journey...
Using the elements of ceramics, imagery, dance, movement, music and community, the collaborative work triggers a sense of awareness and curiosity that eventually leads to ‘acceptance’.
Show is on view from 1st to 22nd Sept. 2018
Saturday, August 25, 2018
'INTO THE BOX' by 11 Sculptors at GALLERY ARTCHILL, Amer Fort
I N T O
T H E
B O X
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in our hearts’’
In our quest of achievement and success we often forget the smaller things in life. We forget that small is beautiful and that is powerful. Well the pen is mightier than the sword. Similarly, we have always been encouraged to think out -of -the –box and in turn to accomplish as a result that is out –of – box. This has been a constant conditioning since childhood.
So, in the spirit of thinking out –of –the-box, we thought it would be a challenge to create works that fit into the box, where in the largest box is a 10” cube and the smallest 7 ‘’cube. The artist is encouraged to deconstruct, think small-yet powerful and create works that fit literally into the box. This can be a task as specially in the world of art, where the bigger is better it is!
A lot of care was taken while choosing the artists, each one having their own speciality where in they have given justice to the concept. Anju Pawar and Rutvij Mistry have both worked on birds, where in for the former the birds are symbolisms of piousness of the soul and pure consciousness. She has used the traditional Japanese method of naked raku firing. Rutvij, on the other hand feels doves best represent love and peace which the humans need all over the world. Yashashari Shildhankar, on the other hand, is inspired by the clean lines of modern shapes and alternation and reconstruction of these shapes. Her black and white and single colour forms are dramatic, simple yet impactful.
Decorative is what Sushma Anand’s work seems at first glance. Her Indian teapots, though are functional and have the ‘jaalis’ and the inlay patterns of the mahals on their form through a process which allows her to transfer drawings as well as to print on clay. Nalini Thyagarajan’s elegant bowls are simply there for their own sake. Functional in nature, simply there to delight. The bowls have Nalini’s brushstrokes and are wood fired. Neha Pullarwar, through her work questions the human’s need to build without thinking and remorse and feels we need to need from the animal kingdom where their dwellings are environment friendly and are biodegradable. Her work of mixed media is rather strong and thought provoking.
Shayonti Salvi, on the other hand is amazed by the seed pods, who nurture and harbour life. These seed pods while breaking open are symbolic of life and hope. She has used too the naked Raku process, along with the traditional smoke firing method and porcelain. Khushboo Madnani work’s is also defined by the landscapes and assymetrical and symmetrical forms of nature. Her powerful works though were created in Mumbai, were wood fired in Australia telling their own little stories. Rashi Jain’s works are meditative figures which explore the process of awareness of the Self. Her porcelain figurines speak volumes with all their detailing and use of gold.
Aditi Saraogi’s work values the abtract treasures of love, joy, peace, respect, freedom and care which according are most important jewels. She has worked with porcelain for its transluscence as well as used the smoke firing process too. Vinod Daroz draws inspiration from the mundane mortar and pestle from the traditional kitchens of India. These help in food preparation thereby symbolizing creation. His works are slip cast porcelain with the use of decals, gold and silver lustres.
Curated by ADITI SARAOGI & SHAYONTI SALVI
Artists -
ADITI SARAOGI, ANJU PAWAR, KHUSHBOO MADNANI, NALINI TYAGRAJAN, NEHA PULLARWAR, RASHI JAIN, RUTVIJ MISTRY ,SHAYONTI SALVI, SUSHMA ANANDVINOD DAROZ & YASHASHARI SHILDHANKAR.
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Artchill presents 128th Show ‘ ME & YOU ’ Emotive Graphs by SANT KUMAR
‘ME & YOU’
We take pleasure to announce this Art Show which has the energy, talent ,
Dreams & are poetical renderings of a young emerging artist SANT KUMAR.
Dreams & are poetical renderings of a young emerging artist SANT KUMAR.
Coming up from a humble background yet Art Literate ,
his wispy mysterious figurative artworks which are more like portraits will tug at your heart ...the
his wispy mysterious figurative artworks which are more like portraits will tug at your heart ...the
indefinite boundaries of faces draw you closer & closer to decipher his unique art language
which is impulsive, varied & quite magnetic.
which is impulsive, varied & quite magnetic.
OPENING 6 PM TUESDAY 21st AUG. at GALLERY ARTCHILL AMBER FORT, JAIPUR.
Inauguration by Padma Bhushan Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Guest of Honour- Shri RAJ BANSAL
Emotive Graphs by SANT KUMAR
My paintings are mostly fluid Life Expressions. Me and my paintings , together weave a world in which both are active participants. My art tries to capture the intricacies & ambiguities of human heart being depicted through facial expressions. My work is all about the rapidly changing moods & expressions of people who I see around me.
ART for me is a synthesis of what I see, feel & pour on the canvass all the time, while I paint, the line between the real and creative world disappears. My work is an amalgamation of both- the endless flow of life and my own fluid creative process.
In our journey of Life as we leave some moments behind, we carry forward some within ourselves , so when i paint, these memories reappear and the layers keep peeling off too at the same time, thus giving fluidity and rigorous mobility to my expressive compositions. In some compositions my choice of color tones try to depict the realities & sufferings of life, the palette of which varies from colorful romantic renderings to dark & gloomy moods. I take cue from smoky reflections of ME & YOU mirrored in illusions which sometimes flare up & sometimes extinguish…..these colored images pour down with a gust of wind & splatter of rain….i feel I am a drone in never ending season of colors. The spectacle of time which changes like molten wax & these weavings of colors in which I get enmeshed and dream of YOU , are reflected in these imageries. I take off in my flight in this dreamy world, I see myself in my canvass weavings which is strangely somewhat like YOURSELF.......
Sant Kumar.
Friday, August 10, 2018
‘ART IDIOMS - STRAY & MOULDED' 127th Exhibition at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
Opening 6 pm. Friday 10th Aug. 2018
Show is on till 25th Aug. 2018, Daily 10 am to 7 pm. Sundays open
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Juneja Art Gallery established in 1994 has been the pioneer Gallery in bringing art awareness to Jaipur, the Gallery has sponsored 126 art shows so far .
This is 127th show by Artchill in its Bais Godown Gallery.
We expect this MEGA SHOW will provide a great visual treat to Art Lovers of jaipur who are frequenting our galleries for a Unique ART EXPERIENCE.
‘ART IDIOMS - STRAY & MOULDED ‘
Eclectic, experimental , stylized & thought provoking- the Paintings , Sculptures & Drawings in this big group show by 46 artists present a unique and diverse palette of art created by the best of Indian artists. The list of artists include well known, established, award winning artists and the young promising names of our contemporary world , each with a distinct artistic attitude.
The Creative process depends on a certain attitude of mind as the artists select or invent elements significant to a given purpose & organize or mould them into a new and unique form OF VISUAL ART. Creativity is an expression of freedom & originality enjoyed by these artists & their art knows no boundaries except those inherent within itself, in this sense creativity is like a living organism- where by free thinking , exploration and progression their Art germinates , evolves , is moulded & grows to its full heights thus bringing a peak or Zenith in their careers. Artchill brings to you all, this show of such special art from each of these artists which reflects such aesthetics of their zenith, where each of them present Art of the Figure in a unique form.
To give shape to perfection, artists use their imagination with all degrees of realism, depending on how well they adapt human wishes to the actual conditions of existence. One of the most enduring motives of all artistic creation is that of throwing up contrasts and paradoxes that govern our lives, taking in its fold - attitudes and values, conjuring up unities and dualities, striving towards the ideal of a genuine, unpretentious human existence . I firmly believe that if you completely surrender yourself in an unbiased manner to the experience that art can offer you, it not only elevates your spirit but it will reach out to your inner self & connect with your sub conscious. Hence art can be used as an instrument & it is increasingly important for artists to synthesize global visuals into a local vocabulary.
All works included in this show are depicting Figurative Art & walk the viewer into some story, speaking of the inner and outer worlds- It could be satirical, esoteric, psychological, innocent, spiritual, dreamy or surrealistic...many such deeper emotions that we could relate or connect with. Eventually an artist translates these & moulds them into choreographed compositions , replete with their own individual essence.
Participating artists
Abbas Batliwala
Akash Choyal
Anand Panchal
Anjani Reddy
Arpana Caur
Ashish Shringi
Ashok Hazra,
Asit Kumar Patnaik
Deepak Khandelwal
Dharmendra Rathore
Dieter Kunz
Dileep Sharma
Dipika Hazra
G.S. Khetanchi
Jagdish Chander
Jimmy Chishi
Kanchan Chander
L. N. Naga
Madan Meena,
Malchand Pareek
Manash Jena
Manoj Mitra
Moumita Ghosh
P.N. Choyal
Pankaj M. Agarwal
Pradeep Verma
Prakash Deshmukh
Rajesh Yadav
Sanjay Bhattacharyya
Sant Kumar
Seema Kohli
Shabnam Husain
Shahid Parwez
Shail Choyal
Sheetal Kamble
Shiv Kumar Gandhi
Shuvankar Biswas
Subrata Gangopadhyay
Sumahendra
Sumit Sen
Sunil Padwal
Suparna Mondal
Surjeet Choyal
Swapan Roy
Vijendra Sharma
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