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The Yellow Banyan's 5 Day workshop on Drawing
Hyderabad,
May 14, 2013: The Yellow Banyan is conducting a 5 Day
workshop on Drawing. Niveditha Indrajit, a self taught artist and engagement
specialist will be leading the session. It is open for anyone who says they
cannot draw at all or even if they consider Drawing to be rocket science.
The workshop will be held from 24th May
2013 to 28th May 2013 from 10 am to 6 PM.
It will be held at 84 Ideas
Office. Plot No: 33A Road No:76, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
It is a 5 days x 8 hours workshop
(based on enrollments and batch requirement we may consider making it a 10 days
x 4 hours per day workshop) where participants will be able make portraits /
draw faces exactly as they are.
As most people nurture the left side of
the brain (Arithmetic and Language / words nurture left side), RIGHT side of
the brain remains a baby that needs nurturing. Drawing is a life skill which is
dropped at the age of 9-10 years - and can enhance the use of right side of
brain and nurture it to be balanced.
This workshop is based on Betty Edwards
teachings of 5 Perceptions of Drawing. While exploring the nuances of Drawing
Perception of Edges, Spaces, Relationships, Light & Shadow and Gestalt
participants would be led to explore Self Expression mindfully based on MBCT.
Self Expression will unravel the
perceptions of boundaries, negative and positive spaces, human relationships,
perspective and depth and whole.
The outcome of the Workshop,
participants will be able to draw faces / portraits. Also they will get better
with Problem Solving, Relationship Management, Self Expression, Self
Confidence, different perspectives, Laws of lines and boundaries, space and a
holistic view.
Group enrollments for Couples,
Parent/s-child/children. group of 3 joining together will have advantage
Contact Janet Parmar / Niveditha
Indrajit on +91-812 521 8637 / +91-812 521 8636 ; Email : theyellowbanyan@gmail.com. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheYellowBanyan
Website: www.theyellowbanyan.com
(Report by Nivedita Indrajit)
Trendy women and liberating scooters - recent works by Milli Pandey Vikamshi
(work by Milli Pandey Vikamshi)
The Hirji Gallery, at
Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai presents a solo show of works by artist, writer and
short filmmaker, Milli Pandey Vikamshi.
The show titled ‘Individualism and Art’ has been on view from the 15th of May
2013.
Milli breaks away from
the usual traditionally strong expression seen in her earlier work, and
experiments with mixed media to develop canvases which are vibrant and speak
volumes about the artist’s progress in her art practice. Milli has mostly women
protagonists placed as the central figures in her works and also dominant in
her works are scooters, Vespa and Lambretta to be precise which act as an
anchor in most of the works, symbolizing a kind of implied freedom and
movement. The works are primarily in acrylic medium with additional texturing
given by colourful and patterned wrapping papers that Milli collects. The
overall look of the works is contemporary and very focused on new age women of
today and their desires and expectations from life.
The show is on till the
21st of May 2013.
Four Fathers of Indian Art - Revisiting Art History
(painting by Jamini Roy)
Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
presents a show of art works of yesteryear masters of art. The show titled,
‘Manifestations of the Mystique’ revisits a moment in art history with the
works of the four Masters of Indian Art. The collection displays works of Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Gopal Ghose,
Gobardhan Ash.
The works on display exude a
kind of liveliness which reaches the depths of the viewer’s soul, enriching it.
The sketches, collages on display are a visual delight, so are the doodles,
with an almost mystical, metaphysical quality which surpasses the passage of
time. The lines, the scale and the compositions leave no doubt as to the
absolute genius of these artists.
The show is on view till the
31st of May 2013.
Signature of a generation - Solo show of works by
Samiran Dhar
(work by Samiran Dhar)
The Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad, presents a solo show
of works by artist, Samiran Dhar. The show titled, ‘Signature’ emphasises the
call centre and BPO generation of today,
and how the younger generation allured by monetary benefits end up
living a life driven and dictated by technology. The artist having worked in a
call centre himself for a while expresses his concern for the claustrophobia
the job entails. In his work, which is mostly tempera and charcoal on paper and
acrylic on canvas, he takes the metaphor of claustrophobia and mindlessness of
that kind of a life.
Most of the figures are without a face, or turned
away from the viewer, with headphones perpetually on their ears, implying the
facelessness and loss of identity of the protagonists. They appear lost in
their own world, lost to the outside world. The works are interspersed with
bits of poetry adhering to the imagery and form the cohesive element in the
whole painting.
The show is on view till the 17th of May 2013.
Social Fabric as
Prabhakar Pachpute weaves it
(Prabhakar Pachupate with his work)
Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, presents a show of art
works and drawings of upcoming artist Prabhakar Pachpute, in a show titled,
‘Social Fabric’. Prabhakar correlates the economic turmoil of the coal miners
of Chandrapur with the cotton farmers and their plight in rural Vidarbha and
the tormented lives of the textile mill workers in Mumbai (then Bombay).
‘Social Fabric’ links the coal mined from the town of
Chandrapur, to the unionised textile mills, as the coal was used to power the
mills at one point of time. With the economy of Bombay changing rapidly, and
environmental awareness, coal mining became scarce, owing to which the cotton
purchased from the cotton farming community at Vidarbha also suffered, since
mills were shut down. Farmers suicides was on the high at Vidarbha and the mill
workers in Bombay went on strikes which only became detrimental for their
lives. Today the mills have metamorphosed into malls and multiplexes.
Pachpute’s work addresses the agony of the peoples’ suffering and brings to fore
this socio-political issue in
Maharashtra’s history.
The show is on view till June 9th 2013.
(Reports by Sushma Sabnis)
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