ANANT ART GALLERY PRESENTS ‘BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH’

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Curatedby renowned art historian Professor B.N. Goswamy , the exhibition inspired by theHimalayas includes more than 80 small-format paintings in 2.5 x 3.5 inches sizes and has been thematically divided into six sections titled Mountains, Caves, Clouds& Skies, Water, The Human Spirit & Woods.   SaysMamta Singhania, Director, Anant Art Gallery: “ MiniaturistBireswar Sen in his small paperworks has sought to capture the liberating anduplifting experience of spirituality through various forms of nature like themountains, lakes, rocks and birds.”   Born in 1897 in Calcutta ,Bireswar Sen grew up in an atmosphere charged with art. A disciple of AbanindranathTagore , the artist was also inspired by the celebrated Russian painter, NicholasRoerich. Some of his works from the exhibition include Me and myMother!, which portrays a holyman meditating in a snow-bound cave; in ‘ One whom we see not, is …’ , anochre-clad figure stands under the shadow of a rock gazing at the sky; while in Fulfillment , it appears as if somemaiden in unrequited love is seeking solace in nature among the inhospitablecliffs. Again, in the painting He comethnot , one sees the tangled forms of trees and shrubs along with the littlefigure of a young woman. A Kulu Courtship points towards the Kulu-Naggar region in the Himalayas which the Roerichs had made their home. As one takes in the wonderfully mellowcolouring and the hazy outlines of mountain peaks, it feels as if the artist istelling us a story. The artist passed away in 1974.   Programme   Friday, February 19, 2010: Triveni Auditorium: 7:00 p.m.onwards       Witnessa Poetry Recitation on the theme of the Himalayas by Prof B.N Goswamy and Surjit Patar in Urdu & Punjabi respectively. Therecitation will be followed by a Bharatanatyam dance recital bydistinguished Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, Malavika Sarukkai.   Saturday, February 20, 2010: Shridharani Gallery: 5:30 p.m.onwards   Paneldiscussion on ‘Landscape in Indian Art’ will be addressed by Prof B.NGoswamy, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Malavika Sarukkai, Nikhileshwar Sen, ParamjitSingh, Raghu Rai and Shukla Sawant.

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