Painting Exhibitions

Buddha means "Enlightened One" - someone who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. Buddha Poornima - Buddha's Birthday, the birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama. The festival of Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti celebrates the birth of Gautam Buddha in 563 BC. The most important of all the Buddhist festivals, Buddha Purnima is considered the most auspicious of all the days in the year. Although there are minor regional variations in the way Buddha Purnima is observed, the festival is generally observed by lighting oil lamps before the image of the Buddha, by reciting prayers or reading from the scriptures. Meditation and offerings of flowers, silk scarves, incense and fruit are also part of the worship rituals. Buddha travelled far and wide teaching hundreds of followers. Even after death his disciples continued to spread his teachings. Rich and poor alike were attracted by the simplicity of Buddha's teaching and his emphasis on complete equality of all, a notion antithetical to the existing Hindu caste system. The Mauryan Emperor Ashoka espoused the Buddhist religion in the 3rd century B. C. and helped in spreading it far and wide. Sarnath and Bodhgaya are two of the most important pilgrimage centers for the Buddhists.

Life Beautiful : Exhibition of paintings by Anand Bekwad

Anand Bekwad is one of the artists who has devoted to art since his childhood. After getting his diploma in drawing and painting, he invested his time in drawing art works. Nature has got the capasity to show itself in a mystical way. Anand wants to catch that mystical element of the nature

World Mother's Day 2011

Celebrations of mothers and motherhood occur throughout the world; many of these have histories can be traced back to ancient festivals. There is evidence of mother goddess worship in the ancient world, dating back as far as 6.000 BC, and many mother goddess shrines could be found in ancient times in Asia minor. In Hindu tradition it is called "Mata Tirtha Aunshi" or "Mother Pilgrimage fortnight", and it is celebrated in countries with Hindu population.

Exhibition of paintings by Purnendu Mandal at Kolkata

Articles

Antonio Xavier Trindade was one of the important painters trained in the earlier batches of Sir. J. J. School of Art. Trindade was born in him Asnova village in Goa in 1869 and had his childhood also there...

Spotlight

Artists

Vasudeo Kamath

Vasudeo Kamath, born at Karkala, a small town in Karnataka, is brought up in Mumbai. Right from his early childhood, his inclination for drawing became apparent to the people around him. Scribbling began much before he could write ABCD. He used to draw the lines horizontals, verticals to represent trains running on tracks on the walls and floors of the house with a piece of chalk or crayon. These left hand doodlings were the first expressions of the artist within him.

Vijay Kulkarni

I, Vijay Kulkarni, have dedicated my life to the painting of reproductions of the world famous Ajanta frescoes. It's my life'’s mission to create for posterity a permanent record of these frescoes which face an uncertain future inspite of the best efforts of conservationsists. The Ajanta frescoes are amongst the highest pinnacles achieved by Indian fine arts in its long, continuous march from pre-historic cave paintings to the contemporary art of the present day. Enough has been written about them - the masterful line-work, natural colours, primitive tools, the forms, the competition, the delicate delineation of emotions. In these dark caves with uncertain reflected lighting, a whole school of painting richly records the contemporary social mores, and in the tales depicted, the highest and noblest aspirations of mankind.

Sekhar Roy

Born in 1973. He has done five solo shows and participated in several Group shows. He is a winner of "Kalashree" award from Lalit Kala Academy. He works in Acrylic on canvas. He uses vibrant but cool colours in his paintings. This exhibition on the theme Krishna, Love and Relationship. Artist Says - So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see ... So long as this lives, and this gives life to thee. These two lines always give me a source of supreme joy and consolidation among the measures of life. Whenever, my feeling gets shaken by several phenomena of the society and my heart is aching, its love that really puts its soft hand on my heart. So, I think if god is creator then every person is god because they can create by their love. In my work I try to project that supremacy of human being among the whole universe. Humanity is the creation of man and at the same time Man evolves from Humanity - This is the theme of my painting.

Dadasaheb Yadav

Born in 1968. He has achieved G. D. Art in 1999 from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya. He has participated in several exhibitions in India. He works in Acrylic & Oil on Canvas. His subject is Landscapes. He uses soft colours in his paintings and viewer get a feel of lively painting.

Vijay Gille

Born in 1978. He has achieved G.D. Art (Painting) from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune in 2000. Since then he is working as full time artist and work in Acrylic on Canvas. He has worked on several themes till date such as Brahmin, Batu, Lakshya, Chaiwala, Christ, sadhusm Buddha and many more... Currently he is working on theme 'Shiva', using vibrant still pleasant colours. He has done several group and solo shows and he is winner of several awards. His works are in collection with individual and corporates in India and abroad.

Emerging Artists

Sudheesh Karuvan

Manpreet Singh

Kavi Shelar

Vishwanath Guggari
Rajan Panse

Rahul Kamble