Month: August 2025

From: 12^th to 18^th August 2025

“FRAGMENTS OF SILENCE”

An Art Exhibition by 6 contemporary renowned artists – Virendra Chopde, Vinay Bagde, Abhishek Chourasiya, Vinod Chachere, Siddharth Bettajewargi, Umesh Nayak

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Auditorium Hall

161-B, M.G. Road,

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Contact: +91 8149723564 / +91 7276409841

Timing: 11am to 7pm

This show was inaugurated on 12th August 2025 by Honorable Guests –

Dr. Kishor Ingale, kalasanchalak, kalasanchalanalay, Maharashtra Rajya.

 Milind Limbekar,Renowned artist, critic, and art collector.

Maheshchandra Rajgire, Eminent artist,

 Chandrakant Channe, founder, Basoli group.

Prof.Vishawnath Sable, Dean, Govt. College of Art and Design, Nagpur.

FRAGMENTS OF SILENCE

The aesthetics of fragments and silence occupy a potent conceptual space in today’s contemporary visual art. fragments operate as aesthetics and conceptual device; they reflect what we perceive and execute. whereas silence here is a space between what is said and what remains unspoken.

Artist today is practicing in various medium and material a group of such artists has joined hands together where they stand common conceptually but differs in the language and material. Each of them has their own poetics of fragments and space, yet they stand with a powerful narrative void and a space inviting spectator to enter the world of personal and collective history. Discussing on silence they call it a space not an emptiness, presence of the unseen silence which is muted by multiple layers of steel plates and arrested in the warmth of paper leaf in the shades of colour and the deliberate pauses between forms. it is not passive it resists withholds and listens.

The desire and capacity to move from the conscious to the mystical is constant and evident in this group’s explorations. Abhishek Chourasiya has straight dialogue between the tradition and modern consciousness he tries to understand the transformation of real and make belief he further clarifies that they both are so genuine that the creator the spectator and the unconcerned are engaged and realizes that it exists. this very existence is then related with his idioms of artwork and then continuum to exist in us. Siddharth Bettajewargi is the one who has distinctly used natural materials as the medium, viewing nature as his mother and prioritizing environmental concerns above all else. he creates and unleashes various form of human figures in the fallen leaf.

 

This transformation with the paper- mesh and fallen dry leaf is unique leaving behind interaction of speechless emotions characterized in flexible material. Umesh Chandra Nayak’s sculptures work convincingly challenge the formal nature of academic art, they are deeply personal yet universally resonant with exploration of memory, gender and cultural inheritance. The use of layered metal sheets in his sculptures is intended to symbolize different stages of human behavior, consciousness, and silence, evoking voices from stories that are otherwise inaccessible. It acts as vessels of absence, a carrier of silence. Sustaining each evolving phase of this self-awareness determines the individual contribution to humanity.

Vinod Chachere’s fragments in the work appears throughout the compositions not as ruins, but as carriers of memory. Vinod’s canvas becomes an excavation were meaning needs to be assembled attentively from scattered signs. The silence here is visual and quietness that emerges from muted palettes, minimal gestures, and restrained composition yet it is so conceptual. He believes Fragments and space do not diminish truth they deepen it and carries the viewer into an intimate dialogue. Vinay Bagade’s figures are narrative not through explicit storytelling but through gesture, posture and gaze inspired by lived experiences observation and fragmented memories rooted in traditional figurative techniques.

Vinay blends realism with beautification, often depicting static, emotionally distant figures, with decorative elements floating around as if they are residues of memory or psyche. Virendra Chopde displays his skill in portraying beautiful, elegant, simplified forms highlighted with his distinct style.

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His paintings emphasize sensitivity of subject and strength of aesthetics, revealing interrelationship of nature and emotion. Chopde’s paintings are the celebratory interpretation of beauty, often featuring dynamic compositions that include flowers particularly “chafa” [Plumeria Flower] which reflect his affinity for nature. His depictions of men, women, flowers, leaf leaves a mark by flat joyous colours and elegant rhythmic lines.

MILIND LIMBEKAR

Artist, Art critic, Art collector

FRAGMENTS OF SILENCE An Art Exhibition By 6 Contemporary Renowned Artists In Jehangir Art Gallery

 

12^th to 18^th August 2025

“Meditative Echoes”

An Exhibition of Paintings by

Dinesh Kumar Parmar

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 8830708819

Dinesh Kumar Parmar’s artistic oeuvre stands as a vivid visual meditation on inner states of being, spiritual transcendence, and the synesthetic experience of colour, rhythm, and emotional equilibrium. His recent series, as seen in the mixed-media works from Aura and Meditation, reveals a subtle and contemplative visual language where figuration and abstraction coalesce to communicate metaphysical stillness and emotional euphoria.

This show was inaugurated on 12th August 2025 by Honorable Guests Prof. Vishwanath Sable, Dean Govt. College of art and Design, Nagpur,  Nitin Jadia Art Collector, Rajendra Patil(Para) eminent artist, Sanjay Nikam Art Curator among others.

The central figure in meditative posture, rendered in earthy tones and textural overlays, becomes more than a subject—it becomes a metaphor for the eternal rhythm of existence and the serene cadence of spiritual awakening. Parmar’s art invites the viewer into a tranquil realm where silence is audible and time slows into reflection. His use of colour fields and organic textures evokes both natural patterns and inner emotional weather, turning each work into a portal of introspection.

The thematic continuities in his other paintings—such as the juxtaposition of a stag and bottled elements, or a female figure looking upwards to a red triangle—point towards dream logic and symbolic narration. These visual metaphors, grounded in tonal harmony and compositional finesse, suggest cycles of longing, observation, and silent transformation. There is a strong undercurrent of the feminine divine, spiritual ecology, and cosmic alignment running through his visual lexicon.

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MEDITATIVE ECHOES An Exhibition Of Paintings By Dinesh Kumar Parmar In Jehangir Art Gallery