Category: Art Exhibition

From: 25^th November to 1^st December 2024

“OBLIVION PAGES”

Solo Show of Paintings by well-known artist Paul Dmello

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Hirji Gallery

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai  400 001

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: +91 9967547953

http://www.pauldmello.com

Email: pauldmello11@gmail.com

OBLIVION PAGES

            Recent work of a well-known artist Paul Dmello is showing his solo art exhibition at Hirji Jehangir Art Gallery, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001 from 25^th Nov. to 1^st Dec. 2024. This series in Acrylic colours on canvas and water colours on paper will reveal the subtle nuances of the memories of the simplicity of life and peculiarities of beauty of nature and their wonders in the picturesque environment of Vasai and its surroundings.

            This show was inaugurated on 25^th November 2024 by the Chief Guests – Sameer Sata – Project Director – Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai in the presence of Fr. Joe Almeida – Principal, St. Joseph High School & Jr. College, Virar, Vijayraj Bodhankar – Eminent Artist, Journalist & Mentor and Dattatraya Thombre – Principal, Vasai Vikasini Art College, Vasai in presence of art lovers, collectors, promoters etc.

                        His present series is a visual narrative of societal life capturing the essence of everyday existence in rural areas around Vasai from attire to festivities to agricultural practices to the architecture of yesterday. He has been raised since yesteryears amidst the verdant landscapes of Vasai. Blessed with abundant natural beauty, Vasai has instilled in him a deep rooted admiration for nature since young age.  He grew up in a family of farmers there and has happy good old memories of simplicity of life there. He was mesmerised by the traditional peculiarities in rural life such as flowers, lanterns, grinding wheels, rhythmic sound of rahata – old farming implement charm of ancestral homes with their simple yet intricate carvings with mangalore tiles on the top etc.  Through his series, he has endeavoured to immortalize this heritage ensuring that it remains accessible to future generation. This series serves as a visual narrative of the simplicity of life in that picturesque area as a legacy of Vasai.

 

OBLIVION PAGES Solo Show Of Paintings By Well-Known Artist Paul Dmello In Jehangir Art Gallery

From: 26^th November to 2^nd December 2024

“SAFARNAMA”

Solo Show of Paintings by well-known artist Manish Sutaar

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400 001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9372941458 / +91 9869170967 

SAFARNAMA 

        Recent work of a well-known artist – Manish Sutaar is showing his recent work in Jehangir Art Gallery, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400 001 from 26^th Nov. to 2^nd Dec. 2024 between 11 am to 7 pm. This series in Water colours on Archies paper. 

        Manish Sutaar hails from Mumbai. He had his art education at L.S. School of Arts, Bandra Mumbai upto BFA. Then he displayed his thematic works in numerous leading art galleries in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, New Delhi, New York Biennale, Taipei-Taiwan, etc. He also actively participated in art camps at Hyderabad and Pune. He is a proud recipient of several prizes and awards as well as recognitions from leading art promotional institution of national and international reputations. His works are in collection of many reputed art collectors such as Reserve Bank of India- Mumbai, – New Delhi, Bangalore, Kenya, England, Germany, USA, Paris, New York, Italy etc.

        The present series in Water colours on art paper lays emphasis on his journey through life’s canvas as a tapestry of life. It is a chronicle of the ever-shifting landscapes of human existence.  He has encountered a Kaleidoscope of emotions such as joy, sorrow, anger, excitement, enthusiasm, satisfaction in his life. These emphasize profound turmoil and fragile beauty which define the human condition so as to highlight diverse complexity of life in a metropolitan city bustling with hustle & bustle resulting into a pulsating lifeline in urban areas,  Safar transcends more transits leading to a profound metaphor of human aspirations, struggles and fleeting moments. Aptly moved by these moments, his artistic mind has found expressions in colours and forms so as to render unique parameter and dimension to his symbolic exploration of existence via various human postures, moods and unusual characters through flowing forms, textured washes and abstract nuances etc. His quest to unveil and articulate the unseen has resulted into a visual harmony of the intricate complexities of human life.  His canvas has become a refuge where chaos transforms into beauty and despair gives way to hope thereby rendering a happy and positive dimension to his thematic work.

SAFARNAMA Solo Show Of Paintings By Well-Known Artist Manish Sutaar In Jehangir Art Gallery

From: 19^th to 25^th November 2024

VOY-AGE

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Swati Roy

VENUE:

Nehru Centre Art Gallery

Dr. Annie Besant Road,

Worli, Mumbai 400 018

Timining: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 8910812801

Recent work of a luminary from Govt College of Art and Craft and a renowned contemporary artist Swati Roy is showing  in a solo art exhibition at Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018 from 19^th to 25^th November 2024. This series made in watercolours on art paper using Gouche technique will exemplify subtle nuances of her skillful application of apt colours in thoughtful pragmatic thematic perceptions.

Swati Roy had her art education upto diploma in fine arts followed by diploma in Indian style drawing and painting from Govt. College of Art and craft, Kolkata. Then she displayed her thematic work in solo and group art exhibitions at renowned galleries all over India such as Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi etc.

The present series VOY-AGE highlights subtle nuances of the thematic conceptualizations based on fundamental concepts and their skillful application via apt colour tones to suit thematic peculiarities. Her works have a magical sensibility via essence of both Indian and Western arts. Perfections in her style command over the medium and techniques   adopted and expertise in presenting non figurative abstraction compositions are commendable. Her work is in the genre of classic modernism and expressionism which are bold pictorials of her deepest thought. Her thoughts & Inspiration received from nature find a prominent place in the creative endeavors.

Her faith in phenomenal nature as the ultimate source of forms and configuration, duly reflects in the creation by selection of the recollected memories of the observed contents as configuration of colour-masses with shapes defined by contour lines on dimensional pictorial surface divided into flat colour areas. These shapes and spaces being the residues of images of the phenomenal terrains, sky, land, roads, plants etc become expressive. The various contour lines with which she encloses the shapely colour masses endow the shapes with a strange kind of organic rhythm thereby rendering expressionism to the work. In a way her works are at a junction between representationalism, formalism and expressionism. She has adopted suggestive colours and common symbols upheld by plastic rhythm and inventive shapes. The insistent flowing vegetative rhythms of semi-abstract and abstract combinations find a significant place in her creations which are both eloquent and lucid as well as thematically relevant.

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VOY-AGE Solo Show Of Paintings By Well-Known Artist Swati Roy In Nehru Centre Art Gallery

From: 29^th October to 4^th November 2024

‘Illusion and Reality’

An Exhibition of Watercolour Paintings

By Renowned artist Pradip Maitra

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400 001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9231678595

www.artistpradipmaitra.in 

Pradip Maitra’s Upcoming Solo Exhibition – ‘Illusion and Reality’

Renowned for his emotive watercolours, senior artist Pradip Maitra showing his recent work series named ‘Illusion and Reality’, offering a profound meditation on the cultural and intellectual upheaval spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Maitra’s new series was conceived during the 2019-2020 lockdown, marked by global isolation, anxiety, and uncertainty. Like countless others, Maitra found himself confined to his home, grappling with depression and confusion. The previously comforting books underwent a metamorphosis, unsettling him as they seemed to animate and encircle him in a stark embodiment of knowledge confined and remote.

While exploring his daughter’s college library later, he chanced upon a secluded section where valuable manuscripts lay abandoned, their significance fading amidst the hustle and bustle of contemporary society. Maitra’s ‘Book and Lock’ series is founded upon this discovery, exploring the vulnerability of cultural traditions and the increasing conflict between preservation and oblivion. Maitra’s works explore technology’s dominance during the lockdown, using the lock as a subtle metaphor for barriers to ancestral knowledge.

Born in 1959 in West Bengal, Pradip Maitra earned his BFA from the Indian College of Art in 1984. A committed freelance artist, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in India and internationally. As a longstanding member of the Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, since 1988, his work has been displayed at prestigious institutions such as the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, the Nehru Centre, and in global cities like Bangkok and Hong Kong. Maitra’s art is a part of prominent collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, and the Museum of Bengal Art, Kolkata.

‘Illusion and Reality’ invites audiences to contemplate the delicate interplay between safeguarding our cultural legacies and the march of modernity.

 

ILLUSION AND REALITY Solo Show Of Paintings By Renowned Artist Pradip Maitra In Jehangir Art Gallery

From: 24^th to 30^th September 2024

“TRIPARNA”

Solo Show of Paintings

By contemporary artist Sarang Hundiwala

VENUE:

Nehru Centre Art Gallery

Dr. Annie Besant Road

Worli, Mumbai 400 018

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: +91 9422206209

Email:sarang.hundiwala@gmail.com

Aurangabad-based artist Sarang Hundiwala presents a captivating blend of history, spirituality, and artistry in his intricately decorative works. Drawing from a rich array of influences ranging from Indian Miniature art traditions, doodling Zen tangles to Buddhist art influences, mythological frescoes, and traditional Indian sculpture—Sarang’s creations reflect the essence of a realm steeped in cultural heritage and artistic inspiration.

This show was inaugurated on 24^th September 2024 by Dr. Uttam Jain Businessman & Member of Film Centre Board in the presence of Sunil Deore renowned sculptor, Mr. Mahendra Kalantri Director Acclaim Systems India Pvt Ltd, Nitin Jadia Art Collector, Mr. Prashant Kashikar MD Mika Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Jayesh Dakre, Neuroscientist and Smart Future Counsellor, Manmohan Jaiswal Art Curator, Daya Yadav Actor,  Nagma Nizam Singer,  Vaishali Raut Proprietor & entrepreneur, Chhaya Sakhre Classical Singer among others. 

His upcoming solo exhibition, ‘Triparna: The Trinity of Art,’ at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai, exemplifies this unique synergy, offering a visual journey that seamlessly fuses these diverse traditions and popular cultural practices. Each painting invites the viewer into a world of personal religious and spiritual exploration, where Sarang deftly balances the intricate with the ethereal. Central to this collection are his works, which are based on Buddhist sculptures from around the world, starting from the historic Ajanta and Ellora cave art, as well as works from other regions where Buddhism has profoundly shaped culture, religion and philosophy.

Sarang’s works are a meditation on peace, unity, and harmony, embodying the interconnectedness of all life forms—a reflection of the Buddhist principles that anchor his practice. The precision of his penmanship and the subtlety of his brushstrokes create a mesmerising interplay of depth and lightness, leaving viewers enchanted by the richness of his textured surfaces and the inherent depth in their corresponding messages.

With numerous exhibitions to his name, artist Sarang Hundiwala’s art has earned a place in esteemed collections both in India and internationally. His solo show is not just an exhibition; it’s an invitation to experience the timeless spiritual and artistic traditions that continue to inform his evolving visual lexicon and inspire the world around him.

   

TRIPARNA Solo Show Of Paintings By Contemporary Artist Sarang Hundiwala In Nehru Centre Art Gallery

From: 24^th to 30^th September 2024

“Metal Canvas Stone”

An Art Exhibition by Asurvedh, Dr. Manisha Sachihar, Hemant Joshi, Vijaya Ved 

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Auditorium Hall,

161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda

Mumbai 400 001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

 +91 9811178769,  +91 8407945292

The Metal Canvas Stone: Triveni of Art

Art exhibition is a confluence of distinct artistic expressions and mediums, offering a unique experience for art enthusiasts in Mumbai. Showcased at the Jahangir Art Gallery, this exhibition features the works of four renowned artists: Asurvedh, Vijaya Ved, Manisha Sanchihar, and Hemant Joshi. Their collective efforts revolve around invoking empathy and exploring both the physical and mental conditions of human existence through art. While Manisha’s abstract work leans heavily on symbolism, the other three artists present figurative forms, creating a direct and immediate connection with viewers.

This show was inaugurated on 24th September 2024  by Chief Guest Sanjay Puri, Sanjay Puri Architects Principal Architect Mumbai in the presence of  Rupesh & Archana Baid Principal Interior Architect & Design Co. Mumbai, Rajendra Patil President, The Bombay Art Society, Prof. Dr. Milind Dhobley Dean Faculty of Fine Arts MOT ADT Uni. Pune, Maharashtra

Asurvedh’s art captures the overlooked moments of everyday life, particularly focusing on the marginalized individuals who are often unseen in the bustle of urban life, such as children selling balloons at traffic signals. Through his sculptures, Asurvedh freezes these fleeting moments of human dynamism, urging viewers to take notice of the lives that often go unnoticed. His art transforms the mundane into something profound, turning these everyday scenes into still, yet expressive, sculptural forms that encourage reflection on the world we ignore.

Vijaya Ved’s artwork embarks on a journey of self-illumination, where she delves into both the tangible and intangible aspects of human existence. Her art resonates with themes of self-awareness, spirituality, and the human connection to the infinite. By portraying the emotional and spiritual relationships in life, she transcends the physical limitations of the body, aiming to illuminate the boundless nature of the soul. Her evolution as an artist reflects a shift from depicting life’s emotional ties to a deeper immersion into self-exploration through nature, revealing a universal quest for inner enlightenment.

Manisha Sanchihar presents an abstract exploration of the inner self, challenging traditional boundaries and highlighting the intricate relationship between attachment and detachment. Through her abstract expressionism, she portrays the boundlessness of the mind and emotions. Manisha’s work suggests a deeper connection with self-expression, illustrating how abstraction can still carry powerful, introspective emotions. Her art invites viewers into a space where distinctions between being and non-being dissolve, offering a moment of introspection and encouraging self-discovery.

Hemant Joshi’s sculptures emphasize the inner essence of forms rather than their outer appearances. Working predominantly in abstract stone sculptures, he seeks to uncover the deeper, hidden realities of objects and beings. His use of different stones to create harmonious compositions reflects a transformative process—one that imbues lifeless materials with a sense of boundless interpretation and beauty. Through this abstraction, Hemant’s sculptures reveal new dimensions and meanings, evoking endless possibilities for viewers to explore.

Overall, the exhibition presents a compelling narrative of human existence, self-awareness, and the interplay between the visible and the unseen. Through a diverse range of mediums—sculpture, painting, and abstract forms—these artists provide a profound commentary on the human condition, inviting empathy and introspection in their audiences.

 

METAL CANVAS STONE An Art Exhibition By 4 Renowned Artists In Jehangir Art Gallery

From: 10^th to 16^th September 2024

“COLOURAAG”

An Exhibition of Paintings

By

Contemporary artist Pavan Kumar Attavar

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400 001

Timing:11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9739209505

 Recent work of a talented artist from Mangalore, Pavan Kumar Attavar has been displayed in a solo art show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai from 10^th to 16^th September 2024 between 11 am to 7 pm.  This series in Acrylic colours on canvas will exemplify his thoughtful perceptions about the relevance and sanctity of musical instruments in general and violin in particular for spreading the eternal grandeur and harmony of music among the masses and, in turn, make them happy and joyful. He has made artistic used of pallet knife and acrylic colours on canvas for his paintings.

This exhibition was inaugurated on 10th September 2024 by Honourable Mrs. K.G. Menon, Secretary – Jehangir Art Gallery in the presence of Suhas Rao, Prajna Suhas Rao, Sanvi Rao, Swarit Rao and Sudhir Bolar.

The Series presented by Pavan Kumar Attavar elaborates the relevance and sanctity of white space or highlights and dark areas or depth. Having been greatly influenced by high notes and low note in Music and their effect on the listeners and all alike, he has incorporated the same inspiration from music in his artwork using apt colour tones and their rhythmic harmony. His work prominently highlights, the Violin in particular along with other instruments like Damru and Trident and their tonal resonance in orderto spread the fragrance and rhythm of music along masses. Making an optimum and iconic use of bull and other relevant ingredients at strategic arenas in the work, he has demonstrated his skill and command over the medium used in order to render ample contentment and divine tranquillity to all.  Using the mythological background, he has focussed on the sanctity and relevance of both vibrations and resilience as well as tranquillity in the divine music – aptly called the 5^th Ved or Pancham Veda to make the overall humanity happy and exhilarating as well as joyful in the apt perspectives of visual arts. 

 

COLOURAAG Solo Show Of Paintings By Contemporary Artist Pavan Kumar Attavar In Jehangir