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Jaipur exhibition brings modern art to Rajasthan's cultural landscape
A large art exhibition is taking place at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur.
It shows almost 50 artworks made by 35 artists.
Some artists are famous, while others are younger or less widely known.
The artworks include paintings, prints, sculptures and traditional-style miniatures.
One painting imagines Pablo Picasso eating Rajasthani food in a village.
People can look at the art and also buy it.
The centre hopes this will help artists earn money and encourage more people in Rajasthan to enjoy modern art.
It charges artists a 5 percent commission, which is lower than the commission mentioned for many galleries.
The exhibition also includes works by Maqbool Fida Husain and K G Subramanyan.
The Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur is displaying nearly 50 works by 35 artists, including Maqbool Fida Husain, K G Subramanyan, Akhilesh and younger artists.
The exhibition includes paintings, lithographs, etchings, serigraphs, miniatures, sculptures, installations and experimental contemporary works.
The Rajasthan International Centre is trying to develop a commercial market for modern and contemporary art in Rajasthan, where traditional crafts and miniature art are more established.
Artists receive a larger share of sales because the centre takes a 5 percent commission, compared with galleries that may charge 30 to 40 percent.
The exhibition includes Pablo Picasso-inspired imagery, a Rs 30 lakh sculpture and works from deceased artists sourced through families and students.
- Who
- The Rajasthan International Centre, curator Nikhat Ansari, and 35 artists, including Maqbool Fida Husain, K G Subramanyan, Akhilesh and Sumahendra Sharma.
- What
- A sale exhibition of nearly 50 modern, contemporary and traditional-influenced artworks.
- Where
- The Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- When
- The article does not provide the exhibition's exact dates; it refers to an earlier Rajasthan International Centre exhibition held in April.
- Why
- To make modern and contemporary Indian art more accessible in Rajasthan and help artists earn through sales.
Key facts
- Venue
- Rajasthan International Centre, Jaipur
- Scale
- Nearly 50 works by 35 artists
- Commission
- The centre takes 5 percent from artists
- Earlier sales
- Paintings worth Rs 10 lakh were sold at the centre's Rang-e-Rajasthan Art Exhibition in April
- Highest-priced work
- A metal sculpture inspired by an incident at Galtaji is priced at Rs 30 lakh
- Notable sale
- Three K G Subramanyan works sold for Rs 3.4 lakh
- Featured subjects
- The exhibition includes Maqbool Fida Husain's serigraphs and Sumahendra Sharma's painting Me and Picasso, Lunch at my Village
Quotes
Nikhat Ansari
Artist-curator who heads the visual art section at the Rajasthan International Centre
“The dialogue between colours teaches you that the colour you see is not just this. There is something more. You should know its nature. You just go on playing with the colour. You just go on playing with the form. You enjoy it.”
theprint.in
“Artists are literally struggling. Many people, like me, are artists. If I don’t do well, my children won’t follow my profession. So I have to add a commercial factor for them.”
theprint.in
Sources
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