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The month of August finally brought in the much awaited monsoon which not only gave relief but also gave a new life. Here in Aakriti Art Gallery a unique venture has been made towards giving life to a project of great dimensions, Go See India a festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also we would celebrate the opening of Mumbai based artist P.R. Narvekar's solo show, Transcending the Popular, which is taking place after four years. The exhibition will be on view from 5th August to 28th August 2010.

Sajal is a BFA from Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan. He later did his MVA from Rabindra Bharati University in 2005. Sajal specializes in water colour ((transparent & opaque, tempera), Oil Pastel, Pencil sketch, Oil painting and Acrylic. He is also a deft hand at Murals in different mediums. Having received a scholarship from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Govt of India, in 2003-2005, Sajal went on to participate in various group shows around the country, including Young Contemporaries 2007” curetted by Jogen Chowdhuri, at Aakriti art Gallery, Kolkata.

Samit has done his BFA from Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, and has been awarded a number of awards and scholarships, including the Lalit Kala Research Grant, (1993), the Charles Wallace India Trust Award by the British Council among others. He has attended the Kala Ghoda festival in Mumbai and participated in various national and international festivals and exhibitions. He has had solo exhibitions all over India as well as in Deusseldorf and Bremen in Germany and Bristol in the UK.
 

The Art Shop at Aakriti Art Gallery's is an unique place on its own. The art shop bridges the gap between the art world and the potential connoisseur. Thus for the new collector, it offers paintings and sculptures within a reasonable price range. At the same time, innovative art pieces like display pads, bags, coffee mugs each printed with an original painting by some of India's frontline artists, including Bikash Bhattacharya, Jogen Chowdhury and Satish Gujral are available. Beside these, it also offers monographs on individual artists, At the same time, the art shop also offers the latest issues of magazines like Art: News & Views, Art etc, Gallerie, Art Journal, Depart, Art & Deal. This month the book titled Transcending the Popular on P.R. Narvekar was added to the various other publications.
 

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This string started in 2009 and the last dated entry is in 2010. Posted by Liana Metal on September 9, 2009, it raised a few very pertinent questions about the benefits of art as a whole. The questions being

What can art offer you? Apart from material benefits I mean.

How do you feel when you create?

Is Art a way of living after all?

One of the longest strings in Talk Art, these questions have intrigued many a participant from across the world. The first to reply was Saida Jamal on September 12, 2009. She said, “As an artist what i feel is that art is something more than just material benefits ....

its more like a thinking process, or you can say its the channel with which i execute my thoughts and what i adopt from my surroundings ....i read art therapy and believe it gives one a strength and motivate a lot -- it all depends on how you carry your way of living with art.... for me art is more a healing processes not for individuals but for societies ...”
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However, a more philosophical answer was offered by Shashi Prasad on September 16, 2009: “Art for me is expressing/ sharing/ contributing, your own views on any subject of art !!

It's about finding & exploring yourself ....which subject / particular art gives you more satisfaction.

Every artist needs to realise that he/she is blessed with something extraordinary....the art is a medium / source which will take you to your desired destination. The journey will be full of joys n sorrows... but if you can find solace/ peace in travelling through the journey....that means you are on a right track.

Seeing your own creation of a good art....is like giving birth to a healthy baby !!”

Anjana Sadanandan on September 21, 2009 added: “A work of art, is a corner of the creation seen through a temperament” Emile Zola. Art is definitely healing, it allows an individual to express his own feelings. Art for me is a process of understanding what we experience and how we conceive the world.”

Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 22, 2009 added her expert bit“Yes, art helps you overcome several things like depression, frustration, stress etc. I added a discussion on this on my network http://www.artlab.ning.com groupResearch.”

However, the latest entry, by Muller Jean Francois dated February February 14, 2010, is blatantly promotional and contributes nothing to the subject matter, who tried to promote his artwork at the forum. This is unfortunate. A string, with 21 replies, going strong and adding value to a better understanding of art was therefore broken.