Adwaita Prasad Gadanayak has attended an International Stone Sculpture symposium in Baroda

First batch pass out of B.K. Art college, National Award winer,commonwealth scholar Adwaita Prasad Gadanayak has attended an International Stone Sculpture symposium in Baroda recently.The Uttarayan Art Foundation of Baroda ( India) in collaboration with the Associazione Internazionale Eventi di Sculptura Monumentale ( AIESM), Italy organized this between the 1st February to 3rd March, 2013 ( 4 weeks, extendable by one week wherever necessary) at the site of Uttarayan Art Foundation Centre on the bank of Mohi river ( 25 kl. meter away from Baroda city) . A total of 16 sculptors ( 12 foreigners and 4 Indians )participated in the symposium.

Shiba Prasad Sahu got National Photography Award from Odisha Lalitkala Academy

Odisha born Shiba Prasad Sahu is head of photography at The New Indian Express, Chennai. This year he got National Award for his photoragph 'JUMPING CHILD' from Odisha State Lalit Kala Academy. Here in this photo Artist Shiba Prasad Sahu expressing his reaction to local media after receiving Award from state culture minister in Bhubaneswar.

Odisha Police on Wednesday detained Artist Sudarshan Biswal over his criticism

Odisha Police on Wednesday detained Artist Sudarshan Biswal over his criticism to the state government’s popular Rs.1 per kg rice scheme through his art performance. Artist Sudarshan Biswal staged his art performance in Bhubaneswar against the govt’s scheme of providing rice at Rs.1 per kg, evil day of farmer and agriculture etc.

He walked with plough and body paint with colour and rice at Sachibalay Marg  Bhubaneswar from Jayadev Bhawan to P.M.G. square (Ag Sqr,)at 12 noon on 20th Feb 2013. Capital Thana Police arrested him in front of Jaydev Bhawan and detained at Police station for 1 hour and leave him with bond signed.

Raghunath Sahoo, the young Odia painter showcased his works on subject Water

Raghunath Sahoo is now very well known for his super talent on figurative paintings, recently his SOLO exhibition of paintings held in Bhubaneswar.

In his 20 odd paintings, Sahoo gives an insight into village life portraying a study of different themes such as rural women, nature in villages, childhood and so on.

“I usually love portraying subjects, mostly living. In this collection, viewers will find traditions and elements of rural life that Odia people must have come across in some stage of their lives. However, there is no space for them in the urban existence,” said the artist.

This exhibition, which was inaugurated on Sunday, will continue till February 23.

IMAGE: this is published in samaj supplement   

Odisha Contemporary Artists are in action, Sudarshan Biswal is going to start his dream project in December

Odisha's Young Artist Sudarshan Biswal is all ready to Start his Dream Project in coming December, after his graduation from Bibhuti Kanungo College of art and crafts, bhubaneswar , Sudarshan traveled out from the state for higher study and now he came back in Odisha to work for the rich tradition of art and culture of his state, to begin with he is going  to start an art camp in Konark , this art camp will give artists to live within odisha's natural beauty to explore their artistic expression. For further update on this please call: 09439725557

Ranjan Mallik is to be congratulated for highlighting social relations that emerge out of basic human instincts.

Ranjan Mallik is to be congratulated for highlighting social relations that emerge out of basic human instincts that are transformed in the process of socialization. This removal from brute instinct allows for the exploration of a wide range of aesthetic relations in presenting them before the viewer. Mallik has done this with admirable vivacity and a aesthetic approaches that bring out contemporancity in age old and changing social institutions giving them their ongoing life.

A cordial invitation to the Solo Exhibition 'SOCIAL TIES' featuring recent Paintings and Drawings by Ranjan Mallik opening on 6th August at Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Exhibition will be on view from 6th august to 10th august 2012, Timing: 11.00 AM to 7.00 PM

Gurgaon based Odia Artist Sudhanshu Sutar got Guru Byomakesh Mohanty Award 2012

On the day of inauguration SHRADHANJALI, a visual tribute to Guru Prof. Byomakesh Mohanty, Guest Prashanna Patsahani announced first Byomakesh Mohanty memorial award of 2012. Odia artist Sudhanshu Sutar felicitated with shawl and memorial sheal...the event was organized by Odisha Artist Association..  

Gadadhar Ojha and Sitikant(Tutu) Pattnaik, two wonderful sculptor of Odisha

Gadadhar Ojha and Tutu Pattnaik 

Tapan Dash stresses that he starts from a point and begins painting without any pre thought.

Faces dominate his oeuvre and arresting expressions make them singularly attractive. Odia painter Tapan Dash merges abstract art with his fascination for faces. Abstract paintings full of geometric shapes conceal faces complete with myriad expressions. These paintings are predominantly a mix of oranges, blues, reds and greens. His medium of choice is oil and acrylic.

Using symbolism that’s part of Indian art and mythology, Dash blends it with his artistic sensibilities to create pleasant, shocking and at times, jarring works of art. Disconcerting to the extreme, Dash is also a master of the line. Given a proper brush and paint, he says, perhaps he can draw a line to the end of the world and back without a break. Using this robust line, and a childish glee for bright primary colours, Dash paints with a simplicity that mocks the perspective with exaggeration. Rhythm, repetition and symmetry play an important role in this artist’s works.

Based in New Delhi now, Dash says most of his faces represent the priests from Puri, his birth place. “My frequent visits to my home town and spiritual trips to the Jagannath temple help me absorb the daily life of these priests, popularly known as Puri Pandas. So when I start painting, faces come naturally to me and the co-related symbols follow automatically,” he says.

The artist stresses that he starts from a point and begins painting without any pre thought. “Every time I do a work, it finishes with the Pandas of Puri, a scene from his routine life, his place in modern and contemporary world,” says Dash. His painted ‘faces’ span an identity broaching the mortal and the divine; their heavy-lidded eyes gaze outward, but never directly at the viewer.

A Fine Arts graduate of B K College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar, many of his portraits have multiple visages, bringing to mind African masks and sculpture, Cubism and German Expressionism.

A series of 101 drawings by Dash, all done in pastel called ‘101 Faces’ presents people’s faces in various moods, grabs and characters. “In daily life, it’s the face that meets the world and interacts, and becomes the threshold of communication, interaction with various affairs of human life. The face carries one’s internal sensibilities, personality, and mental or spiritual constitution,” says the artist.

Dash here tries to portray 101 emotions, types and varieties of faces around us. Often the artist presents multiple dimensions and aspects of the same face. The series is an interplay of multiple characters residing in a same personality.

Some of his paintings also show faces in a crowd with abstract silhouettes of figures engaged in several (presumably commercial) activities and a general atmosphere of chaos.

In some of Dash’s other paintings, chillies take on different forms, different colours, moving on from a humour motif to something more meaningful and more thought provoking. The humour, Dash indulges in can be seen in the perspective where he uses the parallax effect to show the split personalities. The human anatomy is twisted out of shape to create mock symbolism, the bright colours, and the motif of a red twisted chilli add to a sense of wry humour. Just to show one aspect of it, Dash draws a mendicant deep in meditation, but with a twist: he has a red chilli on one of his open palm. In another, he paints a smiling face again, but with red chillies stuffed in the eyes. The face is in the backdrop of a sea, which is blue in its heart, but burning red on the surface with red chillies floating atop.

He has created 40 such paintings and more than 200 colour drawings in the last three years. Besides chillies, motifs like eyes, smoking pipes, coconuts, sometimes cars appear frequently in his works.

Apart from the Puri Pandas, he draws inspiration from Jesus Christ and of late, Buddha. He is currently working on a series highlighting the preaching of

Buddha. Interestingly, Dash is not using any of the conventional Buddha images in the series. “Recently, I have also started doing portraits in pencil on paper. The basic idea is the same, but the medium different,” he says.

United Art Fair Artists' Meet on 4th June 2012 (Monday) from 630 pm onwards followed by cocktail and dinner at The Hotel New Marrion, 6, Janpath, Bhubaneswar

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Ceramic and Pottery exhibition by Prithviraj Singh Deo at ICCR Gallery, New Delhi from 1st june 2012

'HORIZON SERIES'   Ceramic and Pottery exhibition by Prithviraj Singh Deo at ICCR'S Azad Bhawan Art Gallery, New Delhi from 1st june 2012 till 6th.

The sculpture on display at Dhauli hills near Bhubaneswar, Odisha

The tale of King Asoka resonates in stones of the Dhauli hillock. The story has been retold through rock sculptures by artistes from all over the state at a 10-day camp that concluded on Saturday. Organised by the Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi and the Odisha tourism development corporation, the state-level sculptors’ camp was aptly titled War and Peace.

The sculptors worked on the hills during the camp with a view of the Dhauli peace pagoda that inspired them to create exquisite pieces of art out of lifeless stones. Each of the 20 sculptors, including the old hands and the novices, etched their reflections of the theme of a comparison between war and peace. Most of the works showcased elements symbolising Buddha for peace, motivated by the Buddhist site.

Well-known sculptor Prashant Kumar Das, principal of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Khallikote, created a sculpture with symbolic elements to define his insight of peace. His sculpture featured a fence with sharp and pointed railings. On either side of this fence were carvings that represented two neighbouring regions.

“War mostly takes place between the neighbouring kingdoms and the boundary between them signifies the epitome of hatred. The states, themselves, however, are symbols of peace. I have also included some characteristics of Lord Buddha to illustrate peace,” said Das.

Young sculptors such as Anadi Charan Ojha, Smruti Sai Mishra, Lalat Kishore Pradhan and Amiya Ranjan Ghadei also created some interesting depictions of the theme. Ojha showed a Dharma Chakra at the bottom of the sculpture, over which he created a shield and swords in cross to illustrate war. At the top of the sculpture, a number of roof-like structures were created as a representation of the Dhauli pagoda. Ghadei carved locks of hair as a symbolic depiction of Buddha’s messages while the structure was shaped like a piece of hill from the Himalayas. “I used engravings inside the sculpture and gave it the texture of the ice mountain,” he said.

Pradhan showcased his typical subject of machinery and levers and merged it into the war-peace theme to make a sculpture while Mishra created an abstract piece of art using elements from Mexican civilisation. He used circular textures to represent warriors of the civilisation while the squares and grids portrayed their gods. Similarly, Kanta Kishore Moharana’s work had a contemporary take on the theme. He showcased a sack of grains to present greenery and created building-like structures on it to illustrate urbanisation.

“The fight between environment and urbanisation is the latest in the historical episodes of war,” said Moharana.The works made during the camp will be installed around the Dhauli pagoda. The camp started from December 1.

Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi gave away its 34th annual awards

The Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi gave away its 34th annual awards on Wednesday, encouraging talented artists from all over the state. Artists from different fields and generations got together at the event held at Bhanja Kala Mandap.

The awards were conferred upon eight young artists in different categories. The jury consisting of veteran artists such as Baladev Gambhir, Debaraj Sahoo, Bana Bihari Parida and Gouranga Bariki reviewed 122 art works to select the awardees. The awards for 2010-2011 in contemporary painting were presented to Pramode Mallick, Ranjit Sahoo, Abdul Salam Khan and Suryakanta Swain.

The winner for the traditional painting award was Rita Behera. Rashmikanta Patnaik was awarded for graphic art while Manok Kumar Rout and Biswaranjan Kar, for sculptures.“We looked for original concepts and presentation as well as finesse of art in the work while selecting the art works for awards out of the 122 exhibits,” said renowned artist Gouranga Bariki.

The young artists were thrilled on receiving the awards. “I had created a contemporary painting titled The Final Waiting showcasing the wild nature of animals that is also found in humans. I am delighted to have received the award for my work. It will help me do better in future,” said a 24-year-old Ranajit Sahoo.

“I tried to use the traditional painting elements to create something unique. Hence my painting illustrates mythological tales assembled in the body of Meera bai, since she was the epitome of devotion,” said artist Rita Behera.

Another jury had chosen the 122 art works that have been exhibited at the INTACH gallery. “We had received 329 entries that included paintings, graphic arts and sculptures. We selected 122 works that are also exhibited on the occasion,” said Rabi Narayan Rath, secretary of the Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi. Rath was a jury in this initial process.

Culture minister Prafulla Samal, who presented the awards, announced three art galleries that would soon soon come up for artists and art lovers to promote art. “Moreover, art students will soon be given all the facilities such as scholarships, study tours and so on, just like students of others streams,” said Samal. Eminent painter and president of Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi the Durga Prasad Das was present on the occasion.

26th Annual Art Exhibitin of B.K. Art College opening at Jayadev Bhawan on 7th sept. 2011

26th Annual Art Exhibitin of B.K. Art College opening at Jayadev Bhawan on 7th sept. 2011.
will be innaugurated by Mr. Prafulla Samal, the ministre of Turrism and culture
timing 11 A.M.

Odia artists in New Delhi condole demise of Artist Kashinath Jena

The demise of Odia Artist Kashinath Jena give sadness amongst Odia Art fraternity. Odia artists living in Delhi attended the condolence on 4th April at NSD Campus at 5 P.M.

Dillip Tripathy, Ashok Nayak, Pratul Dash, Sudhanshu Sutar, Tapan Dash, Pradosh Swain, Manoj Mohanty, Sambit Panda, Sanjay Bhatt, Pradeep, Rakesh, Ranjan and many other artists attended and pays tribute to this senior artist. Born in 1943 at Kesinga,Koraput Odisha, Kashinath Jena can better be termed as the post-independence second generation artist of Odisha who could sustain the legacy of modern art movement that started in the early 50s.

Jena uses naturalistic motives of an inherent simplicity in which every contour is clearly outlined as though provided for a basic exercise in colour and composition; however, the rigour with which the forms are rendered and his works composed gives them the formality of conventional figuration. His subjects are reduced to simple forms and the surface of his painting is enriched by varied texture and the free use of representational motives.

The Times of India Odisha Icon 2011 Awards (Art & Culture) conferred on Baladev Maharatha

The Times of India Odisha Icon 2011 Awards (Art & Culture) conferred on Baladev Maharatha.Hon’ble MP (Rajya Sabha) Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra gave away The Times of India Odisha Icon 2011 Awards to 16 personalities at a glittering function held in Bhubaneswar. Each category had a popular choice and a jury's choice awards. Cine Artist Jharana Das was the Guest of Honour.Baladev Maharatha Sir was felicitated with the special jury award for his contributions to art and culture.

VERMILION VERSES a Solo show by Baladev Maharatha at India Habitat Centre New Delhi

VERMILION VERSES a Solo show by Baladev Maharatha , It will exhibit Indian classical Art like wash paintings, tempora and acrylics on canvases at India Habitat Centre New Delhi
Venue: Open Palm Court Gallery Dates: 22nd - 26th Dec. 2010
Art works showing women, birds,flowers trees & mountains captured in intricate detail have been a beautiful reminder of Indian rich traditions of loving the Nature.That’s the beauty part of it, and what also keeps alive the business of looking, the flip side of this business being how money and fame can sometimes make dreamers or opportunists out of even the most scrupulous experts & institutions...
With the mediaval poetics, nature plays a pivotal role. The women are described with the imagery from the nature. The narratives are so lively that the painter finds it quite feasible to transform it to visual medium.Be it the God or Human beings all decline before love for its state of eagerness and belongingness. Baladev stepped into the particular avenue by vividly osmotising the finer elements of imagery, iconography and form and the essence would provide him to paint the woman, the Nayika in so called poetics....
Show will be innaugurated by Ms Sangeeta Bahadur, Deputy Director General, ICCR on 22nd December 2010 at 5.00 P.M.

Torquish Blue's Sky..an article published in Vijaya Mag written by Ramakanta Samantaray

You left a heartache no one can heal, You left a memory no one can steal.You will always be in my heart.........Sarthak(Babani) his only son.

Senior painter and Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi Secretary Byomakesh Mohanty passed away at his home town of Cuttack on Monday

BHUBANESWAR: Senior painter and Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi Secretary Byomakesh Mohanty passed away at his home town of Cuttack on Monday afternoon following a massive heart attack. He was 53 and is survived by a son and his wife.

Family sources said that he was fine and talking on his cell phone while suddenly he complained of chest pain and fell down on the floor. The doctor, who was called in, declared him dead.

Mohanty, who studied art in Benaras Hindu University, served as a faculty member at Government College of Art and Craft, Khallikote and was the Head of the Department of Painting at the B.K.College of Art and Craft here before being appointed as the Akademi's secretary this year.

SOURCE: The Hindu

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik promised reintroduction of art teacher posts

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured the All-Odisha art and craft students' association ( Nikhil Utkal Charu O Karukala Chhatra Sangha) to reintroduce the post of art teachers in the State-run schools.

A delegation of the newly formed association - that is spearheading a state-wide agitation demanding employment opportunities for art graduates – met the Chief Minister recently at his residence to apprise him of the need for his intervention in the matter.

The association leaders – president Harihar Behera, vice-president Mousumi Mishra, secretary Satyaprakash Bal and treasurer Arun Kumar Pallur – told the Chief Minister that the state government has abolished the appointment of art teachers 24 years ago causing irreparable damage to art education.

They further said lack of employment opportunities had left hundreds of young artists graduating from various art and craft colleges of the State jobless.

“The CM was quite cordial and listened to us with patience. He also assured us that he would look into the matter and see to it that the grievances are settled soon”, said painter Mousumi Mishra who presented the CM a painting of Buddha on behalf of the association during the meeting.

Boost for artists

Panda, the journalist-turned-legislator who was instrumental in arranging the meeting of the delegation, said that the CM was aware of the plight of the aspiring and unemployed painters through extensive media coverage of the artists' demonstrations and demands being staged in the capital.

“He has already directed the government to find a way out to help the artists' community. The Departments of Culture, Education and Finance would have a tripartite meeting soon to find out the solution,” he said.

SOURCE: The Hindu