“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.”
— Joss Whedon
In an age where art has broken barriers, Internet has become a medium widely related to it. Be it staggering auctions online or buying art online, the Internet era has bridged the lacunae between the art connoisseur and the artist. One such art gallery which has been consistently showcasing the best of art is Artisera. This show held recently in the city showcased some of the best art collections of both established as well as emerging artists. Titled Aesthetic Abodes, held from September 15 to 17 at the curious stylistic theme store, Raintree, it conveyed an attentively curated choice of works, enabling guests to understand and appreciate the best of both customary and contemporary Indian craftsmanship.
“We need to enable customers to find wonderful masterpieces for their home, whatever their taste. We have a solid concentration on curation. Each piece is remarkable, extraordinary, and has a story. We need to take the best of Indian craftsmanship, regardless of whether conventional or contemporary, to experts of workmanship and additionally youthful craftsmanship gatherers, who acknowledge quality,” offers Varun Backliwal, the founder of Artisera.
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The select accumulation at Artistic Abodes, and one not seen in Bengaluru for some time now, was the 30+ Pichwai depictions, made by ace specialists in Rajasthan. Pichwai is a 400-year old conventional Indian artistic expression, and are basically fabric artworks that depict Lord Krishna and topics related to him. Frequently, the Lord is depicted as ‘Shrinathji’, a seven-year old kid, in Pichwai works of art, as they are made in the town of Nathdwara, well known for a Shrinathji sanctuary.
The Pichwai depictions at the presentation were the choicest, with a portion of the finest highlighting sticking work done in unadulterated gold. The artful culmination was a seven-feet tall work of art portraying Nand Mahotsav, the Hindu celebration a day after Janmashtami. With 24 diverse swaroops of Shrinathji painted in the fringes, encompassing the primary delineation in the inside, the stunning gem, that took eight months to finish, emerged with its many-sided points of interest, artfulness and grandeur. While the show had some exemplary art from the renowned Gurudas Shenoy and G Subra, it also had some stunning abstracts from Naina Maithani Kulkarni who is growing in stature as an abstract artist. The art show holds promise for the future of art, and how one can have multiple forms of art under one roof, and yet be eclectically beautiful.
— The writer is an art expert and curator.
