LECTURE SERIES BY ART HISTORIANS IN GOA

Three eminent art historians delivered a series of lectures from the 13th to the 15th of December 2009, on the cross cultural influence of other schools seen in Indian art and the inherent strength of the former, at the Kala Academy, Goa – India.

The Department of Art and Culture, Government of Goa –India; Kala Academy, Goa and Sunaparanta – The Goa Centre for Art, jointly put forth the three-day lecture series.

Dr B N Goswamy, distinguished art historian and professor Emeritus at the Punjab University, delivered a lecture on ''A Sense of Wonder: The World of the Indian Painter''.

Dr Karuna Goswamy of the Punjab University spoke on the ''Paintings of Kashmir'' whereas, Dr Saryu Doshi from Mumbai dealt with the ''European elements in Mughal Art'' with particular reference to the influence of Portuguese in the Indian art.

RAJAN FULARI IN GOA

The tamarind art gallery Beira Meir Complex, Calangute is hosting an exhibition of drawings and prints by Rajan Shripad Fulari. The exhibition titled “Breathing Things” will be on view daily from December 13, 2009 to January 8, 2010.

Rajan Fulari earned his MFA from the M S University, Baroda. His works have been exhibited at national and international exhibitions held at Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Scotland, London, etc, and many important galleries in India as well.

He has to his credit more than 15 awards in various categories including a national scholarship and Junior Fellowship from the Government of India, national award from Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, AIFACS Award, New Delhi and more recently at the Robinson Gallery, Halliwells House, Selkirk-Scotland.

He has participated in many major national and international group shows including International Art Expo at Italy, Contemporary Indian Art at Germany, World Social Form at Mumbai, Bharat Bhawan Print Biennale, Idea and Images NGMA at Mumbai, Multiple-Encounters (Indo-American print show) at New Delhi, Emerging India-Royal College of Art at London and others.

He was awarded residency in printmaking from Foundacao Oriente (Goa) for Portugal and British Council (Mumbai) for Scotland. Recently Fulari was invited to attend the 13th International Print biennale at Sarcelles, and 7th International Print biennale at Versailles, France. A keen participator, he has attended several camps and workshops.

PAINTING DEMONSTRATION AT ICG

The International Centre, Goa and Indian Ateliers, Goa organized a painting demonstration on December 5^th, of well-known artist, Ramesh P. Gujar, at The International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa - India.

Pune based Ramesh is a qualified artist with over 15 years of experience in the field of art. He has worked in various genre and exhibited immense capacity. Over the years, he has executed paintings that are replicas of old western and Indian masters. The copy of Raja Ravi Verma’s paintings does display his draftsmanship.

Ramesh, after the initial struggling days, went on to indulge in creative painting. His style is simple and lines very lyrical. Each of his painting is poetry in colour. Innocent subjects and identifiable forms connect with the viewers. Even his series on Lord Buddha touches the heart.

Stylistically closer to eastern genre, Ramesh does take the liberty to stylize the figures and distort the forms wherever required. Bright and vibrant colours play an important role in his paintings and they help sooth the mind.

He has many exhibitions of his paintings to his credit and participated in various group shows. His works are in public and private collection in India and abroad.

The demonstrations were followed by a slideshow of his works and an interactive session moderated by yours truly.