Archives December 2023

A connoisseur of art at The Taj Art Gallery, has once more given its arms to have a group of artist display their work of art to the elitist guests of the hotel. Now celebrating 120 years of excellence and royalty to with a special edition consisting of renowned artist by magazine The Art Affairs and the newly launched The Art Confluence who represent these artist from various parts of the country.

With mix mediums and mix art styles we have a group of more than 15 – 20 artist making their mark on the celebrations of 120 years of Taj Mahal, Apollo. With their 4th Edition they have been able to collaborate and make new strides in the Art Arena. The editor of the magazine Ms. Smruti Sirsat has been part of this since more than a decade. The Taj Art Gallery hosts this show as a memoir to embark the special occasion and have invited Shri. Atul who has felicitated all artist with a token of appreciation and a copy of the 4th edition of the Art Confluence Magazine.

Left to right (Editor Smruti Srisat, Artist – Yash Kochar, Mubarik Baktoo (Art Collector), Myself Moiz Mamoowala (writer Shumi))

At the end of the felicitation ceremony it was announced that these group of artist will hold a sponsored exhibition at New York in the next year’s global confluence. To further add if you feel can you could be part of this without travelling. How could you virtually be a part of these group of artist. As discussed earlier with Mr. Manmohan Jaiswal who had invited me to this exhibition and have discussed an online global market that hopes to fulfil dreams of many renowned and upcoming artists.

A sneak peek with some of the artist who were debating upon the valuation of the art and why artist have a credible earning after leaving this world only passing on the right to they’re paintings to their legal heir. Selfies and the networking over art and artist lobby who have made this progressive step towards global confluence.

Global confluence invites new and creative artists to get together and display new and unique forms of art.

Hello folks, we are at the Art Walk again at Jehangir Art Gallery. It’s 10 Dec 2023, Christmas is just round the corner and we have to make our celebrations bright. This time we have a unique thought of the wovens as art, a woven art canvas which is displayed at the Jehangir Art Gallery and today will be the last day. I have met Mr. Dinesh Kurekar. He hails from Aurangabad and has named is collection as wovenspaces. These hand woven take as much as 6 months for the 5 feet and 1 month for the 2 feet art designs. 

Artist Ramkrishna Kamble, he recollects his childhood spent near a temple and the music or the chantings of Krishna were so melodious that he could reimagine his past and put his feelings on canvas. Being a JJ alumni and teaching at college has been his inspiring steak. He also ads that his paintings are not depicting the devine love of Radha for Krishna in its purest form of music and Sadhana. Most of the paintings showing Radha worshiping to Krishna. He adds that his paintings has a colourful balance and at times gives a new textured effect. Residing from Pune Artist Ramkrishna Kamble has made a series of Radha Krishna Paintings which can be on the walls of temple guest houses or inside a holi book as a filler.

Artist Prakash Bhise, from Ghatkopar has his share of abstract paintings which brings live the colours of life and have painted these series of abstract which helps him bring the non-human form of art. 

Artist Digvijay, has a new idea of painting Lotus’s to show the struggle in everyone’s life which is not known until the achievement or the goal is has been attained. Each of his paintings are different yet have the same Lotus’s with fresh and some even florescent colours. These have a story of a new leaf or a flower blossom as a famour proverb “Kamal ka Phool hamesha kichchad main hi khilta hain.” Also the Buddha’s hand has a lotus which very symbolic to all Buddha preachers.

Artist Shenoy, has a very new and sculpt concept of Varanasi and Hampi on his bright canvases showcasing the emblematic Varanasi temple view with boats. He further adds that he has a passion to travel places and that helps him in putting them on his canvas mostly oil and not acrylic. Some of his paintings are object from around him since these were during Covid and the objects have become subjects. His current paintings out of which one is the large size of Hampi has his own way of making them look so very fulfilling. 

Do help us make more meaningful conversations with artist and art lovers at will shape our narrative.