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It’s now the mid-April and Ram Navami has begun we have also noticed that we will be at the rhetoric level of achievers exhibiting at the Jehangir Art Gallery. Starting with women, Mrs. Poornima Athawale is a Warli painting artist and has created a great passion for it by teaching this skill to the tribal girls near the Lonavala and Nasik belt known as the pada.  Poornima has also been part of several other initiatives such as tree plantations, food delivery during covid and medical camps for dental and eye diseases. Meeting her helped learn about the Sadgun and how she has transformed the community by teaching sadgun she has created the feeling of spreading good thoughts and good deeds.

They have exhibited Warli Paintings, which are only for display not for sale. Poornima wants to color some houses near her village and will be done by December or October. She has been accompanied by Sayeed Shaikh for this mission or aim to better the tribals.

Meeting the couple who has decorated the Jehangir Art Gallery walls, they met at college at Indore the city that produced artist like M F Husain. Pradeep is a fine art graduate from Indore along with his wife Mansa, they have articulated the time and its balance in life, as the famous song, “Zindagi Ke safar me guzar jaate hain to makaam who phir nahi aate, who phir nahi aate.” A clock in every painting has made us realise that time is best spent at the present and also that time is very precious. The moments captured are very symbolic to all our lives and have given us these memories to make a life better.

Our most beloved Punekar Mr. Laxman Chavan has showcased his abstract work before buddha, since buddha was married at 15 years of age and died during meditation and his last wish was to be burn in a pan and his ashes been spread in different parts of the Shakya republic. Laxman has been working on these Before Buddha for the past 15 years and has been at Jehanghir Art Gallery for a solo exhibition which is very unique and symbolically depicts Buddha Meditating with birds and Garuda. Buddha has many such significant instances with Buddha Meditating and conversing with birds and animals.

Just as a bird, wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden, so too, the bhikkhu becomes content with robes to protect his body and with almsfood to maintain his stomach, and wherever he goes he sets out taking only these with him. Possessing this aggregate of noble virtue, he experiences within himself a bliss that is blameless. Said by Gautam Buddha.

A group of artist who have displayed various works and are from different regions of the country. Rainbow 7, is the group of artist who will have collaborated for this show, sculptures from Ms. Nivedita Mishra an artist form Delhi has tried to show the Yogini’s and used bronze with railway tracks from the junk yard. Suresh Moon shows the democracy or mother India is in the last stage will be interesting to learn from reactions from people who want improve the nation or what to help build a better nation. Shuba ji puts her experiences in life on canvas through a mix mediums. Murlidharan has put up with abstract with making imagination of his life for a color and material mix. 7 of them together have put up a great show.

Tvastra a new age NGO founded by Mr. Sumit Sharma, Mrs. Priya Sharma and Mr. Manoj Sharma. They aim to train students or children from BMC schools by artists to be able get skilled in arts and further make a name in the world of art. Displaying their daughters work as she turned 21 yrs. She has made these memories from her school, art classes and self-taught journey of an artist. Based in Andheri they want to help build a art resource for the less fortunate to learn and earn from art and its allied industry. A unique give away is photo-frame with a magnetic strip to be stuck on the refrigerator.

Being a Holi special and Banaras or Varanasi is symbolic to holi festival and colour, Shri Nanasaheb Yeole has presented a series of Banaras, Ganga River Bank scene paintings named as Kashi Dham. Depicting holi temples and pandits along with the boats and colorful people. A very rustic yet a modern approach with new age color tones of the dusk and the dawn. An alumnus from the J. J. School of Art and having several shows across the world has setup a show for a delightful banaras paintings. 

We will find a group exhibition of 7 friends who met long ago and decided to put up a show just on this colorful occasion. They are all unique, Akash Suryavanshi, mix media in canvas displays mode of transport. Babar Shareef, displays art between dreams and reality. Mahesh Mankar, mix media displays why we are so foolish or absurd. Narottam Das, ceramic, terracotta clay, sculptures display traditional and tribal scenario in a rural setup. Pankaj Itkelwar, comparing human emotions and the life situations with crows. Ramesh Chandra, black and white marble souvenir that showcase a connectedness with earth and all forms of life with spiritual and physical world.

In any form of god spirituality exist in our life, be it paintings, essays, scriptures, songs, manuscripts or even an act of kindness. We are now witnessing a fine artist from Pune, Shri Shankar Devarukhe has put his soul in all his paintings from Krishna, Ganesha, Modern art to portraits.

Looking forward for more enthusiasm inn our coming painters.

This Holi we have a special photographer from Rajasthan who has displayed stories of a common life and now not able to capture in the old or vintage times. Photographer Tarun Chauhan does justice to all travellers and photo story ideates for a glance at the vintage ambiance at he Jehangir Photogallery on the terrace.

You can try asking some ideas on which camera to buy and a few angles to try while clicking family or your girl friend.

IDAC’S 5^TH Edition had all eyes on the Chief Guest Gauri Khan, the celebrity Interior Designer and owner of D’Décor. At the inaugural session along with other celebrities. Discussing how the design and fashion industry should collaborate and co-work to get new brands on board to explore more opportunity and increase market share. 

Moving towards the Expo’s many stalls, we can find Embellish which is hydraulic curtain fitting along with music and some new revealing art and motion collaboration. Completely developed in-house a heavenly theme with prints of Greek mythology and revealing the Sun God or the angels’ wings. These can be adapted at the penthouse or a sea-facing apartment with hydraulic door glass closers along with music and lighting to complement the ambience. Ms. Tracy Dias heading the Hyderabad Branch, giving a demo to all viewers and fellow exhibitors, many foreign nationals have been noticed to have attracted to this concept.

You can find very many tile manufacturers but to differentiate we have Agglotech Architectural Terrazo a marble chip particle tiles, they can be costume built as per the shape and size required. In collaboration with Italian conglomerate Agglotech SPA, manufacturing in Germany and India. These can be treated well to also deal with oil to suit the needs of a table top for restaurants and kitchens. 

Not missing on Klaus Lift or Parking Lift management systems which can help reduce parking trouble at your malls, society, restaurants, hotels and at many other locations. Having a factory in Munich, Germany, they also have an office in Pune. Discussing their most challenging job at Bengaluru with 8000 installation which is happening phase wise and they have completed 2000 parking installation. Now on a trial basis Klaus has come up with a new bike parking system which can help reduce chaos and integrate the bikes as well.

Woven or Non-Woven your upholstery decides the sheen of the wall and the floor matching the ambience and the aesthetics of your home, office or any other interior. Warwick is a high-performance brand with many features like anti-termite, fire resistant, stain resistant, easy clean etc. to set itself apart from the rest of the brands. Manufactured in Australia and they have a robust dealership across India and would like more dealers and distributors in the coming fiscal year.

Mulberry, is offering a special prefab home design for rural or beach resorts and with FRP, steel and mixed materials. Amod Barve and Archana Nair describe their work as versatile as villa’s, offices and many other forms which will help make a distinct feature for your home or construction requirement.

Lightlabs, a light service provider having multiple brands under its aegis and making lighting professional for every need, customised the standard product line of various types of indoor and outdoor architectural fixtures, decorative, LED, electro luminescent, underwater, fiber optics and cold cathodes lights with innovative finishes and coatings. On special requests or to meet specific project needs, the company also imports fixtures from Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, China and Far East.

Comlux, is a luxury bathroom fitting showroom located at Andheri offering various bathroom fitting and fixtures for making a good connection by and between design and purpose. A wide range of wash basin, commodes and bathroom fitting to cater to Interiors, Architects, contractors, dealers, distributors and of course end users. 

Looking for bespoke furniture Magus Designs gives you a wide range of options in setting up furniture or to custom design your home or kitchen or any space for that matter. Magus Designs has a special team for upholstery design and wood working they personally visit to the site and make sure they personalise every piece of their furniture for their client be it an individual or a corporate.

It’s 3:00pm and the first panel discussion is going to enlighten us about the Facade and Hi-Rise building norms and challenges. The moderator Ar. Vivek Bhole and many prominent architects present their challenges faced ad their journey from a liaison architect to starting their own architecture firm to practice as a consultant or a joint venture. Discussing various technology to create a parking facility in ratio of the FSI and how the FSI norms have changed in the modern age municipal and RERA laws.

Further emphasising on the social spaces within the skyscrapers in the residential context and keeping the psychosocial factors of human need of interaction and to socialise and celebrate festivals, personal events. Sports and recreation have been a part of our societal norms and it is enhancing the need to make ourselves better, but sometimes it also makes the feeling of staying at one place and wants you go out as a choice to explore more in the same context is to socialise or be sporting. All the speaker and guest architects were given a token of appreciation as a memory to the IDAC.

Knest was the sponsor for this discussion and they are the aluform works company that help build lasting structures with their aluminium casts which are later filled with concert for timely delivery of projects, fast execution and long lasting structures. Upon discussion they can be used for slum rehabilitation, redevelopment, sky scrapers and to add a new dimension can try rubber buildings.

The event was for 3 days, 7, 8, 9 March 2024, followed by Miss World at 7:30 pm on 9 March 2024. Hopefully I have tried to cover most of the stalls and information to make this an interesting visit to the arena or convention spreading knowledge and awareness about architecture technology and materials.

As the year has begun, we have now hope for changing our level of professionalism and creativity. Visiting Jehangir Art Gallery in 2024, we see some very successful painters every year this year it’s The Art Society of India displaying works of selective artists who enroll for the contest and shortlisted ones are awarded and some are displayed. These artists are from different regions of the nation and express their creative arts and sculptures to make a sense of modern as well as traditional art. The founder Shri. Madhav Parandekar , Shri. S. L. Handalkar and Shri. Balaji Talim, have left a legacy of giving a helping hand and a path to success to new age and upcoming artist who want to explore and earn an achievement through arts and art related events.

Mr. Deepak Naphade, Hon. Secretary, of the Art Society of India, expresses the need to increase the number of platforms where artist can showcase their work and to make a presence in the mainstream art exhibitions. He explains how it has been in the last 106 years of making successful artists who need proper guidance and reach for their art to be viewed and appreciated. He further explains that this organization has been working on a non-profit model. 

Mrs. Vora, explains the process of the contest as each artist is allowed to give paid entries as per their category, they have a jury which judges these artists and the ones who qualify or pass the criteria for an award are awarded. The entire collection has been listed in a form of a catalogue for art enthusiasts and learners to refer as a case study or even keep as a read for a leisure. 

Artist C. R. Shelar show Shutters and Strokes has been recognised by many Indian and overseas awards for photography and painting. Photography is his profession and passion but now he has made paintings that complement his photography. He has been to several shows all over India and this is how 7 show at the Jehangir Art Gallery. The next week he has an exhibition followed at the Raja Ravi Verma art Gallery at Nehru Auditorium at Pune. Raja Ravi Verma Gallery showcases many photography contests and also have a photo contest named “Click”.

All artist and art enthusiast have once visited the esteemed Sir J. J School of Arts that houses the Kala Sanchalaya, Maharashtra. Every year artists from Maharashtra participate in the group exhibition which is felicitated by Govt. of Maharashtra and J. J. School of Arts. Many among known chief guests and eminent jurists were the CM of Maharashtra – Eknath Shinde, Dean of Sir. J. J. School of Arts, Mr. Rajiv Mishra and many professors and artists have given their devotion and passion to make this show happen.

The J. J School of art announces a contest for artist to give their entry and make a presence at the Jehangir Art gallery for this prestigious art exhibition and awards. This february has also highlighted the promotional designs and advertising posters / magazine ads / materials as published works of artist from all over Maharashtra. Having learnt from J. J. School of Arts these artists who have participated from different regions are also among some well-known alumnus.  

We have summed up our show with making more artists come and view the art and purchase some for the art for commercial or personal use. Nowadays, self discovered artists have made their mark and have achieved success through contests and awards. Since the show was on 19 February 2024, on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti this could be a future thought of curating painting and sculptures of Shivaji Maharaj and make this a collaborative effort towards keeping arts and history connected and also have more theme based contests or exhibitions. Then inviting large organisation to announce scholarships to deserved and hardworking artists.

Cartoons were a part of our lives since we were in the crèche watching cartoons on the TV while waiting for our parents to come and pick us from our kindergarten. We have all tried making a cartoon in our life and they all were happy with whatever shape, size, colour, name they had. My visit to the cartoon museum has been long awaited as finally I could see the cartoons sorted and curated as per the time lapse. Some refreshing memories of Chacha Chaudhary, Shikari Saboo, R K Laxman, Eskay, not having any formal education for cartoons these cartoonists have had world fame and have made our country proud. 

While visiting other museums of the country and meeting curators who offer workshops of various nature and film festivals, India has been screening cartoon film fests since many years at the National Children’s Film Society located at Peddar Road, Mumbai.  

At this unique cartoon museum, one can have a look at all kinds of cartoons from pre-independence to modern day illustrations of cartoons that appear in regional language as well as international publishing. The Cartoon Museum is open for all from Tuesday 2:00pm to 4:00pm and they have a special heritage walk every 2 Saturday beginning at 10:30am. Ms. Priya Kulkarni-Gohad is the curator and an assistant professor for history at Modern College, Pune University also part of the media department. Priya says, that many researchers who study political science, arts, performing arts and history of India and looking for some editorial history or a play write or even an inspirational story board. The building where the cartoon museum resides was the home for the Governor of the Bombay Presidency, as mentioned by Priya. She also states that as they have completed a year Shri Suraj Sriram Eskay had designed or drawn a mascot for the cartoon museum who has not yet been named. Karmakar was a friend whom we started to work at the Central Mall, Future Group though the dean shares the same last name only hoping to know if they are related and Dr. Gosavi is a known archaeologist, whom I have met a few years ago during the Covid discussing about eco-village and conservation.

On the 13^th Jan 2024, there is an exhibition of illustrators and cartoonist who have made cartoons for any brands, magazine or even as a self-discovery of being cartoonist. All are invited to visit and view this collective exhibition by cartoonist, students, editorial and any one inspired to express their views about anything in a form of a cartoon. If you happen to visit the cartoon museum some of these books are available to read for reference and research.

If you want to display your illustrations and cartoons just get them along with you and they will display it for the day on 13^th Jan 2024. At the end you will lovely surprises as bookmarks and now the university will soon offer a course on cartoon art, have plans to add cartoons a teaching pedagogy for kids who are in primary school.

This year the international artists have been hand picked by veteran curator Mr. Manmohan Jaiswal, making the best of all art forms and art materials. More that 15 artist have participated with their art pieces and will be doing so at various location.

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. 

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