CWAB, the Construction World Awards for Architects and Builders. This year the CWAB was at the Sahara One International Hotel, located at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
The registrations began at 5:30 pm and the award function started sharp at 6:30 pm. It was a delight to watch some of the prominent architects and builders at the awards. The awards night began with a video message by the Governor of Maharashtra who could not attend due to a visit of PM Narendra Modi. The governor congratulated all the participants and winners for the Construction World award with the 5 elements of nature Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space as a theme.
Top-notch architects were present and awards were given to architects who have built these prestigious projects. A keynote by Municipal Commissioner on the development of the city and how the future of city planning should shape the way citizens commute, live, educate, work and spend time with their families.
At the end of the program, there was a dinner and cocktail for all art and architects to interact.
Written courtesy – Sharvaree Katdare and Moiz Mamoowala
Q1- Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you got started in both painting and textile art?
A1- I am a textile designer, painter and a qualified interior designer which adds value to my art on fabrics. My journey in painting and textile art began with a bold fusion of these materials and a desire to blend them with vogue.
Q2- What materials and techniques do you prefer to use in your textile art compared to your painting?
A2-I use a variety of mediums like oils and acrylics when I paint. For textiles, I prefer natural fabrics and conventional printing techniques, often bestowed with hand-painted elements.
Q3- How do you plan to connect your paintings with the world of fashion?
A3- I aim to twirl my paintings into textile designs, inventing rare prints for fashion. By mingling my imaginative vision with fabric design, I want to concoct couture that bouts my art and begets palpitations in fashion.
Boski exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery.
Q4- How did you balance family responsibilities with pursuing your art?
A4- After marrying, I undertook my onuses and upthrust two children while working on my art at night. Despite challenges, I secured admission to a prestigious college like Sir J. J. School of Art. I completed my B.F.A textile balancing my responsibilities diligently. In my journey, there were times when I ambled solo, at phases I found my husband by my side, walking hand in hand, offering his support.
Q5- How did selling your first painting impact you?
A5- My first painting was sold for Rs. 45,000 in 2012 was significant to boost my confidence, validate my efforts and motivate me to continue.
Q6- How do you see yourself as a global painter?
A6- I see myself as a global painter by blends diverse artistic influences while incorporating conspicuous Indian flavours into my work. This permutation acknowledges me to cartel with a wide scion and patron idiosyncratically to the unanimous art fraternity. Given an opportunity, I would like to cavalcade my art in numerous other countries.
Q7- How has studying Jainism affected your art?
A7- Jainism has deeply influenced my art by introducing me to its simplicity, non-violence, and intricate symbolism principles. These constituents have stimulated me to embrace leitmotifs of coherence and scrupulous tessellations into my oeuvre, elevating my artistic mien, cultural accretion and philosophical gravity. I have also drudged on other foci in the past like Swara, Kamasutra, Motherhood, Womanhood, and Navrasa apart from Jainism and will endure the work in my imminent new ideas.
Q8) As a painter what is your best genre for painting?
A8- I began reading and accepting the diverse styles of many painters, among the Indian painters, the paintings of Shri Raja Ravi Verma, K. K. Hebbar, A. A. Almelkar, charmed me a lot and painters outside India, like Van Goh, Monet & Picasso etc. When I understood the folk art of India, I found myself in it. In my paintings, one can notice a new style I have originated with a foretaste of the myriad folk art of India.
The DAG art gallery has displayed a show of Bengal Kalighat paintings which are of historic and mythological epitome. Avni explains that these paintings were made from artist at Calcutta and were sold as souvenirs to Britishers. The canvas and paint brushes were imported from Great Britain. As a ritual followed by Sati, that a widow was burned in the same fire of the husband’s cremation. Once this practice was opposed by the Indian legal system, the widows were sometimes forced to prostitution. These paintings were by Kalighat painters in a cheeky A4 size these are called the Babu and Bazaar paintings. These were made on the streets by painters on a daily routine that could earn a per painting made quickly like a sketch.
These are pre-independence painters who have painted some fine moments in Hindu Mythology, Krishna meeting Pandavas, Kurukshetra War, Shiva Avatars and many more. You can also find some oriental style painting on glass which can be lit with a light on the back. Some of these paintings are made with gold and are rare to find, even though the artists are unknown but these have been curated by DAG some them have been collected from european artists who had created these at that era during their journey to India.
There is a display of small bazaar paintings 50 arranged in a row and column to make this a wall full of such paintings. Is a collage of bazaar and babu paintings as referred by the Bengal Artist Groups.
IDAC’S 5TH 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.
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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Life was well spent at army colonies and army personal in forests, being a daughter of an army officer and a wife of a naval officer. She expresses her paintings with her experiences with wildlife and how the emotions have evolved through experiencing chasing a tiger at a wild life safari vs living in a forest in a protected and secured environment. She explains about her experience in contributing towards women empowerment and women who have achieved great strides in armed forces and other walks of life.
She mentions being part of a coffee table book about a naval training institute where her husband is the chief or commanding officer. While at this institute she met 8 women army officers and one first women army officer who had crossed the border and attacked at the LOC. And bravely fought the Pakistan Army.
Ajay Kothawale – Artist Recycled the Gas Cylinder
Ajay Kothawale has found the answer to fossil fuel and also to know how to decor the home or cause these painted gas cylinders as table or side tables at offices or schools or NGO’s and or restaurants. This makes a unique protest to gas and use of LPG against solar or any other green energy forms. If any solar scientist or solar cooking manufacturers waiting to use these as their branding opportunity.
From Goa and has displayed a dreams unlimited with realms of life which we come across in our daily lifes in Goa or India. The auto-rickshaw, wild life, bikes, cycles and many of these elements have been painted and have decorated the walls of Jehangir Art Gallery.
Gauranga Beshai -Rustic Beauty
Hailing from the City of Dreams Kolkatta, he has redefined the rustic beauty of India and has given a new dimension to these paintings which have women in different role. Women empowered by making a presence in new roles without the earthen pots and having various form in the moon light and the Durga avatar. Making the ladies of bengal like our own Mamta Banerjee a role model for all of us.
Madhukar Munde – Retired Prof JJ School of Art
Mr. Madhukar has evolved his vision of the Durga, Parvati and Sarasvati the Lord Shiva’s better half and done in the most colourful pallet with sharp geometric work. He is a retired professor from Sir. JJ School of Arts, Mumbai. He is at this 12 solo show of his at the Jehangir Art Gallery and has many other projects in hand. He loves to teach and does not mind teaching personally when at leisure or has the time. Has inclination in making art more popular in tier 2 cities with his skills and imagination.
Jayshree Patankar – Artist from Chembur Mumbai
Her paintings are set with a rural backdrop offering you the Indian culture and heritage along with scenery from the vision of the villages. She is making paintings preserving our rural scenery and some of our most treasured memories. Making our lives more possible to remember our visits to the village and the tribals.
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The true Gandhian’s Mr. Desai has a legacy of Gandhi-an Paintings, picture story books, and inherited a wide collection of moments with Mahatma Gandhi. A rare collection is what one can observe at the very own Jehangir Art Gallery.
An artist, a mother, an inspiration and a true Gandhian who has left with us memories to cherish in a form of paintings and story books which are published in 14 languages available with Mr. Prashant Vedak. Presenting one of the widest range of Gandhian Paintings upon a conversation with Mr. Desai humble in his way has been preserving these for us to know and learn about our freedom struggle and who made our lives what we are today.
Art Embassy are the curators and consultants to Mr. Desai for this show.
Bhiva – The Geometry
Our very own Mumbaikar, Bhiva Punekar is a painter from Goregaon, has a very strong sense of art and is known for teaching students who have financial difficulty in making their NID examination preparations. Bhiva has a mix of modern art and the re-birth of geometrics got a boost from the modern design trends in the 1930’s and have since become synonymous with a simple but noticeably chic style. Modern patterns and trending colors make this detail perfect for almost every interior design style.
Bhiva has made this colourful wall of the gallery a success along with his daughter Puneri Punekar, also a NID pass qualified painter has expressed her paintings with real life moments of celebrations at monumental locations in India’ “Banaras.
Completing your presence with these eye catchy paintings for your lush interior walls.
Sadhya Manne – A flower for your story
Sandhya Manne is a Chennai based Indian Artist, working in oils and ink drawings. Though mostly self taught she was fortunate to train under some highly skilled and successful artists during her travels around the world. Her works are impressionistic interpretations and representation of her multicultural experiences. She explores these subjects in vibrant colors through oils and watercolors-ink drawings.
She has found life in flowers that brought her to paint lovely paintings of flowers from our backyard, to park we visiting in our childhood, to gifting some of our teenage crushes and used for wedding decorations. Flower go well with any occasion nor do have any particular characteristics of cast, creed, religion, gender, incomes, they just bring happiness and a sense of breathe with fragrance even in a painting to fill your lungs and make you feel the painting as well have a delighted vision.
Sandhya Manne feels that flowers can be the answer to global warming and climate change and has expressed her meaning of life as flowers.
Vijeta – Vision
Vijeta has a vision in the paintings and making an eye for perfection, it’s only to have an opthalmologist understand why it was important to have eyes and the vision behind it. My meeting with Dr. T. P. Lahane was very short and he just said any patient that needs help with his vision I am there as them to meet me and refer your name. Vijeta seems to have understood the bionic eye and the 3D printed eye are not so far away and if any doctors get inspired by these lovely paintings of the eye and the vision of view.
And why doctors can’t be artist well there is plenty of ideas and thought a doctor can bring to his canvas, lets have an inclusion of everyone can be an artist and artist can come from anywhere. Vijeta is from UP and has an inspiring vision.
Jehangir Art Gallery most known for its mesmerising art and artistic illustrations which help make a new vision or an inspiration to art collectors, interior designers. These artists have one of a kind brush stroke that will fit in your home decor walls or master pieces for your corporate facade.
