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Boski Ashish Kubadia brings out natural colors on silk and this time it is on Jainism. She has a life full of experiments and most of it possible because of a lovely husband. She started her career after an early marriage, she enrolled in an interior design course at a Ghakopar College. She then pursued her portfolio and was selected for textile design at the Sir J. J. School of Art. She made several design on textile for sarees and other textile paintings. She got admission after 7 attempts since she was from the open category.

Then enrolled in a course on Jainism, where she learned about tirthankara and the birth of (Rishabdeo) Adheera Bhagwan at Ayodhya. Boski means divine and purity, hence the purest silk was named Boski. She stated that since the Boski is one of the few fabrics that has a long and rich history due to which it is one of the most expensive fabrics in the world. It is said to have originated from China and discovered by a royal empress when a silk cocoon fell in her tea one afternoon. She has created a series of Jainism paintings which are made from wooden blocks, natural colors on silk. Jainism believes in ahimsa hence have used modal silk. These paintings have given a dimension to art and medium making the nuances in textile explore this new form of art. She is keen on doing a few more exhibitions and is also open to give a demo of the painting.

It’s a pleasure to view paintings from Gopal Ch. Naskar, he has added music to the love of Radha – Krishna and created this art pieces. Each of these paintings have been made in a series of musical and animal characters depicting a group of musicians and one as a divine love of Radha and Krishna. Gopal has incorporated these paintings with musical instruments and have spent time with musicians who have helped him in creating these unique paintings. Expressing this form of love which has known no boundaries and a devotion to music and art giving a rich history of mythology.

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.