Chandigarh,
18th February, 2019: The closing
ceremony of the “Stone Sculpture Workshop” was organized today by the Chandigarh
Lalit Kala Akademi for the Tricity Sculptors with Guest Artists at the Museum
Outreach Activity Centre, sector 10, Leisure Valley, Chandigarh. The chief
guest during the ceremony was Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the
Administrator, U.T Chandigarh, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary
Home, Chandigarh Administration was the guest of honour and Sh. Adwaita
Gadanayak, Director General, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi was the
special guest during the ceremony.
Welcoming
the chief guest, Sh. Bheem Malhotra, Chairman, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy
said, “This kind of workshop was first organized in the city beautiful in the
year 2012 and now after a gap of seven years it has again been organized for
the national sculpture artists. The workshop is a step towards creating an art
enriched environment in the city that provides sculptors, art lovers, art
students, and city residents a platform to converse about the great Indian
medium of art of sculpting.”
Congratulating
the participating sculptors during the ceremony, Sh. Parida shared that the
sculptors have shown exemplary skills in carving out immortal art. The finished
rock sculptures would be placed at significant spots in the city wherein the
public can adore the skill and vision of these talented sculptors. Their
sculptures will continue to be a source of remembrance of these artists, for
generations to come. The Adviser further assured that such workshops would be
organized annually going forward so that more artists can come forward with
their designs and carves.
The
workshop concluded with an award conferring ceremony by the chief guest to all
the sculptors and guest artist who crafted these blocks of stone into works of
art in a short span of 12 days.
Among
the guest artists who graced the workshop with their profound art was renowned
sculptor from Kerala, Valsan Koorma Kolleri, who studied at the École nationale
supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1985–86), the Faculty of Fine Art, Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda (1976–79) and the Government College of Fine
Arts, Chennai (1971–76). The other guest artist is an alumnus of the Delhi College
of Art, Nivedita Mishra. An internationally acclaimed artist, Nivedita has won
awards like Odisha Lalit Kala Academy -1988, International Award Scottish International
Sculpture Award-1996, etc.
Sculptors
from the tricity who were a part of the workshop were Vishal Bhatnagar, Sanjeev
Kumar, Nitin Dutt, Hirday Kaushal, Gurmeet Goldie, Rajender Kumar, Parminder
Singh, Harpal Shekhupuria, Ramandeep Singh, Parvesh Kumar, Narinderjeet Singh
and Pardeep Kumar.
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