Artists are a revered lot. We figure that since we don't understand most of what they're saying most of the time, they must be saying something deep. But if some of the intrigue we persist in wrapping around them were to fall away, wouldn't it expose us to a more real, a more tangible feel for the art itself? Perhaps not. But it's always fun to visit the inside of other people's heads.
Daira is, as always, finding new ways to introduce a wider circle of people to art. And this time it's by bringing them face to face with the creators and their processes. Seven artists throw their studios open to the public eye, so the interested passerby will stop for a while to see how a painting/sculpture/drawing is brought into being.
The entire gallery has been partitioned, and each section has taken on the appearance of the artist's studio. Installations have been built, works-in-progress propped up here and there, and the atmosphere is one of anticipation and discovery.
Works featured at the month-long exhibition belong to A M Murali, Archana Sonti, L N V Srinivas, Rajeswara Rao, Sajid Bin Amar, Varunika Saraf and Vera de Jong. They are all local artists who have shown before, except for Vera de Jong and Archana Sonti, who exhibit their work for the first time.
The schedule of the event is as follows:
28 Nov
Slide-lecture presentation by Vaishali, 6:30pm
29 Nov
Theater performance by Dr. Srinivas and students of Rai University, 6:30pm
6 Dec
Concert by Dr. Ravi Tejaswi, 6:30pm
7 Dec
Screening of the film Pollock, 11:00am Screening of the film Surviving Picasso, 15:00pm
14 Dec
Artists' Studios - A Documentation
For further details please call 5561-8628, 5646-0472 or 3103-9052.
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