One of many displays at Lovely Black and White
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Lovely Black And White, an ongoing exhibition at My Lily Pond, Indiranagar, takes guests on a unprecedented journey of monochrome visions. The exhibition showcases round 50 artistic endeavors created by 25 established and rising artists.
This primary-ever monochrome artwork exhibition was conceptualised and curated by Bengaluru-based artist MG Doddamani, founding father of Oorja Expressions, an organisation that promotes artwork and philanthropy.
“In at the moment’s digital world, you will see that an abundance of color photos. Earlier, nevertheless, each photograph was in black and white, and if you happen to take a look at them now, they bring about a couple of sense of nostalgia. That’s the reason I made a decision to carry artists collectively to showcase the facility of monochrome,” stated Doddamani, including how a restricted color palette pushes artists to suppose in another way and discover new dimensions.
One of many displays at Lovely Black and White
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Particular Association
Kanthimathy Jayachandran, founding father of My Lily Pond, says her imaginative and prescient was to create a group for artists, artwork lovers, and collectors. Requested why she named her gallery Lily Pond, she stated, “Simply as a lily grows from a pond, artwork additionally grows from a human being,” including that the house has fostered an setting the place artwork is skilled, appreciated and built-in into the lives of tourists, ever since its inception in 2019.
Lovely Black And White delves on themes of duality and concord and a number of the exhibiting artists embrace S G Vasudev, Krishna Setty, Vijay Hagaragundagi, PS Kumar, PB Harsoor and Doddamani himself.
The exhibition showcases works created utilizing totally different media resembling charcoal, graphite, acrylic and ink on paper, canvas and satin. Themes vary from deities, nature, friendship, portraits and extra, with costs of the work beginning at ₹20,000.
One of many displays at Lovely Black and White
| Picture Credit score:
Particular Association
On the inauguration of Lovely Black And White, senior artists have been felicitated for his or her achievements. Doddamani additionally gave an introduction to the distinctive methods utilized by every artist in addition to the significance of sunshine and composition within the inventive course of. He concluded with an appreciation for the simplicity and class of black-and-white artwork and its means to convey profound concepts and feelings with out the necessity for color.
Lovely Black And Whiteis on at My Lily Pond, Indiranagar until June 21. Entry free.
