DISABLED ARTISTES GET AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE
Dr. Jai Maharaj
By a staff reporter in Indraprasth
The Pioneer
The art circles here are astonished at the bumper sale of
paintings at an exhibition organised by disabled artists.
About 40 paintings were sold at the exhibition organised
by the residents of the Delhi Chesire Home, which
concluded on Wednesday at AIFACS gallery. Remarkably,
their sales have surpassed those of any other exhibition
previously held at same venue.
"We have sold about 40 paintings uptil now and are still
going strong," said Supervising Incharge of the Day Care
centre at Chesire Home, Ira Ghosh.
The common sentiment is that people are probably trying
to help out the donation-based organisation and that is
what accounts for the unusually high number of sales.
"This is a way for people to acknowledge the effort made
by the handicapped residents," said Ms Negi of the AIFACS
Hall office.
"We are rarely able to sell any paintings in our other
exhibitions," Negi said. "Infact, we haven't ever sold
beyond one or two paitings and that too is very rare,"
she added.
All the paintings are made by residents of the Chesire
Home. The students have been painting over a period of
time and all the best ones have been displayed. "The
students have an art class everyday where they can
express themselves," said Special Educator S K Pandey.
"I personally supervise the classes and have seen the
students grow," Pandey said. "Some of these paintings
have been made by residents who are 80% handicapped," he
added.
The neatly framed paintings are very simple to look at
but an analytical approach speaks volumes for them. The
paintings are an expression of what the artists are going
through within.
The first painting as you enter the exhibition is called
"Blue Abstract" which shows a very deft use of colour.
The painting, priced at Rs 1500 is very calming and very
appealing to look at.
In the exhibition, there is a painting entitled "Lost
Thoughts" (Rs 2500) which is quite mesmerising to look
at. Using a riot of colours, the artist has created the
piece of art with random brush strokes which are perhaps
a manifestation of how he feels inside.
Another painting, entitled "Floating Forms" (Rs 500) is
rather interesting to look at. Following in the stream of
abstract art, it features arbitrarily placed shapes which
come together to form the creative work of art.
The artists whose paintings are displayed come from all
age groups: Manu Khanna 22, Bhagwan Das 17, Monika Ghosh
37, Victor 18, Sukhdev Singh 23, Jaya Joshi 65, Neetu 15,
Kiran 40, Preeti Desai 20, Shruti Josh 21 and Basharet
Ahmed 44.
Thursday, April 6, 2000
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