Painting exhibitions go online during lockdown

Kolkata, Apr 20 () In order to take great works ofpaintings to the home of art-lovers during the ongoinglockdown, premier art galleries in the city are organisingonline exhibitions, showcasing works of veteran and newartists.

Private organisations such as the Birla Academy andthe Emami Art are showcasing works of celebrated painters,while the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) - agovernment body - will start a competition on the theme'United Against Corona - Express Through Art'.

The Birla Academy, which hosts exhibitions ofpaintings and other artworks all over the year, is holding anonline show of stalwarts like Nandalal Basu, Binod BihariMukherjee, Somnath Hore, Gaganandranath Tagore, Ramkinkar Baizamong others.

"Every day you can see representative works of twoartists on our website. This will continue till April 30," aspokesperson of the organisation said.

"We cannot enable one to feel the joy of walking fromone gallery to another, but we can at least make an art-loverwatch great paintings from home," she said.

Another exhibition titled 'BLACK WHITE AND MORE canbe seen on the website of the Emami Art.

Monochromatic artworks of eminent artists JogenChowdhury, Rabin Mondal, S G Vasudev, Dashrath Patel, BoseKrishnamachari and Manu Parekh are put on display.

"Being confined to the four walls of your house fordays on end is not easy, but our minds are free and ourimaginations have no limit. Beyond the black and white that weare seeing now, we believe and hope that there is more," RichaAgarwal said on behalf of organizers.

Meanwhile, the ICCR is organising an onlinecompetition 'United Against Corona - Express Through Art'.

"The exhibition will be in the fields of contemporarypainting, folk art, tribal art, illustration, cartoon, digitaland new age art. We are inviting entries till May 1. Winnerswill have their works displayed in big cities across the worldand online," an ICCR spokesperson said.

The entries can be sent to two ICCR links. SUSNN NN