12-day Stone Sculpture Workshop concludes today
Vinay kumar
Chandigarh
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 the guest artist
and all sculptors 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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