aRTALK: THE LEARNING CURVE

3^rd September, 2019, saw the opening of a group painting exhibition ‘CELEBRATING INDIAN LANGUAGES, THE LEARNING CURVE’, at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.

This exhibition is a group show to promote Indian languages through the medium of visual art. It is an attempt to bring to forefront, the beauty of the alphabet by using alphabet of the diverse Indian languages. This exhibition saw the coming together of various artists from India and abroad on one platform provided by the academy.

The artist’s work reflect maturity as well as proficiency in their technique .Their attempt to work with a singular theme does provide a unison at some levels. The skill of these artist in their work whether abstract, realistic, or classical is in their own ways adapted to bring in the theme of the exhibition that is the ‘alphabet’. It does create new avenues of presenting their thought, at the same time the theme seems to restrain the creative thought, confining the need of the individual artist to express himself, especially evident in works of art of the Indian classical theme. Though these works are beautifully rendered by the artists and exhibit control of technique, lack in terms of spacing and presentation and in an effort to bring in the alphabet, tends to jar the overall effect of the art work.

The artist who are exhibiting are accomplished artists, in their field in terms of rendering ,composition as well as brushstroke .The artists definitely exhibit expertise in handling colour and balancing in terms of form and line work, but the theme puts a bondage in their thought process.

‘Learning curve’ is a well curated exhibition bringing together artists with diverse styles, had the thematic content been on a much more wider concept, the expression of the artists would have definitely crossed all barriers of language giving forth an eloquent expression to the viewer and a cause for rejoicing and celebration.

This exhibition was curated by Indira Gandhi Centre For Arts, New Delhi in association with Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy.