Goa’s top artists Subodh Kerkar and Yolanda De Sousa are amongst a host of big names from India, participating in the Club Mahindra ‘Discover India Art Exhibition’ to be held from 1st December 2022 to 15th January 2023 at Unwinding’s Lounge at Club Mahindra Varca Resort South Goa.
According to a press release, ‘Discover India Art Exhibition’ is an expression of Club Mahindra’s commitment to celebrate Indian art in all its forms and foster the talent of promising young artists along with that of the most acclaimed! “We welcome you to partake of this multi-artist and multi-genre contemporary art exhibition curated by Gargi Seth at Club Mahindra Varca, that commemorates discovering India in all its glory, geo- cultural, emotional, and spiritual!,” adds the press note.
The present exhibition portrays a sophisticated yet vibrant and dynamic creative perspective, a collection of quintessential landscapes, emotive figuratives, imaginative abstracts…; works that map the distinctively Indian symphony of contemporary visual aesthetics. The collection explores the complex matrix of India, unravelling some tangible, some subtle layers …spanning the geo-cultural breadth of India – expressed in paintings, sculpture, photographs, and installation. The show offers a fresh window to the creativity of some throbbing young talent at the same platform as some highly-acclaimed artists, from Goa and all over India.
Anuanay Chaubey, Dhiraj Pednekar, Saheel Khan and Meenaxi Sadalage have painted some captivating, yet very different landscapes, portrayals of where land – and human hopes – meet the waters of the earth. Ayesha Seth, Ambalika Chitkara, Adittee Garg and Kausalya Gadekar explore the essential interactions between the eternal and earthly feminine. Ramesh Gorjala breathes vibrant life into a glimpse of mythology, while Chaitali Morajkar and Nandini Raikar capture the tenuous connection of humanity with nature and divinity.
Satya Pal’s canvases depict the age old folk lore of Indian tribes, while on a diametrically different note, Yolanda De Sousa’s canvases offer a witty glimpse of the uniquely Goan life and sensibility. Loretti Pinto’s installation captures the timeless human pathos, of journeys and the journey of life. Balu Sadalge’s canvases have the charm of timeless temples while Roma Madan Soni’s landscapes charm the viewer with a wondrous beauty – now of quaint homesteads, and now of creation itself. Neerja Chandna Peters, Sandesh Khule, Ritu Chopra, and Sujata Agrawal have boldly pursued man’s timeless quest to fathom, and perhaps even tame a fraction of the unbounded powers of the cosmos. Darpan Kaur’s untrammelled abstracts are a song to the sky, and Subodh Kerkar’s joyous take on Goan life is a celebration of life itself!! The viewer is invited into these artists’ bounteous inner world of beauty.., and in a glimmer, discover the beauty of all of India!
List of Participating Artists:
• Adittee Garg
• Ambalika Chitkara
• Anunay Chaubey
• Balu K Sadalge
• Chaitali Morajkar
• Darpan Kaur
• Dhiraj Pednekar
• Kausalya Gadekar
• Loretti Pinto
• Nandini Raikar
• Neerja Chandna Peters
• Meenaxi Sadalge
• Ramesh Gorjala
• Ritu Chopra
• Roma Madan Soni
• S Ayesha
• SaheeiKhan
• Sandesh Khule
• Satya Pal
• Subodh Kerkar
• Sujata Agarwal
• Yolanda De Sousa
Curator of the art exhibition, Gargi Seth is a Co-Founder-Director, Indian Art Circle; art curator, author and cultural diplomatist. Her work has received commendation from PM Narendra Modi and she was awarded the Parampara award and Pride of the Nation award, for contribution to arts. Among her current commitments, she is working on an iconic women artists’ exhibition to commemorate the feminine perspective in Indian art, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. As a curator, she is dedicated to presenting the Indian arts in highest echelons of the art world, and fostering India’s glorious heritage by facilitating dialogues between contemporary and traditional Indian arts, as well as the visual and performing arts.
Gargi curated the India Pavilion for the Jerusalem Biennale 2019, Festival of India in Thailand, 2017, for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations; and ‘The Epic Journey of Indian Art’, Festival of India in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2016, for the Ministry of Culture. She was Fellow, Ministry of Culture, for researching Kalamezhuthu in Kerala. Among her other important recent projects was a 300 artists’ exhibition ‘Art for Kerala Flood’ at National Gallery of Modern Art.
With a team of richly experienced co-founders, Gargi Seth launched one of the world’s first fully comprehensive windows to Indian art online, in the form of IndianArtCircle.com in the year 2000. The website hosts official Home Pages of some very reputed artists and art critics. In 2008, she also founded Shakti: Women in the Vanguard of Indian Art, a group of artists and creative/ management professionals that work together for promoting Indian art with focus on excellence. She has been conceptualizing, curating and organizing high-quality contemporary art exhibitions at premium venues since the year 2000, as part of her flagship venture, Indian Art Circle and other prestigious entities. Prominent among her projects are, the Weaving Legacy anniversary series, Spirit of Art and Romancing the Figure, Edge of Reason etc., regularly featuring artists of acclaimed talent like Satish Gujral, Anjolie Ela Menon, Rameshwar Broota, Jatin Das etc. Seth was a university gold medalist and mentored extensively under Mr. Keshav Malik, one of India’s leading art critic and litterateur. She studied Art Appreciation at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi, Creative Writing at British Council, New Delhi, and observed and volunteered for curatorial practice at Seattle Asian Art Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Bern.
