AI 100, the e book and travelling artwork present brings the modern artwork panorama to the fore

A double visible deal with awaits modern artwork lovers within the type of a brand new e book and a travelling artwork present on the State Artwork Gallery in Hyderabad. AI 100, a espresso desk e book (launched not too long ago in Chennai) comprises a group of latest artworks of 100 artists throughout India. The exhibition (by the identical identify) that includes works of 10 to fifteen artists from the e book has been organised by Artwork Houz — a gallery with a presence in each Chennai and Bengaluru — and modern artwork journal Arts Illustrated. The exhibition is on until April 9.

Curator Poonima Shivram says the work started after  April 2021 in the course of the second wave of COVID-19. “The e book is an try to document the present modern artwork panorama, the sort of work artists have been doing, how they join amongst themselves and current their concepts displays the neighborhood round them and the land that they belong to.”

To help artists

By Uttam Manna
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With uncertainty looming giant and the artist neighborhood hit exhausting in the course of the pandemic, the concept was to do one thing for them.  Calling it a ‘twin accountability, Poornima says, “ We help the artist neighborhood by recording their work and facilitate in serving to artwork reaching the viewers, convey consciousness on completely different artwork practices and the artists to look out for.”

The limited-edition e book (not on the market) might be made obtainable phase-wise. Poornima elaborates “Within the first section, our precedence is to give attention to artwork collectors as a result of once they join with the works, it is going to not directly assist the artists. We additionally hope to succeed in out to museums and libraries.” 

By Sarang Waghmare
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The mammoth process of shortlisting 100 practising artists proved powerful. Poornima and her staff of seven at Artwork Houz reached out to Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi for a listing of practising artists and galleries throughout India and in addition used their decade-long expertise within the artwork subject to shortlist artists at numerous phases of their careers. 

The present, an offshoot of the e book, is a travelling one which has come to Hyderabad after its launch in Chennai. Whereas the e book has one work of every artist, the exhibition options extra works of their respective cities. “There’s a little bit of everybody within the e book, whether or not they’re printmakers or artists. Additionally, we plan to do a number of occasions and conduct workshops or camps relying on their artwork.”

Whereas Hyderabad artists PJ Stalin and Dhan Prasad’s works are featured within the present, different metropolis artists who will not be a part of the present however featured within the e book embrace Laxman Aelay, Bhaskar Rao Botcha, Chandra Morkonda and Vishveshwar Rao. “After this tryst with portray on this version, our subsequent version might be on sculptures,” says Poornima.