Two day exhibition of young visual artists inaugurated
Lalit Gupta
JAMMU, May 30: The long pending demand of local artists community to make available for the use, the already constructed Studios at the Kala Kendra, is likely to be fulfilled as Divisional Commissioner, Pradeep Gupta, gave an assurance that the three Studios in the complex would be made functional very soon.
The Divisional Commissioner, who is also the administrator of the Kala Kendra, was responding to the demands made by artists’ community at the opening of ‘Confluence 2012’, the maiden exhibition of four young visual artists, at the Kala Kendra here today. He also agreed for the opening of a coffee shop at the Kala Kendra where artists and writers can come and have interaction. He said that a commercial house will be approached to open such an outlet at Kala Kendra.
Other than the chief guest, Pradeep Dutta, the guest of honour, Vijay Saraf, Dean, Principal, Institute of Music and Fine Arts (IMFA), University of Jammu and Dr Sunil Khosa, also spoke at the occasion.
The participating artists in the two-day exhibition who are the alumni of Institute of Music include Chemat Dorjay from Ladakh, Kulpreet Rana from Punjab and , Sunita Kuamri from Delhi and Ranjeet Kaur from Jammu.
The group show of four young artists, who belong to three different streams of visual arts, has more than 30 works on display. These include impressive sculptures by Chemat Dorajy, the first modern sculptor of Ladakh; colorful canvases by Kulpreet Rana and Sunita Kuamri and photographs by Ranjeet Kaur who is an applied artist. The exhibition catalogue also carries a write up by Jigmat Palmo, the first art history student from Ladakh.
The function conducted by Raj Kumar Behrupia was also attended by faculty members of IMFA, prominent artists and writers and members of the civil society.
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