Plan to involve artists to attract tourists

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, MARCH 25 The State Government is thinking of taking artists to different places of tourist interest, like Nagarjunasagar and Araku Valley, and asking them to put up their work to attract more tourists.

This was stated here on Sunday by Mrs. Chandana Khan, Secretary, Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture Department, while inaugurating an all-India artists' camp at Shilparamam crafts village at Madhapur near here.

If the artists agree to this proposal the State Government would meet their expenses of travel and stay at the places where they would create and display their art work, she told the gathering which comprised painters from Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi.

The Government, Mrs. Khan said, was prepared to allot land and provide other infrastructure facilities for a permanent art gallery here. She said the city already had four or five galleries, but a permanent one would benefit the people, who could take a look at the objects on display.

She described artists' camps as a growing phenomenon and said such common platforms of artists would serve the cause of promoting visual arts. The Government had taken upon itself the task of supporting such camps, which was performed in the past by kings.

The week-long camp is being organised to mark the diamond jubilee year of the Hyderabad Art Society. It is sponsored by the S.J.K. Steel Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad. Mrs. Khan and other artists taking part in the camp put the brush on the canvas to mark the inauguration.

Mr. Jitin Kumar, managing director of the corporation, later inaugurated an exhibition of paintings of members of the society. Over 45 paintings on view will be open for public till March 31.

Mr. G. Kishan Rao, Director of Tourism and Special Officer of Shilparamam, was among those present at the inauguration of the camp.

Among the artists attending the camp are Ashok Mallik, Aditya Basak (both of Kolkata), Muralidharan (Chennai) and Rajesh Sharma (Delhi). Among the senior artists are K. Seshagiri Rao, K. Rajaih, P.R. Raju, Narendra Rai, G.Y. Giri, R. Subash Babu and T. Vaikuntam (all from Hyderabad).

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