Visual delights
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The annual art exhibition saw budding artists walking away with all the eight awards.
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Photo: Shyamhari Chakra
Wonderful depictions Some of the works on display at the exhibition.
The 32nd annual art exhibition hosted by Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi at Bhubaneswar was a memorable affair for two reasons — — it had a dominant presence of the new generation artists who won all the eight awards and the cash award was enha
nced from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 25,000 this year.
The three-day show showcased works of 106 artists in four categories — painting, graphics, sculpture and traditional art. It also included the works of the winners — Sasmita Moharana and Animesh Mohapatra (traditional art), Patitapaban Ojha (graphics), Keshab Chandra Nath (sculpture) and Managobinda Puhan and Soumya Ranjan Nayak (oil painting).
Welcome trend
Another welcome trend in this year’s show was greater number of entries in the traditional Indian painting section. The wonderful depiction of the immortal Geet Govind in patta painting by Sasmita Moharana of Raghurajpur village, captured everybody’s attention. Jyoti Prakash Sethy’s acrylic work Bad Luck was with a difference for its theme, texture and treatment. Some of the works in pencil by Satyabrata Barik, and in pen and ink by Bhadra Rao besides the Debabrata Jena’s work in water colour were impressive.
Graphic artists exhibited their experiments with different mediums. Soudamini Rout’s Horse Rider in lithography, Patitapaban Ojha’s Winter and Smaranika Jena’s Waiting for Krishna in wood cut and Sangeet Samantaray’s True Love on silk screen deserve special mention. Similarly sculptors Keshab Chandra Nath (Winter), Chittaranjan Moharana’s work in fibre-glass, Sukumati Thiu’s untitled work in stone besides Rabi Rath’s portrait in fibre glass were a delight to watch. Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik was felicitated by the Akdemi on the occasion.
S.C.
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