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Prof. Lokesh Chandra, President, ICCR inaugurated 56th NEA in Lalit Kala Academy
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The Lalit Kala Academy unveiled its 56th
National Exhibition of Art yesterday wherein it awarded 15 artists with
national awards for their contemporary art works.
The award winners are; Ajay Kumar Kanwal (Vadodara), Avni Bansal (Delhi), Bharath Sayam (Secunderabad), Chandan Agrawal (Lucknow), Jyotirmay Dalapati (Kolkata), L. Raja (Vadodara), Madan Kisan Pawar (Thane), Manjunath V. Kalledevar (Bengaluru), Mithilesh Choubey (Mumbai), Murugan Thangaraj (New Delhi), Ramkumar. K (Chennai), Roy Sarat (Jalpaigurai), Soghra Khurasani (Vadodara), Suvajit Mondal (Santiniketan), Vijay Pichumani (Chennai).
The National Exhibition, a prestigious event of the Akademi has been concentrating upon promoting artists and art all over the country. Indian artists from all states and styles can participate in it.
The award winners are; Ajay Kumar Kanwal (Vadodara), Avni Bansal (Delhi), Bharath Sayam (Secunderabad), Chandan Agrawal (Lucknow), Jyotirmay Dalapati (Kolkata), L. Raja (Vadodara), Madan Kisan Pawar (Thane), Manjunath V. Kalledevar (Bengaluru), Mithilesh Choubey (Mumbai), Murugan Thangaraj (New Delhi), Ramkumar. K (Chennai), Roy Sarat (Jalpaigurai), Soghra Khurasani (Vadodara), Suvajit Mondal (Santiniketan), Vijay Pichumani (Chennai).
Prof. Lokesh Chandra,
President, ICCR blessed all the awardees
at the inaugural ceremony of the National Exhibition of Art held at Meghdoot
Open air theatre, Rabindra Bhavan complex with Copper Plaque and a certificate.
The award carries a Prize Money of Rs.1.00 lakh also.
A Jury consisting of
Anupam Sud, Parthiv Shah, Paula Sengupta, Soumik Nandy Majumdar, G. Ravinder
Reddy and Justin Ponmany decided the National Akademi awards. The Jury selected
the awardees out of 218 works selected from 6100 entries submitted by 2344
artists.
The academy has now 220 artists from all over the country to
conclave where the art lover can have their own narration of various visual art
forms, from folk and tribal to modern and contemporary in Ravidra Bhavan.
The selection of works for display in the
56th National Exhibition of Art is done by D.L.N. Reddy, Asish Kumar Das,
Sachin Karne and Vishwanath Lakra. The works of art in the National Exhibition
of Art contain photographs, paintings, sculptures, installations and graphic
prints.
The Jury selected the
works considering their challenging content, epitomizing creative features,
individual commitment, discriminating quality of methods, materials used and
more, so that the exhibition becomes a true representation of the dimensions of
contemporary art thinking nationally.
The National Exhibition, a prestigious event of the Akademi has been concentrating upon promoting artists and art all over the country. Indian artists from all states and styles can participate in it.
The 56th National
Exhibition of Art of the Akademi has organised in Delhi as a part of celebration
of its 60th anniversary.
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