Ahmedabad International Art Festival – 2011
November 1, 2011 § Leave a comment
Many of our winged friends did grace us with their presence… peacocks, pigeons and crows.. they were all part of the installation along with hundreds of paper lotuses in various sizes…
The use of Chabootra and Antique Traditional Darwaza(Doors and Gates) is symbolic to life in and around the old city creating the social fabric- well integrated which was safe in the walled city with various Darwaza’s built along the city. The Chabootra(Bird Feeder) is an intrinsic feature of Ahmedabad community dwellings where people gather for various daily chores as well evening chit chats, thus keeping the harmony within the community healthy and well informed.
The story goes that a long time ago the 13 gates of the walled ahmedabad city were locked each night and the keys given to the Nagarsheth. One night a Muslim Dwarpal or gatekeeper saw a woman trying to leave the city .. it was Laxmi, the godess of wealth and prosperity. He tried to stop her and when she said she waned to leave the city he told her that he would go get the keys to the gate .. he made her promise that she would not step out of the city until he returnd. She gave him her word. he went and got the keys from the nagarsheth’s house but was sad that she would leave .. he would not let that happen .. he took his own life and Godess Laxmi still dwells within the city .. she never left because the gatekeeper did’nt return .. he sacrificed his life for the prosperity of the city , so that it would always prosper and grow.
Something about this story must be true… Ahmedabad is the fastest growing city in india today and it’s people and business continues to thrive. The installation touched on this aspect of the city ..It’s growth and journey from being a small hamlet called ashavali on the banks of the sabarmati ruled by a bhil king to what it is today.
· A Fine Line · Ahmedabad Heritage Cell · Alliance Francaise, Ahmedabad · Amit Ambalal’s gallery and Haveli · Anart Foundation · Archer · Banyan Art · British Council Division · Darpana / Natarani · Upasana school of Performing Arts/Gujarat University · Five Issues/Gopika Jadeja · House of MG, Ahmedabad · Huteesing Visual Art Centre · Kanoria Centre for Arts · Lemongrasshopper · Max Mueller/ Goethe Institute · MIRIAD, Manchester · Paulomi Lalbhai Studio · PLATYPUS · Pro-Helvetia · Sheth C N College of Fine Arts · Nazariya
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Purvaa – Purvesh Patel Memorial Art Show 2011
October 6, 2011 § Leave a comment
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Incredible Collection
October 8, 2010 § Leave a comment
Glimpse
Press Coverage
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the one square foot show
August 12, 2010 § 2 Comments
120 Artists from 11 States showcase their recent work about 200 paintings are on display sized 1 X 1 ft. Inauguration by Mr. Anil Relia
Curator: Deviba Wala
Co-ordinator: Arpit Biloria
In Association with
Animal HELP FoundationAalap Shah | Aditi Gemini | Amit Ambalal | Amit Prajapati | Amit Soni | Amitabh Madhia | Amrendra Nandi | Anamika Singh | Anand Gadapa | Anant Mehta | Anant Sahu | Anantan K T | Aniketa Deshpande | Anup Chand | Anil Majmudar | Arvind Patel | Atul Vadadoriya | Avinash Thaker | Arpit Biloria | Bansi Khatri | Bharat Patni | Bharvi Trivedi | Blaise Joseph | Bhaskar Chaudhary | Bhavin Vaishnav | Chitra E G | Darshana Rajvaidya | Deepak Rasaily | Devang Anglay | Devang Vyas | Dushyant Patel | Deviba Wala | Gayatri Trivedi | Giriraj Kadia | H R Das | H R Kumbhawat | Haku Shah | Hemali Mandalia | Hiral Thakkar | Hukum Verma | Imran | Jagadhish Shreyas | Jayant Maity | Jayanti Naik | Jigar Kapdi | Jignesh Patel | Jigna Gaudana | Jignesh Panchal | Jitu Oghani | K K Gandhi | Kailash Desai | Kansodaria Ratilal | Karl Antao | Khanjan Maru | Kishor Kant | Kumar Chauhan | Lalit Garg | Maalchand Paarik | Margee Patel | Mahendra Kadia | Manhar Kapadia | Mannju Karmarkar | Mayank Sharma |Masoom Khambhayta | Milan Desai | Mukesh Acharya | Mukesh Salvi | Mukund Patel | Nabibakhsh Mansoori | Narendra Raghunath | Natu Mistry | Naveen Kumar | Navin Dhagat | Neha Lavingia | Neha Suthar | Nehal Rachh | Neha Dhadhich | Nikita Parikh | Nilesh Suthar | Nisha Sharma | Priti Kahar | Parul Panjwani | Pramod Singh | Prashant Sitapara | Pulkit Prajapati | Radhika Dave | Raj A J | Rajesh Sagara | Rakesh Patel | Ravin Godhani | Riddhi Shah | Rina Parakh | Ritesh Meshram | Roma Patel | Ronak Soparivala | Samvedana Vaishya | Sangeetha Moorthy | Sanyasi Red |Shaam | Sharad Bharadwaj | Sheetal Panchal | Shinoy Choran | Shruti Thakur | Shubhra Chand | Siddheshwar Kanuga | Smriti Saraswat | Snehal Kashikar | Suraj Kumar | Suresh Emanuel | Suvarna Kamakshi | Tushar Kamble | Vijay Sharma | Vinod Patel | Vipul Prajapati | Vipul Rathod | Visha Kanuga | Vrindavan Solanki | Yamini Rathore | Yusuf
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The Smart Show, baroda
August 12, 2010 § Leave a comment
Moscow !
July 4, 2010 § 2 Comments
“Qui Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
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EVALUTION – Women’s Group Show, Ahmedabad
March 6, 2010 § 1 Comment
