Press Release Summary: a thing of beauty is a joy forever ....and this is more true when the journey that led to the creation is explored. Art for Prabhat is one such journey of which each show is a landmark.
Press Release Body: Recently Art For Prabhat organised an exhibition of paintings by various artists at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi. Featuring art works of Al-Saidi Hassan (Iraq), Arnab Mitra, Ashish Bose, Dharmender Rathore, Narayan Mondal, Ravi Krishnan, Suchismita Sahu & Vikash Kalra (all Delhi), Atin Basak, Shyamal Mukherjee, Vinayak Bhattacharya (all Kolkata), G. Raman (Chennai), Kalyan Rathore (Bangalore), Birbal Chandrapal, Shrikant Arun Gadgari (both Nagpur), the exhibition will continue till 11th May. On the opening ceremony, Dr. Madhumita Puri (Executive Director, Art for Prabhat), Shamshad Hussain, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Vihoria Biasi, Evana Spinelli, painters Al-Saidi Hassan, Ravi Krishnan, Narayan Mondal, Suchismita Sahu, Aditee Garg and many others were present there. On this occasion Madhumita Puri said, a thing of beauty is a joy forever ....and this is more true when the journey that led to the creation is explored. Art for Prabhat is one such journey of which each show is a landmark. Here the sparks of dynamic synergy between the retarded and the genius unfolds as our youngsters (shunned, ridiculed, and isolated by society on account of their intellectual disability) create a canvas for the artist (creative, imaginative, loved and revered) to further develop into a thing of beauty. Artists have been joining hands in the cause of our young adults since 2001, when we had our first show curated by Suneet Chopra and inaugurated by Smt Sonia Gandhi at the Arpana Gallery. The Canvas - 300 gsm art quality, acid free, handmade paper made from recycled waste painstakingly sheet by sheet. The Painter - Sensitive geniuses who show the world that anything is possible. The eagerness and the excitement with which most artists have been responding over the years when we contact them, and many who contact us as soon as they hear of the project, has given us heart. The works we receive are uplifting reflecting the capacity of such a synergy and the hope it spells for a better life for all around. We can now clearly see the future of an on-going relation between the art world and the SFCD especially as we witness the act of solidarity by the artists and the reciprocal gift of paper by the papermakers. We hope that one day that the paper so beautifully produced by these young adults with mental handicap will become a regular feature in the art world and will give them a chance to be center-stage with the rest of society as is their just due. And we also hope that viewers too will join hands with us and walk towards the vision and creation of a beautiful society. And thus will the joy of creation ever bring fulfillment in the hearts of those who create the paper, those who use it and those who view.
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