Santiniketan: Kala Bhavana celebrates 100 years of art with exhibition

Founded by famous, Rabindranath Tagore, Kala Bhavana in Santiniketan is celebrating its 100 years of pioneering fine arts institution. To mark historic day, authorities held an exhibition titled Kala Bhavana: Legacy of Ingenuity. incredible cultural programme is amongst several or programmes celebrating occasion.   

Showcasing works of new artists

Nishant, an assistant professor in History of Arts at Benaras Hindu University explained that idea to organize programme was to showcase pedagogy of Kala Bhavana and fine arts faculty of Visva-Bharati University. He also ded that Kala Bhavana has produced great artists like Nandalal Bose, Bede Behari Mukherjee, and Ramkinkar Baij but sly faculty hasn’t come across any extraordinary talent lately. 

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According to reports, programme was an initiative to showcase works of new artists, who are working on same ideas and principles and to remind people ideology of Santiniketan and its purpose, which is to provide open for creative ideas, but t based on schooling only. 

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Tagore believed that a nation that is deprived of music and or finer arts lacks self-expression. For him, a successful nation must have a strong cultural self-expression to represent its roots. A hundred years ago, Tagore invited artists and scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds and nationalities to take up residence at Santiniketan and share ir kwledge, to promote arts and culture in India.  

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In 1923, Nandalal Bose became first principal of Kala Bhavana, passing legacy to modernist creators like Bede Behari Mukherjee, Somnath Hore, Ramkinkar Baij, and KG Subramanyan. 

Curator Nishant, an Assistant Professor in History of Arts at Benaras Hindu University reportedly said idea of showcasing a total of 40 works, including paintings, sculptures, print and ceramic by 20 artists are on display. Out of which, around 13 of m have works falling in four categories – self and memories, migration and population, green allegory, and . He also mentioned that most artists are youngsters, having just passed out from institution. 

According to reports, eye turning part of show was Enjamul Islam’s work, soothing Tempera paintings and artworks in Wash technique by Gargi Ghost.  

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(With ncy inputs)