A Press Meet was hosted by Lalit
Kala Akademi, India’s National Academy of Art to announce the 58th National
Exhibition of Art, which is being held at National Gallery of Modern
Art, Bengaluru from Friday, February 24, 2017 and will continue for
a month.
To reflect its truly national
character the National Exhibition of Art is customarily held
in various cities of the country so as to give the interested public in these
cities a chance to savor quality production.
It has returned to Bengaluru after a
lapse of 16 years, as the last time it was held here was in 2001, at the
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru.
The current exhibition has 111
exhibits chosen from 6000 works through a competitive process, of these 15 have
been conferred the Academy’s National Award. The award is much coveted among
artists as it earmarks the future potential of the individual artist in the art
community and many of the earlier awardees, such as M F Husain and SH
Raza, are today’s icons of Indian art.
The works for the 58th National
Exhibition of Art have been chosen on grounds of their artistic merit.
They reflect innovative use of mediums, diversity and relevance of subject
matter as also a high level of creativity.
CS Krishna Setty, Administrator,
Lalit Kala Akademi remarked: ‘Besides upholding and steering forth a great
tradition of giving Indian art its due importance, the National Exhibition of
Art is also a window view into future trends in Indian art. The works of the
awardees have expressed a spectacular range of subjects to express their
creative abilities and carry in them an unwritten history of development,
emerging trends and even influences that have pivoted the art movement of the
country.’
The award presentation to be held on
the of February 24, 2017 at Hotel Shangri – La, Bengaluru will
have Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala conferring the
National Academy Award to 15 Awardees.
The Award ceremony coincides with the
opening of a month-long National Exhibition of Art being held at the National
Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, comprising the 111 selected artworks, of
the 58th National Exhibition of Art. The display is open to the
public on all working days, except Mondays.
The Awardees have been choosen by a
Two Tier Jury system of eminent artists and art personalities who in the first
stage had selected 111 artworks which are now on display at the national
exhibition.
The members of the First Tier
Selection Jury consisted of Anandmoy Banerji, Kanchan Chander, Harshvardhan
Sharma, Nalini Malaviya, and Vijay Bagodi. Thereafter, the second jury selected
15 National Awardees from the cache of 111 exhibitors, for conferring the
National Academy Award. The members of the Award Jury consisted of Adwaita
Gadanayak, Chandranath Acharya K., Prof. Pranam Singh, Yusuf, Venkatachalapathi.
Each of the Awardees will receive a plaque and a cash award of Rs 1 lakh, along
with a certificate.