National group art exhibition NIRBHAY takes off with fearless strokes of promising artists

NEW DELHI: The national group art exhibition NIRBHAY exhibiting 50 paintings of promising artists from across India took off at the country’s prestigious address India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on Saturday. To remain open till Oct 5 at India Habitat Centre, an exhibition curated by Luna Arts was inaugurated in the presence of celebrity artist Ajay Samir, Eminent Art Critic Bigyan Mihir Patnaik, and Creative Director and Art Critic Qazi M Raghib.

At the launch of the exhibition NIRBHAY featuring contemporary paintings in abstract, intuitive, impressionism, and surreal styles of 34 talented artists, the artist & entrepreneur Tushar said that christening the exhibition as NIRBHAY was a well-thought-of decision. “The word NIRBHAY means fearless or without fear. Every one of us possesses some degree of fear. The fear of losing what one owns. This show is dedicated to those courageous artists who are not afraid to see the world as it is and express the reality of the world and everything around on canvas without any fear,” he added.

Artist & entrepreneur Smita who along with her brother Tushar founded LUNA ARTS owns the pride of curating 10 art exhibitions as seven of these art shows were organized at ALL INDIA FINE ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY (AIFACS), New Delhi, welcomed the guests and speakers with bouquets.

While addressing the participating artists, the celebrity artist Ajay Samir said that the actual imprisons of artists’ work reflected when he or she shed off fear and started working on the canvas and playing with the colours. “Anything before that is just a theory learning. It’s a matter of pride for the artists who are exhibiting their work at NIRBHAY as having an exhibition of paintings at IHC is in itself a big feat. Whosoever visits Delhi, definitely comes to IHC to have a look at the artworks displayed here,” Ajay Samir added.

Painting is the most beautiful way of expression and communication. The painting was the first expression of a human being 3.5 lakhs years before and when it was used for communicating with each other or for sharing expressions. The speech was discovered later as it came very late about 15,000 years before. However, with the advent of language, the confusion started as human beings devised diversified languages, said Bigyan Mihir Patnaik, Chief General Manager at Power Grid Cooperation of India. He is an art lover curating art shows, evaluating art, and writing on artists and their art.

While asking the artists to create value for their artwork. Patnaik said that it was because of the strong value addition in terms of expressions Amrita Sher-Gil’s painting titled The Story Teller, signed and dated 1937, fetched a staggering ₹61.8 crore, etching its name in history as the most expensive Indian artwork to be auctioned.

Qazi M Raghib, a Creative Director and Art Critic based in New Delhi for the last three decades offered valuable tips to the participating artists on how to approach the media houses for getting articles about their artworks published in newspapers and magazines. He has worked for leading media organizations, including India Today Group, inflight magazine Swagat, Sahara Daily, Mid-Day, Sunday Mail, and Current, and is currently with the National Herald. He has excelled in various professional roles as an Art Director, Illustrator, Art Writer, Painter, and Photographer. He is also an advisor to Jamia Millia Islamia University, and is running an Art Gallery, and organized over 60 shows so far.

NIRBHAY- A must-visit show for all art lovers in the National Capital.

Venue: Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

Time: 11 AM – 7 PM.

Date: From 2nd October to 5th October, 2023.

Qazi M Raghib said that the artwork must create an illusion and a good artist can create a good illusion. “It’s not very important for a painting to be attractive to have good colours, mediums or base but creating the strong visual or illusion is more important.

On this occasion, Nikhil Kumar, a flute artist from New Delhi mesmerized the participants with his enchanting flute play.

The art exhibition NIRBHAY is featuring 34 talented artists Sowmya Sebastian, Priyanka Paul, Shefali Khanna, Aditi Bose Mullick, Ammara Sheikh, Sita Rattan, Kritika Anand Mukul, Subha Agnihotri, Asha Nair, Dhaval Ajmera, Zoha Siddiqui, Gouri Seth, Agomoni Sen, Dr. Mayera Suman, Asmita Dharashashivkar, Jyotsna Sharma, Naila Praveen, Rohan Das, Tushar Biswas, Srinidhi Dabriwal, Mahima Saraswat, Tripti Raina, Ramesh Shaw, Sandeep Kang, Snehal Ekbote, Manish Kumar Singh, Ketiya Bhandecha, Sovit Arun Pradhan, Aashish Badhan, Chaitali Maji,  Ayesha Dutt, Sujata Khanokar, Nimisha Chandel, and Wasik Sheikh.

About LUNA ARTS:

LUNA ARTS is a Noida-based registered art venture that organizes offline (non-virtual) art and photography exhibitions in the National Capital Region. It was founded by an artist & entrepreneur Smita and her brother Tushar in December 2019. The motto behind the establishment of this art venture is to provide an excellent fair platform for the budding and lesser-known but very talented artists of India.

It promotes those amazing artists who deserve recognition but are unrecognized by the Indian art industry in spite of their exceptional talent. The motto behind the establishment of this art venture was to provide an excellent fair platform for the budding and lesser-known but very talented artists of India.  Through these exhibitions, LUNA ARTS wants to promote art & culture and infuse love & peace in our human society.

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