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Bhubaneswar, Oct 5: An art exhibition titled ‘Unknown’ by 27 students of Balasore Art and Crafts College commenced at Orissa Modern Art Gallery here Sunday.
Around 50 works by final year students have been put up on display, including exquisite paintings and sculptures.
The young students have beautifully expressed their imagination through their creations using water colour, acrylic colour, stones, plaster of paris and wood. Visitors were highly appreciative of the works displayed at the exhibition, and were of the opinion that the young students are talented artists in the making.
Works of some students like Binapani Sahu, Pritilata Maharana, Puspanjali Behera, Rashmi Ranjita Hui were based on the theme of Lord Krishna and Radha and the spiritual love of Meera for Gopal.
Gobinda Manna (21) who exhibited four of his works used different mediums to express his ideas. If his sculpture ‘Thief of Blood’ was about protection against mosquito-borne diseases, his installation painting ‘Worldly Viewpoint’ explores how most college students believe that women are attracted towards money. Two of his water colour paintings showed characters each waiting for something. One showed an interminable wait for water while another painting depicted a young girl waiting in the rain at a lonely railway platform to board a train.
“My father is my inspiration who is a sculpture artist. Though I love colours, I have a weakness for sculptures. I am more into sculptures but will also continue with paintings,” said Gobinda.
Speaking about his installation painting, Manna said, “I wanted to showcase a materialistic world, and it my observation as a youth that girls are attracted towards money. Through this idea I also delved into the menace of prostitution and how it is increasingly becoming a menace.”
Smruti Rekha Das (20), a differently-abled artist, managed to brilliantly capture an artistic worldview in her paintings. Smruti exhibited four water colour paintings. Her paintings ‘Kherichara Temple’ and ‘Pleasure’ symbolized a love for the Creator and Nature. “I paint whatever takes my fancy. Colours give me freedom to express myself. I want to become a good artist and want to go abroad and work,” Smruti said in sign language. Simanta Paul in his paintings explored how all things, including people, lose relevance and are discarded once they become old. Works of Attri Chetan, Sanjay Kumar Raul, Shraboni Mohanty, Supriya Das, Sandip Kumar Ghadai, Ramkishor Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, Nabasankar Das Mayank Saini were equally appreciated.
The exhibition will continue till October 10.
