The Kalimpong Arts Association on Tuesday started a four-day art exhibition in town as part of the 68th Independence Day celebrations. The KAA as an association provides platform to seasoned as well as budding artists in the region to showcase their talent and has been organising such exhibition every year. People can not only enjoy the colourful art made by various artists in the region, they can also purchase an art piece of their choice.
The exhibition held at Kalimpong Sub-divisional Library has works by more than 24 different artists from various places including Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Dooars and Sikkim among others. Kalimpong-based renowned artist IB subba inaugurated the exhibition today. The inaugural day of the event saw works from Kalimpong-based artist Shamsher Ali, HARAK president Sanjogita Subba, Darjeeling-based artist Harish Subba and Sikkim-based artist Diwakar Lamichanay among others.
Thefour-day exhibition will showcase various forms of arts including, oil, portrait, sand art, nature related and Nepali folk life arts. Darjeeling’s Harish Subba has represented the beauty of Darjeeling hills on his canvas through water colours. He said the artistic works from the hills should be given special preference and the regional administration should provide all the support needed for the initiative. “There should be an art school in the hills, so that future generation of artists can be moulded in a proper way,” Subba suggested. Meanwhile, IB Subba said the budding artists have been given a boost due to such exhibition as it provides valuable lesson to them.
Sikkim-based artist Diwakar Lamichany said he is extremely happy to display his work at the event and thanked KAA for inviting him. “Sikkim government has also been working hard towards art and culture. The government has be helpful to us and have provided us similar platform through art competitions and exhibitions,” he informed.
Source: EOI
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Thefour-day exhibition will showcase various forms of arts including, oil, portrait, sand art, nature related and Nepali folk life arts. Darjeeling’s Harish Subba has represented the beauty of Darjeeling hills on his canvas through water colours. He said the artistic works from the hills should be given special preference and the regional administration should provide all the support needed for the initiative. “There should be an art school in the hills, so that future generation of artists can be moulded in a proper way,” Subba suggested. Meanwhile, IB Subba said the budding artists have been given a boost due to such exhibition as it provides valuable lesson to them.
Sikkim-based artist Diwakar Lamichany said he is extremely happy to display his work at the event and thanked KAA for inviting him. “Sikkim government has also been working hard towards art and culture. The government has be helpful to us and have provided us similar platform through art competitions and exhibitions,” he informed.
Source: EOI
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