Art from across the country at this exhibition

As many as 170 artworks by artists from across the country are on display as part of

Rotary Club of Madras

fundraiser exhibition. From abstract, spiritualty, tales from various regions of Indian states depicting the cultural diversity and belief, value of Indian traditions, folklore, myth and local techniques and stories, geometric representations of French towns and villages in the early 1950s in India, women placed in a contemporary urban context, some are inspired by life around them but their themes are as much influenced by everyday world as they are rooted in fantasy. Some suggest surrealism through their paintings, while a few paintings will also provoke viewers to notice the world around them through emotion, pain and anguish expressed in the subjects of their paintings.

Artists have used various genre, style and medium like brass and bronze with enamel, acrylic on canvas, mixed media, oil on canvas, charcoal on paper, pen and ink on paper and fabric, line drawing, gouache on paper, pencil on rice paper, watercolour, jute on canvas, oil on masonite and more… all under single roof, titled ‘

Painting Lives

’.

“We have got art from all over the country. Out of the 170 artworks, 60 will go on auction today for a charity. It’s quite a dramatic display as you can see everything together at one place. We have got emerging artists as well as established ones. There is no theme as such, as the idea was to have art for everyone which we rarely get to see at a time,” says Hemu Ramaiah from Rotary Club of Madras.

Painting Lives, at

Acropolis

, RK Salai, Mylapore, from 10.30am to 8pm, till April 10