Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform For Painting Presented At The Jehangir Art Gallery...

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10 – 16 June 2025

“Y Ū N B H Ī “

So too…

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Amitabh Ashesh

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400001

11am to 7pm

https://istarah.art

+91 98459 56328

Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform for Painting presented at the Jehangir Art Gallery

Acclaimed artist Amitabh Ashesh’s innovative art exhibition titled “Yun Bhi” is being held at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. The exhibition will be open to the public from June 10 to June 16, 2025.

In this exhibition, Amitabh presents prototypical art based on conceptual tenets of Yufism. A former student of the art department at Stanford University, Amitabh has trained under modern masters, including Frank Lobdell of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

‘Yufism’ reimagines the visible, the invisible, and the affective, imbuing them with new characteristics. For example, raindrops become strings of beads, ocean waves resemble skirts, and windows transform into structures of light. Developed over a decade, Amitabh’s unique experiments seek to introduce a new visual logic and a conceptual tool set of wide applicability.

Amitabh’s paintings carry the imprint of his personal experiences—swimming, tennis, gardening, and friendships across different cultures. Each painting has a titular poem inviting access through a literary lens. His subjects include scenes such as the bustling Brigade Road of Bengaluru, plants in rain and feeding of street dogs.

According to senior artist Vanidas Mangathil, “Yufism is a completely new, innovative, and inspiring visual language. It presents a fresh vision that deserves to be understood and explored.”

Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform For Painting Presented At The Jehangir Art Gallery

Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform For Painting Presented At The Jehangir Art Gallery...

Posted by admin on Jun 13, 2025 in Art Exhibition | Comments Off

10 – 16 June 2025

“Y Ū N B H Ī “

So too…

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Amitabh Ashesh

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400001

11am to 7pm

https://istarah.art

+91 98459 56328

Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform for Painting presented at the Jehangir Art Gallery

Acclaimed artist Amitabh Ashesh’s innovative art exhibition titled “Yun Bhi” is being held at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. The exhibition will be open to the public from June 10 to June 16, 2025.

In this exhibition, Amitabh presents prototypical art based on conceptual tenets of Yufism. A former student of the art department at Stanford University, Amitabh has trained under modern masters, including Frank Lobdell of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

‘Yufism’ reimagines the visible, the invisible, and the affective, imbuing them with new characteristics. For example, raindrops become strings of beads, ocean waves resemble skirts, and windows transform into structures of light. Developed over a decade, Amitabh’s unique experiments seek to introduce a new visual logic and a conceptual tool set of wide applicability.

Amitabh’s paintings carry the imprint of his personal experiences—swimming, tennis, gardening, and friendships across different cultures. Each painting has a titular poem inviting access through a literary lens. His subjects include scenes such as the bustling Brigade Road of Bengaluru, plants in rain and feeding of street dogs.

According to senior artist Vanidas Mangathil, “Yufism is a completely new, innovative, and inspiring visual language. It presents a fresh vision that deserves to be understood and explored.”

Amitabh Ashesh’s ‘Yufism’ – A New Compositional Platform For Painting Presented At The Jehangir Art Gallery

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI” Solo Show Of Paintings By Pintu Paul At Jehangir Art Gallery...

Posted by admin on May 29, 2025 in Art Exhibition | Comments Off

From: 27^th May to 2^nd June 2025

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI”

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Pintu Paul

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road,

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400 001

Contact: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: 09830361795

About This Exhibition

Characterised by “gentle” characteristics and western education the rise of Bhadralok in the 19th century reflected changes in the nature of Bengali identity and subjectively. The colonial experience led to concern of Bengal elite to define for themselves a social class that would delineate their nobility and shape a new code of acceptance The “Babu” were associated with this new class of Bengalis eager to adopt Western manners and learn that they formed the bulk the workforce needed the cosmopolitan enclave of Calcutta Babumoshai enjoyed a style of life in common and was conscious of Its existence as a class organised to further its ends. The prototype Babu was one whose attire was a variety of English and Indian, claiming to be taught English and flaunting his status in society. The title “Babumoshai was added as a prefix or suffix to a person’s name to recognize (wealthy) Indians who had provided service and assistance to the British in establishing their commercial and political base in India. Raja Nabakrishna Deb of Sobhabazar Rajbari was first known ‘Babu’ from Calcutta. The rise of Bengali Babu(or Babumoshai) as a social class was mainly due to trade and Enterprise in British colonial Bengal.

Post 1857, we witnessed a change in the way these Babus were represented in popular domains. The young Bengali babu was presented as a cartoon character, a ridiculous fusion of East and West, wearing a Dhoti, coat and hat, wearing a monocle, carrying an umbrella and smoking a cigar. I tried to depict their lifestyle in this exhibition.

About My Art

After meditative perseverance of more than two decade I the Kolkata based artist Pintu Paul has been able to arrive at a goal. I was striving for to devise an indigenous identity of my painting. My figurative forms now display dominance of linearity with a sobriety of folk tranquillity where the wisdom of neo- Indian style is transcended into post-1940-s modernistic approach of our art. In the mean time since the beginning we of twenty-first century I traversed through various forms like naturalism, realism, expressionism and different kinds of folk. All these tracks have lead me to this original expression I was striving for, very much akin to my own personality.

In my present forms I amalgamates various nuances of Indigenous folk tradition, the meditative inwardness of Indian classical sensibility.

The fantasy-oriented technique of transformation of human figures from naturalism towards an expressionist sobriety based on western modernistic formal orientation. Through synthesis of all this elements, local and global I posits a benign, lyrical, witty, pleasant and colourful exposition of life, where indigenous traditional identity plays a dominant role.

The subject of my paintings and drawings are mostly figurative. In the present series I works with Indian social life.

Pintu Paul – Artist

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oxz54o9z-hU

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI” Solo Show Of Paintings By Pintu Paul At Jehangir Art Gallery

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI” Solo Show Of Paintings By Pintu Paul At Jehangir Art Gallery...

Posted by admin on May 29, 2025 in Art Exhibition | Comments Off

From: 27^th May to 2^nd June 2025

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI”

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Pintu Paul

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road,

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400 001

Contact: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: 09830361795

About This Exhibition

Characterised by “gentle” characteristics and western education the rise of Bhadralok in the 19th century reflected changes in the nature of Bengali identity and subjectively. The colonial experience led to concern of Bengal elite to define for themselves a social class that would delineate their nobility and shape a new code of acceptance The “Babu” were associated with this new class of Bengalis eager to adopt Western manners and learn that they formed the bulk the workforce needed the cosmopolitan enclave of Calcutta Babumoshai enjoyed a style of life in common and was conscious of Its existence as a class organised to further its ends. The prototype Babu was one whose attire was a variety of English and Indian, claiming to be taught English and flaunting his status in society. The title “Babumoshai was added as a prefix or suffix to a person’s name to recognize (wealthy) Indians who had provided service and assistance to the British in establishing their commercial and political base in India. Raja Nabakrishna Deb of Sobhabazar Rajbari was first known ‘Babu’ from Calcutta. The rise of Bengali Babu(or Babumoshai) as a social class was mainly due to trade and Enterprise in British colonial Bengal.

Post 1857, we witnessed a change in the way these Babus were represented in popular domains. The young Bengali babu was presented as a cartoon character, a ridiculous fusion of East and West, wearing a Dhoti, coat and hat, wearing a monocle, carrying an umbrella and smoking a cigar. I tried to depict their lifestyle in this exhibition.

About My Art

After meditative perseverance of more than two decade I the Kolkata based artist Pintu Paul has been able to arrive at a goal. I was striving for to devise an indigenous identity of my painting. My figurative forms now display dominance of linearity with a sobriety of folk tranquillity where the wisdom of neo- Indian style is transcended into post-1940-s modernistic approach of our art. In the mean time since the beginning we of twenty-first century I traversed through various forms like naturalism, realism, expressionism and different kinds of folk. All these tracks have lead me to this original expression I was striving for, very much akin to my own personality.

In my present forms I amalgamates various nuances of Indigenous folk tradition, the meditative inwardness of Indian classical sensibility.

The fantasy-oriented technique of transformation of human figures from naturalism towards an expressionist sobriety based on western modernistic formal orientation. Through synthesis of all this elements, local and global I posits a benign, lyrical, witty, pleasant and colourful exposition of life, where indigenous traditional identity plays a dominant role.

The subject of my paintings and drawings are mostly figurative. In the present series I works with Indian social life.

Pintu Paul – Artist

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oxz54o9z-hU

“INCREDIBLE LIFE STYLE OF INDIAN BABUMOSHAI” Solo Show Of Paintings By Pintu Paul At Jehangir Art Gallery

“Within” Solo Show By Contemporary Artist Maitrry P. Shah In Nehru Centre Art Gallery...

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20th to 26th May 2025

“Within”

Solo Show by Contemporary Artist Maitrry P. Shah

VENUE:

Nehru Centre Art Gallery

Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli,

Mumbai 400 018

11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 98254 42287

This show was inaugurated on 20th May 2025 by Honorable Guests Sanjay Patil (ACP) in the presence of Aslam Hasan Customs Commissioner, Kisalay Vora senior artist, Manmohan Jaiswal Art Curator, Event Organiser, Prashant Kumar Advocate, Mr. Zen Senior Artist, Pushpa Verma Actress & Author, Sohan Sharma Films producer, Leena Chopda Sivanchi Malani Nari Shakti organisation, Daya Yadav Bollywood Actor, Shreya Ojha Actress & Anchor, Kamlesh Doshi Film Producer, Moiz Mamoonwala Degital Art Promoter, Manoj Mishra Finance & Wealth management among others

Maitrry P Shah, an award-winning and internationally recognized contemporary Indian artist, has captivated audiences with her expressive and imaginative paintings. With a deeply contemporary style, she has carved a niche for herself in the art world. Born on April 11, 1987, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,

Maitrry discovered her passion for painting at a young age, immersing herself in the beauty of nature. As she delved into the world of art and artists through books, her parents provided unwavering support and encouragement, fueling her determination to create her own world with colors and brushes.

Maitrry’s artistic journey began during her studies, as she started creating paintings and participating in various art competitions. At the tender age of 12, she received her first international accolade, the “Silver Medal,” in the 10th Kanagawa Biennial World Art Competition held in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1999. This early recognition cemented her passion for art and marked the beginning of a remarkable journey that continues to this day.

In 2013, Maitrry’s journey took her to the United States, where she visited esteemed art galleries such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington, MoMA in New York, and the Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art in Charlotte. Inspired by these experiences, she began showcasing her artwork through 3 solo and 43 group exhibitions in leading art galleries all over India and abroad.

She presented her work in art galleries at Gandhinagar, Bangalore, Jaipur, Bhilwara-Rajasthan, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Manipal, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mauritius, Warsaw-Poland etc, her works are in collection of many reputed art collectors and art institutions of national and international reputation on a global level.

Her paintings found their place in numerous national and international art exhibitions, earning her three international awards, including ten gold medals, two silver medals, and one silver crown in national competitions, as well as six state-level awards and certifications. Maitrry got an honorable doctorate Degree in Fine arts from IEMS University.

Maitrry is renowned for her expressive paintings, which she creates using various mediums such as oil, acrylic, oil pastels, and mixed media. Her artistic style is deeply contemporary, and her work resonates with human emotions, particularly those of women. Love, happiness, despair, and sadness are among the emotions vividly portrayed in her artwork, which is often described as soul-touching.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9XZFCBzPe8o

“Within” Solo Show By Contemporary Artist Maitrry P. Shah In Nehru Centre Art Gallery