Paint the town green

Paintings adorning the art gallery walls this week will delineate how nature rules the easel

The arty hearties have reason to rejoice. Art galleries around town have plenty to offer, what with varied art genre doing the rounds. The one common factor among all these artists, we noticed was a conscious effort to revolve around the harmony between man or woman and nature.



The Renaissance Art Show called The Odyssey Beyond, which opens to the public on September 16, boasts of two women painters with different styles united under one theme nature. Ananya Banerjee and Debjani Datta have the same love for nature and harmony and agree that this is what they have tried to portray in their paintings. Both of them, however have had an undying passion for painting and have come about it after dabbling in other activities. Ananya chuckles, "It started with me scribbling on walls and my mom yelling at me. I ended up studying law as I come from a family of lawyers but I knew my heart lay in painting." Meanwhile Debjani has been painting for 15 years now and says her designing work during her college days extended into canvases.

Both artists have been in Bangalore before and are happy to be back again. In terms of what to expect of them, Ananya discloses, "The faces in these paintings make the background and I have made it a point to include some elements of nature, even if it's something as small as a twig or a branch." "You can expect some abstract work with wax on canvas and other mix media. This is the first time I'm showing the abstract side of me with my paintings. My paintings show something of the interaction between man and nature and man and God," confesses Debjani.u00a0

Where
At: The Renaissance, Cunningham Road
On: September 16
Wallet Factor: Ananya's paintings Rs 20,000 up to Rs 1, 00,000
Debjani's paintings Rs 10,000 up to Rs 35, 000

Art for less

If you're looking for affordable art, then head to Magnitude Gallery's Massterpiece.Massterpiece as the name alleges is about art at rates affordable to the common masses. "Original art isn't just for the elites; it should be made available to middle class families too," voices S Ramesh Magar, MD, Magnitude Gallery. Magnitude Gallery is run like any other organization. They hire artists and these artists work inside their studios at Jayanagar. On display are paintings that range from sculptures of Ganesha's to abstracts to landscapes. The next collection to watch out for, says Ramesh, would be paintings of Shirdi Sai Baba on the occasion of his birthday that falls on two separate days, September 20 and October 4.

At: Magnitude Gallery, 3rd Block, Jayanagar
On till: September 16

Other painting exhibitions in the city. A collection of oils by Devidas Dharamadhikari called Dak Chhap.
At: Gallery G, Lavelle Road
On till: September 18

Paintings by three artists, Pratap Chavan, Sheetal Shirguppi and Sunil Mathad are on display. Pratap Chavan's works are based on Radha and Krishna while landscapes seem to be the thing for Sheetal Shirguppi and Sunil Mathad.
At: Chitrakala Parishath
On till: September 18