Regional artists’ work embellishes Amritsar art centre

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 30

The annual edition of the state-level art exhibition was inaugurated at Art Gallery by Indian Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition received entries from 211 artists across the region, with 367 art works, including paintings, sculptures, graphics, digital art and mix media works, sent for participation.

The exhibition displayed 109 art works in several categories including amateur artists and students of fine arts. Noted sculptor Narinder Singh was the convenor of the exhibition.

Arvinder Chamak, general secretary, IAFA, said, “We usually host the art exhibition in March every year, but it got delayed due to pandemic. This year, we anticipated that the lockdown and warning of a third wave of pandemic, might hit the exhibition. However, we managed to get a good response from participating artists, who sent their art works despite logistical challenges.”

The inaugural day also saw prizes being awarded to artists in different categories. In senior artist category, city-based artist Kanwaljit Kaur received the first prize for her painting while Mohali-based artist Kuldeep Singh got the second prize. In amateur/student artist category, Harman Singh Virdi from Jalandhar got the first prize while Prabhjot Kaur from Jallandhar got second prize. Artists from Pathankot, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Banur, Hoshiarpur and remotest districts of Punjab have participated in the exhibition.

“The state art exhibition was started to encourage artists from Punjab and give a platform to aspiring artists, who were working in traditional as well as contemporary genre. Every year the number of entries we receive increases, only exception being last year, when due to pandemic, we had received 147 entries. But this year the numbers have been encouraging for us as well as artists,” said Chamak. The exhibition will continue till September 5.

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