When you're in Bangalore, visiting the Annual 'Chitra Santhe' is one among the top ten things to do. The Chitra Santhe is an annual event organized by the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath with a motive to attract artists from all over the country to exhibit their artistic brilliance and bid a price for it as well. As for the audiences, it's a win-win; not only do they get to envision the alluring paintings, portraits, sculptures and many more art works but also purchase their favorites. The whole stretch of Kumara Krupa Road, where the santhe is held, was bustling with art lovers and sidelined with beautiful paintings. The vehicles were zeroed in for the day. The santhe hosted over 1400 artists from across the country.
Toddlers in the arms of their parents, kids, college students, senior citizens were all present with overwhelming zest to encounter the artworks. The santhe not only exhibited the works of the students of Chitrakala Parishath but also, an artists' work who wished to unveil his works and sell them.
The organizers arranged for exclusive gallery space for senior and physically-challenged artists in the premises. Young artists were out in full throttle, being a first for many of them.
My pen friend, Naina Nandakumar, also a student of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, was more than overwhelmed to be able to showcase her beautiful artworks and experience Bangalore and its people at this event, since she's just beginning to get to know Bangalore. In her own words, "My first CHITRA SANTHE! Frankly speaking, the best art fest I have been to in my life. What the audiences saw in the santhe was the hard work and dedication of 200 students from the fine arts college, which they did for their satisfaction as evolving artists of tomorrow." Her eyes lit up with exhilarating happiness about the grand success of the event. She also added, "A great experience, a world full of mesmerizing works, creative and innovative minds." On being questioned about he
r favorite part of the santhe, she said, "The beauty and colors that flash every time you blink. The art, artists and art-oholics, all united, at one place." This year's Chitra Santhe was easily her first success story.
Little kids flocked to the artists, who stood gracefully with their boards, paper and pencils; to get their portrait sketched at the moment. Days and weeks of hard work seemed to finally pay off the artists. As and when an art work was sold, a satisfactory smile adorned their lips and the smile served the purpose of welcoming the art lovers with utmost admiralty.
The art works ranged from depiction of modernization, nature, dance forms, abstract paintings to the portraits of some of the most influential people of the world. Such was the magnitude of the artistic brilliance that one could go on capturing every single art work only to fall short of the camera battery. The Chitra Santhe '15 was a colossal victory. Who said Bangalore is swarming only with software engineers, traffic and corporate life? Visit the Chitra Santhe once, and you're sure to change your opinion. As Leo Tolstoy says, " Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling what the artist has experienced." and Bangaloreans would never miss an opportunity to get a glimpse of what the artist experienced and transferred that experience in the form of his works.
I couldn't help myself but gaze and wonder at the bustling crowd, smiling and striding towards the art works that fascinated them, the artists who couldn't have asked for a better opportunity and myself, to be present among the rows of prepossessing paintings and art works, so much so that, impatience crept into me unwilling to leave me at peace until and unless I had penned down all about the event.
I guess, that is what art is all about: No matter what form of art, it always fills one with astonishment and brings out the best in one; to experience one art form and vent out the experience in another art form. In this case, the art works gave me a beautiful experience and I could (re)present it in the form of writing (read: another art form).
Long live art
Long live artists
Long live art-lovers!
© Deekshita Srinivas 2015
Toddlers in the arms of their parents, kids, college students, senior citizens were all present with overwhelming zest to encounter the artworks. The santhe not only exhibited the works of the students of Chitrakala Parishath but also, an artists' work who wished to unveil his works and sell them.
The organizers arranged for exclusive gallery space for senior and physically-challenged artists in the premises. Young artists were out in full throttle, being a first for many of them.
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| Naina Nandakumar |
r favorite part of the santhe, she said, "The beauty and colors that flash every time you blink. The art, artists and art-oholics, all united, at one place." This year's Chitra Santhe was easily her first success story.
Little kids flocked to the artists, who stood gracefully with their boards, paper and pencils; to get their portrait sketched at the moment. Days and weeks of hard work seemed to finally pay off the artists. As and when an art work was sold, a satisfactory smile adorned their lips and the smile served the purpose of welcoming the art lovers with utmost admiralty.
The art works ranged from depiction of modernization, nature, dance forms, abstract paintings to the portraits of some of the most influential people of the world. Such was the magnitude of the artistic brilliance that one could go on capturing every single art work only to fall short of the camera battery. The Chitra Santhe '15 was a colossal victory. Who said Bangalore is swarming only with software engineers, traffic and corporate life? Visit the Chitra Santhe once, and you're sure to change your opinion. As Leo Tolstoy says, " Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling what the artist has experienced." and Bangaloreans would never miss an opportunity to get a glimpse of what the artist experienced and transferred that experience in the form of his works.
I couldn't help myself but gaze and wonder at the bustling crowd, smiling and striding towards the art works that fascinated them, the artists who couldn't have asked for a better opportunity and myself, to be present among the rows of prepossessing paintings and art works, so much so that, impatience crept into me unwilling to leave me at peace until and unless I had penned down all about the event.
I guess, that is what art is all about: No matter what form of art, it always fills one with astonishment and brings out the best in one; to experience one art form and vent out the experience in another art form. In this case, the art works gave me a beautiful experience and I could (re)present it in the form of writing (read: another art form).
Long live art
Long live artists
Long live art-lovers!
© Deekshita Srinivas 2015
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