Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Contemporary Art Exhibition UB city

Here are some pictures of an on-going contemporary Indian art exhibition at UB city mall Bangalore. While it was great to bring together a collection of works from a collection of galleries across the country, I was a little disappointed with the overall quality of the work.

For being a 'contemporary' 'Indian' exhibition, I found the complexity of compositions, the use of abstraction, distortion, perspectives, dimension and most importantly, bringing in something that is uniquely Indian missing a bit for me. The paintings are in the affordable range from Ra 25,000 - Rs 5 lakhs. The most expensive one I saw was by a Malayali artist showcased by Sara Arrakal's gallery. Glad for the initiative, great to be in the midst of art but sadly, no "WOW! that blew my mind!" sorta moments typically experienced in the famed galleries of Europe and NY.