Stree Vision: Saluting Indian Women
Indian women are the forerunners in all fields of life whether it is science, arts or politics; and fittingly Lalit Kala Akademi has decided to bring an exhibition of works by these superwomen. The choice to include only women was a powerful statement, a pointed perspective. Eschewing the categories of Life Cycles, Identities, Emotions, and Politics, the exhibition is divided into more literal themes: Motherhood; Sexuality and the Body; Self as Subject/Object; Cultural Encounters; and Power, Violence, and Protest.
Titled 'Stree Vision' (Contemporary Indian Women Printmakers), the show is being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, and Eugeniuz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wraclow, Poland.
It will be inaugurated by Jacek Sutryk, Prezydent Wroclawia on June 12, at Gallery Betonowy in Eugeniusza Gepperta Academia of Art and Design Wroclaw – most beautiful space in the Geppert Academy. It is also one of the oldest and most visited galleries in the Akademi of Fine Arts.
The show is inclusive of 51 works of Indian Women Printmakers carefully selected from all over India, namely Anita Das Chakraborty, Anu Gupta, Anupam Sud, Hem Jyotika, Hemavathy Guha, Jin Sook Shinde, Jyoti Deoghare, Kanchan Chander, Kaika Shah, Kinnari Tondlekar, Kshitij Bajpai, Lajja Shah, Lina Ghosh, Medha Satpalkar, Naina Dalal, Nandini Pantawane, Neha Jaiswal, Paula Sen Gupta, Pushpa Dullar, Rajani Sahani, Rini Dhumal, Satwinder Kaur, Seema Gondane, Seema Kholi, Shalini, and others.
Dr Uttam Pacharne, Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, stated, "I am thankful to Eugeniuz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, Poland for giving us this opportunity to hold the current exhibition comprising of 51 Indian women printmakers in their university. This exhibition is the gateway to a long-lasting association between both countries. The Indo-Polish ties run deep. The first agreement concerning cultural co-operation between India and Poland was signed in 1957. It is an art show to be presented when the friendship moves to its 61st year. Akademi's collection also has the works of many polish artists. The show is a landmark event in art."
