28-Jul-10 Inauguration of Voice of Freedom

Inauguration of Voice of Freedom - An Exhibition of Paintings - Curated by Jogen Chowdhury

The exhibition “Voice of Freedom” was organised on the occasion of Sri Aurobindo's Birthday and Rabindranath Tagore's 150th Birth Anniverssary. The Exhibition was curated by none other than the eminent artist Shri Jogen Chowdhury , based on the ideas of Freedom of these two sages. Inaugurated by the Honouarble Governor of West Bengal, Shri M.K.Narayanan on July 28, 2010. The exhibition remained open till August 10, 2010.

The gathering consisting of artists, devotees and general art lovers of the city was welcomed by the Secretary of the Institute. He spoke about the importance of this exhibition, particularly of the rare privilege of its being curated by Shri Jogen Chowdhury himself.
Shri Jogen Chowdhury, while thanking the Institute for inviting him to curate the show shared his views on the need of holding such exhibitions, which, according to him, transformed the present world civilization to a relevant commentary. Appealing to the distinguished audience to turn to the galaxy of the talented young artists who participated in the exhibition and see how they have looked at the world and the life around them and what freedom they seek to ascertain in their life and existence.

Shri M.K. Narayanan, Honouarble Governor and the Chief Guest spoke on the importance of this gallery in creating a good atmosphere of art in Calcutta. Recollecting the importance of this exhibition is being curated by none other than Jogenda, he had expressed his hope that this Institution will carry on more similar distinguished activities in near future.



Participating Artists were-

1. Atanu Mukherjee- Untitled- Mixed Media on Board 2. Biswajit Saha- Spiritual Freedom – Soft Pastel on Paper 3. Chandrima Bhattcharyya- Fish Bowl Eyes of the Geisha – Acrylic on Canvas 4. Chandrima Das- The Girl with a Blue Slack and a Fashion Show 5. Chandrima Roy- Two Birds – Mixed Media 6. Deepak Rajbhar – Untitled – Mixed Media with Oil on Canvas 7. Eleena Banik – Mother and Child- Oil on Canvas 8. Jayanta Mondal – Land scape -Acrylic on Canvas 9. Jhimli Sen – Lactating Pet – Acrylic on Canvas 10. Mohula Ghosh – Promises- Water Colour Stitch on Paper 11. Mahamud Husain – Inner Landscape Series- Acrylic on Canvas 12. Mrinmoy Debbarma – Little Boy- Acrylic on Canvas 13. Pratyusha Mukherjee- My Surroundings- Acrylic on Canvas 14. Pushpal Sakar – Untitled – Acrylic on Acid Free Board 15. Ramu Das- Where is Tree Lover- Part Three -Acrylic on Canvas 16. Rishav Gandhar Narzary- Lord of the Night- Mixed Media on Canvas 17. Rudra Dev Sen – Mixed Media on Paper 18. Sajal Kaity – Space 2- Acrylic on Canvas 19. Sanatan Saha – Untitled- Acrylic on Paper 20. Sanhita Banerjee – The Red Dates in the Red Calendar- Silk Screen and Ink on Handmade Paper 21. Santanu Maity- Voice of Freedom on Canvas – Polymar and Lampblack 22. Seikh Sahajahan – Untitled- Acrylic on Canvas 23. Sekhar Baran Karmakar – Untitled – Water Colour on Paper 24. Shrabani Roy- It's Hot- Mixed Media 25. Sourav Jana- Prakriti – Sumi Ink on Japanese Ink Paper 26. Tanup Nath – Untitled – Mixed Media

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