Exhibitions at Jehangir – Week 40 of 2023

October 5, 2023

Madhukar Munde – ‘Back to Basics’

Mumbai – 5^th October 2023

Week 40 of 2023: 2^nd – 9^th Oct 2023

The exhibition plan at Jehangir Art Gallery this week has a lineup of five new solo exhibitions, with artists based at diverse locations across Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, and New Delhi, with equally diverse styles and subjects in their artistic expressions. Here is a brief account of these interesting shows.

Auditorium Hall

‘Back to Basics’ – A solo exhibition of paintings by Madhukar Munde

Madhukar Munde is a senior Mumbai based artist originally from Parli Vaijanath, Maharashtra. He worked as Head of the Dept. at Sir J.J. School of Art. He has exhibited his work in India and worldwide. He has been highly appreciated by the art lovers, and has received several awards. He is known for his unique creations which incorporate forms from nature into geometrical compositions.

IMG_20231003_154300 - Copy — Madhukar Munde – A painting from ‘Back to Basics’

Exhibition Gallery 1

‘Abhirup’ – A solo exhibition of paintings by Jayashree Patankar

Jayashree Patankar is a senior Mumbai based artist and an alum of Sir J J School of Art. She has been consistently exhibiting her work through solo and group shows in India and abroad, over the last four decades. Her current exhibition ‘Abhirup’ presents a unique collection as it is the outcome of her research on a traditional painting style of Maharashtra – ‘Chitra kathi’ (Narrating a story by means of pictures) that is almost extinct. A distinctive feature of her work is that while painting in the traditional style of Chitra Kathi, she paints the contemporary life around her. As a modern day artist trained at J J School of Art, her compositions lean towards a western approach with tempering of the traditional approach. Moreover, she makes her own colours from natural fibres and vegetable dyes, infusing a unique ‘lost world effect’ into her works.

IMG_20231003_160255 - Copy — Jayashree Patankar – ‘Ras Manjiri’

IMG_20231003_155912 - Copy — Assorted sources of vegetable dyes and natural colours presented by Jayashree Patankar

Exhibition Gallery 2

‘Dreams Unlimited’ – A solo exhibition of paintings and Sculptures by Ajay Kothawale.

Ajay Kothawale is a seasoned artist trained and based in Goa. He has exhibited through solo and group shows over the last three decades across India and other countries including UK, Brazil and Japan. Besides the current show at Jehangir, his work is being simultaneously exhibited at Barnabas Art House at UK. He has received awards and honours for his contribution in sculpture, painting and for supporting social causes through art. The themes in Ajay Kothawale’s paintings revolve around family life, with interesting symbolism. The elephant being a protagonist – the head of the family, the gas cylinder in his paintings and sculptures symbolizes the potential energy in the family, while the auto rickshaw symbolizes dreams.

IMG_20231003_163047 Copy — Ajay Kothavale – ‘Happy Shield’

IMG_20231003_163029 - Copy — Ajay Kothavale – Sculptures and Paintings

Exhibition Gallery 3

‘Hymns of Bengal’ – A solo exhibition of paintings by Gouranga Beshai.

Gouranga Beshai is a seasoned artist based in Kolkata. He has consistently exhibited across prominent art galleries in India over the last two decades. He has received several prestigious awards. His paintings are part of collections across India and other countries including Dubai, Singapore, UK, USA and South Africa. Gouranga Beshai finds inspiration in everyday life, and his beautiful motherland Bengal. The current exhibition ‘Hymns of Bengal’ centres around the simple women in the society who personify powerful goddesses when they take on life’s challenges and take up multiple responsibilities.

IMG_20231003_164153 copy — Gouranga Beshai – ‘Durga’

IMG_20231003_164013 - Copy — Gouranga Beshai – ‘Untitled’

Exhibition Gallery 4

‘An Alchemy of Nature and Soul’ – A solo exhibition of Paintings by Shashi Tripathi.

Shashi Tripathi is a working artist (Painting) at the Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi since 2012. She chose to become a full time artist after having an accomplished academic career in Fashion Designing industry for about two decades. She has prolifically presented her work across major art galleries and art exhibitions across India and also in UK, during the past one decade.

Shashi gets her inspiration from the contemporary world issues and the themes in her work reflect her deep concern for the environment. Her paintings breathe life into the ecosystem, encompassing the living and the non-living entities that co-exist harmoniously in nature’s delicate balance. She adopts the Indian miniature painting style and fuses it with the contemporary approach creating her own unique style of expression, while exploring broad themes of self-evolution, nature, life’s journey and boundary-pushing.

IMG_20231003_170425 - Copy — Shashi Tripathi – ‘Bio Network series’

IMG_20231003_170511 - Copy — Shashi Tripathi – ‘Sewed’

Hirji Jehangir Gallery

‘Divine’ – A solo exhibition of Paintings by speed painter Rabin Bar.

Rabin Bar is an accomplished multi-talented artist from Assam, well known as ‘Speed painter of India’. He has made successive records at national and international level including two unique world records for speed painting. He has exhibited his creations through solo and group shows across India over the last one decade. He has performed numerous live demo sessions and showcased his talent through popular TV programs, demonstrating various eye catching art techniques such as Fire painting, Signature painting, Upside down painting, Speed painting, Fusion painting to name a few. In the current show ‘Divine’ Rabin presents mesmerizing imagery of divine figures of Krishna and Ganesha, depicting well known mythological incidents in a distinctively immaculate style.