Mysore
City artist Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhatta’s series of commissioned miniature paintings featuring avatars and episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata will be unveiled at an exhibition called “Enduring Epics” on May 17 at the Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) in the ancient 11th Century Chateau de Petite Somme, in the canton of Septon – Durbuy near Brussels in Belgium. This is yet another honour to a Mysorean.
It may be recalled, a few months ago some of the works of scriptural artist G.L.N. Simha had been acquired and given a special display at MOSA.
The expo of Raghupathi Bhatta’s paintings will be inaugurated by Manjeet Singh Puri, Ambassador of India to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The Indian Embassy has played a proactive role in support of initiatives showcasing Indian artists. In 2012, the Indian Embassy had also been in the forefront of the opening of the second gallery at the Museum of Sacred Art.
Legendary Flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia with Subrata De on the Sitar will be performing at the inauguration of the expo.
Raghupathi Bhatta’s exhibition follows the inauguration of a new monument what will house three large-size statues of Vishnu, Varahadeva and Narasimha, according to the Founder-Director of MOSA, Martin Gurvich.
According to R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, Mysore, it was a chance ‘sighting’ by Martin Gurvich of the works of G.L.N. Simha at an exhibition in Mysore that led him to the works of Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhatta.
Martin Gurvich was introduced to Mysore School or Style of Paintings by R.G. Singh, who also arranged for a series of meetings with artists like K. Shreehari, J.S. Sridhar Rao, Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhatta, B.P. Ramakrishna, Puttaraju in Mysore and Narasimhalu, Ramesh Gorjala and Jonalagada Niranjan of Sri-Kalahasthi.
The works of Mysore artists along with other art works sourced from different parts of India form the basis of ‘Living Traditions’ theme of MOSA, says Martin Gurvich. Currently there are around 300 works of sacred art in MOSA and it is expected that around 1000 works of arts comprising various genres and all relating to sacred art will be acquired and housed in MOSA.
In addition to Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhatta’s commissioned works being unveiled, the works of two other artists, Shobha Broota whose theme is ‘Looking Within’ and Poosapathi Parameshwar Raju whose theme is ‘Timeless art’ will also be exhibited, according to R.G. Singh.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 15th, 2014