Fleeting moments manages to manifest in the abstracts of Yogendra Tripati in a residual of earth colours that play every so light on the canvas. Elements from the landscape remain in the works of Manish Verma with an alluring content for transition into the abstract. Retaining colours of the earth, the acrylic works modulate to the circumstances. Shubra Chand also works on this transition with layering of pigments. Fields of colour are set against each other in the work of Prabir Kumar Dalai. The formations allow for brilliance in colour to make representations across the fields. Using dry pastel on paper Rajesh Mishra indicates flowing lines of the dancers in an attempt to capture the moment of action in ‘Khairagarh’. In the rush for existence, evasion of death seems to be the moment of realization in the work of Sukant Dev Burman. Futility in the exercise seems to be the prediction of a parrot in contemplation while a dove tries to stabilize the present. Destiny in the hands of the richness of environment is taunting enough to be in the outdoors, away from comforts of the home in the painting of Sunita Verma. Symbolic in representation, the chair makes up for the absence of the household.

Relishing in the possibilities of transformation, the chance for a new world that could take one into the imaginable, the harmless soldier stands in readiness in the fusion of the real and the unreal in the work of Adhikalp Yadu. In similar terrain, Anup kumar Chand looks for transformations in the chance for that change in reality of a consistent regularity in the environment. Anant kumar Sahu ponders over the world order in the etching ‘After Third Worldwar’. Frailty of lines in the etching drives home the situation in such an event. Aspirations in the form of a flower come in the etching by Khemlata Dewangan in ‘Dream Flower’. The jaded sunflower looks up to the challenge in the present set of circumstances as the individual is caught in a vortex of the dream. In the dreaminess of the landscape, the painting by Malay Jain allows for another side of the landscape, not necessarily in the real. ‘Soldiers after a War’ by Mahesh R. Prajapati repeats the introspection of the individual caught in the cacophony of war. Etching and serigraphy allows for fields of hard, opaque colour in combination with sensitivity of the line.

Symbolic and the representational find its place in the prints of Rakesh Bani. The beast has its ways of instilling fear and control over frailty of the mind. With a limited use of colour, the work gets accentuated in its scope of an expanding vision. Spatial play gets mingled with the symbolic in the work of Tikendra Kumar Sahu with dog days open throughout the year to make a livelihood for comfort as Sharad Kumar Kawre explores the representational through the digital medium of printmaking. Sheikh Hifzul makes use of transformation of imagery in the ‘Kiss-III’. Decorative elements and motifs adorn the masculine and the feminine in an intimate moment of the imaginary. Use of adornment continues in the work of Sankar Sarkar in ‘Gold Show’. Looking for an intervention into the consumerist pattern of the present day, the subject is laden with showpieces that have questions on its origins. In an intervention for a social cause, ‘Last drop” by Sajal Patra makes a statement about non-availability of a basic necessity for sustenance. ‘Camel’ by Ravi Kant Jha extends the possibility of tranformation of the subject for relating to a thought, in this case being a performance. An untitiled etching print by Rabi Narayan Gupta captures a vivid cacophony of imagery of torment. There’s a search for redemption in the midst of such chaos and vulnerability. In the midst of these works is a painting by Ritesh Meshram that allows a seemingly innocent play of line and colour.

‘Five Friends in B.F.A’, an Etching by Mukti Agarwal is open to interpretation as a set of 5 birds gaze in extreme numbness. The quality of printmaking comes through in the work of Priyanka Waghela under an overlay of acrylic paint. Floatation of the subject plays with a compositional necessity of the work. Amar Jyoti Sarma plays a ‘Mind Game’ with a set of coffee cups set against an individual in contemplation. Spatial play with the cups sets a sense of intrigue to the painting while the mask of a clown against a series of stairs in the work of Dharam Beer Kumar allows for interplay of meaning. A stylized cow is represented in all its readiness for a charming display along its path in a painting by Hareream Das. A sense of freedom and pursuit is seen embellished in the Bronze sculpture by Rajesh Sharma and Kishore Kumar Sharma.

This physical show will be on vew

at: Rabindra Bhawan Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India till 22nd of January , 2008 and it will continue till 15th of February 2008 at Ashok Art Gallery.
http://www.ashokartgallery.com

All the participating Artists are:
Yogendra Tripathi,Vandana Parganiya,U C Misra,Tikendra Kumar Sahu,
Tarakant Parida,Sunita Verma,Sukant Dev Burman,Subhra Chand,
Shyam Pahapalkar,Sharad Kumar Kawre,Shailia Singh,Shekh Hifzul,
Sankar Sarkar,Sajal Patra,Ravikant Jha,Ritesh Meshram,Ratnesh Kumar Janghel,Ramji Dongre,Rakesh Bani,Rajesh Sharma,Rajesh Mishra,
Rajendra Sungaria,Rabi Narayan Gupta,Priyanka Waghela,Prabir Kumar Dalai,Pawan Kumar Dewangan,Mukti Agrawal,Monalisha Biswal,Manoj Kumar Sahu,Manish Verma,Malay Sunil Golchha,
Mahesh Chandra Sharma�shira�,Mahesh Chand Rai Prajapati,Kuleswar Singh,Kuldeep Singh,Kishore Kumar Sharma,Khemlata Dewangan,Jiten Sahu,Jayprabha,Hukum Lal Verma,H R Das,Girja Kumar Nirmalkar,Dharamveer Kumar,Debasis Mukherjee,Deepak Verma,Anil Khobragare,Anup Kumar Chand,Anant,Amit Shrivastava,Amar Jyoti Shrma,Akhilesh Kumar Kashyap,Ajay Mall,Adhikalp Yadu

Website: Ashok Art Gallery
Contact email: ashokartgallery@gmail.com

50 Years Celebration
Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh

An Online Exhibition of Contemporary Art

�FROM A PALACE�
At:Ashok Art Gallery
http://www.ashokartgallery.com/
From 16th Jan to 15th Feb 2008

All the participating Artists are:
Yogendra Tripathi,Vandana Parganiya,U C Misra,Tikendra Kumar Sahu,
Tarakant Parida,Sunita Verma,Sukant Dev Burman,Subhra Chand,
Shyam Pahapalkar,Sharad Kumar Kawre,Shailia Singh,Shekh Hifzul,
Sankar Sarkar,Sajal Patra,Ravikant Jha,Ritesh Meshram,Ratnesh Kumar Janghel,Ramji Dongre,Rakesh Bani,Rajesh Sharma,Rajesh Mishra,
Rajendra Sungaria,Rabi Narayan Gupta,Priyanka Waghela,Prabir Kumar Dalai,Pawan Kumar Dewangan,Mukti Agrawal,Monalisha Biswal,Manoj Kumar Sahu,Manish Verma,Malay Sunil Golchha,
Mahesh Chandra Sharma�shira�,Mahesh Chand Rai Prajapati,Kuleswar Singh,Kuldeep Singh,Kishore Kumar Sharma,Khemlata Dewangan,Jiten Sahu,Jayprabha,Hukum Lal Verma,H R Das,Girja Kumar Nirmalkar,Dharamveer Kumar,Debasis Mukherjee,Deepak Verma,Anil Khobragare,Anup Kumar Chand,Anant,Amit Shrivastava,Amar Jyoti Shrma,Akhilesh Kumar Kashyap,Ajay Mall,Adhikalp Yadu

Physical Show
Will be inaugurated by: Sh Ashok Vajpeyi(Eminent Poet, Art Critic and Writer)
On his 67th Birthday , on 16th Jan 2008 5 PM
At: Rabindra Bhawan Galleries II & III
Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India

On the occasion of 50 years Contribution of
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalay
Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh, India

You are cordially invited

Website: Ashok Art Gallery
Contact email: ashokartgallery@gmail.com

Jo Conti.
Born and based in Wales, I am currently a freelance Costume Designer for film and television, but my great passion is and always has been the Image. Be that through the medium of paint, photography, textiles, collage, I don’t really care as long as it’s an interesting composition.
I studied Art at Colchester School of Art and went on to Kingston (then a polytechnic) and studied fashion and textiles. I attended illustration courses at Central St Martins, and have a Media Studies degree from the University of Wales Lampeter.

Website: Jo Conti
Contact email: ianlewi819@btinternet.com

1987 graduation
1987 to 1993 working in ecological gardening in county clare, ireland
1993-1998 studying fine art at limerick school of art and design and braunschweig school of arts
1999 postgraduate course, ateliers arnhem, nl, magister artium (ma)
2000 master student of raimund kummer, braunschweig school of arts
2003-2004 institute for biological sculpture at the braunschweig art academy
2004-2007 artistic counsellor at the institute for fine arts, technical university braunschweig

k�nstlerhaus bethanien, berlin � galerie fons welters, amsterdam � kolbe museum, berlin � georgisches nationalmuseum janashia, tiflis � ngbk, neue gesellschaft f�r bildende kunst, berlin � staatliche kunsthalle baden-baden � arti et amicitae, amsterdam � fondaci�n cesar manrique, lanzarote � kunstverein hannover � museum of contemporary art, scopje, mazedonien � martin-gropius-bau, berlin � kunsthalle bern

Website: matysik
Contact email: mail@reinermatysik.de

STATEMENT

I intend to create a sense of curiosity through the manipulation of mundane objects and materials. Mass-produced, anonymous objects are often rendered dysfunctional caricatures of themselves. My intent is to blur distinctions between the absurd and the mundane by creating or accentuating subtleties, whilst addressing concepts of purpose and futility.

I hold the belief that the environment in which a work exists becomes integral to the work itself. Consequently, the work I make or select for show tends to become site-responsive, exploring ideas of locality and displacement.

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Currently resident at Bates Mill, Huddersfield.

CURRENT

Centrifuge began with a trip to Documenta 12 in August 2007 and is a collaborative project with 20 North England based artists, Dirk Fleishmann, Imogen Stidworthy and The Salford Restoration Office.

ONEWORD is a collaborative project with Glasgow/Yorkshire based artist Carly Munro. ONEWORD is a starting point. ONEWORD can be of any grammatical form. ONEWORD does not have to exist in any dictionary but must be defined in some way. ONEWORD becomes a conversation.

I am also co-founder and co-director of Manchester based artist collective Contents May Vary co-organising and co-curating exhibitons. I instigated Contents May Vary Publications and co-edited Issue I. We will be working with Castlefield Gallery Project Space in 2008.

I will also be working on Calderdale�s Cultural Strategy in 2008

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS

Syndrome Antwerp, September 2008,

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

Commissioned residency with Contents May Vary at MASA , October 2007, Salford, Greater Manchester

Miniature Art Show, 42 New Briggate, Leeds, September 07

Under Maintenance, Victoria Baths, Manchester, June 07

Housework|Beckenham, London, May � June 07

GIFT , Museum MAN , Liverpool Independents Biennial, November 06

Objects In Waiting, End Gallery, Sheffield, October 06

Apartment presents Contents May Vary, Apartment, Manchester, October 06

Contents May Vary & Pineapple Folk @ Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, September 06

MMU Fine Art Degree Show 06, Manchester, June 06

Variables, 224A Burton Road, Manchester, June 06

Where To? London, April 06

Oldham Open, Gallery Oldham, Nov 05 � Jan 06

Ten By Ten, The Reading Rooms, Manchester, June 05

The Good Life, Apartment, Manchester, April 05

Dive, Victoria Baths, Manchester, March 05

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Talenteer First Issue: LO-FI, Summer 2007

Daily Constitutional Issue #4: UNTITLED , June 07

Daily Constitutional Issue III : nyi, Dec 06

Contents May Vary Issue I, June 06

Website: Alice Bradshaw

Contemporary rock painting on Paris pave concept visual culture symbol installation

Website: Contemporary art Paris rock painting visual culture symbol
Contact email: amonit@free.fr