Jaipur: Jaipur Kala Chaupal, India’s premier Art Festival kicked off its exposition at the Jawahar Kala Kendra amongst much fan fare today. The exposition (from November 1, 2017 to November is a result of a 10 day residency project hosted by the Diggi Palace from October 20, 2017 and concluded on October 30, 2017. The residency witnessed a total 42 artists, 28 international artists and 14 Indian artists collaborating with various local artisans to create art works based on the theme, ‘Water’.
The exposition had a unique artistic opening ceremony in the form of an interesting live painting session by renowned painter and Mural artist, Suresh K Nair in collaboration with Alla Dickson of USA. The painting was a celebration of life and Water the life giver. The opening ceremony was followed by a presentation and talk on the theme of Jaipur Kala Chaupal this year titled ‘Our Body and Hands in Water’ by Helen Fredricks, from USA.On the side lines of the festival, Leenika Jacob, Chief organizer, Jaipur Kala Chaupal, said, “We extremely overjoyed with the response we have received for Jaipur Kala Chaupal in our inception year. The past couple of weeks has been an exciting journey for all of us, especially the artists exploring water as a theme, collaborating with each other, and co-creating amazing works of art that we have come to display here today until November 4, 2017.” The highlights of the day were a presentations by renowned Indian contemporary art veteran Ms. Anjolie Ela Menon and noted Indian designer, scenographer and art curator, Rajeev Sethi. This was followed by a live wire fashion show and walk through the galleries curated by Abhimanyu Singh Tomar with his models for Taika-Poonam Bhagat. For Jaipr Kala Chaupal, Taiks by Poonam Bhagat, specially designed a clothing line in sync with ‘Our Body & Hands in Water’ – with shades of blue and white and flowy garments with environmentally friendly textiles.
