Muziris Biennale Kochi 2016

Dilip Narayanan
Jul 28, 2017 · 3 min read

Quintessential Gallery For Contemporary Masterpieces

Searching for a gallery curating contemporary masterpieces… Your search ends at Gallery OED at Fort Kochi. For those who have missed out the brilliant exhibits rushed to the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016 to feast their eyes and realize the new talents. OED art gallery Fort Kochi is introducing the best of contemporary art to art lovers across the globe. Art lovers from all parts of the world can now appreciate the masterpieces displayed in the OED art gallery Fort Kochi. Lay In Midst of Local is one exceptional show the break the monotony of conventional art. This is an exhibition that will provide you complete insight on beautiful and ugly. Did you love beauty and hate ugly? Think again… This exhibition will in fact transform your perspective. Believe it or not, ugly is henceforth only the antithesis of beautiful. Another aspect imbibed from the exhibition is inclusion of spaces. Spaces truly represent freedom and escape from cluttered spaces, busy life and activities. Art has primarily been confirmed to beauty and propagation of beauty. Most conventional artists blindly promoted beauty, created confirmations and dictates on beauty. The art lover in their share accepted the beauty concepts dictated to them through the art forms and sculptures. This is reason why we accept Mona Lisa as the most beautiful woman in the world still. But does it actually mean that there have been no more beautiful women after her. No… these are merely confirmations of conventional art. But here is where the contemporary art differs. It is delivering even ugly its share of importance than merely repeating the incurrence of beauty. Now at Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016, there is scope for both beauty and ugly. Now you will simply learn to consider ugly and find positivity in it. Beauty is considered appealing and ugly appalling. The exhibition probes the role of ugly and its cultural or artistic role. Space is another consideration in this art show. Both the Biennale and OED art gallery Fort Kochi are celebrating spaces. They are introducing the concepts and innovative themes never discussed earlier to create masterpieces. Find the most brilliant masterpieces from eminent artist in Biennale. Gallery OED has regular visitors who are addicted to the masterpieces curated in the centre. They can expect brilliant art to any extend from the maestros exhibiting at the famous gallery. The artists exhibiting include Prathap Modi, Sogra Khurasani, Subrat Kumar Behera. Subrat Kumar Behera has some brilliant masterpieces complete in subtle but attractive shades. His portraits of working human are sharp and perfect. His series ‘We are Always Working’ is successfully capturing the interests of art lovers and new art patrons. His theme ‘This Land Belongs To Me’ easily depicts the human invasion in nature. The portrait of a human being trying to harm a large Penguin implies that human beings are recklessly harming nature and destroying its creatures. His masterpieces include Acrylic on paper. His colour combinations are splendid and even new viewers can easily understand the message of his artworks. Even new art patrons can appreciate the new colours that he is introducing. He has also experiments with wood block prints. Such genius artists are easily increasing the appreciation of art and multiplying art patrons. He is easily able to drive home any message to even the most naïve art spectators. He is truly the man for capturing and evoking the interests of new art lovers for contemporary artworks.

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Dilip Narayanan

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Director at Gallery OED Cochin http://galleryoed.com

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