Events

Down MEMORY LANE

KRISHEN KHANNA

Reminiscing about his friend

AKBAR PADAMSEE

The painter (1928-2020)

Live Streaming by

Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi

Host: Diwan Manna 

Saturday  6th June 2020

5.30 PM

Watch Live at

YouTube Channel: PLKA LIVE STREAM 

To watch this live streaming please click on the link given below. It will navigate you to the YouTube Channel of Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi : PLKA LIVE STREAM. Then click on the Talk being streamed live.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bl05Ep5KRhZRMolv6t7qw

In this series of talks "Down Memory Lane" Krishen Khanna will be sharing his memories of Satish Gujral, Ram Kumar, M F Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Bal Chhabda, Mohan Samant, Harkishan Lall, Prannath Mago, V S Gaitonde and some of his other artist friends in the coming few weeks.

Organised by:

Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi

To view live streaming of the discussion

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bl05Ep5KRhZRMolv6t7qw

Satish Gujral

25.12.1925 - 26.03.2020

Born in Jhelum in pre-Partition west Punjab, trained at the Mayo School of Art, Lahore and, later, in 1944-47 at Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay, Satish Gujral has won international recognition over the years for his versatile creativity that runs through his varied expressions in painting, graphics, murals, sculpture and architecture. The turbulence of the early years – the illness which affected his hearing and the trauma of the country’s Partition – had a deep impact on Gujral’s artistic expression. Though Gujral came into contact with the Progressive Artists’ Group, he found it difficult to reconcile with their techniques, and began a search for a modernism that was deeply rooted in the Indian tradition.

A trip to Mexico on a scholarship and interactions with Diego Riviera inspired his art practice, influencing it heavily with the subject of human suffering which resonated with the artist’s personal experience of Partition. 1952-74 saw Satish Gujral organising solo shows of his sculptures, paintings and graphics across the globe. Since the late Eighties, his paintings and sculptures have shown a greater expansion, both in terms of materials as well as content. The artist began creating large-scale murals, mostly in mosaic and ceramic tiles. Later, the tiles were overtaken by machined steel elements. Gujral’s sculptures in burnt wood come across as visceral exposure of human and other forms.

Widely collected in India and abroad, Satish Gujral has received numerous awards including the da Vinci Award for lifetime achievement from Mexico, honours from the Lalit Kala Akademi, and a Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India.