Hindustan Times
April 8, 2022
HT Correspondent
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A merry mix of different
mediums and concerns
in the award winning
artworks
The Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi
has announced names of the
Academy Award winners for
its Annual Art Exhibition 2022.
The two-person jury, consisting
of internationally acclaimed artists
Veer Munshi and Atul Bhalla,
recommended names for the
Academy Awards for this year’s
exhibition, being organised by the
Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi.
The Akademi received 351
artworks from all over Puniab in
professional and student categories.
Of 194 artworks in the professional
category, 39 were selected; and of
157 artworks in students’ category,
42 were selected for the exhibition.
In the professional section, three
awards of Rs 50.000/- each will be
given to Gurjeet Singh for an
untitled soft sculpture; Rahul
Dhiman for a mix-media work,
*Travelling Chapters’; and Sonam
Jain for a terracotta installation,
“Blind Witness’. In the students’
section, five awards of Rs 25.000
each will be given to Jashandeep
Kaur for an installation The
Layers’; Neeraj for a metal sculpture
‘Okhli Mein Sar Dena’; Piyush Gupta
for a mix-media work Memories;
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mix-media work.
Artists were requested to submit
entries in the disciplines of painting,
sculpture, graphics, printmaking,
photography, drawing, mixed-
media, installation, video
installations, and other related
disciplines.