EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 8: An Online International Art Exhibition titled ‘Open Hand Art Exhibition: Dedicating Art to the Masters’ organized by ArtFort India, Chandigarh in collaboration with Verman Cultural Celebrations, Jammu concluded. The exhibition was organized in connection with the 133rd birth anniversary of Le Corbusier (6th October, 1887– 27th August, 1965), the master planner of Chandigarh, the modern city of the country and a painter, and Architect R S Lall (5th November, 1929– 4th August, 2014), modern architectural planner and one who got an opportunity to work with and assist Le Corbusier in the preparation of architectural working drawings of the Museum of Knowledge and other projects. The exhibition which was opened on October 6 was supported by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Smd Foundation, Guwahati, International Island Country Artists, Turkey and World Architecture Community, Chandigarh.
Artists Dr Milan Sharma, Jasleen Singh, Mehak Sharma, Shivali Jamwal and Jang S Verman from the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, India were among the 118 participants from different countries like Sweden, Poland, S Korea, Egypt, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Russia and India.
The month- long online exhibition has been the brainchild of Prabhinder Lall and Jang S. Verman keeping in view the contribution of the masters, particularly the connection of Prabhinder Lall with architecture as a family background. |
