On Jan 15, 2008 6:28 AM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IIRC, Charles was at Chitra Santhe held around here during the > Christmas/New Year holidays. So, Charles, what did you think about the > art / craft that was being sold at Chitra Santhe?
http://blog.edgeplay.org/2007/12/milestone-of-sorts.html "In another small milestone, we went to Chitra Santhe, the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat's annual art show/sale on Kumara Krupa Road. The entire road is closed to traffic and lined on both sides with artists showing and selling their art. (Most of the art was, as another attendee put it, "not breaking any boundaries" but we picked up a Madhubani Nagini that I'm quite happy with.)" There was a lot of art and a lot of artists, but it was all pretty much of a type. Lots of conventional or slightly abstract depictions of traditional subjects (I think I've filled my quota of "abstract Ganeshas" for the year.) A bit of traditional Tangore, Madhubani, and tribal art which I like. Very little sculpture, very little modern painting, a few tasteful nudes. We saw one person who was doing interesting things in oils, and the one guy I know in Bangalore who's doing interesting work in ceramics was there. Mostly it was art that any conventional proper middle class family would be happy to have in their house, and most of it was characterless and interchangeable. Nothing that made me stop and say "omg," "wtf" or even "o rly" -- Charles
