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Art exhibition to pay tribute to Guru Nanak

Seema Kohli, Blessing, 60 x 120 inches, Mixed media and gold leaf on canvas, 2015

Starting late November, a group of artworks will commemorate the 550th Gurupurab, and highlight the spirituality of the first Sikh guru

BySiddhi Jain

New Delhi, November 10 (IANSlife) To commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru and 15th century saint-philosopher Guru Nanak, his artistic renditions will form part of a unique group exhibition here. 

Titled ‘My Nanak’, the exhibition will run from November 24 to December 23 at Saket’s Gallerie Nvya here. It will display recent works based on Guru Nanak, his life, his times and his teachings.

Portraying their own interpretation and vision of the Guru in a range of hues and forms, the artists have worked in various mediums: canvas, paper, bronze, fibre and new media.

The participating artists are Aditya Basak, Arpana Caur, Seema Bhalla, Gurpreet Singh, Harmeet Rattan, Jaspreet Singh, Jayasri Burman, K.S Radhakrishnan, Manjot Kaur, Paresh Maity, Raghu Vyas, Satish Gupta, Seema Kohli, Shipra Bhattacharya, Shuvaprasanna, Sidharth, Singh twins, and Suman Gupta.

 

The Singh Twins, Guru Nanak and Sajjan the Robber, 18.7 x 13.8 inches, Giclee print, 2019
The Singh Twins, Guru Nanak and Sajjan the Robber, 18.7 x 13.8 inches, Giclee print, 2019

 

Arpana Caur, Sultanpur Lodhi, 66x36 inches
Arpana Caur, Sultanpur Lodhi, 66x36 inches

 

Jayasari Burman, 48 x 60 inches, Watercolour on paper, 2019
Jayasari Burman, 48 x 60 inches, Watercolour on paper, 2019

 

Suman Gupta, Baba nanak, 36 x 36 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
Suman Gupta, Baba nanak, 36 x 36 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2019

 

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Siddhi Jain can be contacted at siddhi.j@ians.in

Editing by Biswajit Choudhury

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