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The 47th annual art exhibition of Government College of Art puts forth fresh ideas,concepts and design.

It’s the contrast of approach,themes,designs,colours,shapes and mediums that makes the 47th annual art exhibition of Government College of Art a treat for the eyes and the senses. Paintings,graphics,applied art,sculptures and lithographs for the fourth-year students of the college the exhibition is a platform to get a real feel of things to come,as they now get ready to step out of college.

Step inside the colleges exhibition hall and you notice that its all a labour of love and whats striking is the free flow of ideas,presented in fresh strokes. The first section features posters,with works by the students of Applied Art. Absorbing design campaigns with taglines for Air India,social campaigns against child labour,sexual harassment,animal slaughter and polluting the environment have been done creatively,with the text complementing the designs and colour schemes. A striking one is: Man has gone on moon,but can he touch his own feet? This one promotes Yogatopia and the idea of flexibility.

Hoardings,calendars,cereal boxes and confectionery wrappings,students have thought of novel ways to make the medium the message. The exhibition features many sculptures,with students experimenting with wood to create a variety of works.

Subhas Birth of New Life is among them. Amit

Kumar has created the impression of Chastity with white stone and a coloured face,which conveys an impression of complete disenchantment.

Occupying ample space is another student,Priyankas work,which is created by joining two canvases,with a background of a chipped,worn-out brick wall,on which hangs an old lamp and a cracked clock. She creates a window,out of which children,with tired faces and sad eyes,stare at you. This is titled Innocents of the Shaken Wind. Sadhna creates warriors with ceramics,while Sonal Garg depicts the corridors of her college with her paintbrush. The work has a 3D effect. Ajay Gargs series of three pen works Parinda is also eye-catching. Jaspreet Singh creates two impressive works on round canvases,with shades of yellow,showing two women cooking rotis on a chullah. Titled Roti hi geet,roti hi preet,these are endearing images of two women who are happy to create food. Life portraits,Ganesha in various moods and people in transit take out time to view this exhibition.

The exhibition is on till March 17 at the College of Art,Sector 10,Chandigarh.

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