Exhibition features modern Indian artist Lalu Prasad Shaw’s works with NFT certification

A new exhibition showcases artworks of artist Lalu Prasad Shaw which have been certified using Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). NFTs represent unique ownership of things like art, collectibles, music, tweets etc. (Source: PR Handout)

Cashing in on the popularity of NFTs in the digital space, the exhibition by Terrain.art and Arjun Sawhney, looks to "foster a virtual and global ecosystem for art, artists and collectors from the region beginning with India, using future technologies like blockchain." (Source: PR Handout)

Titled Masters, the show will be on display online on Terrain.Art until July 31, 2021. It showcases a selection of 27 recent paintings by Shaw which hold 'significant provenance'. (Source: PR Handout)

Shaw's artwork titled Babu I. (Source: PR Handout)

Aparajita Jain, Founder, Terrain.Art said, “Terrain.art is delighted to be one of the first blockchain powered platforms in India to register artworks using NFTs, presenting new works and those with prior histories through curated exhibitions. With blockchain technology, we are committed to providing our current and future collectors with a transparent and trustworthy method of buying, selling, and securing their existing collection.” (Source: PR Handout)

With a career spanning over six decades, Shaw's works have been exhibited at various institutions nationally and internationally. He received the National Award for Graphic Art in 1971 and the award for Graphic Art and Drawing in 1981. (Source: PR Handout)

The Bengal-born artist's artwork titled Babu II. (Source: PR Handout)

Shaw's artistic language has predominantly been figurative. His stylized representations encompass diverse subjects and objects staged meticulously in a pictorial frame. (Source: PR Handout)

Musing on the multiple facets of the Bengali middle class, Shaw’s paintings dramatise the everyday life of people he observed in his immediate surroundings. His unique approach to composition resonates both with Kalighat pats and early studio photography, according to a press statement. (Source: PR Handout)

While primarily a painter, Shaw is also an accomplished printmaker, having studied the techniques of intaglio and lithography. (Source: PR Handout)

Shaw's works have been exhibited by the CIMA (Kolkata), Dhoomimal Art Centre (New Delhi), Gallerie Splash (Gurgaon), Gallery 7 (Mumbai), Galerie 88 (Kolkata) and Akar Prakar (Kolkata) among others. His works were shown at the second British Biennale in London in 1970, two Norwegian Print Biennales in 1974 and 1978, the seventh Paris Biennale in 1971, and the second Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh in 1984. (Source: PR Handout)

Shaw's artwork titled Babu IV. (Source: PR Handout)