In pics: Exhibition celebrates the vibrancy of Indian visual arts

India is known for its many festivals and rich culture, from music and literature to performing and visual arts. As such, a new art exhibition -- Realm III -- attempts to celebrate the many elements of the vibrancy and joyfulness of Indian visual arts via the works of artists who have laid the foundation for Indian arts; Jamini Roy's Seated Man (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

The group art exhibition which is on till June 14, 2022 at Gallerie Nvya, C-2, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi from 11 am to 7 pm, showcases the works by Jamini Roy, Sakti Burman, Krishen Khanna, Paresh Maity and Thota Vaikuntam; Krishen Khanna's Skipping Girl (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

From figuration to abstraction, the show of paintings celebrates diverse styles that bring out vivid expressions of the human life and mind; Sakti Burman's Happy Family artwork (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

The common narrative that runs through the entire selection is playfulness wherein each artist imbues his work with joyful intent; Paresh Maity's December (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

The show includes canvases by Jamini Roy, one of India's most prominent artists born in the nineteenth century. The on-view works showcase Kalighat influences on his art. The exhibition houses pieces that are testimony to Roy’s signalling of a new era in the history of Indian Modern art, with a strategic denial of its modern traces; Jamini Roy's untitled artwork (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

“India’s artscape stretches back over millennia with a lexicon that has always adapted and changed but of which aesthetic considerations have remained constant. A country that loves its festivities and colours and is rooted in cultural traditions finds expression through its music, dance, literature and art,” said Tripat K Kalra, founder-director, Gallerie Nvya, in a press statement; Paresh Maity's work titled Early Days (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

Veteran artist Sakti Burman's works inhabit ancient tales of country romances, enchanting maidens, flutists, exotic flowers, birds, where all creatures dwell in harmony — in a state of dreamlike reality; Sakti Burman's artwork titled Arlequin (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

Master artist Thota Vaikuntam’s works showcase his inspiration drawn from the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and how his works try to capture the vibrancy of the men and women as the central characters of his creations; Thota Vaikuntam's untitled artwork (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)

Another of India’s senior most artists and a living Progressive Artists Group member, Krishen Khanna (b. 1925) is also showcasing his works at the show, in which viewers can recognise Khanna’s portrayal of himself. Sensitive in handling, he transfers his observations onto the canvas with spontaneity and exuberance, yet retains the representational element of his subject. His usage of colour and expressionist brushwork makes the mundane rise to the sublime; Krishen Khanna's work from his Band master series (Source: Gallerie Nvyā)