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| Pic courtesy: IAGF |
The 2nd edition of India Arts
& Gems Fair (IAGF)’ 2016 partnered by BMW is happening at The Collonnade,
The Leela Palace, Bengaluru from 30th June to 4th July,
2016 (7.30pm onwards). Similar to the Paris Biennale des antiquaires, this fair
brings together the best talents from our county. According to Meena Das
Narayan, who is the Founder and curator of IAGF - this is a great platform for renowned
artists as well as potential artists. Meena Das Narayan is the Editor-in-Chief
of the leading luxury lifestyle magazine- Gulf Connoisseur and also a great art
lover, writer, poet, filmmaker and an artist.
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| A painting by Meena Das Narayan |
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| With Meena Das Narayan, Founder & Curator of IAGF |
I skipped first two days of fair and preferred
to attend on weekend. The first thing to notice at the fair will be the all-new
stylish and colorful beauty from BMW, Mini convertible. Sadly our roads are not
good enough to handle this sexy :(
This fair is conducted in three floors of
The Collonnade and saw some of the great works by Yusuf Arakkal, Bijay Biswal, Vaikuntam,
Suhas Roy, Sisir Sahana, Sukunta Das, Bhoomika Dange, Ganesh Doddamani and many
more. Being an art lover, personally I don’t like taking pics of the paintings
and post that in social media. It’s like disrespecting an artist’s creations
and hard work behind it. So for the same reason I haven’t taken any good pics
of the paintings which were kept on display.
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| Beautiful hand painted Ganesha pendant with Ruby from Apranje Jewellers |
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| Cute sindhoor box with a peacock and ruby stones |
As part of the five day exhibition, there
will be other cultural activities like dance and music programmes, art talks, art
installations, fashion show for showcasing the exquisite creations by the top
jewellery brands in town like C.Krishniah Chetty & Sons, Nikhaar, Apranje,
Forevermark, Srishti etc.
IAGF also had a painting competing for the young talents;
the school kids and selected paintings were rewarded. Artist Ganesh Doddamani amazed
the audience by doing a live painting of Lord Buddha.
Do checkout this exhibition and it will be a
great experience. The entire team from IAGF did a great job to make this event
so successful. Kudos to them! Wishing ‘em more success in the coming years!
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