KABIR IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Durga Kainthola curated the show with 14 artists from Delhi NCR.

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Amaiden showing of the works of fourteen practicing artists of the Delhi NCR region, was aptly themed around the evergreen philosophy of Saint Kabir. While the universality of Kabir may be a familiar subject per se, transforming the same into Art formulations generates tough challenges, considering how all-embracing is the philosophy of the saint poet. But in the hands of its astute curator, Durga Kainthola, this showing at the capital's Arpana Art Gallery, offered a plethora of insights into the universal philosophy of this saint-philosopher, via a conduit of personalized interpretation, comprising calligraphy, music interludes, needle stitchery art, installations, sculptures, new media constructs and much more. Thus the artists on view, had linked their output to the familiar Kabir trajectory, through a pleasant mix of subjectivity, as every participating artist had interpreted the underlying message of Kabir's thoughts in a language of personalized art.