Mumbai: Jaya He, a new museum of GVK, is currently hosting a unique exhibition of paintings, sculptures and objects created by Gond artists on level four of Terminal 2 of GVK-operated Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA). Passengers flying to and from Mumbai can view and buy from a collection of more than six kinds of Gond artifacts.
The Gond paintings explore new surfaces such as pebbles, brass plates, wood boxes and fibre. There are ten metal cut-outs suspended from the ceiling 30 feet from the ground, which bring alive fantastical themes like flying creatures and vehicles. Bright hues lend a three-dimensional effect to what are essentially two-dimensional forms.
While a lecture was organised on Friday at Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum at Kala Ghoda, Yamini Telkar, head of museum at Jaya He, GVK New Museum, said, “At present, artifacts are available for sale only at the Jaya He, GVK New Museum Store but in due course, we will launch an e-commerce platform that will enable consumers from anywhere in the world, the general public, to purchase directly from the store. Our target is to present our ancient glory to the public.”
Explaining Gond art, collaborator Mukul Goyal told The Asian Age, “We did a few workshops with Gond artists from Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, they made some 35 designs on paper and later, we selected the best out of them in our studio, which is in Gurgaon.
05/12/15 Ashita Dadheech/Asian Age
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The Gond paintings explore new surfaces such as pebbles, brass plates, wood boxes and fibre. There are ten metal cut-outs suspended from the ceiling 30 feet from the ground, which bring alive fantastical themes like flying creatures and vehicles. Bright hues lend a three-dimensional effect to what are essentially two-dimensional forms.
While a lecture was organised on Friday at Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum at Kala Ghoda, Yamini Telkar, head of museum at Jaya He, GVK New Museum, said, “At present, artifacts are available for sale only at the Jaya He, GVK New Museum Store but in due course, we will launch an e-commerce platform that will enable consumers from anywhere in the world, the general public, to purchase directly from the store. Our target is to present our ancient glory to the public.”
Explaining Gond art, collaborator Mukul Goyal told The Asian Age, “We did a few workshops with Gond artists from Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, they made some 35 designs on paper and later, we selected the best out of them in our studio, which is in Gurgaon.
05/12/15 Ashita Dadheech/Asian Age
