New Delhi, New Delhi: Four students of artist Kanchan Chander come together for the first time in The Dawn; a group exhibition of portraits, landscapes, aboriginal art and calligraphic abstracts. The exhibition on view from April 1, 2010 to April 4, 2010 at the Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi includes more than 80 paintings & drawings.

Says Kanchan Chander: The exhibition is conceptualized as a dialogue of varying visual sensibilities, thoughts, beliefs, passion, struggle and understanding that reflects not just the artists individual preoccupation with the idea and material but also is indicative of their involvement, their interaction with each other, reactions to surrounding events and various skills and techniques that all of them have learned and explored throughout their artistic journey.

The participating artists are:-

   1. Inspired by the Australian aboriginal art, twelve-year-old school student Nehmat Mongia portrays the mythical representations that the Australian aborigines once followed. Some of her works include The Australian Bindi, The Dots Say A Lot, The Target, Bandit, Captured Soul and Chakraview among others.

    2. Human face with its varied emotions, is the solitary focal point in college student and theatre actor Pallav Chanders canvas. His portraits like Eshna depict the innocence of a girl child playing on the street, while in Durga Puja the fervor of religious festivities can be seen.

    3. Using Egyptian hieroglyphs calligraphic style, England-born calligraphic teacher Anita Kumars artworks on first glance appears semi-abstract but as one further delves into the paintings, one sees the letter Om beautifully drawn in bold and subtle colours.

    4. Real Estate consultant Guneet Kumar draws her own personal experiences onto the canvas. For instance in Purity, through her portrayal of a lotus, she conveys the hope a person should have even during the dark phases of life while continuing to believe in the goodness of God.

Notes to Editor

From being an accomplished printmaker, Kanchan Cahnder slowly graduated to become a painter and expressed herself in full-blooded colours on large canvases. A Founder member of Indian Printmakers Guild, she has been a visiting Faculty Member at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi as well as a Lecturer at College of Art, New Delhi. Through this exhibition, she is trying to provide her students with the essential professional exposure in order to broaden their horizon.