Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces, Indus Tours and IndiaTourism are delighted to unveil a feast of new generation of Indian art at 'The Quilon' restaurant in London from 8 to 19 February 2006. Courtesy of leading contemporary art specialists, Gallery Sumukha Bangalore, the exhibition will open for a special preview on Wednesday 8 February and be attended by esteemed artists Manish Pushkale, Laxma Goud & Rayis Komu. Each bringing vivid experiences of their native country to the table; Pushkale who portrays the Jainist sect through abstract form; Goud through his teasing erotic depictions of middle class situations and Komu through boundary breaking installations.

During the event, highly acclaimed artist and curator, Balraj Khanna will appraise this powerful collection in dialogue with Art Historian, Savita Apte. Guests will also have the chance to take a piece of art home, by bidding in a live auction for paintings by Laxma Goud and Paresh Maity. All proceeds will be donated to support art education for one deserving overseas student in the UK.

The Gallery Sumukha exhibition explores the consciousness of modern India, with 27 artists contributing their own perceptions of this ever evolving and intoxicating culture. India's rising social economy, religion and class hierarchy are represented through graphic print, expressionism, cubism and abstract form. Also consistent throughout each work is a sense of pride in India's rich heritage defined through varied mediums of copper relief, watercolour, acrylic and oil ' the combination of which makes for a truly powerful visual impact.

The 'Feast of Indian Art' exhibition will be showing daily at The Quilon, from 10am to 7.30pm.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Laxma Goud

Laxma Goud, a master draftsman, displays his versatility over a range of mediums, from etching, gouache and pastels, to glass paintings. Born in Nizampur, he trained at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture in Hyderabad. In 1963, he won a scholarship to study mural painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S University Baroda, where he became a student of K.G.Subramanyan and specialised in print making.

His first solo show was held in 1965 and further exhibitions of his drawings, watercolours and prints follwed in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. His work was included in the Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (1982) and in group shows in Calcutta, Delhi and Chennai (1994). His paintings are in permanent collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), the Lalit Kala Akademi (New Delhi), the Salajung Museum (Hyderabad) and the Punjab University Museum, Chandigarh.

He presently lives in Hyderabad and works as a printmaker and graphic artist for television.

Manish Pushkale

Manish Pushkale was born in Bhopal in 1973. A trained geologist, Manish also studied art at the art college in Bhopal. He is also a recipient of the S. H. Raza foundation award. Pushkale has had solo exhibitions in Bhopal, 1994, Delhi, 1997, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2003 and Paris, 2003. And several group shows including the ones at, Gallery Lakereen, Mumbai, 1999, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, 2000, NGMA, Mumbai, 2001, Gallery Espace, Delhi, 2002 and Tao Gallery Mumbai, 2003. The artist lives and works in Delhi.

Riyas Komu

Riyas Komu graduated with painting as his specialization but has extended himself to sculpture, photography and video installations. He paints pictures based on photographic references from the print and television media. His randomly chosen subjects are charged with significance bringing about a disturbance depicting an element of political disquiet. He adapts images culled from the flow of the mass media, transporting them into the pictorial space of painting and its anterior histories of representation.

Riyas Komu was born in Kerala in 1971, arrived in Mumbai in 1992 and completed his BFA and MFA from Sir J. J. School of art Mumbai by 1997. He is recipient of K.K. Hebbar Foundation Scholarship and Bombay Art Society Award,1996 and Maharashtra State Art Prize 1995. His solo shows include one at Sakshi art gallery in December (2002) and in Renaissance gallery Bangalore. He recently had his photo show 'Grass' at the Guild art gallery, Mumbai (2005). His participations include video installation at NGMA as part of Art and Technology show in 2000. Has participated in several group shows like Audio-Visual presentations in Lakeeren and Tao Art Gallery (2000), 'Engendering-The Images of Women', The Guild art gallery (2001),'Words and Images' The Guild / NGMA, Mumbai,(2002), 2D/3D, Visual art center, Hong Kong , (2003), 'Generation 1, Saffron art gallery, Mumbai, (2004) He has many installation exhibitions to his credit like 'Installation and audio visual' at J.J. School of Art, Mumbai 1995, 1997 and 1998;'Critic's Choice' at NGMA 1999.'Sarasu' at The Guild, Mumbai, 2003. Riyas komu lives and works in Mumbai.

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