The much awaited annual art affair put together by Payal Kapoor of Arushi Arts Opened yesterday at Alliance Francaise De Delhi. This was the eleventh year of HARVEST and special and so the gallery had put together the master series ‘Our own path’. With participation from more than 80 artists from all over India, the HARVEST, catalogue was released simultaneously to 1000 collectors, art museums, art institutions and galleries across the world. The show opening witnessed Laila Khan, Kavita Bhartia,Sanjay Bhattacharya, Shalini Passi, ,Priya jain, Suneet Chopra, Neeva Jain, Shabnam Sighal, Monisha Leps, Sureeta Tondon, Shalu Jindal, Anjolie Ela Menon, Preeti and Ajay Chandra, Simar Duggal, Hemant Sagar, Sunaina Anand, Aparna Kaur and many moreLike previous year, this time too HARVEST is divided into two parts. Part I titled Our own path is curated by eminent art critic Suneet Chopra, opening today, and will showcase works by stalwarts like Arpana Caur, S H Raza, Akbar Padamsee, F N Souza, M F Husain, Sakti Burman, Jamini Roy, Seema kohli, Anjolie Ela Manon, Neeraj Goswami, Jaishri Burman, Sanjay Battacharya, Paresh Maity, Manish Pushkale, Kishore, Maite Delte, Nicolaus, Shuva Prasanna, Shipra Bhattacharya and Bose Krishnamachari.
Says Payal Kapoor of Arushi Arts, “We hope that this year also receives the same acceptance and support as it had in the past. This year we have introduced international artists in the catalogue as global boundaries are being cut across the world for common goal”.
HARVEST is an annual project of Arushi Arts that works towards projecting Indian Art in different cities of India & abroad.Gallery Arushi Arts has been holding HARVEST exhibition every year since 2001 to promote Indian Art to discerning buyers at fair & correct prices. The exhibition and its catalogue is a platform for young upcoming artists to present their works along with senior established artists, giving the collector a chance to measure up the young in relation to the established.
