Renowned actor, photographer and singer Boman Irani inaugurated the Mumbai Art Fair, which made a grand comeback after a two-year pandemic, to bring affordable art back to the masses and generate commercial income for artists. More than 650 artists exhibited more than 3500 diverse works at the Nehru Center. Mumbai Art Fair is specially designed for independent artists looking for affordable options to showcase their artworks in metro cities and reach out to a wider art audience and potential art buyers.
Over 3500 paintings with sculptures in various mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, stone with charcoal, metal, and photographs by over 650 artists, of whom 350 were present, some of them young, upcoming, mid- As a career, established people were chosen to perform at this edition of the Mumbai Art Fair. A diverse mix of landscapes, abstract, figurative art and spiritual paintings, semi-nude, rural and pastoral scenes, city scenes and paintings on various subjects in myriad styles and many soft, bright and rustic colors were displayed on the ground floor at the MAF. search India Building, Nehru Center from 28 to 30 October 2022.
Mumbai Art Fair (MAF) has brought a wide variety of ‘art options’ in a very affordable budget, not only for the seasoned buyers but also for the budding art lovers. The art scene in India was slowly changing and art was no longer reserved only for high-end corporate and art collectors, but today’s new millennium also seeks artworks to create an inspiring and soothing atmosphere around their living space. I started visiting art exhibitions.
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This year MAF attracted diverse participation by many fresh faces among the regular participants working in different disciplines. Regular names in the art fair circuit this year are Syed Zubair Baker, Nishi Sharma, Anjali Prabhakar, Antara Srivastava, Niyati Amlani, Neha Thackeray, Vineet Kaur, Bina Surana, Jalpa Patel, Vishal Sabale, R Solomon, S Vineetkumar, Sriparna Sinha, Soumen Kar, Om Tadkar, Nashita Reddy, Alpa Mistry, Rajita, Manoj Swain, Rahat Kazmi, Prakash Bal Joshi, Prithvi Soni and others did not fail to enthrall the audience with their diverse creative output, full of aesthetic content
The works of Janhvi Bhide, Moshe Dayan, Praveen Naresh, Sachita Aditi, Yashvi Goel, Dilip Kosode, Gursimran Kaur, Ishita Malpani, Jennifer Daruwala, Kailas Kale, Mona Jain, Nakesha Bhosle, Neha Ruia are such simplifications of reality in which artists have made recognizable Detail is removed from objects, leaving only an abstract or somewhat recognizable form, representing things that are not visible, such as emotion, sound or spiritual experience. The works of Neha Thackeray, Pooja Ray, Rachna Miglani, Rahat Kazmi, Rajat Kumar, Richael, Satish Dingankar, Shahbaz Khan, Shruti Solanki, Suryakant Rajpakar and Vineetkumar rested on the border of abstract and semi-abstract.
Lord Ganesha, a symbol of power and power, was portrayed by Chandrika Purana, Madhuri Devlikar, Manoj Swain, Shivani Banerjee and Sona Kapoor in their own distinctive style, while artists Banani Kundu, Bhumika Detroja, Hansa Bhatt, Jeenu Madan, Kinjal Gehlot, Prachi was painted. Sailot Samota, Shubhangi Mehta, Srinath Thampi, Suvarna Chavande, Vidya Sivaramakrishnan and Yogita Kogle shed light on the creative vitality by depicting their favorite divinities and beliefs in lines, colors and forms. Artists Nashita Reddy, Dollar Mandal, Gaurav Dagar, Ramesh Kumar, Santosh Lanjekar and Suraj Shukla presented realistic paintings with lively inventiveness through their works displayed at the Mumbai Art Fair.
Akansha Punjabi, Jagdish Ray, Lata Malani, Shruti Srivastava, Darshan Mahajan, Archana Sharma, Neha Agarwal, Niyati Amlani, Pratibha Goel, Seema Ojha, Shalini Gupta, Sonal Salekar, Sushma Ojha, Vineet Kaur performed at MAF. articulate their visual ideas in a ‘figurative’ style, sometimes in simple but complex readings, creating strong narrative material
Paintings by artists Anindita Biswas Roy, Basudeb Pradhan, Jayshree Gole, Rahul Naskar, Rakesh Sonkusare, Sriparna Sinha, Moushumi Sarkar make the audience feel that they are right in the middle of their painting; The mesmerizing treatment given by these talented artists to their nature-scenes was that the audience felt that they could breathe the air of the painting and touch the landscape as if it were all real. Atul Bhalerao, Chetan Bhosle, Padmini Bhatia, Rinni Patel, Sandeep Parakhi, Vittal Moppidi, Vyoma Parikh, KB Shikhar, R Solomon, Radhika Bawa, Ravi Vaybhat, Deepal Bhat, Heena Prasoon, Shirish Ambekar, Anupama Thakur, Anuradha Bhalla, Ashdeep Babara , Deeptina Kothari, Nidhi Sharma, Poonam Khanvilkar, Raksha Jesrani, Rohini Lokhande, Jasjit Sidhu and Neena Mehrok were additional attractions at the Mumbai Art Fair. the audience.
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The driving force behind the works of B. Meghmala, Deepak Mukherjee, Monalisa Parikh, Namrata Nagra, Paridhi Jain, Sayali Nagarkar, Sudha Ramakrishnan, Vikram Bhatti, Vinayak Nigam and Vishal Sebali is their faith and belief which has enabled them to create an impressive and wondrous creation. inspired. Works of art that create mystical aura and spiritual vibrations around them. The amount of detail in the sculptures by Deval Sharma, Pankaj Gadakh, Soumen Kar, and Sujit Kumar Mukhopadhyay was simply phenomenal and these sculptures were definitely an added attraction at the art fair.
The Baroque animal painting tradition, which originated around the seventeenth century in the Western art world, has found many adherents around the world who sometimes depict animals using landscapes as backgrounds. Artists Alpana Dangi, Anna Kurien, Deepti Kumar, Rushan Shah and Shankar Rajput seemed mesmerized by the beauty and power of various animals like horse, bull, elephant and stag. Other artists who became fascinated by wildlife were Haripriya Kulkarni, Jalpa Patel, Poonam Juwale, Praveena Parepalli and Saket Arbhi; His artworks were a perfect visual treat for the wildlife lovers visiting the art fair. Viewers can choose from a fascinating variety of flying bird paintings masterfully executed by Anita Basu, Bhaduri Shah Baria, Sanjeevani Bhoir and Shankar Pamarathi.
Richness and depth can be achieved in subtle manipulation of light and shadow without color. Artists Akshata Shetty, Bina Surana, Chaitali Bareja Sharma, Anna Tandon, Insia Patrawala, Kanishkar Mehra, Khurram Amir, Krish Nandi, Kripali Gondhalekar, Madhavi Bhaskar, Nikhil Usre, Raj Kumar, Rupali as A World Without Colors Texture is rich in. Mhatre and Vijay Kumawat explored different themes and styles in a monochromatic palette. The common thread binding the works of Christina Ravi, Deepa Siddhartha, Doyle Sinha, Kirti Shetty, Kumaraswamy B, Manju Das, Alpa Mistry, Namrata Bagwe, Priyanka Singh, Samridhi Sharma, Swarnjit Kaur and Tara Isa was their female protagonists. context and conditions.
The use of geometric forms to create rhythmic patterns and fluid forms in the works of Annarapu Narendra, Jyoti Sharma, Mohit Jangid, Neerja Shah, Prachi Gala, Princi Jain, Proper Turakhia and Vaishali Chanda was an experiment in illusionary art. Baffles and the mind to see images different from what they are on the surface of the pictures. Montage by Rohan Kunthale, serigraphs by Trishna Bhati and woodcuts by three generations of artists in the Dubey family, black and white photographs by Sangram Naik, and original works by Aditi Khandelwal, Kaushal Parikh, Kunwar SS Panwar, Madhu Kuruva, Navina Ganju and Suvarna. Bagchi forced the audience to watch a second time. Women’s nudes acquire a different dimension when done by a female artist; This was demonstrated in the works of Meenakshi Shukla and Payal Moni.
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The paintings exhibited at the Mumbai Art Fair by Neelima Dani and Vineet Kaur and stylized works by B Narhari, Kashiram Pinjare and Saurabh Dhingre were a testament to the mature handling of the subject with witty use of color combinations. A plethora of artworks by artists Anita Mukherjee, Atma Shyam, Bharti Hingane, Devvrat Singh Sengar, Divya Menon, Ramashankar Mishra, Shankar Sharma, Kanan Khant, Karishma Surve, Manjusha Kanade, Meena Raghavan, Naveen Agarwal, Nikita Dani, Pinal Panchal, Rubina Hassan , Shalaka Patil, Shruti Kasana, Soni Singh, Srinivas Ram and Supriya Kaluskar are traditional art forms or at least inspired by our traditional art such as Pichwai, Warli art, Gond art, Mughal style and miniature art styles. Artists who performed at the Mumbai art fair Hiya Juthani, Nayana Patel, Nilesh Upadhyay, Pavani Nagpal, Praveen Kaveri, Purvi Lohana, Riya Narkar, Seema Ojha and Shivani Patidar created something that looks abstract through the use of color patches and colors. contacted with reality. Perceivable as if it were real but still it has the same dreamlike qualities of pseudo-realism.
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Fascinatingly dazzling watercolor pieces by Geetanjali Shah, Mukta Kadam, Niyati Amalani and Shyam Karri combine the reflection of white paper with its texture, exploiting the translucent softness of watercolor; The effect is awesome! Although Mukta Kadam does not fall into the temptation of using the qualities of watercolor to boost its visual appeal, her artwork takes on much more than just what is clearly visible; It takes several readings for them to dig deeper into its visual meaning. Cast Anjali Prabhakar, Antara Srivastava, Bandana Kumari, Bhamini Sarada, Rajita, Eshmeet Thapar, Jyoti Singh, Medha Nerurkar, Neerja Kujur, Preeti Shaw, Priya Kataria, Poornima Walunj, Riya Nahta, Syed Bakker and Vinod Venkapalli communicate visually and original Symbol of truth. through the symbolic compositions of his subjects.
The Mumbai Art Fair was a dawn of sorts for independent artists; It formed a growing estuary, a hub for all kinds of creative alignments. After the protracted pandemic, the art fair acts as a crucible of activism and generates enough energy to drive change in the current art market.
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