Posted on February 20, 2010.
Purple Wall project in the Indian Art Summit As the charm of the global recession recedes, the curtains are mounted on the second edition of the Indian Art Summit in August. It is the largest showcase of contemporary art event of the Indians supported by Sotheby's. It aims to provide an international platform open to Indian artists and also increase the level of awareness about art in the country.
This contemporary art fair is much larger in scale and scope, with 55 galleries at the top of India, Asia, Middle East, Europe and the United States showing a series of works of art to a four-day summit to be held in Delhi at Pragati Maidan from August 19.
There is more on the lines of Indian art fair with workshops, camps, art auction and sale of works of art, prakara Akar Gallery. The second edition of the India Art Summit plans to submit some art films carefully selected which will give visitors an overview of important aspects of art through the ages.
This year's art fair will showcase the diverse range of more contemporary and modern paintings by artists of Indian sculpture, photography, mixed media, prints, paintings, pastel, oil paintings, Indian and video art and future by established artists. The project was conceived and designed to cover all genres and media of contemporary art gallery is designed to give visitors the opportunity to interact with and contemplate a wide range of contemporary and modern art.
Organized by the art critic and independent curator Gayatri Sinha, the project aims to Wall Purple showcase the best of contemporary Indian art. The Purple Wall project extends over three or four spaces interconnected. Located on the central hearth and the outer periphery of sites displaying the Indian Art Summit, it is mostly sculptural installations and photographs that allow the viewer a palpable difference in how the works are experienced.