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" There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time what has been accomplished in music by the end of the 18th century has only begun in fine art."
Balu Chaudhari for the last decade has been engaged in bringing a similar metamorphosis to his creative expression. Balu Chaudhari’s artwork exudes the indomitable artistic desire to capture fleeting moments of the natural and human world and to cast it into multiple non-definitive pictogra ..
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Established in pre-independent India by Ram Babu, the Dhoomimal was supported by stalwarts of the time, like B C Sanyal, Jaya Appaswamy, Jamini Roy, Sailoz Mukherjee and Nand Lal Bose, and the host of others, to be followed by generations after them.
As the third generation, Mohit Jain, Director DAC, recalls how the art scenario of the time was a passion engendering investment at altogether different levels, instead of being beleaguered by solely economic concerns...
Dhoomimal art Centre
My art-writing career owes a lot to Dhoomimals, responsible for promoting Indian art through show
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Read MoreThe Dhoomimal name is now touching eighty-five years of promoting contemporary Indian art, in this capacity a flagship enterprise within the fraternity, having witnessed the evolution and growth of art and art institutions from their very inception within the country.