40 Paintings Of Eminent Odia Artist Gajendra Sahu On Display At Solo Exhibition In New Delhi

New Delhi: Around 40 paintings of eminent artist Gajendra Prasad Sahu is on display at Visual Art Gallery in New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.

Union minister of State for Culture Minakshi Lekhi inaugurated the solo art exhibition of the artist, titled ‘Chitrakavya’. The five-day show will be open to public till April 10. The exhibits are based on the themes like essence of family and fragrance of nature.

The exhibition showcases the creative excellence and artistic accomplishments of Sahu spanning over 45 years. All the paintings have been designed on canvases using ink pen and acrylic colour. Two huge canvases portraying Lord Buddha’s philosophy and concept of family-cum-nature are the centre of attractions in the gallery.

The other worthy exhibits include Sahu’s paintings of Arjun, Dronacharya, Tenjing Norge and Dhyanchand, memorial coin for 200 years’ celebration of Paika Mutiny, logo-cum-postal stamp on Naba Kalebar of Lord Jagannath and models of tabloids of Odisha during Republic Day parades on the themes of Khandagiri–Udayagiri’s cave architecture, boat sailing ceremony, Dola Melan and Rukuna Rath of Lord Lingaraj.

The event also includes demonstration of six music CDs titled ‘Swarabarna’, produced by Sahu. This is the fourth solo art show of Sahu who has earlier displayed his creations in Bhubaneswar, New Delhi and USA.

As a professor in BK Art College in Bhubaneswar for several years and secretary of Odisha State Lalit Kala Akademi, Sahu has made contributions to enrich the art in Odisha.