NGMA celebrates 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil with Ritu Beri collection
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NGMA celebrates 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil with Ritu Beri collection

New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) As part of its year-long celebrations of the 110th birth anniversary of Indian-Hungarian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) hosted a gala evening in collaboration with celebrity fashion designer Ritu Beri. To honour “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists”, Beri on Friday unveiled a new […]

   

New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) As part of its year-long celebrations of the 110th birth anniversary of Indian-Hungarian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) hosted a gala evening in collaboration with celebrity fashion designer Ritu Beri.

To honour “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists”, Beri on Friday unveiled a new collection, inspired by Sher-Gil’s style of artworks.

The event, organised in association with the Liszt Institute of Hungarian Cultural Centre and Museo Camera, Centre for Photographic Arts, saw the participation of Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi.

The evening opened with a rifle drill demonstration by a battalion of CRPF women personnel. “The women’s para-military band performance of CRPF battalion has shown excellent coordination and skills. 15 per cent women are represented in forces and 48 per cent in STEM and are in the forefront in many from economic, financial sectors. The freedom struggle of the country was successful with the contribution of woman in key roles,” Lekhi said.

She added that Indian women are excelling in science, technology, art, craft, painting, and culture.

“Today we rightly want to showcase what Indian women stand for, and what Indian women represent. Even in the pre-independence era, Amrita Sher-Gil found a place and space in the hearts of Indian. And thus, she is treasured very much here at NGMA,” the minister said.

Born to Indian father and Hungarian mother on January 30, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, Sher-Gil came to be known as “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists” for her oeuvre.

Her famous works including “Group of Three Girls” (1935), “Brahmacharis” (1937), “Bride’s Toilet” (1937), “Gypsy Girl” (1932), and “Young Girls” (1932) are a part of the collection at the NGMA.

As a part of the project, the Liszt Institute will visit a school in the national capital every month to talk about Sher-Gil through workshops, stories, photos and painting activities.

From June till October, a number of documentary films about Sher-Gil will be screened as part of Amrita 110 Film Festival.

An Indo-Hungarian team will celebrate Sher-Gil’s life and work through a graffiti in Lodhi Art District in September this year.

The Liszt Institute and the Indian Post will also release a joint stamp about the artist in November.

Other programmes under the project include a graphic novel on Sher-Gil’s life, an online “treasure hunt” game retracing the artist’s life through laces, people and paintings, and a discussion on her works by art historians Katalin Keseru and Yashodhara Dalmia. PTI MAH RB RB

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