AlumniBKCAC is going to Organise ONELOVE and Art Talk by Jacqueline Lima

Proceeding of the Executive body meeting held on dt. 01.08.2011 at Alumni BKCAC Office at Bibhuti Kanungo College of Art and Crafts, Khandagiri, BBSR

Members Present:

1-Sri Adwait Prasad Gadanayak President,

2-Sri Jagannath Panda Vice-President,

3-Sri Subrat Kumar Mullick, Secretary,

4-Sri Anjan Kumar Sahoo, Jt. Secretary,

5-Sri Tarakanta Parida, Tresurer,

6-Sri Prabir Kumar Dalai, Executive member,

7-Sri Nigamananda Swain, Executive member,

8-Sri Pratap Kumar Jena, Executive member,

9-Sri M Sovan Kumar, Executive member,

10-Sri Sangram Maharana, Executive member,

11-Sri Ashok Kumar Nayak, Executive member,

12-Miss Priyadarsini Mohanty, Executive member,

13-Sri Manas Ranjan Jena,member

14-Sri Meenaketan Pattanaik,member.

Meeting was held at the AllumniBKCAC Office , on dated 01.08.11 at 12 noon in the chairman ship of vice-president sj Jagannath Panda. The following matters has been discussed and taken decisions for smooth running of the AlumniBKCAC.

1. Any Programme proposed by the members should be approved by the Executive Body & Programme should followed with requirement and resource of fund.

2. All the members should work together to raise funds by devoting their time & effort.

3. Regarding organization of a seminar/workshop of outsider artists as proposed by our member Sri Pradosh Kumar Mishra, it is decided that , Sri Mishra hereby requested to sent a detailed report for taking necessary action at this end.

4. Seminars will be organized time to time and Sri Anjan Ku. Sahoo and Prabir Kumar Dalai members are hereby requested to take necessary steps for successful organization of the said programme

5. Meet the Artist’s a programme namely “Sampark” to relate present students of B.K.College of Art and Crafts, with Alumnis for better acceptance.In this connection the executive committee decided that Sri Ashok Nayak, Sri M. Sovan Kumar and Sri Meenaketan Pattnaik will decide the programme and artist.

6. Proposals and representations should be sent to Central Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi for the betterment of the Odia art and artists.

7. A Newsletter and programme will be made to aware the Alumnies regarding activities.

8. A financial review committee has formed by the executive body to streamline the financial matter and records of Account. In this committee Sri N.Swain , A. Sahoo, P. Dalai and Sri Subrat Mullick are the members.

9. A proposal is coming for consideration to set-up a library for keeping of books and catalogues.

10. Members present strongly recommended for smooth running of AlumniBKCAC.

11. Proposal came from Sj Jagannath Panda, he proposed poster/leaflet regarding programme conducted by Alumni should be put in the Notice board in sufficient before commencement of the Programme as promo.

12. As per previous decision of the executive body regarding publication of a Monograph of Sri Byomakesh Mohanty (Ex Lect. In Painting) is seems to postponed further an Exhibition ‘A Tribute to Byomokesh Mohany” with a publication namely Shradhanjali have been published in association with Artist’s Association of Orissa (AAO) at Rastriya Lalitkala Kendra, Bhubaneswar, to mark his 1^st death anniversary.

The above matters have been discussed and unanimously decided for the smooth running of the AlumniBKCAC,

The meeting was over after thanks to the president (Sri Adwait Prasad Gadanayak) .

Sd/-

Signature

President, AlumniBKCAC

AlumniBKCAC welcome Mr Baladev Maharatha as now Principal

It's all in one, watch silver jubilee photographs in this slide presentation

B.K. College of Arts & Crafts is now included in Odisha Govt. Portal as an imp. destination for turistsin Bhubaneswar

Great News!! Congratulations all B.K. Art college family members and well wishers, now B.K.

College of Arts & Crafts is now included in Odisha Govt. Portal as an imp. destination for turists.

B K College of Art and Crafts (10 km) The college offers higher studies in certain modes of art and craft including wood carving, palm leaf etching, stone sculpture, clay modelling,commercial art, graphic art, line drawing and painting. The college is located in Khandagiri area. It is affiliated to the Utkal University of Culture.Dhauli (9 km) Dhauli is a small hillock rising conspicuously on the southern bank of the river Daya, in the midst of green fields that seem to reach out to the horizon. This is the site where Ashoka waged the final battle against Kalinga in 261 BC. The victory came to him riding over a million corpses bringing him a macabre confirmationof his military prowess that had already earned him the sobriquet, Asoka the Slayer (Chandasoka). Legend has it that the gory sight of the battle with dead men chocking the flow of the Daya river (literally, the river of compassion) that had turned to be a river of blood, filled the heart of the conqueror with an hitherto unknown feeling of compassion and bouts of remorse. He realised the futility of digvijaya (military conquest) and the nobility of dharmavijaya (spiritual conquest). Thus Asoka the Slayer changed into Asoka the compassionate (Dharmasoka). He embraced Buddhism, it is believed, here, at the Dhauli foothill. This is the place where gory deeds were amended by hoary corrections.

SOURCE LINK: http://orissagov.nic.in/portal/ViewDetails.asp?vchglinkid=GL010&vchplinkid=PL066&vchslinkid=SL047

An interaction with Jagannath Panda by Dr. Pradosh Mishra at the begining of Artists Presentation

On 25th Jan 2010 at 6PM evening it has started Artists presentation of RENEWED INTENSITY , a public art and site specific art workshop organized by AlumniBKCAC on the eve of Silver Jubilee Celebration, B.K.Art college. The Venue was Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar.
This video clip showing the initial phase of presentation where Initiator Dr. Pradosh Mishra is interacting with Curator Jagannath Panda about this project, he's asking question in local Odia language, all other present in dice , Prof. Deba Patnaik, Ramakrishna Vedala, Adwaita Prasad Gadanayak and Ramahari Jena.

Public Art and Site Specific Art workshop, curetted by Jagannath Panda, silver Jubilee in Bhubaneswar

The B.K.Art college Silver Jubilee event started with a national Artists Camp on 20th and a Symposium on Creative Communication. Prof. Kanchan Chakraverti, Art Historian from Santiniketan, inaugurated the symposium on 22nd January 2010. Prof. Ganeswar Mishra, Prof. Sourindra Barik, Dr. Dinanath Pathy and Convened by Dr. Pradosh Mishra. Several aspects of creative communication were discussed with regard to literature and art. The participants focused on methods of communication and its relevance to art and how art needs to be communicated to the audience/viewer. The afternoon session was devoted to the audio-visual presentation by select artists like Ashish Pahi and Kanta Kishore which was coordinated by Dr. Pradosh Mishra. AlumniBKCAC and B.K. College of Art and Crafts are celebrated its silver Jubilee in Bhubaneswar.The celebration begun with the inauguration of a public art and site specific art workshop, curetted by Jagannath Panda initiated by Dr. Pradosh Mishra and coordinated by Ashok Nayak from 20th to 27th of January 2010. This National workshop was organized at the Lalit Kala Regional centre, Bhubaneswar along with various other public sites by the participating artists. The participating artists are Paribartan Mohanty, Prateek Sagar, Anjan kumar Sahoo, Helen Brahma, Kanta Kishor Moharana, Nityananda Ojha, Sudarshan Biswal, Sujit Mallik, Sambit Panda and Veejayant Dash.
Renewed Intensity is an idea to bring back serious passion and attitude towards a new art form, public and site specific art. Worth noting inherent in local culture lies this notion. This is first of such a workshop that we have planned: where artists will create the works with multiple approaches and u different medium, exploring art out of unconventional forms or ideas. It will also explore the possibility of varied aesthetic influences and expressions based on Interactive, Performance, Installation and so on. These artistic activates will attempt to understand inter-relationship of nature, culture, city, politics, fictional text and vital inner life. This workshop will create an environment of diverse art forms for the new viewer/audience. In these eight days, artists will produce art works in relationship between ecology and art in public spaces.

The Gate...Rajat Jayanti Samaroh

Hi BK products, Let’s Celebrate 25 years of Creative Journey at BKCAC campus. Hip hip Hurrah!

B.K.COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFTS
In association with
ALUMINI BKCAC
celebrates 25 years of creative journey
from 20th January to 23rd January 2010
at the Campus AMPHI THEATRE,
Tapovan, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar.

We cordially invite you to
the Inaugural Function as per programme. .

Dr.A.C.Sahoo
Principal
B.K.College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar.

A detailed Programme Folder is enclosed.



www.bkartcollege.org bkartcollege@gmail.com / 06742384434 9861363802 / 9861067056 / 9437179881 / 9437196078 / 9937900663 / 9437270628 / 9668356837







SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
PROGRAMME FOLDER
____________________________

20th January 2010, 11.00A.M.


Inauguration : National Camp of Students from
different Art College of the Country.

Chief Guest : Sri R.N.Kar, O.A.S.
Director, Culture
Government of Odisha

Guest of Honour : Sri Durga Prasad Das
President,
Odisha Lalit kala Akademi, Bhubaneswar.

Sudharma, Sailesh, Shakti Prasad, Jyoti Prakash, Arvind Tripathy, Dilip Kumar, Ritika, Amitesh, Sugaresh, Nilima, S.Medha Devi, Ajeeka, N. Ripon, Kamei Vikram, Ch. Denni, S. Samuel, Asish Saran, Pallvi, Binoy G., Aswini S., Shijeu R. V. Nair, Prabhu, Yubraj, Bensrajan, Jagdish, V. Bimaleswaran, Y.S.Wamgm,

The camp will conclude on 22nd January and the works will be displayed in an exhibition

Felicitation to teachers and staff members of the college
by the Honbl’e Chief Minister, Odisha


Dr. Dinanath Pathy
(Founder Principal, from 10.1.1984 to 14.9.1994)

2. Sri Siba Panigrahi
(Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Painting From 14.3.1984 to 28.2.2001)

3. Sri D.N.Rao
(Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Graphics – from 6.4.1984 to 9.5.2002
later promoted as Principal government College of Art and Crafts, Khallikote)

4. Sri Chandramani Biswal
(Former Principal, B.K. college of Art and Crafts. – from 15.9.1994 to
20.11.2000)

5. Sri Debaraj Sahoo
(Former Lecturer, Department of Sculpture – from 1.9.1986 to 31.8.1987)

6. Sri C.K. Samantray
(Former Lecturer, Department of Sculpture – from 23.5.1984 to 31.5.1985)

7. Dr.Alekh Charan Sahoo
(Principal, B.K. College of Art and Crafts from 21.11.2000 continuing)

8. Sri Baladev Prasad Moharatha
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Painting (Indian style) from 19.7.1984
continuing)

9. Sri Bymokesh Mohanty
(Former Senior Lecturer, Department of painting from 25.11.1987 to 23.12.2009
deputued as Secretary, Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi)

10. Sri Damodar Behera
(Senior lecturer, Department of Sculpture from 4.5.1988 to 18.12.2007
later officiated as Principal Government College of Art and Crafts, Khallikote)

11. Sri Jayanta Kumar Das ,
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Ceramics and Sculpture from 12.12.1986
continuing)

Sri Gajendra Kumar Padhi
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Art. From 25.9.1991 continuing)

13. Sri Subrat Kumar Mullick
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Painting from 1.2.2006 continuing)

14. Sri Panchanan Sur
(Instructor in Applied Art, from 26.7.1986 to 31.3.1989 - on deputation to
B.K.College of Art and Crafts.)

15. Sri Binayak Behera
(Instructor in Sculpture, from 4.10.1985 to 15.7.1987 on deputation to B.K.
College of Art and Crafts from)

16. Srimati Sailabala Nayak
(Instructor, Department of Painting (Indian Style) from 5.7.1988 continuing)

17. Sri Gajendra Prasad Sahoo
(Instructor, Department of Graphic Art from 12.12.1986 continuing)

18. Sri Manas Ranjan Jena
(Instructor, Department of Painting from 22.8.1991 continuing)


19. Sri Meenaketan Pattnaik
(Instructor, Department of Applied Art & Design from 8.2.1999 continuing)

20. Sri Gagan Behari Mohanty
(Senior Clerk from 15.2.1984 continuing)

21. Sri Raj Kumar Subudhi
(Junior Clerk cum Typist from 02.2.1984 continuing)

22. Sri Ashok Kumar Das
(Class IV Staff from 1.8.1984 continuing)

23. Sri Bharat Chandra Mangaraj
(Class IV Staff class IV from 1.8.1984 continuing)

24. Sri Fakir Mohan Nayak
(Class IV Staff from 1.8.1984 continuing)

25. Srimati Renubala Nayak
(Class IV Staff from 3.8.1984 continuing)

26. Sri Bhubanananda Das
(Class IV Staff from 1.8.1984 continuing)

Sri Chandra Shekher Sethi
(Indigenous Craftsman of Government College of Art and Crafts,Khallikote now
working on deputation basis at B.K.College of Art & Crafts from 4.3.2004
continuting)

28. Sri Kanthamani Biswal
(Asst. Librarian, H.K. Mahatab State Library, now on deputation at
B.K. College of Arts and Crafts from 9.12.2005 continuing)

Sri Srikant Pati

Sri Subodh Kumar Parida

Sri C.D.R. Biswal

32. Smt. Sudhansubala Sahoo







22nd January, Friday, 2010



11A.M. : Hon’ble Chief Minister will plant a sappling
to mark the Silver Jubilee Celebrations.

11.05 A.M. - Invocation : Rosalina Dash, Student BKCAC

11.10A.M - Welcome Address : Dr.Mona Sharma,I.A.S.
Commissioner cum Secretary to Government,
Department of Culture,
Government of Odisha

11.20A.M.- Guest of Honour : Sri Debi Prasad Mishra,
Hon’ble Minister
Tourism ,Culture and Higher Education

11.30A.M. - Chief Speaker : Dr. Dinanath Pathy,
Founder Principal
B.K. College of Art and Crafts.

11.40A.M. - Chief Guest : Sri Naveen Patnaik
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha
will inaugurate
the Annual Art Exhibition and
release the Annual Exhibition Catalogue
(Special Issue),
Alumni Exhibition Catalogue
Unspoken Truth,.
Lay the foundation stone
of the Women’s Hostel,
dedicate the Men’s Hostel and
felicitate the teachers and staff members
of the College.

11.50A.M. - Vote of thanks : Dr. A.C. Sahoo,
Principal, B.K.College of Art and Crafts.

12 Noon - The Hon’ble Chief Minister will visit the
Hostel site and Exhibition Gallery.



Symposium – 3pm to5pm

Topic – Creative Communication

Guests of Honour : Prof. Acharya Bhabananda
Prof. Deba P. Patnaik
Prof. Sourindra Barik
Prof. Ganeswar Mishra
Sri Sampad Mohapatra

Interactors : Dr. Anup Kumar Chand
Dr. Chakradhar Behera
Sri Durga Patnaik
Dr. Dilip Kumar Tripathy ( to preside)
Dr. Pradosh Mishra (to co-ordinate)

6pm. To 8pm

Performances : Ghuduki Recital
by Guru Nilakantha Tarai and troupe

Drama : Evolution of Art by the students of BKCAC
Script by Sri Suresh Balbantray
Direction by Sri B.P.Moharatha,
Sri Darpa Sethi, former student of
Chitram School of Art and Crafts,
Bhubaneswar

Stage Craft : Sri Sangram Maharana


23/1/2010
Morning Session
______________________________

9a.m. to 1.30 pm.

Theme: My Art, My College

Guests of Honour: Sri D.N.Rao
Sri Byomokesh Mohanty

Presenters: Sri Pratul Dash
Sri Bibhu Prasad Pattanaik
Smt. Pranati Panda
Sri Ashok Nayak
Sri Sambit Panda
Sri Sovan Kumar / Smt. Helen Bala Brahma
Sri Swasti Ranjan Ray
Sri ashis pahi
ANIMATION AND FILM MAKING=The new way of creative expression
1.introduction of animation--------- 5 mins
2.future prospects ---------------------5 mins
3.animation basics--------------------20 mins
4.different types of animation -----10 mins
5.animation film-------------------------30 mins


Afternoon session
________________

3pm. to 5pm.

Guests of Honour: Sri Siba Panigrahi
Sri Ramahari Jena

Presenters: Sri Anjan Kumar Sahoo
Sri Jaganath Panda
Sri Meenaketan Pattanaik
Sri Pratap Jena
Sri Chintamani Biswal
Kumari Sonia


5.30P.M. - Invocation : Ghuduki Guru Nilakantha Tarai and troupe.

5.40P.M. -Welcome Address: Dr. Mona Sharma, I.A.S.
Commissioner cum Secretary to Government,
Department of Culture, Odisha.

5.25P.M. - Guest of Honour : Prof. Ajit Keshari Ray,
Former Principal
Government College of Art and Crafts,
Khalikote.

5.35P.M.- Chief Speaker : Prof.Kanchan Chakraberti ,
Former Principal,
Kala Bhawan, Santiniketan.
5.45P.M.- Chief Guest : His Excellency Muralidhar Chadrakante Bhandare
Governor, Odisha
will release the Silver Jubilee special issue of
“Chitra”, a Journal of Art and Aesthetics,
and felicitate the former Students of the College.

5.55P.M.-Vote of Thanks : Dr. A.C. Sahoo,
Principal, B.K.College of Art and Crafts.

6 to 8pm. Performances : Sitar Recital
Sri Pratap Ray
Odissi Vocal
Dr. Sangeeta Gosain Mohapatra
Flute Recital
Sri Srinivas Satpathy
Sakhinata Nacha
Guru Santosh Padhi and troupe
Folk group from Mahanala, Sanakhemandi

Renewed Intensity
A Public Art & Site-specific art Workshop by artists

The schedule:
20-27 January 2010 Workshop
11 am to 6 pm

26-27 January 2010 Public Interaction
11 am to 8 pm

24 January 2010 Artist Presentation by participating artists
Initiator: Dr. Pradosh Mishra
Chief Guest: Prof, Deba Patnaik and Dr. Dinanath Pathy 5 pm

26 January 2010
Previw5.30pm

Curated by Jagannath Panda

Venue:
Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Kharavela Nagar, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar
Coordinators: Anjan Shaoo,Veejayant Dash, Pradosh Mishra,
Ashok Nayak, Sudershan Biswal

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Friday, January 01, 2010

Dear All,

New year is the time to unfold new horizons & realize new dreams, strength
& faith within us.

To rejoice in simple pleasures & gear up the new challenges. Life is
beautiful, Lets enjoy it...Wishing you and your family a very happy new
year!
P.S. The Silver Jubilee will be celebrated for two days i.e. on 22.01.2010 and 23.1.2010.

Silver Jubilee of B.K.College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneswar. 2009-2010

Silver Jubilee of B.K.College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneswar. 2009-2010

1.The Silver Jubilee will be celebrated for two days i.e. on 22.01.2010 and 23.1.2010.

2.Date of inauguration of the Silver Jubilee - by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Orissa on 22.1.2010.

3.Release of Exhibition Catalogue by the Hon’ble Chief Minister on 22.1.2010.

4.Valedictory of the Celebration - His Excellence, Governor of Orissa will be the Chief Guest on 23.1.2010.

5. Organization of Multimedia workshop by the students of different leading Art Colleges of the Country (50 number of students will participate).

6. Two veteran Artists of India will be invited for the above function. Likely:

   a.Prof. Golam Sekh,  b.Prof. Jyoti Bhatt, C.Prof. Kanchan Chakraberti d.Prof.Latika Katt. Sri Ashok Bajepayee, Chairman,Central Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi.

7.  A monumental Sculpture will be prepared by a panel of artists headed by Prof.Adwita Pr.Gadnayak  and will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa.

8.A draft letter to be sent to the distinguish persons who have contribution for growth of the Institution.

9.A memento will be given to all Alumini  members on the occasion of Silver Jubilee.

10.Teachers of B.K.College of Art and Crafts will  prepare a mural type of painting on long canvas which will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Orissa.

11.A film will be prepared  on the successful march of 25 years of B.K.

      College of Art and Crafts by Alumini BKCAC   will be released by  the Chief Minister of Orissa.

This is a tentative program, last miniute changes will be updated here

Call for art works, participating at alumni art show on the eve of silver jubilee celebration of B.K.Art College

Dear all Alumni,
SUB- participating for alumni show for silver jubilee

I take the pleasure of informing you that the alumnibkcac is planning to organize an art exhibition of all passed out students and teachers on the occasion of 25 years silver jubilee celebration. We believe that you are engaged in creative activity. Therefore you are requested to contribute one of your latest works in prescribed format, for the exhibition. For your convenience we have two options; one, you may reach the alumni cell at BK College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar or at the City Office for deposit, or you may send a work to Orissa Modern Art Gallery, 132, Forest Park, Bhubaneswar-751009,or BK College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar. You are also hereby informed that the work might be of any medium of your choice limited to the dimension of 2’X2’ for any art work and 1’X1.5’X1’ for sculpture. The deadline for the submission is 26^th  dec 2009.

Alongwith the work, you are also requested to send your latest passport size photo, and Date of Birth, title of your work, year of passing out from BKCAC with specialization alogwith the work of art.

You are also hereby informed that the work will be accepted as a token of participation in show for the purpose and no claim to any effect will not be entertained under any circumstances. The executive committee’s decision will be final and binding.

I look forward to your contribution at the earliest to support the cause.

With regards,

M. Sovan Kumar

AlumniBKCAC Art Exhibition curator

Call for articles in 500 words which will publish in souvenir

Agenda for discussion on 27.11.2009 at 11.00 A.M. in Office Govt. Dept. of Tourism and Culture ( Culture), Odisha, Bhubaneswar

Agenda for discussion on 27.11.2009 at 11.00 A.M. in Office chamber of Hon’ble Commissioner cum Secretary to Govt. Dept. of Tourism and Culture ( Culture), Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

A Tentative programme for conduct of the Silver Jubilee of
B.K.College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneswar. 2009-2010

1.The Silver Jubilee will be celebrated for two days i.e. on 22.01.2010 and 23.1.2010.

2.Date of inauguration of the Silver Jubilee - by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha on 22.1.2010.

3.Release of Exhibition Catalogue by the Hon’ble Chief Minister on 22.1.2010.

4.Valedictory of the Celebration - His Excellence, Governor of Odisha will be the Chief Guest on 23.1.2010.

5. Organization of Multimedia workshop by the students of different leading Art Colleges of the Country (50 number of students will participate).

6. Two veteran Artists of India will be invited for the above function. Likely:
a.Prof. Golam Sekh, b.Prof. Jyoti Bhatt, C.Prof. Kanchan Chakraberti d.Prof.Latika Katt. Sri Ashok Bajepayee, Chairman,Central Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi.

7. A monumental Sculpture will be prepared by a panel of artists headed by Prof.Adwita Pr.Gadnayak and will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha.

8.A draft letter to be sent to the distinguish persons who have contribution for growth of the Institution.

9.A memento will be given to all Alumini members on the occasion of Silver Jubilee.

10.Teachers of B.K.College of Art and Crafts will prepare a mural type of painting on long canvas which will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Odisha.

11.A film will be prepared on the successful march of 25 years of B.K.College of Art and Crafts by Alumini BKCAC will be released by the Chief Minister of Odisha.

Jagannath Panda's solo exhibition The Action of Nowhere

The Alexia Goethe Gallery, in collaboration with Gallery Nature Morte,
request the pleasure of your company on 26 November 2009 from 6 - 8 pm for the private view of Jagannath Panda's solo exhibition,

The Action of Nowhere.

We sincerely hope you can join us.Alexia Goethe Gallery
For more information on the exhibition,
please click here

MhaBisubhaSankranti and Odia Nua Barsha celebration by AlumniBKCAC

AlumniBKCAC invites you to celebrate Oriya New Year on 14th April 2009 at Saroj Bhanja (Bhanu) Studio

An open disscussion on contemporary art practice about different problems artists are facing now a days and how to overcome.

Address: Kolathia Chowk, Near Andhra Bank Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar. from 3pm to 7pm

Special Attraction
Oriya Dalma n Bella pana

Chitra Murchhana: art and friends workshop at Bibhuti Kanungo College of Art & Crafts

Bibhuti Kanungo College of Art & Crafts, Bhubaneswar has completed its successful 25 years, creating a revolution in art education in Orissa. The alumni of the college have joined together as a group to celebrate the occasion of Silver Jubilee. A series of events like art interaction, symposium, film shows, exhibitions, conference, workshops, public art etc are planned to take place spread over the whole year. The alumni BKCAC, comprises of the artists those have passed out from the college and have contributed significantly to the world of fine art in various capacities. Several art events in the state, in the recent past, have been organised by the alumni independently and it has considerably taken over the past controversies in the art field of Orissa. Now we have come up to the match of the national and international demand in the art field.
On the occasion of Utkal Divas the alumni BKCAC decided to begin its Silver Jubilee event with Chitra Murchhana: a workshop for students, teachers and friends of BK College, where the 100 feet canvas was commonly painted by the artists on site at the college premises. This event was formally inaugurated by Shri Bijay Jena, Commissioner, Ministry of Culture, Government of Orissa in the presence of Dr. Alekh Charan Sahu, Principal, B K College and Shri Adwaita Gadanayak, President and Shri Subrat Mullik, Secretary, alumni BKCAC.

Speaking about the objective of the organisation Subrat Mullik said, ‘the alumni BKCAC aims at inspiring the young and talented students to participate and interact in the global sphere and to introduce them to the latest art education in fine art.’ Principal of B K College, Dr. Alekh spoke about the noble effort by the alumni for the development of students and the college as a whole. ‘The alumni has transformed the college atmosphere and charged it with enthusiasm and creativity’, expressed Alekh on the occasion of inauguration.

Veteran artist and retired teacher Shri Siba Panigrahi was nostalgic and passed through the memory lane to recollect about the barren land where the present is located and how much effort has gone into its making. He mentioned about how the effort of the first Principal Dr. Dinanath Pathy’s constant follow-up made it possible. Further he impressed upon the formation of the college at Cuttack in the name of Bibhuti Kanungo and its transformation into the art college in Bhubaneswar through the political efforts. He also suggested preparing a bronze statue of Bibhuti Kanungo and place in front of the college. Mr. Bijay Jena in his deliberation as chief guest spoke about the contribution of the college and its function in the last few years. He spoke about the state participation and realising the dream of a Modern Art Gallery in Bhubaneswar. The initial move has begun and he requested the college authorities to cooperate in the venture so that one step could be taken toward the achievement. ‘I appreciate the collaboration by the alumni in growth of the Orissan art situation and hope the proposed events would be beneficial to the young and upcoming artists in Orissa, concluded Shri Jena.

Adwaita Gadnayak said that, ‘let us move from here and make Bhubaneswar a global hub for art activities instead of going out to the cosmopolitan cities and search out a niche, which is not only difficult but sometimes disgusting too.’ He was speaking about the resources in Orissa and the art activities. In his presidential address he invited the young artists to collaborate and make the silver jubilee event successful. The support was acknowledged by Dr. Pradosh Mishra, an alumnus, who was participating in the event from Banaras Hindu University. On this occasion, eminent artists like Shri Siba Panigrahi, Shri Pramod Mohanti, Shri Gouranga Bariki, Shri Kashi Jena and Shri Jayant Das, Shri Tarakanta Parida, Ashok Nayak and many others were present. The event was coordinated by Shri Bijay Nayak.
Following the inauguration, all the artist members including Chief Guest Shri Bijay Jena sketched on the 100 feet canvas and made the workshop colourful. Every member participated in the event enthusiastically and contributed to the stretch of the canvas. Alongside the sketching, they interacted and alumni exchanged their memory about the college and the art field in Orissa. The beginning of the event was marked by a chorus of Vande Utkala Janani by young children that impressed the audience. The first event by the alumni BKCAC on the 1st of April, 2009 the independence day of Orissa thus became meaningful and would keep the artists inspiring for long time to comoe.

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Pradosh Mishra and his doctoral research on Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting

PRADOSH MISHRA

Associate Professor, Department of History of Art
Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi-221005

Topic of Doctoral Research

Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting during 1990 and 2004: A Study in the perspective of Globalisation and National Identity

Area of Specialisation

Contemporary Indian Art, Traditional Sculpture Workshop in Orissa

Fieldwork

Since 1994 documenting living and working conditions of Master Artists, their behaviour and attachment to the traditional stone carving workshops in Lalitagiri, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Mathura in Orissa

Professional Experience

Teaching 11 years

I) Post Graduate courses in History of Art (Indian Aesthetics, South East Asian Art, Pahari Painting, Contemporary Indian Art, Art Exhibition Management)
II) Graduate Courses in History of Art (Western Art, Indian Sculpture, Indian Painting, Fundamentals of Indian Art)
III) Post Graduate and Graduate Courses in History of Art at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi (Western Art-Modern and Post Modern) as a guest faculty.
IV) Post Graduate and Graduate courses in History of Art at Faculty of Visual Art, BHU Varanasi (Modern Indian Art- Painting and Sculpture, Modern Western Art) as a guest faculty.
V) Graduate Courses in Mahila Mahavidyalaya, BHU, Varanasi (Indian Painting) deputed by Department of History of Art, BHU


Publication/ Editorial Association

Workshop Tradition in Orissan Sculpture (in Press)

Co-Author, ‘Chandrasekhar Rao- Life and Work’, with Dr. Dinanath Pathy, published by Working Artists Association, 2000

Editorial Assistant, Kala Samvad, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1995

Associate Editor, ‘Tribal Art, Primitivism and Modern Relevance’, published by
Working Artists Association, 1990


Papers and Articles Published

Contemporary Indian Art: New Imagery and the Question of Identity, paper published in NAFA Symposium on New Asian Imaginations, Singapore, 2008

Globalisation and contemporary visual art: A case study of India, paper abstract published by the ICAS 5, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007

Shifting Mind-Engaging Space, Bronze, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 2006

The Problem of Art Historical Studies in Orissa: Vision and Contribution of Dinanath Pathy. (paper accepted for publication)

Spelling the Regional Flavour, ‘Let a Thousand Flower Bloom- Contemporary Art Of Orissa’, Aryan Book International, New Delhi and Working Artists Association of Orissa, 2001

Figurative Transformation, Oddiyan: Six Contemporary Painters of Orissa, Herman Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997

Reverberation, Exhibition Catalogue of Chandrasekhar Rao, 1997

Into the Realms of Unknown, Beyond the Shores, Viswa, New Delhi, 1995

Primitive Influence on Udayagiri Cave Sculptures, Tribal Art, Primitivism and Modern Relevance, Working Artists Association of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1990

Number of Reviews, Art analysis on contemporary art and Book reviews published in the Daily Newspapers in Orissa.




Catalogue Publications

Art Interaction, Documentation of Indo-German Artists Workshop, Varanasi, 2003

Regional Art Exhibition, Varanasi Zone, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow, 2002



Seminar Participation and Papers presented

Contemporary Indian Art: New Imagery and the Question of Identity, paper presented in absentia in NAFA Symposium on New Asian Imaginations, Singapore, 2008

Possibilities of Lacquer in Contemporary Art as a medium: New Dimensions, National Seminar on Lac in Indian Art and Culture, Balasore, Orissa, 2007

The Living Tradition of Stone Carving in Orissa: Texts and their present Relevance with reference to Master Artist Khirod Chandra Maharana of Lalitagiri, National Seminar on Silpa Texts and its Relevance, Jnana Pravaha, Varanasi, 2003

Shift in Stone Workshop Practices- a case study in Lalitagiri, National Seminar on Art Practices in India Today, Bhubaneswar, 2001

Traditional Linkage in Contemporary Orissan Art: Towards a Regional Vocabulary, National Seminar in Millennium Multimedia manifestation, Bhubaneswar, 1999

Concept of time in Dancing Sculptures of Konarka, International Symposium on Sculpture and Dance, Varanasi, 1999

Urban Experience of the Contemporary Artists of Orissa with reference to Working Artists Association, National Seminar on Urban Image in Contemporary Indian Art, Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi, 1998

Himalayan Landscape Painting by some Contemporary Indian Painters: An Observation on treatment of Space, National Seminar on Himalayan Glory, Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, 1998

Participated as an Observer in the National Seminar on Terms and terminologies in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1994

Primordial Influence on the Paintings of some Contemporary Painters of Orissa, National Seminar on Primitive Vigour as a part of Festival of India to Moscow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1991

Importance of Art Education in Primary Schools in Orissa, State Seminar on the Status of Art Education in Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1989

Contemporary Art Situation in Orissa, National Seminar on the Contemporary Art and Artists of Orissa, 1988



Workshops Attended

Workshop on Indian Bronzes, Sarabhai Foundation, Ahmedabad, 1998

Art Appreciation Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi, Orissa, 1996

Technical Workshop on Conservation and Preservation of Art Objects, by Indian Conservation Institute, Lucknow, organised at Govt. Museum, Chandigarh, 1993

Painting Workshop organised by HABITAT, Bhubaneswar


Member of Professional Bodies

Member, Working Artists Association of Orissa, Bhubaneswar

Member, Indo-German Art Forum, Varanasi, India


Projects

Art Interaction- Exhibition of the produce of Indo German Artists Workshop, Jointly Organised by the indo German Art Forum and Department of Fine Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapth, Varanasi, 2003

Joint Organiser of Indo- German Artists workshop held at Department of Fine Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, 2003

Graphic Prints and Paintings by four German Women Artists, ABC Art Gallery, Varanasi, 2003

Visualised the Regional Art exhibition organised by State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow, 2002

Visualised Painting and Photo Exhibition, Himalayan Glory, Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, 1998

Art Director, Swang Manch Theatre Group, Chandigarh, 1994

Audio- Visual Documentation of Contemporary Orissan Artists, Central Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1993

Awards

Award by Orissa Media Centre, Sunanda Pathy Foundation and Bhubaneswar Sahitya Samaj for Art Historical Studies and Art Criticism in Orissa, 1997

State Award for Painting, Working Artists Association of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1997

Chhanda Caharan memorial State Award, 1997

Award for Best Painting and Cartoon in Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1994


Exhibitions Participated

Working Artists Association, Orissa
State Lalit Kala Akademi, Orissa
Rashtriya Kala Mela, Bangalore
Regional Art Exhibition, Bangalore
State Level Art Exhibition by All India Fine Art and Crafts Society, New Delhi
Beyond the Shores, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
Spring is Not Over, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh

Solo Exhibition

WASH, Watercolour Painting Exhibition held at Hotel Oberoi and Hotel Kalinga Ashoka, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Pradosh Kumar Mishra received his education in Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh and Varanasi. He completed his Doctoral research on Emerging Trends in Contemporary Indian Painting, a Study in the Perspective of Globalisation and National Identity from 1990 to 2004.
He has produced an audio-visual documentary on Two Contemporary Painters of Orissa for National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1993, and has extensively documented various living Master Artists, their behaviour and attachment to the traditional stone carving workshops in Lalitagiri, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Mathura in Orissa (India) under the project Workshop Tradition of Orissan Sculpture from 1994 to 2000.
Mishra also co-authored a monograph entitled Chandrasekhar Rao: Life and Work, published articles on Contemporary Art in publications entitled Bronze (2006), Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom (2001), Oddiyan (1997), Beyond the Shores (1995), and Tribal Art: Primitivism and Modern Relevance (1990).
He has presented papers at several national seminars on art historical studies and participated in an international symposium on sculpture and dance, organised by Ram Chhatpar Shilp Nyas (1999), and Art Interaction, organised by Indo-German Art Forum (2003) at Varanasi.
Pradosh Mishra is an alumni of BKCAC and he is working as a Exceutive member of the organization

AlumniBKCAC

City Office : Plot-132 1st Floor,Forest park, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, Pin-751009

Campus Office : B.K.College of Art and Crafts,Tapovana,KhandagiriBhubaneswar, Orissa, India, Pin-751030

Web : http://www.alumnibkcac.org/

Adwaita Gadanayak: The Commonwealth Scholar

Adwaita Gadanayak

Adwaita Gadanayak
BFA: B.K.College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneswar-89
MFA: Delhi College of Art, New Delhi-92
Post Graduate: Slade School of Fine Art, London -95
Scholarship: Commonwealth -93
Triennale-2001
The installations in this Triennale which observed the norms of art and not flouted them, were those like the ones by the sculptor from Orissa, Adwaita Gadanayak, in a work titled Soul, a genuine piece where full justice would seem to have been done to a hallowed word. Here potent idea and the created image were finely, very precisely dovetailed, in order to build up a convincing metaphor…Keshab Mallik

Gandhi Musuem, New Delhi
Among the outdoor displays, a full-scale replica of Hriday Kunj, the residence of Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba in Satyagraha Ashram at Sabarmati where they lived from 1918 to 1930, the seated sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi, Adwaita Gadanayak's black marble stone of Mahatma Gandhi followed by some of the Marchers on the famous Salt March and the replica of famous Bose's woodcut 'Walk Alone' carving in cement are surely a feast for the eyes of visitors.

Adwaita Gadanayak is an alumni of BKCAC and he is working as President of the organization.

AlumniBKCAC

City Office : Plot-132 1st Floor,Forest park, Bhubaneswar-751009

Campus Office : B.K.College of Art and Crafts,Tapovana,KhandagiriBhubaneswar-751030 Web : http://www.alumnibkcac.org/

Ashok Art Gallery is proud to be a part of this Silver Jubilee Celebration

Pratul Dash, alumni of BKCAC

Pratul Dash

Bachelor of Fine Arts, B.K. College of Arts & Crafts, Bhubaneswar, India, 1995

M.F.A (Painting), College of Art, New Delhi, India, 1998
Important scholarship :2004 UNIDEE in residency

Born: Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa

The Horror Show is an installation against violence. The viewer is invited to sit down at a table and browse through the images in a photo album. The photos are, however, not of the kind we are used to finding in somebody's home, but depict victims of massacres and wars. From hidden speakers in the room we can hear people crying and suffering. The sound was recorded on location in Nepal, but has been distorted with the help of Peter Verwimp in order not to belong to one particular place, but to be universal. These issues are not only confined to Nepal, India or the Middle East, it's something that concerns all of us, everywhere. Next to the photo album, the viewer can find paper and pens and write down his/her opinions on the matter. Pratul will later send these letters to the UN.Pratul has also worked on a proposal for the design of Illy Cafe coffee cups and plates. The cups and plates are decorated with photos of the thumbs of people from different classes of society, of different colours, religions, professions, and so on. The cup of coffee therefore becomes a meeting-place where social aspects are no longer relevant and Pratul hopes it will help to bridge the gaps between people.He has also been thinking a lot about the relationship between architecture and human beings. All buildings have their own history and he's interested in studying how we react to it.
The works done during Pratul’s formative years exemplified his existential dilemmas in a sharper way. He made his self portrait in various postures, at times going to the levels of contortionism. These portraits were seen against the backdrop of barren lands and abandoned city scapes. The sparsely inhabited cities become a metaphor for him to emphasize his angst as a lonely man who traverses through un-chartered paths. The egg shaped forms, or melting ice forms blown up beyond the point of reality gagged his portraits that forced him into a struggle of muteness. He vocalized his concerns through these mute and mutant images.
His sustained interest in postmodern theories and various articulations of these has taken Pratul Dash to make a lot of works on paper also. His water colours deal with the particularities of an urban space; especially the displacement of the self and body in relationship with the animal imageries that are seen quite unnatural in the naturalness of the urban aloofness. The animals that abundantly come to play a dominant role in the pictorial renditions of Pratul Dash underline the unnatural existence of the human beings within the alienated modern and post modern urban locales.
A series of paintings on contortionism has helped Pratul to bring in his observations on the dilemma of contemporary lives. Also the recent video works that he had done when he was in Italy and later in New Delhi show his engagement with the spaces of commodities and commodification. Extensive footages of malls and mannequins are edited skillfully to create a hyper reality that corresponds to the erotic and ethical instincts of the consumer man. These videos function as a field of retrospection and introspection rather than an active critique on accentuated consumerism.
One of his video works that Pratul has specially prepared for his major solo exhibition shows the artist in his native village in Orissa. He is seen in an act of tying himself with a thread, which could be a sacred thread that demarcates his caste position, around his head and face. The violent action with which he ties himself turns his face into a distorted mass and the untying of the thread leaves a mesh of markings on the skin. It looks like a body drawing, using body as the medium and surface. Like a Chris Burden or Vito Acconci he inflicts pain on himself to eke out a meaning of affection, infliction and restoration.
Pratul in his concept note on this work states: “One might get a strange sense of relief as the performance unwinds and the distorted image of the face gains balance. What remain are the marks of the string’s path of punishment and an extremity of detachment and peace in the end. It is a kind of come back for me in my native land.” This coming back (of a not so prodigal son) is substantiated by further enactment of the same action in artificial situations, edited and incorporated into the main body of the video work. Pratul Dash is a painter who cares for the environment and his fellow humans, and uses his canvas to voice his cares. Every work of art is a window to its makers’ beliefs — aesthetic, political, philosophical...whatever. In the case of Pratul Dash, that window is wide open. You can see Dash’s engagement with social and political issues affecting the country all over the canvases, photographs and videos .
Large vistas of bare landscapes; geometrical blocks evocative of the concrete maze our cities have become today; scaffoldings, ladders and pipelines that seem to stretch into infinity — these are recurring tropes in Dash’s work, used to signal the paradoxes of urbanisation, of the country’s headlong rush towards Western-style development, leading to the depletion of forests and alienation of individuals. “I have nothing against the growth of the country, but my concern is with the cost of it,” Pratul Dash says.
Pratul says that during his stay in Nepal he could see the pain in the eyes of people. The day he got there he saw the news on TV about the massacre of a family. Pratul went the following day with an artist friend to scene of the crime, the only survivors were the mother and her two-year-old child. It was a shocking and difficult sight. He strongly believes that silence is not a solution to these situations and he has continued working on these matters to bring the issue in front of an international community and ask for our direct participation. Working at Cittadellarte has helped Pratul realise that it is possible to create networks and move art out of the galleries and into society. It's the artist's duty to deal with social issues. Besides many exhibitions in India, his works are exhibited at USA, UK, ITALY, HONG KONG and DUBAI.

Pratul Dash is one of alumni BKCAC and working as Executive Member of the Organization

AlumniBKCAC

http://www.alumnibkcac.org/