AAW #101

Last week, Team Creative Yatra celebrated the the 100^th Ahmedabad Art Weekly in the presence of city’s most esteemed citizens; founder of Kanoria Centre for Arts Mrs. Urmila Kanoria and architect BV Doshi did the honours of unveiling the 100th edition. The 100^th AAW was a tribute to the art revolutionary of India, Piraji Sagara and incidentally, the inauguration took place within the same premises where Piraji Sagara’s elaborate show ‘Remembering Piraji’ is showcased. Heartfelt thanks to everyone at Kanoria Centre for Arts for letting us put up the installation commemorating the century edition. Team Creative Yatra is happy to realise that Ahmedabadis have started consuming the curated event list of ours since the traffic on our event section has ascended rapidly.

The 101^st Ahmedabad Art Weekly is a tribute to painter Somalal Shah, who spent more than 30 years as a beacon for aspiring artists at various art institutions. His aesthetics were always inclined toward the Indian Miniature Paintings, and he preferred keeping a distance from the intense oil colour paints and gentle sepia tones. While he was studying at Kolkata (Calcutta then), his artworks were heavily inclined towards the style of Nandalal Bose, but since his vicinity has always been Saurashtra, he involved European strokes on Indian subjects especially Saurashtrian culture, people and elements. Shah has been facilitated with the Ranjitram Suvarna Chakra, and also by Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi, and we at Creative Yatra mark our respect to him through our 101^st AAW.