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To celebrate the creativity and imagination of 100 young artist of India, Raza Foundation has organised a mega art show “Yuva Sambhav” in five different art galleries of Delhi. This art show has opened from 26th March 2022 simultaneously at Bikaner House, Triveni Kala Sangam, Visual Art Gallery IHC, Kings Plaza IIC, Romain Rolland Art Gallery Alliance Francaise, Delhi. This show is curated by five different curators in their respective zones Meera Menzes(North Zone), Gita Hudson (South Zone) Jesal Thakar( West Zone), Usmita Sahu (East Zone),and finally conceived by Akhilesh(central Zone) and coordinated by Manish Pushkale.
This exhibition brings together a hundred young art practitioners from across India, conceived as a homage to S.H. Raza, an exemplary artist of his generation, this ambitious undertaking is one in a series of programmes designed to celebrate the artist’s centennial. S.
H. Raza. To quote poet and cultural stalwart Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, “Raza was full of love and lure of the world, especially nature but he also enacted his gratitude to the world and civilisation he belonged to. He was a grateful heir to the plurality, richness and depth of Indian civilisation.”
The artists chosen for the exhibition are consistently moulding the context of art through sub-textual imprints of its history, culture, metaphysics, socio-politics, and ecology. The selection is not restricted to or limited by the genre of pure and/or formal abstraction, figuration, or conception, but is inclusive by the reverberations of a collective genesis embedded within a universal synthesis. It’s a cultural experiment that addresses identity politics and intersectional perspectives. This crucial recognition of broader implication positions Raza 100 as a noteworthy event. Indian contemporary art and its associated areas remain largely niche and urban-centric. However, it is crucial for the discourse on Indian contemporary art to de-centralise and foreground alternative, regional ecosystems. Moreover, the often-overlooked emergent voices from peripheral regions need validation and inclusivity at the national level, said Usmita Sahu.
