KHODIDAS PARMAR ART GALLERY

KHODIDAS PARMAR
 

                                         KHODIDAS PARMAR WAS BORN ON JULY 31, 1930 AND WAS THE ONLY SON OF A POOR KARADIA RAJPUT FAMILY . HE WAS NAMED AFTER THE GODDESS KODIYAR AS THE FAMILY THOUGHT OF HIM BEING A FROM THE GODDESS AFTER MANY DAUGHTERS. 
                                        HE DID HIS M.A WITH GUJARATI AND SANSKRIT,LEARNT PAINTING EVEN AS HE STUDIED AND WENT ON TO BECOME A GUIDE TO STUDENTS AND WENT ON TO BECOME A GUIDE TO STUDENTS DOING DOCTORAL RESEARCH ON FOLK  LITERATURE FOR THIER PH.D.HE BWAS FASCINATED WITH TRADITIONAL ART , PARTICULARLY   THE FOLK STYLE OF GUJARAT. HE ALSO WROTE AND PUBLISHED SEVERAL AWARD WINNING BOOKS ON THE REGION LIKE THE FOLK EMBROIDERY OF SAURASTRA, GUJARATI FOLK TALES COLLECTON  AND KRISHNA: LEGEND   ,IN GUJARATI. A RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL AWARDS,HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL PERMANENT COLLECTION LIKE THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS AND NATIONAL ART GALLERY ,NEW DELHI. PARMAR PASSED AWAY IN MARCH 2004 IN BHAVNAGAR.THE IMPORTANCE OF ART GALLERY    
                      ART GALLERIES CAN SHOWCASE THE HISTORY OF PARTICUAL CULTURE IN A VISUAL HISTORY PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME THROUGH THE ARTWORK .FOR INSTANCE ,THE ART WORK WAS MADE.

       MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, THTE ART SHOWCASES THE PERPECTIVE OF ANY ONE PARTICULAR ARTIST DURING A CERTAIN MOMENT IN TIME. IN SOME PECIES , THE ART MAY BE MORE REALISTIC; HOWEVER,IN OTHER PIECES,THE ARTWORK MAY BE MORE SYMBOLIC IN NATURE. 
ANOTHER PURPOSE OF ART GALLERIES IS TO PROMOTE ART AND ARTISTS.           
        OVERALL,ART GALLERIES IMMENSELY TO SOCIETY WHETHER IT IS ECONOMICALLY OR THROUGH ART APPRECIATION,EDUCATION,AND INSPIRING OTHERS. 
VIDEO ON KHODIDAS PARMAR ART GALLERY(AJANTA EXHIBITION)  

  

               DESCRIPTION ON AJANTA CAVE                                                    

The Ajanta cave, Buddhist cave complex in the state of Maharashtra, India, are a sequence of 29 caves dating back to 2nd century B.C.E. till 650 C.E. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Ajanta is a horseshoe-shaped cave around the Waghur river. Built with only hammer and chisel, the Ajanta caves are known for its stunning murals, paintings and sculptures, most of them depicting the day to day life of Buddha.

Being one of the top tourist spots of Maharashtra, the Ajanta cave paintings and the caves themselves have seen some decay over the years because of tourist invasion and some maintenance problems. However, the paintings from ancient times, made using different materials like cow dung and clay, painted in different colours like brown, yellow, black and white using many different techniques, makes this site a perfect place to relive history. The Ajanta cave paintings were done using a technique called Tempera. Most of the paintings tell stories of the Jataka tales involving the stages of becoming a Buddha and the life of Buddha.

DESCRIPTION OF PAINTING  

        Buddha is sitting in position of padmason. Detailing is done in painting of Buddha.

   

This is the photo of Buddh Sadhu. Every detailing is done in painting. And this is the painting done in Ajanta cave. 

This is picture of padmapani (" Lotus brearer ")shows him as a grateful princely figure endowed with special attributes symbolizing his power and functions. 

This is photo of Siddhartha. 

   what is purpose of ART EXHIBITION ?

 "An art exhibition can connect forms visually,  showing  contrast,  difference, indifference, agreement  between objects. An exhibition can gather ideas together, and point to them, within and beyond the gallery. An exhibition can be be a form of knowledge production. An exhibition can be visualized research.