Bollywood heart throb Aditya Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy Kapur Inaugurated CERAFEST
ADITYA
ROY KAPUR & KUNAAL ROY KAPUR INAUGURATE CERAFEST
An exclusive showcase of Ceramic beauties
by 22 Mumbai based Studio Potters
Mumbai: CERAFEST- Mumbai’s biggest and first ever ceramic pottery
exhibition put together by 22 leading potters of Mumbai was inaugurated by
Bollywood heart throb Aditya Roy Kapur
and Kunaal Roy Kapur - a
well-established actor and director, today at Coomaraswami Hall, Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (formerly Prince of Wales Museum).
CERAFEST as the name suggests is a festival
to celebrate studio pottery and revive this historic art form. 22 Leading Potters
from Mumbai have come together for the first time to showcase their
extraordinary talent in pottery making through this exhibition which is on from
October 31st to November 2nd (11 AM TO 7 PM). Studio pottery denotes that each artist have
individually created these ceramic pieces and is extremely involved in the
whole process. Each one either self-taught or professionally trained in ceramic
pottery have made an earnest effort to present varied dimensions to the art and
give clay unique form, design and colour.
Just like how an imagination unfolds and a
dream gets weaved, tryst with clay is equally mesmerising. CERAFEST is an
attempt to bring the studio potters into the mainstream of the Visual art field
and give Ceramics its due recognition. In addition to showcasing creations, the
exhibition is also having live workshops and training sessions under expert guidance. A lifetime opportunity for art aficionados to
experience the soft, magical clay in its free form and create a masterpiece of
their own.
The exhibition has renowned names like veteran Sandeep Manchekar, Anjali Aney, Sumathi Madhav, Shayonti Salvi,
Rashi Jain, Tejashri Patil Pradhan, Shruti M., Khusboo Madnani, Devyani Smith,
Suresh Prajapati, Vanmala Jain, Tejashree Sagvekar, Rashi Jain, Shalan Dere,
Anshu Dorairaj, Raja Mohanty and many more artists. The exhibition showcases an
elaborate selection of Functional ceramics to abstract and figurative
sculptures. Tall ceramic vases, soup bowls, plates and platters, jugs and mugs,
colorful miniature magnets, jewellery, planters, lamps, tealights and thousands
of other forms will keep viewers enthralled.
Aditya Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy Kapur were
extremely engrossed admiring the art. They were seen interacting with the
potters and even tried their hand at pottery. Kunaal Roy Kapur said, “It’s
great to see these wonderful potters keeping the art form alive and kicking in
our city. All of them unique in their style. I think it is a great opportunity
for people to buy pieces of high quality handmade ceramics, the problem they
will face is making their mind up on what to buy! Congratulations to the
Cerafest team for bringing all these artist together. ”
The exhibition took off today and will be
on till November 2nd. This is the first edition and the artists hope
to make it bigger next year. CERAFEST allows active participation so if you
ever wondered about the transition of soft clay to a final product, get behind
the wheel yourself and create a masterpiece under expert guidance. Take it back
with you and treasure the magic of clay.
For the rest, it’s going to be the most
wonderful experience of shopping for ceramic pottery…A blast of colors and
forms - you are definitely going to be spoilt for choice.
Details-
CERAFEST- CELEBRATING STUDIO POTTERY
31ST OCT TO 2ND NOV
11 AM-7 PM
Coormarswami Exhibition centre, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya,
159-60 MG Road, Fort, Mumbai 400023
(Formerly Prince of Wales Musuem, Near Regal circle, Colaba)
Email on cerafest2014@gmail.com
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