"The Folded Garden" Solo exhibition of Origami inspired Art & Installations by Ankon Mitra at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 16th to 20th August 2014

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16th August : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 16-08-2014 18:30:00 16-08-2014 20:00:00 68 "The Folded Garden" Solo exhibition of artworks by Ankon Mitra Event Page : http://goo.gl/S4xMH3 Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening by the renowned artist and doyen of the progressive art group, Padmashri Krishen Khanna. 
17th to 20th August : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm Add to Calendar 17-08-2014 10:00:00 20-08-2014 20:00:00 68 "The Folded Garden" Solo works by Ankon Mitra Event Page : http://goo.gl/S4xMH3 Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : "The Folded Garden" An exhibition of Origami inspired Art and Installations, Solo works by Ankon Mitra.

The universe is one thing only, but it constantly folds and unfolds into many things, apparently 
discrete sometimes, at other times in an obvious continuum. The One becomes the Many, the Many is always the One. A garden is also a bit like that. In a garden, all things spring forth from the earth, receive sunlight and water in more measure or less, sway in the same wind. They are connected, they are one. We don’t know, perhaps in waking or in their sleep, the plants fold into each other, just as our many thoughts unfold from our brain, but then fold right back into it. 
Similarly, the making of a folded garden is an act of experiencing Monism or Advaita, finding the formless connectedness of all things by exploring geometric forms, the ultimate in Zen contradiction. A folded garden is our attempt of making that oneness visible to our narrow selves. All folding is essentialy creases - a valley and a mountain, infinitely repetitive, yet, no two folded artefacts are ever alike. We are all made of the same atoms, yet the variety in the Universe never ceases to amaze us. 

The Folded Garden is a microcosm of the Universe. It teaches us patience and grace. It exhorts the pleasure of small things and, the interconnectedness of all things. The form and content of the art of the Folded Garden is of Japan, of India and the world. The Japanese precision of the fold and the crease combine with the vivid hues of Indian gardens and the diagrams of our sacred landscapes and Mandalas, rendering a union both spiritual and energetic. Origami in contemporary times is taking huge strides all over the world, in fields as diverse as 
astronomy, surgery, robotics, engineering, fundamental mathematics and physics are being touched widely and deeply by folding algorithms and geometries.

Curated by : Art Critic and Writer Uma Nair

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