EXHIBITION “Terracotta to Ceramics” a ceramic work show crafted by Bhuvesh Prasad at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg > 8th to 14th December 2016

Time : 11:00 am to 7:00 pm - Add to Calendar 08/12/2016 11:00 14/12/2016 19:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION “Terracotta to Ceramics” a ceramic work show crafted by Bhuvesh Prasad Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/12/exhibition-terracotta-to-ceramics.html Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY  Exhibition on view

Entry : Free

Venue : Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : EXHIBITION “Terracotta to Ceramics” a ceramic work show crafted by Bhuvesh Prasad with an interesting story to narrate about his journey from Terracotta to use of ceramics. To achieve thin, light and elegant look on his works he keeps on changing his content. 
This showcase of terracotta work is curated by Uma Nair. His archetypal ceramic work is to be showcased at Lalit Kala Akademi.

This show “Terracotta to Ceramics” is all about the hard work done by Bhuvesh Prasad, where his perseverance and determination for ceramic work can be seen. Bhuvnesh today is still doing large terracotta pieces like modernistic terracotta bottles, though these have been created for commissions rather than for public consumption. His journey from traditional terracotta to ceramics has been long and full of different challenges. In a recent innovation he has started experimenting with terracotta cookware because he thinks there is great potential for the same – his ancestral home in Rajasthan still use terracotta cookware.

He constantly changes the clay content so that the different pots can be thin, light and elegant in finish. Bhuvnesh has a passion for Rajasthani drums and is a frequent participant at a lot of religious festivals where music and drum beating is de rigueur. These works are concerned with the creation of a vocabulary, of form and surface, through contrast. The pieces reference bowls, the archetypal form of ceramics. They are about containment, both in the volume of trapped air in the double wall and the shallow depression that could hold.

About  the  Artist : Shri Bhuvnesh Prasad s/o Shri Giriraj Prasad was born on 1976 in Alwar, Rajasthan. He received skills of Terracotta Craft as a blessing from his father. He started in 1986 as a 10 years boy. In 1992 he left school and started working as a full time professional. His work got all around appreciation when he got State Award in 2000. He created a 10 Feet & 4 Feet Wide Pot in 2002 in Craft Museum, Pragati Maidan. He got National Award for his unprecedented work in 2002. He has taught Teracotta Craft to Students in Government & Priviate Schools. He introduced people to Electric Wheel. He took this art to the villages of Rajasthan and inspired not only Men but Women to adopt Pottery as a career. He got honored by Rajasthan Govt for this effort. He got South Asia UNESCO Award on 27th Nov 2005 for Quality & Excellence in Handicarft Products. He has created a pot as small as 1 mm and as big as 16 Feet.


Curated by: Uma Nair

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