Hidden Gem Collective, A Feroza Aslam Retrospective

Hidden Gem Collective Feroza Aslam Retrospective AIFACS Rafi Marg Creative


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Venue: All India Fine Arts & Craft Society (AIFACS), 1 Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001, India
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Event Description: Hidden Gem Collective, A Feroza Aslam Retrospective 

Curated by Davangi Pathak and Gaurav Kumar

After two decades, the Showcase works of Ms Feroza Aslam, a contemporary senior Indian woman artist. She is deeply inspired by the poetries - Geetanjali & Rumi. The protagonists of Feroza's work were usually women, and over time, they became the central theme of her work. In an interview with The Financial Express, she said "I find women more interesting than men. I honestly feel women play a bigger role in life". Her paintings also covered a wide range of subjects from natural landscapes to social issues, like her contemporaries, B. Prabha, Arpana Caur & Anjolie Ela Menon. Feroza's sand work on canvas was purely an outcome of her experimentation with the medium.
Ms Aslam's perseverance as a non-commercial artist collapses a distinction between fine art and domestic art practices. The collection displayed in her solo show at AIFACS gallery and her archives in the publication were mindfully curated as "Hidden Gem Collective". The readers, through her archives, get glimpses of Feroza's journey as a woman, artist and more importantly as a Human. HGC is also a critique and an observation of the current practices in the Indian art world often referred to as MARKET, questioning the "Passion for Collection". HGC will provide a discourse to the audience to delve into an immersive experience, hence reviving the practice of art appreciation & collection.

About the Artist: Born in the year 1949, Feroza Aslam is a prolific senior artist best known for her graceful, figurative works. She graduated from Kala Kendra Academy of Fine Arts, Dehradun in 1967 and under the guidance of her Guru Dwijen Sen (Student of Nandlal Bose & Abanindranath Tagore) she obtained her diploma and pursued research in Arts till 2005. Her works have been showcased in several solo shows at Taj Art Gallery, India International Centre & India India Habitat Centre. Her works had found its way into significant private collections such as Late Actor Dilip Kumar, Actress Mumtaz, Mr. Suresh Kalamadi (Former Minister of Railways of India) and many more.
Feroza started working at a time when India had few women artists. She is deeply inspired by the poetries - Geetanjali & Rumi. The protagonists of Feroza's work were usually women, and over time, they became the main theme of her work. Her paintings also covered a wide range of subjects from natural landscapes to social issues.

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