Indian artist join 18th International Mark Rothko Painting Symposium 2022 : Sundip Sumahendra

Artist Amit Kalla is participate 18th International Painting Symposium. The Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open the 18th International Mark Rothko Painting Symposium. Exhibition and host a meeting with the authors At 4 p.m. on Friday, 16 September, 2022.

Eighteen and counting – that’s how many times Daugavpils has brought together artists from across the planet into a shared time-space to give free rein to their creativity and, possibly, change the world for the better, at least a little, because every bit counts.

This is the tenth time the International Mark Rothko Painting Symposium has been held at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, making it an anniversary occasion.

Indian artist Amit Kalla said, For me it's really wonderful moments to realise the sence and essance of creativity which certainly have much larger meaning, Art is the connection between man and Cosmic realm, which exists in our visual imaginations, Again and again each and every moment am trying to realise more metaphors of expression differently by captivating the very essence of life. There is no need to imitate the western world, We have very rich cultural traditions, more need to take inspiration from those. He give a presentation about Indian and Aesthetics by Chitrsutram (चित्रसुत्रम).

Artistic expression inspired by abstract expressionism has a lot in common with freedom of speech – you can like a statement or hate it; it can spark discussion or disagreement, but what matters most is the very option of making it. This possibility of expression has always stood at the cornerstone of development for the arts and humanity at large.

The exhibition demonstrates the creative statements of ten artists who spent a fortnight behind the Daugavpils Fortress walls, engaged in stimulating discussions and absorbed in intense creative practice. The upshot of this is an exceptionally diverse body of paintings and masses of creative energy that have the potential to keep changing the world for the better, however slightly, for every little bit helps.

The exhibition features artists Siddharth Pathak (India/The Netherlands), Biljana Milenkovic (Serbia), Lihi Turjeman (Israel), Amit Kalla (India), Agata Żychlińska (Poland), Agata Magdalena Sulikowska (Poland), André Rigatti (Brasil), Mika Vesalahti (Finland), Aleksejs Naumovs (Latvia) and Bence Kala (Hungary).

The closing exhibition of the Mark Rothko 2022 International Painting Symposium will open together with the installation project DRYGVA. BREATHE IN – BREATHE OUT by Maria Gvardeitseva. The latter will be on show in the art tent of the Rothko Centre courtyard.

The Mark Rothko 2022 symposium exhibition will be on show through 16 October 2022.