Sri Ram Vijay (Divine Victory), a wooden sculpture by renowned sculptor Neeraj Gupta, is on display from March 1 to April 30 at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi as part of the Neeraj Gupta 's wooden sculpture, " Divine Victory ," (or Sri Ram Vijay) captures the essence of a triumphant homecoming in a unique and contemporary style. Currently exhibited as part of the "Ramayana Chitra Kavyam" at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, the sculpture offers a timeless portrayal of Lord Rama and Sita. The wooden sculpture stands tall, nearly six feet high and over five feet wide. Gupta employs a light terracotta finish, lending a sense of warmth and antiquity to the piece. The figures of Rama and Sita are the central focus, Rama depicted in a standing posture with his bow and quiver, symbolizing his victory. Sita, by his side, is draped in flowing attire, radiating an air of serenity. An interesting aspect of the sculpture is the faceless depic...
Sculptures of the recent time are made to cater the demands of the emerging upper and middle class society.
The time line of 1940’s and 1950’s, saw Indian modern sculpture develop into a unique autochthonous language; which was clearly witnessed in the works of Ram Kinker Baij who is among the Top ten artists of India. His art bought in a modern outlook to both western and traditional Indian norms by combining them. He is also popular for experimenting with eccentric materials such as concrete, gravel and cement, giving his art a rural and tribal outlook.
The sculptors of the year 1950 experimented with wood and stone, by retaining the original character of the solid block. Although, the following two decades saw the sculptors use various kinds of techniques for creating a reformed relationship among material, form and theme.
Talking about modern sculptures in India we cannot miss out the name Neeraj Gupta and his website incredible sculptures. The best thing about being a digital world is that now you can easily buy Indian sculptures online.
Neeraj Gupta – known for creating Marble sculptures, wooden sculptures as well as Metal Sculptures, recently started experimenting with pigmented white cement. He believes that sculpting in India has always been spectacular as that of the former period and even in this modern era sculpturing is noticeable as it showcases overturned tradition of the cultural, regional as well as religious brilliance of India. Contemporary sculpture has gained popularity worldwide because it has adapted to the new artistic side of the audience.
Sculpting has accomplished such lengths in India that we boast not only about our sculptors and their craft but also about India’s professional achievement in the feild.
Mr. Neeraj Gupta is not only a sculptor but also a muralist, environmentalist and a research scholar of folk art forms and village art forms of India. He has hosted many solo exhibitions to showcase his inventive works in India as well as abroad. His sculptures have been acclaimed not only by the critics of the field but also the common people. He has received many awards for his inventive works which includes the State Award Govt. of Delhi and National Award of AIFACS. He has also published articles on folk art forms in major international and national journals. Along with being among the advisory board member of the Indian International Centre as well as the president of Delhi Art Society, he has published the book, “20 SOLUTIONS-Artists Response to Climate Change”. This book clearly shows that he is a perfect combination of artist and enviromentalist.
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