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Buddha Sculpture in Buddha Garden Delhi by Artist Neeraj Gupta

  You've probably heard of New Delhi's famous Buddha Garden, but you never know who looks after it. Neeraj Gupta, an Indian sculpture artist and environmentalist, has been the president of Buddha Jayanti Park for many years.   The important works which were executed by Neeraj Gupta with the help of Govt. agencies The first significant step was to define the limits of the Budha Garden by erecting rubble stone walls in the back portion to separate it from the rest of the central ridge forest region so that Nilgai (Bluebuck) and others do not destroy it. Gupta created a sculpture on the topic of enlightenment and had it erected at the gate's entrance to make it more beautiful, and with lights at night, it became a point of interest. The Budha Jayanti Park is located within the territorial jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Council, but it is maintained by the CPWD because it was built by the central government. As a result, basic coordination was required. The CPWD is not...

Contemporary Sculpture in India

Sculptures these days shows the changing attitude of the world and the culture rather than the past it shows the future and the present.

The years 1940’s and 1950’s, was the time when Indian sculpture developed into a modern, unique autochthonous language in itself; which was seen in the works of Ram Kinker Baij who is among the famous Indian sculpture artist names. His art gave a modern outlook to the western and traditional Indian norms by simply combining them in one. He also experimented with bizarre materials such as concrete, gravel as well as cement, which gave his art a rural and tribal outlook.

During the year 1950 sculptors experimented with wood and stone, by preserving the original character of a solid block. But in the following two decades saw various kinds of sculpting techniques which created a reformed relationship among material, form and theme.

While talking about sculptures in India we cannot miss out the contemporary Indian artist Neeraj Gupta’s name and his website ‘Incredible Sculptures’. You can easily browse through the site and see all of his work and know more about him and his work.

Neeraj Gupta – the man who creates Marble sculptures, wooden sculptures along with Metal Sculptures. He recently also started experimenting with pigmented white cement. Like every other sculptor he has his own believes which is that sculpting in India has and will be remarkable as it was in former period and in this modern era. Sculpturing showcases the upended tradition of the cultural, regional and religious brilliance of India. Contemporary sculpting has made a name for itself worldwide as it has adapted to the new arty side of the modern and digital frenzy audience. Sculpting has accomplished great heights in India and we proudly showoff not only our sculptors and their dexterity but also about our country’s professional achievement in this field.

Mr. Neeraj Gupta who is a sculptor and a muralist, environmentalist as well as a research scholar of folk art forms and village art forms of India, has hosted plenty solo exhibitions to display his inventive work in India and abroad. His sculptures are not only critically acclaimed but also preferred by the common people. His inventive works has got him many awards which includes the State Award Govt. of Delhi and National Award of AIFACS. His published articles on folk art forms in major international and national journals are definitely a page turner. He is not only among the advisory board member of the Indian International Centre and the president of Delhi Art Society, he has also published the book, “20 SOLUTIONS-Artists Response to Climate Change”. This book shows that he is an amalgamation of artist and environmentalist.

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