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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...

Neeraj Gupta’s Rise to Fame

“ Art is not what you see but what you make others see ” Nowadays, many people are getting their interest in art and sculpture that is the reason why artists are shifting from traditional sculpting to contemporary sculpting which is more understandable by the common folks. Going through the history of Indian sculpture we can see that 1940’s and 1950’s, can be called the time when sculpture in Indian evolved to a cutting-edge, precise autochthonous language in itself. Artworks of the recent times speak of the modern outlook towards the western and traditional Indian norms by combining them. Artists are also experimenting with uncanny substances such as concrete, gravel in addition to cement, giving his art a rural and tribal outlook. This is also the reason why wooden sculpture in India has become so popular. The Sculptors who were educated inside the instructional pragmatist style at British artwork faculties normally worked on secular subjects – ancient and medieval Indian c...