New Delhi, February, 2023.
World University of Design hosts the Vietnam-India International
Exhibition and Workshop - ‘VIIEW' : Beyond and Beneath Art Exchange’
at the campus by bringing together 12 Vietnamese and 17 Indian Artists
from February 4th to 13th, 2023 curated by Prof Rajan Shripad Fulari, Dean,
School of Visual Arts, WUD.
The artists workshop started
from Monday, February 6th, 2023 at WUD Campus in the grand
opening in the presence of well known artists and art lovers. Vietnam-India
International Exhibition and Workshop - ‘VIIEW' inaugurated by the
honorable Vice Chancellor of World University of Design, Prof (Dr)
Sanjay Gupta in the gracious presence of eminent senior
artists Deepak Shinde, Yusuf, Prem Singh and Phan Quan Dung,
Dean, School of Art and Design with Nguyen DAC Thai, Associate
Dean, Van Lang University, Vietnam. And the exhibition of created art works
by all artists and senior faculty members will be inaugurated by DCM,
Minister Counsellor, Dr. Do Thanh Hai from Vietnam Embassy will
be pleased as Chief Guest at Art Konsult, Hauz Khas, New Delhi from
Sunday, February 12th, 2023 to Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
"After a successful stint at
the first chapter of VIIEW at Van Lang University, Vietnam in November
2022 the two universities are coming together once again with the vision
and mission to promote Art and Design that are an integral part of the cultural
heritage of both the nations. The event is designed to bring together artists
from the two countries as well as faculty members and academia from the two
universities to shed light on creativity and innovation in fine arts"
told Prof (Dr) Sanjay Gupta, Honorable Vice Chancellor of World
University of Design, Sonipat. And this initiative has been taken by Mr.
Binoy Varghese who himself is a renowned painter and the director
of The Kekkeyellam Foundation.
“The workshop is themed around
UNEXPLORED SPACES, a curatorial project which proposes both Indian and
Vietnamese artists to liberally interpret their own creative
endeavors in art with specific importance to the tangible practice of
painting. The International art camp is intended to be a venue
for going beyond and beneath art exchange of ideas on Unexplored
Spaces and contexts prevailing in each artist’s creative work and
thought process. The concept of space has always been an area of creative
encounter ever since the origin of images in human life. The persistence,
enunciation and manifestations of space is the essential force of all the
visual and non-visual expressions throughout the ages. Space plays a vital role
in the physical and metaphysical forms of human existence,” remarked
curator of the exhibition Prof Fulari, Dean, SoVA-WUD.
Adding value and expertise to this
10-days programme will also be present leading Indian Artists whom the World
University of Design has honored with the WUD-Critics’ Choice
Awards along with the own artists/faculty members and some eminent artists
like Deepak Shinde - Mumbai, Yusuf - Bhopal, Prem Singh -
Chandigarh, Ananda Moy Banerji, Kavita Nayar, Binoy Varghese, Dharmendra
Rathore, Ajay Kumar Samir, Sangeet Gupta, Shuchi Khanna, Durga Khaintola.
Artist faculty members from WUD are Suresh Kumar, Sumit Sarkar,
Prashant Patil and Megha Katyal and the event
convener is Dr Preeti Yadav, coordinator are Akanksha
Wadhwani, Aparna Gwande, Simerpreet Sokhi, Devrath Joshi along with
special performances are being organised by Dr. Parul Purohit Vats,
Dean, School of Performing Arts.
Ready to welcome the Vietnamese
contingent to India, Dr. Sanjay Gupta (Vice-Chancellor) also
says, “We had an enriching experience in Vietnam during the first chapter of
VIIEW : Beyond and Beneath Art Exchange and welcomed the talented artists
and faculty members from Vietnam to our campus. I am euphoric to see our
university as the nucleus of this new verse in the realm of art and culture. We
are creating a nexus of young throbbing brains to uninhibitedly exchange views."