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Colours
of life all came alive as art lovers all over the city came in large
numbers to Cancer Patients Aid Association's Annual Art Exhibition. This
year's collection "Thumbprints in Time" boasts of participation
from over a 100 senior Indian Artists from all over India and overseas, who have
given whole-heartedly to the cause. The uniqueness of this year's
exhibition is the contribution of 20 senior Bengal school artists who are
otherwise rarely seen in Mumbai.
Piali Syam, who has an impeccable
grounding in art, curates this year's exhibition, the proceeds from which
will help raise funds for the treatment of childhood cancer patients. She
is the granddaughter of Ramendranath Chakravorty, former principal of
Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata and is herself a graduate of
the same college.
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 Smt. Neerja Birla, Chairperson of the
Birla Academy of Art and Culture and Shri. Nana Chudasama, Patron of CPAA
and former sheriff of Mumbai, graced the special preview of the exhibition
on 4th August 2007. After the unveiling the catalogue, the exhibition was
thrown open to the numerous buyers who had braved the Mumbai rains to get
their hands on their favourite artists' work. Colours of Life was formally
inaugurated by lighting the traditional 'diya' on 6th August 2007 by
eminent author and columnist Smt. Shobha De along with Mr. Dilip De.
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host of senior artists like Ajay De, Anindita Singh, Anu Tideman, Fatima
Ahmed, Pandurang Tathe, Papri Bose Mehta, Shubha Gokhale, Partho
Chatterjee, Shyam Kanu Borthakur, Meera Devidayal, Prafulla Dahanukar,
Hema Joshi, Nayanaa Kanodia, Jaideep Mehrotra, Jaspal Singh, Jenny Bhatt,
Bharti Prajapati, Brinda Chudasama Miller, Ruxana Pathan & Vipta
Kapadia came to see their work on display. Eminent personalities like Dolly Thakore
and Nisha Jamval too appreciated this spectacular collection, which will
be on display at Cymroza Art Gallery, Bhulabhai Desai Road from 6th August
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CPAA is grateful to Mrs. Pheroza Godrej
for letting us host the exhibition, yet again, free of cost at Cymroza Art
Gallery, Heeral Desai and her able team at O & M, Mr. Jehangir Surti
of Comart Lithographers, Mr. Khurshed Poonawala of Prodon, Nokia for
sponsoring the catalogue and Mr. Pritam Sharma for Media
Support.
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| Shobha De with the
curator of the Exhibition, CPAA's Piali Syam. |
Dolly Thakore with
CPAA's executive Director Shubha Maudgal, the creator of Colours of
Life |
Nisha Jamval
appreciates the collection |
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