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Arts notes
Wednesday,
November 01, 2006
Arts
of India:
New Jersey's first gallery devoted to the arts of India
has opened
in
Edison, the brainchild of textile designer Sonia Jain,
who shows her own oils
there.
Jain, who has a degree in art and design from Middlesex County
College,
intends Indigo Arts as a showcase for abstract paintings,
traditional
Indian
paintings, religious works and handcrafts. You can get an
idea of the
extraordinary
range at www.indigoartsonline.com. Indigo Arts is at 36
Woodfern St. For an appointment,
call (908) 791-0050. Jain will be showing
her
paintings at shows opening Nov. 11 at the Minnie B. Veal Community
Center,
1070 Grove Ave.,
Edison, and on Nov. 19 in
Trayes Hall, Douglass
College Center, Rutgers University,
100 George St.,
New Brunswick. For
details
on the shows, call or go on-line to Indigo Arts.
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| 3)Home News and Tribune |
| INSPIRATION
FROM SURROUNDINGS
Indian artist to exhibit work
Home News Tribune Online 10/12/06
By RITU JHA
STAFF WRITER
rjha@thnt.com
EDISON — Textile designer Sonia
Jain of Edison finally sees her dream coming true.
Jain will open an art gallery, Indigo Arts, where she will
exhibit her oil paintings on canvas. In addition, she'll
showcase paintings by different artists from India.
Jain plans to hold art exhibits to create an awareness about
Indian paintings, said Pankaj Jain, Sonia's
husband.
The first exhibit will be 10 a.m to 8 p.m Saturday at the
Holiday Inn in South Plainfield.
Until she finds a better space, Jain's basement will serve
as her art gallery.
"I always wanted to be a painter and have an art gallery,"
Jain said.
Jain learned the art of painting from her father in India but never took it seriously.
However, after coming to the United
States, she enrolled in an art and design
class at Middlesex County
College,
where she learned more about oil painting. She has painted
about 100 pieces so far.
Jain said her work is inspired by her surroundings.
"Nature attracts me the most," Jain said. Her paintings
are all about flowers and landscape.
Jain said some of her paintings take about 20 hours to complete.
On choosing colors for her oil painting, Jain
said, she likes vibrant colors.
"Colors and emotions are very prominent in my paintings,"
she said.
Jain has been painting for years, but considers herself an
artist still exploring ways to express her ideas and
thoughts.
"It feels like the journey has just begun. I am still
discovering myself," Jain said.
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4) Art show in Franklin sheds light on Indian culture |
| By
KAMANA SHRESTHA
Correspondent
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) -- Indian culture is being showcased
in Central Jersey.
Indigo Arts, the first exclusively Indian arts gallery in
New Jersey, will present an
Jan. 5 at Arsha Bodha, 84 Cortelyou Lane, in the Somerset
section of Franklin Township.
"People's first reaction is usually
'wow.' (They are) amazed at our use of bright and
vvibrant colors and the ambience that the place sets off,"
said Sonia Jain, director of
Indigo Arts, which opened in October.
Jain will showcase Indian culture as depicted in oil paintings
and handicrafts..
The inspiration to open an art gallery came from Jain's visit
to her home in India last summer.
She recalled visiting various galleries in India and wondering
why she never had seen such works
in New Jersey galleries.
"I remember thinking these beautiful works of art never reached
us, the common people and only
were
accessible to the elite class," Jain said.
She wanted to connect a broader group of people to the artworks
that were rarely seen by much of the population.
"I think there is a huge gap that needs to be filled, not
only in art but also,literature and classical
music,
meant to be enjoyed by the middle class, too," Jain said.
The gallery presents works in five categories: abstract, monuments,
religion, traditional and handicrafts.
Each category depicts a different element of the rich traditions
of Indian culture, from historical epics
such as "Ramayan" and "Mahabharata" reinvented in an abstract
form, to lavish palaces and village
lifestyles and folk traditions of India.
The paintings exhibited in the gallery are chosen by careful
selection.
"I wanted the paintings to somehow be the window to the world
of Indian culture and also be the stepping
stone to appreciating the culture," Jain said.
The items chosen for her gallery possess universal themes
that many people can relate to, she said.
The uniqueness of Indian art can be tra-ced to its icon-ographic
nature, Jain said. Natural resources
serve as a huge inspiration in many Indian artworks and are
seen as divine. Indian temples and traditional
dances also are art forms that use symbols, she said.
"Art is a mirror image of society in that it shows what is
going in society during a particular time period," Jain said.
A textile designer and fine artist, she has been painting
since her childhood.
"Someone once said, 'A room hung with pictures is a room hung
with thoughts.' By our gallery and periodic exhibitions,
we hope to bring colors, emotions and thoughts back in our
world. In this age of instant gratification, meaningful art
can help us connect with our own selves deep within," Jain
said.
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