Futuristic Art

From the likes of S H Raza and Anjolie Ela Menon to budding artists from small towns, the first India art summit saw the presence of art aficionados from across the world. The first ever summit of its kind gave these art lovers a perfect platform to come together, know one another and appreciate the beauty of their works.
For me, it was yet another chance to explore the amazing world of artists. What strikes me every time I go for any art event is how all these artists stand out in a crowd – maybe it is the way they dress up (yeah, they don’t seem to bother about what’s in and what’s out of fashion, but wear something that appeals to their artistic sense) or may be the conversations that they have (it is all about what an art depicts, whether it is contemporary or not). However, this art summit had a unique bunch of visitors, which one would normally never find in any art exhibition. They were this fun loving gang of teenyboppers who one would generally find chilling out in a cafeteria or neighbourhood mall. I was little taken back thinking what they were doing in an art summit when, they like their other friends, could have gone for Bachna aye Haseeno or indulged in a shopping spree. I went up to them since I was inquisitive to know what brought them there. I asked Tanira, a class eleven student of a leading school in New Delhi, who was part of the gang, the reason behind her visiting the summit. Pat she said, “Art is my passion and I was enthusiastically waiting for this summit.” Her friends joined in and went on and on about how they simply loved painting and would like to take up art as a career. I, with my journalistic bent of mind, asked them, “Do you guys know that artists have to struggle a lot before creating a name for themselves?” Sukheshi Dalmia, Tanira’s friend, interrupted, “Everything is not money… it’s all about what you love doing.” Before I could complete my conversation with Sukheshi, another girl pulled me to Gallery Espace section. Looking at one of the paintings there, she said, “I had painted a similar art for my school competition. When I look at this painting, I get the inspiration that one day my painting will also be right up there.” There I could see the future of Indian art. Suddenly art seemed to make more sense to me and I could see our art going global completely in the coming years.