60-70 senior and young artiest of Bihar Participate in United Art Fair

 

PATNA: United Art Fair (UAF), a platform for artists, will hold its first-ever artists' meet in the city on the museum premises on Friday to shortlist them for their participation in the Art Fair-2012, slated to take place from September 27-30 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
"We have taken a pan national approach and we will like to bring in most of the artists from small towns and other cities so that they get a chance to exhibit their works before an international audience, along with other established artists from urban centres," says Vikash Kumar, associate director of UAF 2012.
The UAF's Patna initiative is supported by the department of culture, government of Bihar. Minister for culture Sukhda Pandey and principal secretary, art and culture, Anjani K Singh are expected to be present at the meet.
"We have invited all the senior and young artists of Bihar and expect that about 60-70 artists will be there. The principal of the College of Arts and Crafts, Atul Aditya Pandey, will also be present," said Vikash.
As artists could directly rent booths and exhibitions spaces, they could be the real negotiators of their works exhibited at the fair. Artists would be given total freedom to decide their prices, he said.
"Each artist will be given individual treatment in UAF 2012. Our executives will create a conducive atmosphere for the buyers and collectors to meet the artists, discuss their aesthetics and negotiate their prices," said another key member of the UAF, Anurag Sharma.
"In order to ensure quality exhibits, we have created experts' panels to select the works sent in by artists. Also, teams of curators will decide the exhibition patterns. In fact, UAF 2012 will be the first curated artists' fair in the world," observed Johny M L, project director of UAF 2012.
"We expect about 1.5 lakh footfalls at the Delhi fair. We will make sure that national and international art buyers, collectors and gallery representatives attend the four-day-long art fair with a difference," said Gaurav Sharma, head of business operations, UAF 2012.