"Divine Light of Lord Buddha" - An exhibition of paintings by Prince Chand!
Thursday, August 7, 2008

Recently an exhibition of paintings "Divine Light of Lord Buddha" by painter
Prince Chand was inaugurated at newly relocated and spacious gallery of
Studio Vasant at Hauz Khas. On this occasion Ajay Sharma (President,
Baidyanath), his wife Meesha Sharma, Munish Kumar Gaur (Assistant Labour
Commissioner, Govt. of Delhi), Nisha Gaur, Baljit Chadha, Manmohan Chadha,
Pankaj Mohan, Rakesh Gupta (Director, Canvas Art Gallery), Pallav Jain
(Director, Dhoomimal's City Gallery), Madhumita Puri (Secretary, Art for
Prabhat) and many others were present there. The exhibition was inaugurated
by Ajay Sharma and will continue till 26th July.
India has the privilege to be home to many great religions, sects and cults.
Buddhism has been the most international face of all the religions from
India. In ancient times Buddhism found home in large parts of South and
South East Asia. Buddhism evolved and appropriated the local cultural
elements in all these lands. Chinese, Tibetans, Japanese, Thais, Sri Lankan
etc. evolved their own version of Buddhism. Even within India it acquired
different strains of Buddhism. Thus from early times Buddhism subsumed local
cultural flavour. All these factors affected the art and religious rendering
of Buddha.
Before Greek invasion of India led by Alexander the Great, the artistic
style that flourished was called the Mathura style. Greek influence brought
the realism in rendering Buddha image and specially the Grecian rendering of
the folds of chivar—the cloth length Buddha covered himself in. Later
developments led to still more beautiful Sarnath Buddha. Thus the artists
tried to convey not an image but certain bhavas—karuna, abhaya, wisdom etc.
Buddha is depicted in yogic meditation Dhyani Buddha and is the most popular
depiction of Him.. His eyes closed conveying a serenity and peace. It is
this image that has been most popular particularly in West where a large
number of people have turned to Buddhism as a way of life of peace and
kindness.
Studio Vasant Gallery hosts this Buddha exhibition in a large, spacious
location of Hauz Khas village. The artist Prince Chand nicely continues to
carry forward the heritage of rendering Buddha as per artistic dictates of
the centuries old art.
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