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Faces
of India:
An Exhibition by Malika Garrett Celebrating India
Celebrate Diversity Through the Arts and Woodruff
Arts Center presents a prelude to "Incredible India" and the
Festival of India, an art exhibit showing the work of Indian
born artist Malika Garrett. The show is a celebration of Indian
art and India's Independence Day on August 15th.
The show will
be held at the Center Space Gallery from August 8th through August
16th, 2004. The Opening Reception will be held on August 8th
at 6 p.m. Always, looking for further opportunities to reach
cultures that may be hidden from the mainstream, Celebrate has
capitalized on the passion of an Indian artist whose joy of painting
is inspired by the desire of human connection through art. With
the quickly growing market of Indian natives migrating to the
southern states, now is the prime time to highlight them and
promote the culture and tradition they bring to our city. This
show is a first of its kind, offering a unique opportunity to
highlight and celebrate Indian art.
Malika Garrett was born in
Calcutta, India in 1966 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree in visual Arts from the Wesleyan College in Macon, GA.
Malika's approach to her work is very instinctive and she is
constantly experimenting. She uses the palette knife as her primary
tool to paint and her sole medium is oil. Her primary subjects
are the simple everyday lives of rural India and its people.
She photographs her subjects during her travels to her native
home. Her paintings speak of her desire for human connection
and her meetings with some wonderful and resilient people. Her
world is about bright colors and many of her subjects are from
the alluring desert regions of Rajasthan, making her world full
of vibrant yellows, reds, greens and bright pinks. Her work is
a mix of modernism rooted in Indian tradition.
Malika's work
is part of many private collections in India Singapore, UK, Australia,
China and USA. She currently resides in Atlanta.
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