The theme of Samikshavad
विजेंद्र एस विज
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मंगलवार, 3 मार्च 2009
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Samikshavad is an Indian modern art movement that is opposed to the tendency of Indian artists following the Western trends of Modern art. Its basic purpose is to help create such an art in the country which has its roots in the Indian soil. ‘Samiksha’ is a Sanskrit word which means criticism of life and society in which they live in. It is also against any type of imitation of the past styles or the present styles of art. A manifesto of the movement was published at the first exhibition of such paintings at the AIFACS Gallery in 1979 at Delhi. The exhibition presented in all 26 paintings in oil medium. The artists whose works were included in the first exhibition were S/s R.C. Shukla, R.S. Dhir, Santosh Kumar Singh and Ved Prakash Mishra from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Dr. Gopal Madhukar Chaturvedi from Aligarh and Bala Datta pande from Allahabad.The exhibition was inaugurated by the well-known ‘young Turk’ Shri Chandra Shekhar, the then President of the Janta Party. Since then lots of comments, reviews and articles have come out in several of the leading newspapers, weeklies and Art journals referring to this movement. We have received invitations from several parts of the country to hold exhibitions there. There is a silent but meaningful whisper in the air about ‘Samikshavad’ in the Indian art circles. Several illustrated lecture programs on Samikshavad have been sponsored by University art Departments at different places. The movement has gained ground in the country and has created a new atmosphere in the field of art for an indigenous development of Indian modern art. The only hurdle in the way of Indian art is prejudice, Purvagrah and misconception. Samikshavad is a modern movement of Indian contemporary art.
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