{"id":99247,"date":"2024-12-16T07:29:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=99247"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:59:37","slug":"bicholims-craftsmanship-and-corjuems-cane-weaving-shine-bright-on-international-platform-at-saf-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=99247","title":{"rendered":"Bicholim\u2019s Craftsmanship and Corjuem\u2019s Cane-Weaving Shine Bright on International Platform at SAF 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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~ Goan artisans and craftspeople are in the spotlight as part of the Crafts curation of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

~ The exhibition, titled \u2018Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Ceramics and Glass\u2019, features Bicholim-based artists Shankar Turi, Zillu and Dattaram Harmalkar, Corjuem-based Rukmani Pandurang Parwar and others.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Goa Khabar:<\/strong>\u00a0Bicholim-based craftspeople, and other Goa-based and Indian artists share an international platform to showcase their craftsmanship at the Directorate of Accounts, Panaji, as part of a craft exhibition curated by Craft discipline co-curator Dr Kristine Michael for the Serendipity Arts Festival 2024.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition, titled \u2018Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Ceramics and Glass\u2019 at the Directorate of Accounts, Panaji, features works by renowned Goan artists like Shankar Turi of Turi Azulejos & Pottery and Zillu and Dattaram Harmalkar of Kumbhar Pottery in Bicholim, traditional bamboo and cane weaver Rukmani Pandurang Parwar from Corjuem, Goa-based ceramicist Nimmi Joshy, among others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSince 1999, I have been creating Azulejos in Goa. There is a lot of demand here, and also from outside the state. \u2018Azul\u2019 means both blue and smooth, and this is a 15th-century art practice\u201d said artist Shankar Turi, who will be facilitating a \u2018Hand-Painted Azulejos Tiles\u2019 workshop as part of SAF 2024, at the Craft Workshop Room – Directorate of Accounts on December 20, at 11 AM.<\/p>\n

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This exhibition brings together contemporary and traditional artists from across India working with glass and ceramics to tell stories rooted in memory and lived experiences. Through upcycled materials and innovative techniques, these artists reimagine art and explore sustainable creativity.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs the curator of \u2018Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Ceramics and Glass\u2019, what I wanted to show was Goa as a microcosm of India. That it is a mixture, it is a syncretic culture of all the different identities throughout history that have come and settled within this country, and has created that Goan identity,\u201d said Dr Kristine Michael.<\/p>\n

Ceramics, once considered a craft rather than fine art, has undergone a significant transformation in India, according to Kristine Michael, a New Delhi-based ceramic artist, researcher, curator and arts educator. She also said that the acceptance of ceramics as a recognised art form, including its inclusion in national exhibitions like the Lalit Kala Academy Triennale, has paved the way for ceramics to be embraced within the fine arts community.<\/p>\n

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Dr Kristine Michael\u2019s journey into ceramics began unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

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Initially, she enrolled in one of India’s leading schools of design, the National Institute of Design, with a focus on textiles. However, upon first interacting with clay, she was captivated. “Ceramics as a medium grabbed me as soon as I touched my hands into the clay,” she recalls. This shift marked the beginning of her journey as a ceramicist, despite being the only student in her batch who chose ceramics. Over the past 25 years, the field has grown dramatically, with every art college now offering ceramics programmes, she said.<\/p>\n

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Dr Kristine also acknowledges the challenges ceramics faced in the art world. “When I first started, ceramics was considered craft, not fine art,” she says. It wasn\u2019t until the late 80s that the Lalit Kala Academy officially accepted ceramics as an art form. Dr Kristine is optimistic about the progress the field has made, stating that galleries and international imports of ceramics equipment have radically transformed the art domain’s landscape.<\/p>\n

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Craft-based exhibits at SAF 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directorate of Accounts, December 15-22<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Glass and Ceramics\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u2018The Infinite Forest: An Exploration of Material Possibilities\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Samba Square, December 15-22<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Abundance in Scarcity: Exploring Ladakh\u2019s Sustainable Ingenuity<\/strong>\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

~ Goan artisans and craftspeople are in the spotlight as part of the Crafts curation of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2024. ~ The exhibition, titled \u2018Past Forward: Remix and Collaborations in Ceramics and Glass\u2019, features Bicholim-based artists Shankar Turi, Zillu and Dattaram Harmalkar, Corjuem-based Rukmani Pandurang Parwar and others. Goa Khabar:\u00a0Bicholim-based craftspeople, and other Goa-based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":99248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-99247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99251,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99247\/revisions\/99251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}