Art world’s biggies like Akbar Padamsee, Anjolie Ela Menon, Satish Gujral, and Sakti Burman, among others join hands for cancer patients.
In a one-of-a-kind art event, a host of India’s leading artists are coming together to showcase their work in the city to raise funds for the Indian Cancer Society (ICS) Rehabilitation Centre at Parel to help underprivileged patients suffering from cancer. Curated by well-known artist Nayanaa Kanodia, the art show will feature India’s leading artists such as Akbar Padamsee, Anjolie Ela Menon, Satish Gujral, Krishen Khanna, Sakti Burman, Badri Narayan, Laxma Goud, Vaikuntam, Jayasri Burman, Nayanaa Kanodia, Manu Parekh and Suva Prasana. Other leading artists to be a part of this initiative include Avijit Dutta, Ajay De, R Balasubramanian, Farhad Husain, GR Iranna, Lalitha Lajmi Madhvi Parekh, Milburn Cherian, Nikhil Chaganlal, Radhika Chand, Rini Dhumal, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Seema Kohli, Shipra Bhattacharya, Vijendra Sharma, Vrindavan Solanki and Vimmi Indra.
Arun Kurkure, the Managing Trustee and Secretary, ICS, says “ICS is very grateful to them for sparing their valuable time to create such outstanding works to help cancer patients who have no money to spend on their treatment and rehabilitation.” Incidentally, in 1951, D Jussawalla and Naval Tata established the Indian Cancer Society. The motto was clear: ‘It is not enough to add years to life. It is equally important to give life to the years added.’ With this phrase in mind, they established India’s first Rehabilitation & Welfare Program in 1961 for underprivileged cancer patients who came from all over the country to Tata Memorial Hospital in search of a cure.
“All donations towards this event will be utilised towards funding ICS’s Welfare and Rehabilitation activities,” affirms Arun.
Padamsee, the Padma Bhushan artist, did not think twice before giving a nod simply because the cause is so noble.
“It’s all for a good cause, so when they approached me, I agreed to give them my wholehearted support.” The artist has offered two paintings of missed media on paper — a nude and a head. Describing his works, the artist explains, “This is not realistic portrait. The idea I want to convey is that I don’t want realism. My paintings exude illusion to a great extent and I like it that way.” Padamsee is, at present, working on an upcoming solo exhibition in the city.
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