Gallery
Freedom Proposes:
To
creat a gallery which goes beyond commercial aspects
of art; we hope to achieve this by creating a platform
to discuss, debate and promote various schools of art.
To
promote quality art of well known & established
artists and encourage the potential of young & upcoming
artists.
To
utilise the proceeds for promoting health care services
in remote and neglected areas of the country;
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Gallery FREEDOM
opened under the auspices of Voluntary Health Association of India
in January 1998 with the inaugural exhibition ‘India after
Independene’. The chief guest on the occasion was the eminent
artist B. C. Sanyal. The exhibition showcased a wide range of
Indian post-independence art and included prominent names of contemporary
art; Arup Das, Dhiraj Choudhury, Gogi Saroj Pal, Kavita Nayar,
Madhvi Parekh, Manu Parekh, Niren Sen Gupta, Paramjit Singh, Phalguni
Dasgupta, Ramnath Parischa, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Shamshad Hussain,
Subroto Kundu, Sudip Roy, Ved Nayar among others.
The Gallery has over the years been designing & executing
collaborative projects with visual artists and other creative
people of the country. The gallery has organised many artists’
camps, workshops and exhibitions, with the multifold purpose of
engendering meaningful interactive encounters between creative
individuals and underprivileged communities, between creative
people of different disciplines, between artists and the uninitiated
as well as for generating resources for various social causes
addressed by VHAI.
As the name
signifies, the gallery heralds freedom of expression. Ours is
an effort that goes beyond the commercial aspects of art. The
objective is to seek creative involvement of the intellect in
our quest for fulfilment and joy for every home in India.
The
gallery promotes not only visual art but also academic and experimental
work. This, we feel can go a long way in closing the communication
chasm that threatens to develop between the masses and the intellect.
Gallery
Freedom aims to bring out publication of written works and reproduction
of art works that are easily available to the common people. The
proceeds from the gallery are utilised to promote healthcare services
in the remote and neglected areas of the country.
The
gallery represents an innovative and effective way of touching
the lives of the millions through art. It is yet another endeavour
by VHAI to achieve its goal of making health a reality for all.
