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Carving a remarkable path on life’s canvas

As contemporary sculptor Hap Hagood once said, within every block of wood and stone, there dwells a spirit, waiting to be released. Artist Rabi Narayan Rath giving a live sculpting demonstration And some of these spirits came alive at the recent ‘Meet the Sculptors’ session organised by the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi at the CLKA Open Hand Art Studios, Le Corbusier Centre in city. Award-winning sculptors from Odisha, Rabi Narayan Rath and Jayant Kumar Das, interacted with around 25 eminent artists of the region about their artistic journey, their gurus, and much more. On how he started sculpting, the former secretary of the Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi, said during his first year at Shantiniketan, his teacher Sarbari Roy Choudhury said that he had the potential to be the ‘stone man’ of Odisha and trained him. Sculptor Jayant Kumar Das talking about his works Sculptor-ceramist-academician Das, who is credited to have introduced bronze techniques and ceramics work in art education in Odisha, said he was struggling with finances during his student days at art school in Khallikote, Ganjam.

Hindustan Times
Art Odisha

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