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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240904T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240910T190000
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URL:https://afdelhi.org/events/shunyata-by-abhay-k/
SUMMARY:Painting Exhibition: Shunyata by Abhay K
DESCRIPTION:\nThe exhibition titled 'Shunyata'  (Emptiness) by Abhay K wil
 l be on view from 4th to 10th September at Galerie Romain Rolland\, Allian
 ce Française de Delhi.\nThe exhibition explores the Buddhist philosophy o
 f' Shunyata' or 'Emptiness' in which understanding emptiness becomes vital
  for liberation from suffering and samsara--the cycle of birth and death.\
 n\nSpeaking about the exhibition\, Abhay K said\, "When I stared at the em
 pty canvas\, I had no clue what I was going to paint. I started with makin
 g a circle and filling it with paint and it started taking form. Each time
  a new form took shape on the canvas\, I felt mesmerized. I started enjoyi
 ng the process."\n\nHe further added\, "These paintings are visualizations
  of emptiness. Forms are visible when one looks at them closely\, but as o
 ne moves away from them\, forms disappear and what remains is emptiness\, 
 a true validation of the crux of the Heart Sutra -- 'form is emptiness\, e
 mptiness is form.' The forms that appear are mere approximations of figure
 s familiar and unfamiliar\, gods and goddesses\, mortals and immortals\, p
 lants and animals. They are all transient. They appear and then vanish. Em
 ptiness remains."\nAbout the Artist:\n\nAbhay K. wears many hats as a poet
 \, editor\, translator\, photographer and diplomat. His artistic journey b
 egan in 2005 in Moscow\, Russia. Since then he has exhibited his artworks 
 in Paris\, St. Petersburg\, New Delhi\, Brasilia and Antananarivo\, some o
 f which are in private collections in several countries.\n\nOpening Event\
 n\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Other Events,Painting
LOCATION:Alliance Française de Delhi (Galerie Romain Rolland)\, Alliance F
 rançaise de Delhi\, 72\, KK Birla Ln\, Lodhi Gardens\, Lodhi Estate\,\, N
 ew Delhi\, Delhi\, 110003\, Delhi\, India
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