An Exhibition of Photographs By Alexander Silva (U.S.A) in collaboration with local artist Palak Gajrawala.
The exhibit is an attempt to capture this characteristic of Ahmedabad
Two visual Artists one from the city one who's here for the first time ...two artists from different genres and cultures present the city to the viewers as they see it , at the exhibition as part of the Ahmedabad International Art Festival during the last weekend of september, 2013 |
| invitation card to the AIAF Event Deviba Wala, owner TVAK will be curating the exhibition. |
Alexander. K. Silva :Award winning artist Alexander Silva has been working on a photographic series that will be exhibited along with his installations that incorporate his photography. An American-born artist who is known for his dynamic and imaginative photographs. He lives and creates his art in Ahmedabad, where he has been a resident artist at Tvak Residential Art Studios for the past five months. For the past seven years, Silva has been based in Los Angeles, California. Silva’s goal with his work is to always prompt a dialogue among viewers, and this series is no exception.
Alexander Silva has won numerous awards including the Kodak Professional Photography Scholarship and was recently featured at the Linus Gallery in Pasadena, California. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 2012.
Alexander
Palak Gajrawala : A Desire to capture this boundless world - its beauty and paradox - is what drives Palak’s Work. The ability of a photograph to steal a particular moment from Reality and bring it on print is what attracts her to photography. Her work is a mix of images from life to non-life, events to people and from festivals to those every day nothings. In this series she captures the spirit of ahmedabad. The city's history is filled with stories of extraordinary resilience and has been a melting pot of cultures since last 10 millenia which is the reason behind the co-existence of such myriad forms of expressions. From sharing a chai (tea) to icecream parties, fancy music do’s to religious commemorations, traditional dance festivals to charity walks… there’s so many ways in which the city celebrates.
Palak
