Lalithakala Akademi Art gallery, Thrissur , witnessed the
exhibition of paintings by the inmates of Abhayam, a shelter for mentally
retarded people, last week. We may call
it as realistic, abstract etc. But all were just a mere reflection of the
tender minds - human beings, birds, animals, trees, flowers, alphabets, holy
slogans etc.
A total of 55 paintings drawn by the inmates between the
ages 20 yrs to 80 yrs participated were displayed in the gallery.
These were the outcome of a camp, which was organized by Artist P G Sreenivasan
and Sreeja Pallam one month back. The painting workshop
was held at Abhayam, Koppam near Pattambi in Palakkad Dt, Kerala, in order to
give some activity to engage the broken minds of the inmates.
The exhibition was inaugurated by the famous director of Malayalam Cinemas Sathyan
Anthikkad on 07 April 2016 and concluded on 09 April.
The exhibition titled ‘Chithrabhayam’was jointly organized
by Dallas Malayalee Association, USA and ‘Oruma’ FaceBook Group and coordinated
by Prabha Unni and Artist Sreeenivasan.
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