The prospect of inaugurating the 2014 art exhibits at MOSA with such outstanding, accomplished artists as Shobha Broota, Raghupati Bhat, and Poosapati Parameshwar Raju fills me with profound joy.
The inauguration will be attended by our guest of honor His Excellency M.S. Puri, ambassador of India to Belgium and the EU, and art curator Sushma K. Bahl, who has written the texts about all three artists. Moreover, this festive event will be graced by musical performances by celebrated flautist Panditji Hariprasad Chaurasia and renowned sitar player Subrata De.
Our exhibition program for Indian and International artists working on spiritual, devotional and sacred art is quite dynamic and our galleries in Belgium (Radhadesh, Durbuy) and Italy (Villa Vrindavan, Florence) will be showcasing many of them in the upcoming years.
MOSA's goal is to bridge the cultural divide between India and Europe and between material and spiritual life. Art is a perfect medium to do so, and we hope that many Europeans will discover the excellent Indian artists who try to convey a spiritual message.
We are convinced that MOSA's visitors will come to appreciate and enjoy the currently exhibited work of all three artists.
Shobha Broota, a senior and widely-exhibited artist, has kindly and enthusiastically agreed to exhibit her art at MOSA. We value meditation and devotion as part of every individual's quest for spirituality and therefore laud Shobha's spiritual approach to the visual arts. Her work is an important addition to the more devotional exhibits in our galleries, and we want to share her art with our visitors, who, I am sure, will enter a meditative mood upon seeing it, for Shobha's works remind us of our eternal and steady nature as spirit souls. In contrast with the turbulent and temporary nature of material life, Shobha's beautiful and pacifying works bring us closer to our real, eternal nature and put us on the path of spiritual realization where genuine feelings of devotion can manifest in our hearts.
We are also honored and delighted that Shobha Broota has agreed to be present at the opening of MOSA's 2014 art exhibits, and we hope that her works will leave a lasting impression on all MOSA visitors. May MOSA serve as an instrument in uplifting its visitor's consciousness through the visual arts, and may there be many artists who will share their art with future audiences visiting Radhadesh.
""I am delighted that the prestigious Museum of Sacred Art is organizing exhibitions of three prominent Indian artists in Belgium aimed amalgamating different forms of spirituality associated with diverse global faiths through fine arts.
The theme of the exhibitions-Forms of Devotion-is apt in the context of the expositions that celebrate the multiplicity, diversity, creativity and vibrancy of devotional art of India in varied hues and forms. The unique paintings and calligraphic works of the Indian artists-Posapati Parameshwar Raju, Raghupati Bhat and Shobha Broota-transcend faiths and genres-figurative, mythological, abstract, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain etc-and showcase the dynamic multi-religious and multi-cultural life of India to the west.
The antiquity of Indian civilization matched by the vastness of its geographical extent has contributed to the rich and multiple art forms of India. These art forms have been successfully presented by the Museum of Sacred Art not only in Belgium, but also in the whole of Europe over the last five years since its inception. I deeply appreciate the initiative of the Museum to encourage interfaith dialogue through fine arts as manifested in these upcoming exhibitions.
I am confident that the Indian art- loving people of Europe would once again have the opportunity to witness Indian mythology, icons and folk tales through the forthcoming exhibitions and that too after the just concluded Europalia-India Festival.
I convey my best wishes to the Museum of Sacred Art of Belgium for a successful organization of the forthcoming exhibitions"".
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