Group Exhibition - GENERATIONS
Alphonso Arul Doss, Asma Menon, S Jayaraj, Manohar Natarajan, V Ravindran, BO Shailesh
Gallery Art n Soul, ECR, Chennai
28th Oct - 1st Nov 2011


An exhibition of paintings by senior contemporary artists of different generations is ongoing at Gallery Art n Soul in Chennai. The exhibition will continue until 1st November 2011. Please visit to see some of the outstanding works of these artists.

Group Exhibition - Lives and Livelihoods of Fisherfolk
Alphonso Arul Doss, Asma Menon, S Jayaraj, Manohar Natarajan, V Ravindran, BO Shailesh 
Labernum and Indigo Gallery, Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Chennai
16 – 23 October 2011

Food supplies are sourced from all food production sectors to meet the growing demands of the exploding population in India and one such promising area is fisheries. Every year, 16th October is celebrated as the World Food Day and it reminds us of our obligations to provide food for the billions that inhabit the earth. The aim of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
With this aim, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), Chennai has organized an Art Exhibition where Eminent artists of Chennai have exhibited their works inspired by the sea and the people associated with it.


Artists Alphonso Arul Doss, Asma Menon, S Jayaraj, N Manohar, V Ravindran and BO Shailesh have exhibited their paintings and sculptures on the theme. Using different media, these artists have painted the lives and livelihoods of fisherfolk and their environment. 


This exhibition is a tribute to the brave fishers who toil against all odds to harvest nutritious fish food from the oceans.

The exhibition will continue till 23 October 2011. 

Rural Faces

Ilango's Art Space and Tangerine Present
Rural Faces - An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings

from 15 – 30 April 2011  at Tangerine

Murrays Gate Road, Alwarpet, Chennai -18

Chennai based contemporary artist S Jayaraj takes us on a journey through rural India through this painting exhibition titled – “Rural Faces”. This series of paintings showcases picturesque rural landscapes and shy people, especially women.

Graduated from the Government College of Arts, Chennai in 1985, S Jayaraj specialised in human anatomy. Through his extensive travel across India, he is intimately familiar with the lives of rural people which have left him totally mesmerised. This has always motivated him to capture fleeting expressions and multifarious moods of rural folks, especially women.

S Jayaraj’s artwork is simple but this simplicity is striking. He uses primary and earthen colours which give a sense of reality to his paintings. He often uses charcoal to sketch and his lines are nothing but fine strokes, well-controlled and strong. Colours like red, black and yellow are artist’s favourite and he strongly feels that these colours help his paintings to retain the Indian-ness in them.

S Jayaraj has held several national and international shows and has been the recipient of many national and international awards.