Online painting exhibition pays tribute to Covid-19 victims

Almora: An online solo

painting exhibition

, paying tribute to those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, was unveiled on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day on Sunday. The show featured "nail paintings" of professor Shekhar Joshi, dean of the Visual Arts department at SSJ campus Almora. It was launched by WAYSAC, an organisation working in the field of art and culture.

“The exhibition features 42 nail paintings. It will run online for a week and after that, can be accessed at the website uttarakhandarts.com. We planned to hold it in a gallery but under the present circumstances, an online show seemed more appropriate,” said Chandra Prakash, one of the conveners of the show.

“The havoc the coronavirus has wreaked across the country inspired me to create these paintings. The lockdown provided me with the isolation an artist needs to create,” Joshi said.