Department of Fine Arts of LPU showcased students’ enchanting creations at its 1st annual Art Exhibition ‘Creative Contour-2012’

*About 500 pieces of different art works like Charcoal Drawings, Sculpting, Posters, Prints, Sketching, Photography, Typography, Graphic Designs and others were at display

Jalandhar: Department of Fine Arts at Lovely Professional University organised its four days first annual art exhibition ‘Creative Contour-2012’. This art exhibition showcased about 500 artworks, in different genre, created and designed by the university students . These creations were in different fields of the art forms, including charcoal drawings, sculpting, clay-modeling, mural painting, sketching, ceramic designs, metal craft, print/card/poster making, photography, typography, 3-D modeling, graphic designs, canvass paintings, paper -cutting pasting, pottery designing, have made it as the largest exhibition through department. After display at Department’s Gallery & Studios, these artistic creations will also be displayed at LPU Uni Mall-Students Resource center.

Appreciating the efforts of the faculty and the students, LPU Pro Chancellor Ms Rashmi Mittal said: “I am glad to note that through our initiative taken, the creative students have put in practice what they have learnt in classes. Presenting themselves as professional artists, students have displayed their own area of expertise under unique styles.” Appreciating, especially, the Mural painting, she applauded the work on the ceiling of one of the studios: “Working on the lines of the greatest artist of the world, Michelangelo, students have come out with innovative work, which has been appreciated by all. Looking at the amount of creativity in such works, we are devising to show these creations in the open market as well. This is inclined that this exhibition should be exhibited in cities like Chandigarh, Delhi & Mumbai.”

Some of the artist-students of the University, Harinder Kaur, Shashi Kant, Raj Kumar, Renuka, Tashi, Ugyen, Harpreet Kaur, who devoted themselves for painting art on ceiling, felt very happy on getting appreciation: “We toiled very much to get ceiling designed as we wanted. For this, sometimes we worked hours together forgetting all about our meals and rest hours. We are also thankful to the faculty who guided us how to create art on the ceiling, with the needed raised platforms.”