PM visits National Gallery of Modern Art

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi on Sunday to view the exhibition ‘Jana Shakti: A Collective Power’. The exhibition has been organised to mark the 100th episode of Prime Minister’s popular radio programme Mann ki Baat.

By Our Correspondent

NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi on Sunday to view the exhibition ‘Jana Shakti: A Collective Power’. The exhibition has been organised to mark the 100th episode of Prime Minister’s popular radio programme Mann ki Baat. The exhibition celebrates the artistic diversity of India and is inspired by the themes highlighted in Mann ki Baat.

Shri Govind Mohan, Secretary, Ministry of Culture; Smt Kiran Nadar, Founder, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and Dr Alka Pande, Curator of the exhibition were also present on the occasion along with other officials and staff of the Ministry of Culture and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

The artists whose artworks are on display in the exhibition include Smt Madhavi Parekh, Shri Manu Parekh, Shri Atul Dodiya, Shri Riyas Komu, Shri GR Iranna, Shri Ashim Purkayastha, Shri Jiten Thukral, Shri Sumir Tagra, Shri Paresh Maity, Shri Pratul Dash, Shri Jagannath Panda, Shri Manjunat hKamath, and Ms Vibha Galhotra.

The Prime Minister was taken on a special walkthrough of the exhibition where the artists got an opportunity to explain their artworks and the themes of Mann Ki Baat that that inspired their artworks. The Prime Minister also viewed the immersive projection show of the Jana Shakti exhibition at the historic dome of the Jaipur house. After viewing the artworks, PM signed the Jana Shakti Exhibition catalogue and penned down the message, “Mann Mandir ki Yatra Sukhad ho..” The catalogue has also been pre-signed by the 13 artists.

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