Photo update: Kala Ghoda Street Festival 2017, Mumbai

This is the third consecutive year I got an opportunity to visit Kala Ghoda Street Festival, Mumbai and was thrilled with the art installations. I visited Rampart Row on the last day of the festival. A large statue of a black horse (Kalal Ghoda) is added at the start of the lane. And it seems horse is the theme this year. You can easily spot different works of arts modeled on a horse structure.

Here then, is the Kala Ghoda Street Festival 2017, through my lens.

The new statue of Kala Ghoda (black horse) at the start of the street

TREE OF HOPE - The installation celebrates the phenomenon of human life having the power to regnite life into others through organ donation

A unique statue of a horse made out of green leaves.

I look forward to see  Kala Ghoda Festival in the coming years with more great art.

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Photo Update: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2016

Unified by Diversity

This is the second consecutive year I got an opportunity to visit Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and was thrilled with the art installations. I visited Rampart Row on the second day of the festival, and in spite of being a Sunday morning, there were crowds for each of the 54 art installations.

Here then, is the Kala Ghoda Art Festival (KGAF) 2016, through my lens.

This is a typographic installation, s symbol to represent the city of Mumbai. This public installation is devised as a monument of love dedicated by the citizens of Mumbai to the city as a mark of their undying love for each other.

TITLE: BETRAYED
Sexually abused children are often targeted by people within their 'Circle of Trust'

Food For Thought

To raise a simple yet, serious question through the medium of art. The artist is asking a question he struggles to find an answer to.  Not only in recent times, but all throughout history, we have seen conflicts arise due to a certain perceived notion of religion and our belief attached to it. As we grow older, our belief system becomes more rigid, we become more righteous, and we start imposing our views on others. Sometimes, we go so far that we become violent imposers. As none of the religions propagate violence, we all should think about this question before we act!

Tower of Babel' 16

Then " Cutting Chai"

Then, there were the other exhibits, all equally interesting….  A fish out of water, Horse etc etc.

I look forward to see KGAF in the coming years with more great art.

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Photo Update : Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2015

I was excited to visit famous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival - nine days long festival, commenced on 7th February and ended on 15th February. The KGAF 2015 was one of the biggest event with themes of Children, Cinema, Dance, Food, Heritage Walks, Literature, Music, Street and Stalls, Theatre, Urban Design and Architecture, Visual Art, and Workshops.

I am fortunate to be in Mumbai this time. That was on 14th February and I visited the KGAF on that very day, I reached the Kala Ghoda area by late evening and there were crowds surrounding each installation .

The stalls are really surprising and I just loved that. It was too dark to click photographs. These are the few pictures I could manage.

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai 2015

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