Meena's solo exhibition: 'Daughters unpluck' at IIC, Delhi
Source: Hueiyen News Service / MIC

New Delhi, May 02 2015 : A week-long solo art exhibition of Meena Laishram organized by India International Centre, New Delhi from May 6 to 13 at its Gallery Annexe will give a new taste of the unique colours from the North East India to the arts lovers.

Dr Thokchom Meinya, Member of Parliament from Manipur, will inaugurate the preview of this solo art exhibition so called "Daughters Unpluck" on May 6 at 6:30 pm.

The exhibition will showcase many unwinding, beautiful works of Meena Laishram for a week.

Nearly thirty different works of her will be displayed in the exhibition.

On display are paintings in vibrant colours representing young girls and mothers from the northeast India region.

The artist through the paintings wants to show the rich culture, fashion, arts and crafts of the region, as well as will try to create a bond between the other states across India.

The unique characteristic of this show is that the portraits have distinct Mongoloid features, and with the recent racist attacks in many places in India the artist wants to convey the message that no matter how different the people of northeast look, but they are very much Indian at heart.

Meena is a young visual artist from Manipur who earns a Gold Medal at Bachelor of Fine Art from Jamia Millia Islamia University and Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the College of Art, Delhi.

Right from her student days, she has been passionate about portraits as a subject to communicate a nostalgic relationship with her lived environment.

Vibrancy of colour and the use of design to enliven a surface has been her interest area.

Meena's oeuvre of feminine portraits reflects an insider view of a world un-spoilt by consumerism.

The attributes of the feminine emerges subtly in her compositions, comprising figures that are located between the territories of observation and imagination.

Childhood memories and portraits of children are a recurring subject with her.

She is constantly revisiting childhood through portraits of toddlers, reflecting the innocence and carefree attitude.

Being born and brought up in the matriarchal family system of Manipur, she consciously asserts the prominent position of women in family settings, with groupings resembling that comprising her sisters and girl cousins.

Her works herein becomes a chronicle of the kind of freedom, inward beauty and simple joys of life that are a significant part of her artistic vision and ideas.

Patterns and designs from different tribes of Manipur have become an indelible part of her works.

It is this combination of simplicity of form, draftsmanship, playfulness and attention to details, that offers a sense of visual pleasure, even for the most untrained eye.

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