???Whatever good things in the past happened with us and will happen with us in future I want them to be stitched together to make the present beautiful!! That is why I titled my teddy ???best friend with a repairing kit???
Smriti Dixit Smriti Dixit - (1971,Bhopal, India) After training in classical vocal music for several years, Smriti Dixit turned to the visual arts in 1993 and earned her BFA from MS University, Baroda,1994. Her palette consists of variously textured fabrics and plastics. She embraces the processes of experimentation and creation to communicate the concepts of rebirth, recycling and renewal. There is no folding-in and trimming of ends to make way for clean edges; her weathered works suggest the elaborateness of her creative process. Her solo shows include Feasting and Fasting, 2012, and Exile from Symmetry, at Art Musings, Mumbai, 2007 and Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, 2006. Dixit has also participated in a number of group exhibitions in India, UK and USA. Dixit has shown at the India Art Fair with Art Musings, showcasing her work in a solo space. Her signature work 'Trap' will be seen as part of the Airport Art Project. The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
About WISH - A – TEDDY
We’re delighted to present “WISH-A-TEDDY”: a collection of hand-painted teddy bears by renowned Indian artists and designers in collaboration with Make-A-Wish Foundation®.
These beautifully hand-painted teddies have been created by Paresh Maity, Baiju Parthan, GR Iranna, Jayasri Burman, Nilofer Suleman, Vibha Galhotra, George Martin, Manil & Rohit Gupta, Seema Kohli, Valay Shende and many others, and designers like Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Sabyasachi, Anamika Khanna and Maheka Mirpuri, these teddies surely make for collectors’ items.
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India is a non-profit organization dedicated to granting the most cherished wish of children aged 3 -18, living with life-threatening illnesses, irrespective of their socio-economic status, caste, race or religion. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, and is headquartered in Mumbai. The Foundation conducted its first ever fundraiser in India, "WISH - A - TEDDY", earlier this April at the Palladium Hotel, Mumbai. This event was planned to celebrate World Wish Day – a global day of wish granting which falls on 29th April, 2014.
The works in the present collection are the works which were part of this exhibition.
The teddy bear is a symbol of childhood and joy, and it also makes for an endearing sculpture that brings on a smile, across all age groups.