???Children are the future and only when we nurture them, can we expect to have a better world around us. Their welfare concerns me and I am glad that I could help them in whatever little way possible for me.
Inspired from clouds, the white patterns on this teddy are like a condensed form of atmospheric moisture, on which I have developed different chess board figures ( bishop, knight, rook, king) as my main art characters.???
Nandan Purkayastha Nandan Purkayastha - (1986, Assam, India) A graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Technology 2009, Nandan decided to pursue a career in painting and fine arts. His art is mostly inspired from Indian mythology. His works in monochrome achieve depth and dimension, at the same time convey through black and white a range of human emotions. The fine spiral pattern drawing inter-relates all the elements in the painting giving it a unique complexity. The young artist has already had two solo exhibitions in Kolkata 2009 and Delhi 2011. His first solo exhibition in Mumbai was with Art Musings Monochrome, 2012. The artist lives and works in Kolkata.
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.