My name is Léa Maury, I am the new project manager of Youth Inclusion Network, and I am based in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, India.
The idea emerges from one of our contacts in Alliance Francaise Delhi, who keep us in touch with what happened in the city. I heard that an exhibition will be held for the International Women’s Rights Day and will stay until 18th March. With the TDC team, we wanted to do events around feminism, equality and rights during the month.
The name of the exhibition is “Women of Urban India” an art installation by Olympe Ramakrisna.
The day before we expose to the Youths, they were so happy and thrilled to go to an exhibition, for all of them it was the first time (or almost). I repeat, the first time.
Before LP4Y I was used to go to museums, art museums in particular but also historical ones. I really enjoyed learning and observing how we can transform reality by drawing, painting, sculpture or any kind of art. But for me too, it was the first time that I attended an exhibition about painting on silk saree, which is the traditional clothing of women in India.
I really enjoyed the time I spent there, walking around the saree, being close to them, seeing the differences between women painting, every one of them is a person close to the artist. And one of the paintings is her painting. A painting inside a painting, a self portrait. The Youths were curious and after 15 min in the exhibition, the Artist, Olympe Ramakrisna arrived, unexpectedly, with a big smile.
We are very grateful because she took the time to respond to every question, to be friendly and share her story between India and France, the creation processus, and the importance of time she creates a painting more than 100 hours. That was impressive, I am used to drawing and painting on my hobby time and that was truly inspiring for me.
Thank you to the Alliance Francaise and the artist Olympe Ramakrisna, we took her contact so we hope that even if she leaves Bangalore, maybe she could come to the TDC center one day to do art training.
Nisha, a Youth:
Hello everyone, My name is Nisha. I am a youth from LP4Y and I live in Sangam Vihar which is a neighbourhood far from the center of Delhi.
On Saturday 8th march it was International Women’s rights day and we went to an art exhibition of the artist Olympe Ramakrishna in French Alliance Delhi.
When I was 16 years old I went to a science museum, it was completely different because in that exhibition I saw handcraft silk paintings. It was an amazing day, I really enjoyed it. I most like the one silk painting of Olympe Ramakrishna, the one she is inside the painting and she is creating another painting of the exhibition. It was an incredible painting. Also, she wears an earring with the painting of Mona Lisa from Leonardo da Vinci.
We met the artist, she talked about the story of silk painting and one painting took more than 100 hours. Sometimes I tried to paint and I spent two or three hours making it and it gave me the wish to one day create a silk painting. It was inspiring. We could ask her many questions. She explains how she was inspired by her mom and took pictures with us. It was great. We had fun and enjoyment.
Thank you.
Roshni, a Youth:
Hello everyone,My name is Roshni, and I am a Youth member of LP4Y in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi. On March 8th, which is International Women’s Rights Day, we went to an exhibition at the French Alliance in Delhi.
I saw many beautiful silk paintings there. It was my second time visiting a painting exhibition, and since I have loved painting since childhood, I enjoyed all the artworks. I especially liked two paintings by Olympe Ramakrishna.
During this exhibition I learned the importance of time. We met the artist Olympe Ramakrishna, and she told us that every piece of art took more than 100 hours to create, it was impressive. We were able to ask many questions. She kindly agreed to spend some time with us, answered our questions politely, and even took a picture with us. It was a wonderful experience for me.
Thank you.
Arbaz, a Youth:
Hello everyone,
My name is Arbaz Khan. I am the Youth of LP4Y in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi. On Saturday 8th march it was International Women’s rights day and we went to an art exhibition in French Alliance Delhi.
I saw many silk paintings. It was my first time to see that art. In those paintings I like one in which there was one branch with the bird which was connecting the painting with nature. By those paintings I learnt the importance of time because we met the artist and she told us, every piece of art took more than 100 hours to create. The idea of painting on silk saree she got by watching someone drying saree on the balcony.
It was impressive. We could ask many questions related to silk paintings to Olympe Ramakrishna. She agreed to spend some time with us, shared her story between France and India, she was very kind and took a picture with us.
It was a very great experience for me.
Thank you.
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