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Comment by Ajit Vahadane on January 10, 2009 at 11:53am

Dear Artists friends,
We have started accepting entries for the selection process for Indian art exhibition in Taman Ismail Marzuki,Indonesia's most famous Cultural complex in Jakarta for Art exhibitions/Dance/Theatre/Music .

For full details visit our website www.indianfinearts.com and see NEXT EXHIBITION section on the top of the website or go to the link http://www.indianartistsnetwork.com/nxt_int_exhibition.asp

Highlights of the Exhibition

For year 2009, you may participate in our exhibition or if you can not afford the contribution fees, you can put your artwork in full page in our catalogues by paying just Rs.7000.Your full A-4 size page will have one of your artworks image and your full contact details. Catalogues will be printed only if there are enough paid entries to cover the cost of catalogues. Selected Artists contributing and participating in the exhibition will be put into catalogues free of charge.

Catalogues is the best option for sculptors / ceramic artists / Installations artists as it is expensive to take these heavy objects abroad
1)All artists complete contact details will be printed on price tags of paintings during the exhibition. We have sold more than 100 paintings so far in our exhibitions and in 2008 we have sold 16 paintings and full amount has been paid to all artists

2) All art buyers are encouraged to directly contact you from exhibition hall itself

3)If paintings are sold,100% amount goes to respective artists without any deductions-No commission to anyone including us.

4)Full support of Indian Embassy and Indian cultural centre in Jakarta who every year arrange a grand opening ceremony and call all important VIPs and Indonesian and Indian business leaders. This year a grand dance program and a lavish dinner party was arranged for us by Indian Embassy and JNICC. We are deeply thankful to JNICC and Indian Embassy who encourage us every year.

5) Massive Publicity was in various media.

A) Our exhibition was given one full page in Monthly program bulletin by TIM and 2000 were distributed to their regular mailing list. Rest of 8000 pamphlets were distributed throughout the city from various places.
B) Newsletter of Indian cultural centre published our exhibition news in their monthly issue
C) Invitation cards were sent to all major websites and yahoo groups connected with Indonesia. Please see following websites and yahoo groups.

a) www.artsindonesia.com
b) www.rovinginsight.org
c) www.indoindians.com
d) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends_of_india_abroad/
e) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OurArtistsFriendsExhibitions/
f) 3 more art related yahoo groups in Indonesia

These websites may have removed our exhibition from their websites but we have taken all prints of those items if anyone wants to see them.
D) Thousands of emails were sent to all art lovers , friends and cultural related personalities
E) Following newspapers gave us wide publicity-All newspaper cuttings are available
1) Jakarta post-Indonesia’s biggest no.1 English newspaper-Two days news items and 7days in WHERE TO GO IN JAKARTA section for 7 times
2) Kompas-Indonesia’s No.1 Bahasa Indonesia newspaper
3) Media Indonesia-Indonesia’s Major newspaper
4) 1/3 Page advertisement in Visual Art Magazine –Indonesia’s biggest Art magazine
5) Nine huge banners were put up at strategic locations in TIM complex so that no one who enters TIM complex miss the banners.


6) Because of our communication efforts, majority of 15 Indian artists went to Olympic art events during Olympics games in Beijing in China. Four Indonesian and one Brirish artists also got selected for Olympics because of us.Olympics Art organizing committee has thanked us for our efforts by email and had even invited us to China and sent us Visa too but I could not go because of exhibition in Jakarta

Many Indian artists have applied for Switzerland residency program and Asian paintings award by Sovereign foundation in Hongkong.Wishing our artist all the best.

7)This is a Not-for-profit activity and selling paintings is not our goal even though we try hard for it. Connecting artists with art buyers and art galleries abroad is our MAIN GOAL. Those artists who are looking for SALE ONLY need not apply for the exhibition as they may get frustrated if there is no sale.
In 2007 more than 70 paintings were bought by Korean art buyers directly from artists who participated in our Jakarta exhibition.There was no commission paid to anyone including us. All artists directly dealt with Korean art buyers themselves.

8) Your contribution per painting will be Rs.20000 for 7 days exhibition and Rs.25000 for two weeks exhibition. We do Framing / Media publicity Air freight / Transportation / Invitation cards / Inauguration function and huge banners for publicity in TIM complex

9) We keep on sending information to all Indian artists in India and abroad about all new chances that our artists may apply for Competitions /awards / scholarships / residency programs in the world.

10) We had successfully participated in Art Singapore in 2007 and Art expo Malaysia in 2009.Please ask us about them if you are serious about participating there.

11) I am returning from Jakarta in Feb.2009 and will return all artists paintings which were not sold during exhibition in 2008 except those artists who have not paid their contributions.

12)Certificates signed by H.E.Indian Ambassador Me.Biren Nanda and Mr.Singh , Director of Indian cultural centre in Jakarta will sent to all artists who participated in 2008

Please send your resumes in word file and images of your artworks in jpeg files to admin@indianfinearts.com for the selection process

Full report of exhibition will be sent to all artists who apply for exhibition in 2009.Artists can see paintings and exhibition photographs on our website www.indianfinearts.com

Thanking you and wishing you a highly creative and peaceful new year 2009

Yours Sincerely

Ajit Vahadane
admin@indianfinearts.com
www.indianfinearts.com
Mobile-9821656016

Comment by Ajit Vahadane on December 28, 2008 at 6:35am

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Comment by Manoj Israni on December 13, 2008 at 1:28pm

Hi Rajib ,Welcome to "The Lounge" !

Comment by Rajib Chowdhury on December 13, 2008 at 1:21pm

Hi Manoj, thanks for being my friend and inviting me to join THE LOUNGE.

Comment by Hardik Upadhyay on November 1, 2008 at 5:50pm

Hi Manoj,
Thanks for inviting me on this interesting forum and like my discussion on indian art news.

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