Kochi biennale ideal to gain appreciation of art: Bihar CS

KOCHI:  Describing the Kochi-Muziris Biennale as the ideal place to visit and gain an appreciation for art, a high-profile delegation of officials from Bihar has said an upcoming space for contemporary art in that state would look to India's only Biennale for inspiration.

"The Biennale is excellent, well-curated and showcases a vast variety of artworks. This first-of-its-kind exhibition in India has surely educated people about the importance of art appreciation." "We are looking to make a world-class museum in Bihar that will have a gallery for contemporary art," Anjani Kumar Singh, Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, a KMB release, quoting him, said.

The Chief Secretary had led a group of officials from Bihar on a visit to KMB 2016 over the weekend. Accompanying him on the trip were Chaitanya Prasad, Secretary, Department of Art, Culture and Youth and Principal Secretary (Urban Development and Housing), and Jai Prakash Narayan Singh, Additional Director at Patna Museum. "I am very impressed with the sound and video installations.

Looking at the large-scale works like 'The Sea of Pain' by Raul Zurita, 'The Pyramid of Exiled Poets' by Aleš Šteger and 'Floating Towards the Night Sky' by Eva Schlegel and Carl Pruscha, I think it is very unfortunate that India does not have a number of biennales or long-term art exhibitions of this sort like the many art festivals we have on music," Singh said.

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