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Vinyasa the leading art gallery of Chennai, in a short span
of four years has become the central place for art lovers in Chennai.
The brainchild of Viji Nagashwaran, who is an artist in her
own right, Vinyasa is located inside The Music Academy premises.
The Gallery has over the years acquired an excellent reputation
for quality, variety and fair price of the art works.
 Vinyasa
prides with the largest collection of art works of artists from
all over the country. Prabha, Gurucharan Singh, Adimoolam, Achutan,
Ravi Mullick, Shiv Prasad, Yusuf Arakkal and Ashok Bowmick
are just few of the illustrious names that Vinyasa boasts of.
It has recently expanded and has additional space for wider display.
The Gallery is spread over two floors, over a total area of 1500
square feet. It offers an excellent ambience, partly air conditioned
for art lovers comfort and for experiencing the beauty of art in
a relaxed atmosphere.
According to Viji, she started Vinyasa accidentally. "It
was accidental. I am a painter myself and there was this extra space
in the mezzanine floor of my husband's office in Wellington plaza,
which I thought could be used as an art gallery. Initially, I exhibited
some of my works along with the works of a few other artists, and
later I started letting the place out to other people who wanted
to exhibit their works free of cost. Slowly it started picking up
and a lot of people started showing interest in the gallery".
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how did it come to be housed in the Music Academy Premises? Well,
Viji brought a few artists from Mumbai to exhibit their works in
Chennai, for which she hired the then 'Spirit of Freedom Hall'
at the Music Academy premises and got a good response for that exhibition.
Since the hall was not really being used for any other purpose,
she asked T T Vasu, the President of the Music Academy, whether
she could hire the premises for starting an art gallery, to which
he readily agreed and so Vinyasa came to be housed in the place
that it currently is.
As part of its endeavour to reach art to all, the Gallery offers
Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures and Prints by various artists, right
from Rs 50/- onwards!
Apart from private buyers, Vinyasa is also patronised by corporate
buyers. Among corporates that have gone in for bulk buying are The
Hindu and The World Bank. About the level of awareness
and appreciation of art in Chennai today, Viji has this to say,
"more and more people are coming into the gallery each year.
The response is really encouraging. Its not only the upper class
which is patronising Vinayasa. A number of people from the middle
class are also wanting to buy art. Since we have all ranges selling,
everyone can pick up a work of art today".
For Details Contact :
Address: Vinyasa Art Gallery, The Music Academy Premises,
No 168 (Old No 306), TTK Road, Chennai - 600 014.
Phone: 811 5073.
| Author : Anuradha Sriraman |
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