Hyderabad, November 07: Swirls of paint, marry on canvas to form myriad colours and tell a story that lies in the eyes of the beholder. The abstract art themed ‘Coffee and Colours’, on display at the Cyber Tower, wowed visitors and art enthusiasts, with its colourful compositions. The combined show was an effort by two city-based painters, Saira Hakim and Niveditha S, and showcased the use of materials like acrylic, oil and even coffee on canvas.
Where Saira focused on circular shapes in her paintings, Niveditha used a unique material like coffee to give her paintings that caffeine high! But together they put forth an exhibition that had its soul in the right place.
The exhibition-cum-sale is an effort to do their bit for Vineyard India, an NGO providing education to children in the villages of Khammam district. Twenty per cent of the revenue from the sale of these paintings will go towards New Song Community School run by the couple Jaideep Mukherji and his wife Sylvia Jaideep, founder and principal, respectively of the NGO.
Speaking to Expresso, Niveditha says, “we are like one big family. I met all the people involved through lucky twists of fate and look where it has brought us. I met Jaideep 10 years ago, and he helped me in my hour of need. Now I want to do my bit for the development of the school.” “The school is in need of new computers, classrooms, a compound wall and not to mention the pending dues that have to be cleared. Though the founders are doing their most to keep the school running, this is our way of doing the little that we can,” says Saira.
Jaideep was in a plush construction job when he left to start this school in Rejarla village in Sethupalli taluk in Khammam. “My construction job took me to many places to source materials, but my visit to this little village changed my perspective towards life. The children had many basic necessities but the one I could fulfill was education.” The English-medium school that was started five-years-ago with just 30 students today boasts of 460 young minds with a dropout rate of 1-2 per cent. The school caters to 10 villages but plans to encompass 20 more.
With the fragrance of coffee wafting in the room and the painting casting a spell, one hopes that this colourful effort will come to fruition.
–Agencies