These artists have carved out monuments from stone of contemporary and abstract style costing nearly Rs 50 lakh each. Sculptures of old Surat castle, sail boats, pillars of ancient Indian history are made from different types of marbles and stones. Black and white marble, pink sand stone and yellow slate stone were specially brought from Rajasthan and other places to make these sculptures.
A group of sculptors like Vinod Patel of Vadodara, Sunil Shridhar of Surat, Robin David, Rajshekhar Nair, Vikas Khajuria of Jammu & Kashmir, Debasis Bera of Kolkata, Yama Moto and Kemji Toda of Japan and Li Chiara of Italy are in Surat and are giving final touches to these sculptures.
All the sculptures are more than 10 feet in height and depict a story either of Surat, Indian history or Indian contemporary and abstract art form.
As a recognition for their work, all foreign sculptures would be paid an honorarium of Rs 2 lakh and Indian sculptures would be given Rs 1 lakh for their work. "We can't pay an artist. It is just an honorarium to recognize their work," deputy commissioner, SMC, Rajesh Pandya said.
Municipal commissioner M Thennarasan said, "This is a part of the project to beautify the city. These sculptures would provide an area milestone where they would be placed. More so, it would help Surtis develop a taste for art."
Recently, SMC had got 10 murals made of iron waste and scrap displayed at different spots in the city. A senior SMC official said Surat has been lacking in sense of artistic developmental aspects. Now, when city is on its way to become a metro, it is time to turn attention to aesthetic developmental aspects of the city.
by via Surat News, Latest Surat News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India
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