Thinking local acting global for Art

Art receives clore attention from Mr and Mrs Mathuraman

“Art and industry are complementary to each other. Art in partnership with industry gives the local artists a platform from where they can reach out to more people than they could otherwise.” Mr A N Singh Deputy Managing Director, Corporate Services, Tata Steel said at the 8th Art-In-Industry Camp.

At Tata Steel the concept of Art-In-Industry dates back to 1943 when the Company was a prize-donor for an exhibition-cum-sale held at the J J School of Art, Mumbai. Artists were invited to compete for the prizes and scholarships offered by sponsors. Prior to this more formal promotion of art, Tata Steel ever mindful of the need to support art has worked towards its the promotion. In the process, it has created an enviable collection as well as brought the talent of many contemporary artists to the attention of leading industries and patrons of art.

Techniques and art forms of the masters enthralled the visitors

The keen interest shown by Tata Steel in art is reflective of its leaders having accepted the need for industry to step into the lacuna resulting from the lack of patronage from the royalty since independence.

Yet another milestone in this direction was surpassed with the 8th Art-In-Industry camp, held from January 29 to February 1, 2005. The camp was inaugurated by
Mr B Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel at the Centre for Excellence, Jamshedpur. The event managed to rope in artists from all over the country. Organised in association with the Kolkata-based Galerie ’88, the camp attracted a large number of eminent artists such as Paritosh Sen, Surya Prakash and Jia Zharotia in the senior category and also provided a fine platform for budding talents like Biswajit Mukherjee, Sushmita Banerjee, Tara Shankar and Aquil Ahmed.