Last week I had gone to see a painting exhibition at Rabindra Bhawan. An elderly, white bearded man dressed in Kurta and Paijama, pointing towards a painted pot with two necklaces fastened on it asked whether that was a piece of art. Baffled by his question I replied, “Of-course.” He did not disclose his identity but I overheard he was settled in Paris, a city with world’s largest art museum Louvre.

The lady painter was not present. “Whether he was joking or he was feigning innocence I don’t know, but I did not like the question.

90% of visitors of Art Gallery do not know abc of art. There has always been skepticism in the art world. An ordinary painting to some may be considered the best painting by renowned artists. The Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh is the best example. He could not sell his paintings in his life time and died in penury but today his paintings are highest priced and considered one of the best. Like other fine arts, the visual art has also developed from the time of cave dwellers. It has now become highly technical with original ideas and unique styles.

 Music is based on rhythm, melody, harmony and arrangements. If you hear different kind of music, you can select as per your liking Indian classic, flute, sarod, violin, guitar, jazz or rock.

Art is no different. You can have mythology based, portraits, landscapes, sketches, and abstract or modern. Visual art can be manifested by not only the above mentioned but also by sculpture, collage, ceramics, prints, photography and jewelry .Visual art offers more freedom than other forms of fine arts. With the evolution of photography, CAD soft wares and development in animation, the scope of innovation and experimentation has increased many folds.

If you are going to any visual art exhibition you should go with an open mind. You should also appreciate the untitled nonobjective abstract art which fills your eye with marvel. You should appreciate the beauty and the basics of visual art like, colors, perspective, light effect and overall composition in a painting.