gadanayak: Odisha sculptor to make India Gate Netaji statue | India News – Times of India

BHUBANESWAR: Noted sculptor Adwaita Gadanayak, who will carve the 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in New Delhi’s India Gate, said that the grand figurine will reflect the strong and charismatic personality of the great leader.
Gadanayak, a native of Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, and the director of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, said he is very delighted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assigned the task to him.
“I am very delighted that the Prime Minister has assigned the task to me. It seems like after so many years, Netaji will get the long-awaited and rightful honour he deserves. I am so proud that I belong to Odisha where Netaji was born and spent his childhood,” said Gadanayak.
“The tall statue will be carved in jet black granite stone to be brought from Telangana. Black granite is the obvious choice for the statue as I feel granite is one of the oldest family members of the planet and the stone witnessed everything that had happened in the past. It is a difficult medium and a time-taking process but we would try to complete it within the deadline,” added the noted sculptor.
“Like the black shade, Netaji also believed in taking everyone along. His strong personality will be reflected in the statue,” Gadanayak said.
A team of artists will start working on the project at the earliest, using both traditional and modern technologies. Gadanayak, an alumnus of B K College of Arts and Crafts, Bhubaneswar, pursued his postgraduation at Slade School of Fine Arts in London in 1995. He won the National Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1993, Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1999 and the Scottish International Sculpture Award in 1996.
Gadanayak’s most famous projects include a black marble replica of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March, the sculpture of the Father of the Nation at Rajghat, the depiction of the Gandhi household, Hriday Kunj, Sabarmati Ashram, and for his installations in London.
Bhubaneswar: Noted sculptor Adwaita Gadanayak, who will carve the 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in New Delhi’s India Gate, said that the grand figurine will reflect the strong and charismatic personality of the great leader.
Gadanayak, a native of Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, and the director of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, said he is very delighted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assigned the task to him.
“I am very delighted that the Prime Minister has assigned the task to me. It seems like after so many years, Netaji will get the long-awaited and rightful honour he deserves. I am so proud that I belong to Odisha where Netaji was born and spent his childhood,” said Gadanayak.
“The tall statue will be carved in jet black granite stone to be brought from Telangana. Black granite is the obvious choice for the statue as I feel granite is one of the oldest family members of the planet and the stone witnessed everything that had happened in the past. It is a difficult medium and a time-taking process but we would try to complete it within the deadline,” added the noted sculptor.
“Like the black shade, Netaji also believed in taking everyone along. His strong personality will be reflected in the statue,” Gadanayak said.
A team of artists will start working on the project at the earliest, using both traditional and modern technologies. Gadanayak, an alumnus of B K College of Arts and Crafts, Bhubaneswar, pursued his postgraduation at Slade School of Fine Arts in London in 1995. He won the National Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1993, Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1999 and the Scottish International Sculpture Award in 1996.
Gadanayak’s most famous projects include a black marble replica of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March, the sculpture of the Father of the Nation at Rajghat, the depiction of the Gandhi household, Hriday Kunj, Sabarmati Ashram, and for his installations in London.