TIO DELHI
In our lives, we meet many people who influence our thinking. Many people contribute to shaping the journey of our lives. We often do not realise it, but in some cases, we know those people. Our teachers or gurus are one of them.
Krishan Ahuja Sir. He was a lively and gentle teacher, a dandy, a charming and blithesome personality who would turn heads whenever he would enter or leave the institute on his classical Yezdi bike. A gracious human being who would always be ready to support any student willing to utilise the facilities of the photography department sincerely. These are a few memories still embedded among his students who had the opportunity to associate with Professor Krishan Ahuja.
As a highly reputed faculty, Krishan Ahuja “sir” had gathered immense respect and affection among his students over the decades at the Delhi College of Art. He inspired a few who today have dared to stay afloat amidst a largely competitive career in the field of photography.
The unfortunate and unexpected passing of this greatly admired guru has not yet been fully accepted by his students, and this loss will take quite some time to heal for many.
The exhibition “TIMELAPSE” is a thoughtful and perfect tribute to a wonderful teacher and a guiding light by ‘Cloud in the Box’. ‘Cloud in the Box’ is an organisation dedicated to promoting art and artists.
This exhibition not only showcased Mr Krishan Ahuja’s woodcut prints and photographs but also showed photographs by his ex-students who have become established names in fashion, advertising and the visual art world. Twenty-two famous artists like Akash Das, Manoj Jain, Gauri Gill, Pooja Iranna, Ashish Chawla, Maneesh Aggarwal, participated in this art photography exhibition. Seeing different photographic styles and subjects in one place was a delight.
The exhibition was held at the most beautiful art gallery in Delhi, OJAS. When the ‘Cloud in the Box’ team approached Anubhav Nath for a gallery space, he readily agreed to give the space for this beautiful idea of remembering a guru.
On the day of the inauguration, more than 150 guests attended the function. It was unprecedented that so many people came to give their homage to a teacher and a gentle human being. Mr Jagdish Dey spoke about Mr Krishan Ahuja, who was very close to him. Other artists and friends of Mr Krishan Ahuja like Ramesh Bisht, Paramjit Singh, Kanchan Chander, Anand Moy also spoke on the occasion. Dr.Shovana Narayan, one of the mentors of ‘Cloud in the Box’, expressed herself in her beautiful words and mudras.
“Timelapse”, an art photography exhibition, was a beautiful tribute to Mr Krishan Ahuja by his ex-students from the College of Art. Time may have lapsed, but this meaningful exhibition at a beautiful art gallery brought back sweet memories.
