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Image: Over 300 artists mostly women showcased over 500 works at the Liberation at the Art Mall exhibition on International Women's Day. A canvas is from the show.(Copyright IANS. Any unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)

New Delhi: It was an explosion of art for women and mostly by women at the Art Mall, one of the country's biggest display spaces in the capital.

Art Mall unveiled an exhibition "Liberation", showcasing nearly 500 works by over 300 senior artists from across the country on International Women's Day last Sunday.

The exhibition will end on March 17. The mall is also organising a 10-day workshop of art, graphic, sculpture and drawing.

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The exhibition, one of the biggest in the capital, was inaugurated by senior artist Anjolie Ela Menon.

The works, a combination of bronze and wood sculptures and canvases, were diverse, with prices ranging from Rs.15,000 to Rs.250,000.

Most were in bright colours and themes that were easy to relate. The canvases were a big draw because of the price band and the fact that they carried a discount of 30 percent.

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A few works - especially the soot paintings by Tripti Agarwal Gupta, who features in the Limca Book of Records, and those by Indupal Caur, a reality artist - stood out for their originality of technique, style and details.

Naren Bhiku Ram Jain, founder of the Bhiku Ram Jain Foundation which manages the mall, said the Art Mall was committed to promoting unexplored talent from across the country.

However, several of those present at the exhibition felt that the prices were slightly inflated, given the current bleak financial scenario.

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The recession, was a welcome hiatus for Indian art, Anjolie Ela Menon said. "It had boomed too soon and too suddenly. And it needs correction," she said.

"I am one of the few artists who is glad of the downturn. Many artists now have time to contemplate what it is going to be like. There will be a huge shake-out and only the best will survive and the hype will die down," Menon predicted.

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