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Artist Chitra Ramanathan's Donation of Artwork to the Madam C.J. Walker Theatre

Press contact: www.indystar.com - chitraramanathan8@gmail.com
For release on: Dec 16, 2006

The Artist Chitra Ramanathan donates one of her signature textural mixed media paintings to the Madam Walker Theater Center Silent Auction hosted in November 2006

/24-7PressRelease/ - October 29, 2006 - The Madame C.J. Walker Theatre Center located in Indianapolis will launch a yearlong celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Building in November 2006. As a part of this celebration, the Center will host a capital campaign kick-off gala and silent auction.

A professional artist and educator, Chitra Ramanathan is known for her mixed media textural colorful mural-like abstract paintings that are often very large. Her numerous works are with private, corporate and public collections around the United States and in Europe. Chitra's anodized aluminum and Plexiglas paintings have been described as "tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony" and ..."originally from India, her work reflects the spirituality of her culture" by Manhattan Arts New York, and her paintings on canvas, lithographs and monotype prints as "Simply luxurious".

To borrow from a recent interview with the artist, "Chitra's paintings exemplify her love of nature as well as the subjectivity of each individual's unique pursuit of happiness. Her painting procedure often entails making mental notes of a scene in nature, including the lighting, colors, and textures. She then uses these impressions in her studio to replicate the subject matter in an abstracted form, using rich physical textures, intense colors, and varied media".
Ramanathan's paintings have been acquired by coporate and private collectors in the United States and Europe.

Following the renovation of the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, two mixed media textural paintings, each measuring 4 feet by six feet in dimension commissioned of Chitra Ramanthan by the MGM Mirage Design Group were created in the artists' signature style of abstract painting and are on permanent display inside the Conservatory Gardens of the Bellagio since 2004.

For queries to purchase Chitra Ramanathan's original paintings or for corporate or public art commissions contact: chitraramanathan8@gmail.com

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