When was the last time you went to an art gallery? The painter Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Yet, not many even get an opportunity to see — and appreciate — art in galleries or partake in conversations about art. The public art project is due to be launched on February 14 and is the initiative of Splatter Studio, a Chennai-based art studio. K. Senthil Ram,the gallery’s owner, says, “We never wanted to be a conventional art gallery—we encourage different forms of art and want everyone to enjoy it. Wall of Celebration is an extension of our mission. It was, in fact, my wife Sruthi who suggested the idea a long time ago, and we have built on it.”

 

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