Artworks on display at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Akademi in Bhubaneswar. Pictures by Ashwinee Pati

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 23: Young artists challenged their creative boundaries at an art exhibition in the capital, which concluded today.

Portraits, paintings, photographs and sculptures were displayed at the show titled Radius, held at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Akademi.

The artists were mostly final-year students of visual arts at BK College of Arts and Crafts. Various facets of life were reflected in the youngsters’ work, as were important social issues.

Girls dominated the scene when it came to photography, exhibiting impressive camera angles to capture stunning moments from nature. Sunita Mohanty’s Affection displayed a butterfly resting on a flower.

Nilima Behera’s Beauty was equally captivating as it showed bees collecting nectar. Madhusmita Rautray’s Drop captured yet another beautiful sight from nature, showing shining dewdrops ready to fall from the petals of a flower.

Other artists too displayed some powerful pictures.

Biplab Bhesra played with light to bring out a broad, colourful shadow of marbles, while Sabyasachi Patnaik controlled shutter speed to give an interesting angle to a drain.

Deepak Panda’s Silhouettes made for a fascinating visual experience with a group of boys on a hilltop silhouetted against the setting sun. The young hands also created some remarkable paintings and sculptures. Some of the most novel and captivating paintings were by Suvralekha Mohanty and Akash Srichandan Ram.

Suvralekha’s mixed media painting Life Needs Colour illustrated the emergence of bright shades from a dull grey beginning, the transition coming from the point where two hands hold each other. Akash displayed talent with a charming oil painting titled Morning Light, a study of a village house. Striking concepts such as Kumari Swati’s My Childhood, Ruby Chaurasia’s An Older Child, Amiya Behera’s Duhita, Kuber Barik’s My Nature, Madhab Mandal’s Last Time and Bibhu Prasad Ojha’s My Love Monalisa also received appreciation from art lovers.

“These youngsters are energetic artists and the concepts selected by them are contemporary,” said Baladev Moharatha, principal of BK College of Arts and Crafts.

Each of the five sculptures showcased at the exhibition was stunning, in terms of concept as well as technique. The artists behind them asserted their artistic potential.

“We want to make the rocks speak, just like our ancestors did in temple architecture. In my sandstone work I have tried to bring out the essence of love by uniting two abstract figures,” said Mohini Ranasingh, a young sculptor.

The three-day exhibition had begun on January 20.