Message from Founder’s Desk

​''Individual Senses Make together a Unique Message''

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This is Puja Sarkar, founder of “SMS - A Group of Artists”, an art organization to support artists and promote art practices worldwide. I would love to convey a note regarding my aim as the founder of this organization. As a visual artist, I am always eager to create an art platform for my fellow artist friends who are actively working in the field of visual arts. So in 2009, a group of accomplished Indian artists joined my organization known as "SMS - A Group of Artists" with the shared goal of enhancing the quality of artistic creations by exchanging excellent ideas and concepts. Generally speaking, SMS stands for Short Message Service. Every canvas and artwork of the group members conveys a distinct message and a shared conceptual visual language of the modern day. We, the artists of the "SMS" Group, are bonded or tuned with some common understanding and yet are different in our aesthetic appeals. However, we are united and connected by a common sense of empathy and artistic understanding. When we started our journey, the mobile handset was newly launched in India, and ‘SMS’ was becoming important in our lives to facilitate communication processes. So I chose the abbreviation ‘SMS’ for my organization at that time. In this day and age, we have become reliant on technology for communication. There is no denying this fact. Therefore, just as a hand holds a cell phone that provides various messages and information in the modern era, same as each piece of our art communicates a short but important message toward society and the art field. The "SMS" Group Artists' sensible, varied artwork expresses a message of life and exhibits a MODERN, VIBRANT, and LIVELY art style and showcasing a contemporary new sense of art CONVEYING A MESSAGE OF LIFE…..

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Warm Regards

 

PUJA SARKAR

Painter , Curator & Social Activist

Founder / Director of “SMS” A GROUP OF ARTISTS

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About Us

 

“SMS” A GROUP OF ARTISTS is a Govt Registered Artists and Social Organization in Kolkata, India. Founded & Established by PUJA SARKAR in 2009. Since beginning the organization has established itself successfully in the contemporary art scenario in India by conducting many prestigious art programmes as sponsored art shows, exhibitions, workshops, and art talk shows at different places. It has earned goodwill for contribution in Art & Culture for last fifteen years by promoting and helping Indian Artists to showcase individual artworks in a common platform. The organization has also received Government Grants in 2019 and accolades for his contribution in Indian Art Scenario. “SMS” GROUP as an organization, besides its artistic and creative activities, raised hands to many orphans, old age, handicapped, under privileged or physically and mentally challenged people of our society. It has a separate social initiative wing organization that works for Socio-Cultural Upliftment in our society. “SMS” A GROUP OF ARTISTS is a reputed and prestigious Art & Social organization and it has goodwill for contribution in Art & Culture for the last fifteen years.