Artist Ursula Altenbach with the Consul of Switzerland – Mr. Adrian Sieber and his wife and the Genral Manger uf Hyatt Regency – Mr. Eric Weber
As a part of their annual celebration the ‘Consulate of Switzerland’ partnered with SWISS artist Ursula Altenbach to showease her India inspired art collection titled ‘Out of India – Magic After All‘. The work will be displayed till 13th September 2015 at the ‘Gallery Art and Soul‘ in Mumbai. This year the celebration was more special as the ‘Consulate of Switzerland’ completes 10o years for being in Mumbai.
Ursula spoke of her inspiration as, “Coming to India in a city that was abstract at the beginning: the taxis, the speed of life, the wonderful light at the queen’s necklace, the first sunset at Chowpatty and Gurgaon, watching street life of a mother and her child, the mystic holiness of the gods and goddesses. Nandi inspired me as the bearer of faith and truth … The Fire God ‘Agni’ as a messenger between humans and gods … ‘Ganpati‘ going back to the sea”. The inspirations continued with, “the birds and animals, the festival of colours all bronght me to a magical world which was unknown to me before.