Variation on an expression September 13, 2010
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Variation on an expression- This wall collage has abstract quality. Lines and forms of faces and hands are prominent. For me abstraction has a musical quality in it. To allude to this musical quality I named it variation on an expression. Just like musicians make ‘variation on a theme’
Ritual Objects September 13, 2010
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Ritual objects- These cubes are also mysterious. They are named ritual objects because they have a fetishistic aspect in them. Or may be some magic and religious aspect is also present in them. For me magic, religion and fetish are akin to each-other
Also from an art historical view I like to think of them cubist representation of the flat surface of the canvass. Cubism has depicted different sides of an object in flat canvass. So that objects movement is captured. But for these objects the viewer has to move to grasps what is depicted on it.
about my creepy crawlers September 7, 2010
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Creepy crawlers- I like to call these drawings portraits of internal sensation and perception. They are ambiguous and mysterious and carry within themselves more than one interpretation. They can be blood veins, nerve-cells, dissected sense organs or seaweeds, roots of tree. I like to think of them depicting process of sensing and becoming one with the natural world. Inclusion of sea-gull is a personal one. When I made this drawing I am living in Aberdeen, where seagulls and their shrill cry are omnipresent. Their view and sound resonates in my senses.
I also like to think that these drawings have some reptilian, primitive quality in them.
Master degree Show September 4, 2010
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“All the intricate philosophy of mark, sign and traces plays out in drawing, it is the place where blindness, touch and resemblance become visible and it is the site of the most sensitive of negotiation between the hand, the eye and the mind.”
Colours, though vibrant and distinct in my works are secondary in importance. To hold these vibrant colours I have to use lines and drawing. Trying to draw expression is the process where the content and the medium become the same. Since drawing is one of the prime and basic mode of expression. I have studied psychology up to master’s level. Language, thought and cognition were my concentration. For me drawing is a language which gives the glimpse of a different reality.
In my show I have tried to reach several dimensions through figuration; Narratives, stories, religion, music, rhythm and internal world of sensation and perception.
How stories turn into songs and words go away from songs and it turn into pure music. This music merges into world of natural sound; .Like that of a shrill cry of a seagull.
The wonderful thing about drawing is that though it one can hear sound, feel tactile sensation and movement, create meaning through the eye.
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