Abstract artists come together in a show that takes the viewer on a trip around the world. Aastha Atray Banan reports
Six artists in a room; six distinct styles; six unusual versions of the dimensions of our world. There is a search for the divine power, a play with the rhythms of colour. Add a dash of the environment to the landscapes and splash it all with a sprinkle of natural texture.
An exhibition of abstract art by six artists gives the viewer a feeling that she has just been on a heady trip around the world. The exhibition includes the work of six artists: Antonio E Costa, Krishna Pulkundwar, Pandurang Tathe, Ravi Mandlik, Shrikant Kadam and Sudhir Talmale.
Pravina Mecklai of Jamaat art gallery, which is hosting the show, says, “I chose these six artists as they complement each other perfectly. Abstracts are very easy and at the same time very hard to do. They demand a command of composition and bold colours and depend entirely on an artist’s imagination.”
Costa’s paintings are a reflection of his experiences. The well-travelled artist subtly and successfully mixes straight lines and abstract splashes of colour to give shape to a balanced work. Pulkundwar, on the other hand, works within the seemingly limited confines of a box.
“The box inside the canvas is my thinking window through which I see the world,” he says. As a lover of textures, small things inspire him — much like the forms that appear on a wall after a spell of rain.
Then there is Mandlik, who is on the search to give a visual form to the soul that’s inside all of us. “I am trying to channelise that energyinside us. We all think God is someone outside of us, but God is inside us as our soul. And my paintings try and portray that soul,” he explains.
For Talmale, God lies in music. His works are based on the rhythms of that music and its modes of expression. “Even if I see a string of mountains, I see them forming a rhythm through their colour tones,” the artist says.
Pune-based Tathe and Kadam complete this talented group. Where Tathe works with the landscapes around him, Kadam uses a large amount of form in his subtly
complex compositions.
Though the inspiration for all six of the artists featured is in widely contrasting forms, there is an underlying similarity that bonds them all. Simple yet fascinating, these are works that can transport the viewer to a world that is,indeed, a different place.
Abstracts, Jamaat, till June 1
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