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ART

By = Nirali Lal=20

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Lyrical art

From the 1950s, Indian = Contemporary=20 Art has rapidly expanded, sustained and maneuvered various = concepts=20 and traditional norms.

Different artists from = various places=20 have intermingled and together have understood - notions of=20 'modernity=E2=80=99. The result has been the birth of = various styles and=20 concepts that differed in imagery, but retained the new = ideologies.=20

The show in=20 Mahua Art Gallery at the Leela Galleria from Aug 26 to Sept = 2=20 featured soft lyrical paintings by Prokash Karmakar. Born in = the=20 1930s, Prokash is the son of Prohlad Karmakar, an initiator = of=20 modern printing in India. He inherited an interest for = innovation=20 and art. Prohlad died at an early age leaving Prokash to = fend for=20 himself.

Consequently. he went through hardships - = finding=20 shelter in station platforms, city parks and pavements, and = in=20 process enriching his creative imagination, making him a = bohemian in=20 mind and heart.

These understandings helped his art = gain a=20 face-to-face insight resulting in paintings that possessed = the=20 quality of pure experiences. A breakthrough in 1968, when he = got a=20 Fellowship, took him to study in Paris.

The = experiences he=20 encountered then created a full-fledged contemporary artist. =

Prokash Karmarkar=E2=80=99s swaying forms of Krishna = or the exotic=20 brightly colored and decorative background suggests the = stillness=20 and eternalness of the painting.

The soft hovering = forms=20 avoid any angular depiction; giving the feeling of movement, = even=20 though the figures and landscape are static in composure. = His=20 red-hued mother and child, have an agility and = individualness which=20 usually seems subdued when drawings are stylized. =

Sinewy=20 lines meander forming a wriggly outline of the simple forms = and=20 landscapes he depicts.

Though awkwardly encumbered, = the=20 sophistication of the forms, shift his works from = clich=C3=A9d=20 exaggerations to unique painterly expressions. =

Visual=20 mythologies

Ajit Dubey's exhibition of prints = and=20 paintings (Time & Space Gallery, Sept 2 to 10) exhibits = a unique=20 culmination of a certain style in painting which cannot go = beyond.=20

The forms are predicted upon some distant past and = an=20 omni-present ideology.

Also, the narrative genre of = the=20 forms give the entire work a mythical context as if = something=20 individually experienced is narrated, in the recognized = surroundings=20 or in the universal space of nature, perceiving or capturing = a=20 moment or a frame of time.

The images in his = paintings=20 appear as visual manifestations of mythologies.

The = Two=20 sisters set against a dull blue hued background portray two = busts of=20 young female forms, having a softness in expression and a = subtle=20 conversation between them; the rendering gives rhythm which = reveals=20 their character.

Most of his figures have headbands, = decorations and big but calm eyes.

Images which are = highly=20 self-conscious, but contemplative depicting the different = world=20 captured in his work.

Another work Reflection is the = spreading out of a surrounding space on the two- dimensional = surface=20 of the paper, also suggesting plain humour and play. =

All the=20 paintings and prints relish the sensitivity of his handling, = celebrated by soft lines and forms. The seemingly = transparent=20 rendering convey a dreamlike sensibility; while simple = recognizable=20 objects emerge and dissolve against the misty or dull = background=20 creating a convincing sense of the space the artist intends = to=20 depict.

Artistic diversity

The = exhibits at=20 the Chitrakala Parishath (Sept 3 to 9) consist of paintings = and=20 sculptures by five artists from Chennai.

The show=20 accumulates Srinivasan=E2=80=99s self-important bronze = busts, the simple=20 transparent monochromatic strokes of paint by Nelson = Kennedy; R.=20 Ramesh=E2=80=99s canvases depicting orange, blue and white = horizontal=20 planes.

Also Bhaskaran paints beautiful landscape = scenes=20 seemingly at twilight and Raja the only self- taught artist = among=20 them, has skillfully lined iconic figures, with simple = decorative=20 elements. Srinivasan's calls his busts Royal Forms believing = in the=20 importance of each individual, conveying an alter-ego of the = artist.=20

They are ornamented and carved almost entirely, = where no=20 part is welded; give the appearance of folded bronze.=20

Ramesh's streaks of red, green, blue, expand = spreading=20 across the horizontal canvas, creating an optical = environment of=20 floating planes and shapes.

Kennedy's work offers = traces of=20 painterly gestures, but do not depict any specific subject = apart=20 from the plain, visual rhythms and its relationship with the = picture=20 field which sometimes extends beyond the frame of the = painting.=20 Stylised forms with delicate lines are drawn in parts of the = paintings.

Articulating a belief that the natural = world can=20 be transformed by the artists=E2=80=99 eye and mind. The = show brings to mind=20 the present state of Contemporary Art. The diversity and = scope of=20 contemporary artists cannot be imagined.

God of = sweets=20

The various forms of Lord Ganesha are a part of = this=20 alluring collection of many original contemporary paintings. =

The circular and secular image of the Ganesha icons = has=20 attained the attention of many artists, who have transformed = and=20 retained its dimensions to suit various tastes.

M.S = Murthy's=20 Ganeshas, though similar to the commonly and frequently made = representations of the deity; are =E2=80=9Csweet=E2=80=9D; = as the haughty cute form=20 of the Ganesha suits the concept of a shop which sells = sweets.=20

These works done in water colours and acrylics on = small=20 canvases hang on the rear wall, at the K.C. Das a popular, = sweet=20 mart in Bangalore, from Aug 8 to Oct 8. As the myth goes, = Ganesha=20 loved sweets and could only get them if he danced everyday, = a=20 condition put forward by his worried father. The colours = sketching=20 out each of the Ganesha forms have similar lyricism = attributed to=20 Ganesha dancing, even on being displayed amidst the busy = space.=20

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