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By Pari
Syal
Photography:
Courtesy the artists
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| Friends of Pradarshak, India Pavilion at LDF13 |
Five Mumbai artists muster up their best foot forward for an
international showing as part of the India Pavilion at Southbank Centre during
the London Design Festival 2013…
In a milieu, where contemporary fine art is being known
through stalwart names in high profile art circles, there is the flip side of
the coin, where emerging talent is making waves on a
widespread footprint.
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| India Pavilion at LDF13 |
Talk of affordable quality fine art and a host of emerging
artists fit the bill. Five such artists, affiliated to Gallery Pradarshak, Mumbai,
under as part of a group called “Friends of Pradarshak” muster up their best
foot forward, to showcase two selected paintings each from their repertoire at
the India Pavilion.
Opening up to constructive critiques, the artists are Eknath
Giram, Sanjay Raut, Arun Awasarmol, Sangeeta Babani & Ramesh
Deshmane.
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| Eknath Giram |
Using
Krishna and his tales as his central theme, Eknath Giram communicates with a
visual narrative of muted shades and subtle tonal variations that anoint the
canvases with a depth of understanding and lend tangibility to the works of
art. His paintings reflect the moods, episodes from the life and times of
Krishna or other imagery that is associated with the narrative of Krishna. His
style is expressionist semi-abstract figurative.
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| Sangeeta Babani |
There are no straight answers and that is the beauty
of life, is Sangeeta Babani’s firm belief and this philosophy is celebrated in
her canvases with an exuberance of colour and emotion. Characterised by an
ambiguity, simultaneously introspective and impressionist in nature, her
paintings come alive with vibrant hues and multiple thoughts. Interpretation
becomes subjective and distinct from one viewer to another. The artist
celebrates her journey to the unknown, leaving the onlooker to pursue his.
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| Sanjay Raut |
After
successfully weaving a narrative through his extensively appreciated series on
BalBhikshuks – monk children, the strength of Sanjay Raut’s brush work is now experienced
through a watermark-like background, that enhance the rich appeal of the large
expressive eyes, blissfully happy faces and corresponding yellow ochres,
ultramarines and oranges that adorn his canvases. The underlying thought
exemplifies simplicity that is the cornerstone of life per se.
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| Arun Awasarmol |
A
striking feature of Arun Awasarmol’ssemi-abstract figurative characterizations
is their indelible connect with Indian culture.
Cherished childhood memories that instill him with a deep sense of
commitment to his art form (his grandfather was an art teacher), and the
equally strong Indian mythological influence on his formative years forms the
crux of all his paintings. The artist’s repertoire inadvertently instills a
renewed respect for many-a-forgotten Indian traditional values.
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| Ramesh Deshmane |
Ramesh
Deshmane has systematically evolved from a series of liner drawings that were
singularly characteristic of a beguiling rhythm and spontaneity, to the mature
flowering of a colourful expression.
His is a very progressive growth not influenced by any particular ‘ism’. His
choice of the ‘Man-Women Relationship’ as motif evolves in its numerous
connotations under the artist’s conception of a romantic juxtaposition in a
riot of colours,
maintaining a skilful application of chiaroscuro, expressing joie de vivre at
its best.
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