About Melange – metaphoric narratives:
Almost all artists have a muse that influences, directs, and shapes their narratives. These five artists – three abstractionists and two realistic painters – examine life closely and illustrate their individual philosophies through the metaphoric journeys of their muses. Techniques, choice of palette, balance between elements and textures, subconscious and conscious, overt, and covert, beliefs and pragmatics…. are seen conveyed through their artistic expressions through line, form, colour, space and symbols. The one underlying aspect that unifies them all is their sanguine approach to relationships and positivity.
About the artists:
Amit Bankar: Amit’s canvases play with thoughts of staying buoyant in a world of turmoil. Deft brush strokes mimic the trials and tribulations of life through abstract landscapes, layering the canvas with application of colour that veers from transparency to heavy application, at places, predominantly textural in quality. He depicts life through triangles – organic and finite - that appear as rising pyramids sheltering valleys, almost presiding over the everyday happenings of life, which are also symbolized via crescents and troughs. Complex in narration, Amit’s canvases hold the viewer’s gaze, each time offering a new analysis… a dialogue of the conscious with the subconscious, reflections and struggles, and the omnipresent positivity of reaching for and beyond the horizon… such is life!
Ashok Hinge: Ashok Hinge addresses his musings on canvas as “incantations of sensations”. Having evolved a distinct visual language characterised by multiple, repetitive layers of hollow strokes, one sees intricate lines unite to form a shapely schematic creation, wherein basic shapes amalgamate with new ones, rendering a sense of cosmic infinity. The resultant form and its corollaries change the basic definition of shape and structure formation, in turn reflecting the identity of a particular texture of time, creating a visual experience incorporating movement, speed, and impulse. Light strokes indicate wind, breeze, breath, and lightning; whilst blackish shades of all colours represent darkness within and outside.
Dr. Gunjan Shrivastava: Proficient in different mediums, Gunjan works consistently at challenging herself and her range of subjects. Her abstract art is consistent with the philosophy of Advaita, where the five elements of nature - Prithvi (Earth), Jal(Water), Agni(Fire), Vaayu(Air) and Akasha(Space) and the incorporation of Shlokas spiritually affirm the oneness of the individual soul, God, and the universe. The elements do not associate with form; instead are depicted as mediums. Portraying feelings of happiness, serenity, vibrancy, and energy, she attempts to coalesce motifs, psychedelic patterns in a soothing colour palette, using contrast to provoke insight. Although minimalist, her technique of layering and scraping translates easily to addition and subtraction, resulting in a narrative that is organic and fundamental, purely imitating the essence of nature. Rather than being literal, her canvases portray an individual experience for each viewer.
Pramod Apet: Pramod’s paintings are subtle playful reflections of childhood creating a narrative around rural childhood of yore – from the Gurukul system of education. Brahman boys are his muse – their innocence, sincerity and inherent mischief forming the crux of all his narratives. Innately expressive with a vibrant palette, Pramod’s canvases depict close-ups of their visages, thus bringing a larger-than-life quality to their escapades. Yellows and reds are quite prominent in his application, which involves the use of roller, sponges, hand, and dry brush strokes. The positive aura and joie de vivre of his paintings comes from the vivid details that accentuate the aesthetic and the universal appeal of his art.
Santoshkumar Patil: Santoshkumar’s paintings are an energetic composition of movement and dynamism, skilfully rendered with the palette knife and bold brush strokes, and evident in the dark coloured lines that outline his subjects. His organic style creates a textural variation in his canvases, just as his choice of medium veers between acrylics and oils. His subjects - animals, birds, and lone single women - occupy the foreground in a simplified application sans superfluous details; whilst his backgrounds are influenced by various invented textures that are quite heavy and leave extraordinarily little negative space. Characterised by an earthy palette, predominantly using red and ochre yellow with dominating black lines, the artist tends to employ a wide spectrum of colours in the background, effectively overlapping them, as he conveys strength, power, emotional proximity and their everyday relevance via his art.
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