LOUD

Dear friends i cordially invite you for my Solo exhibition of Paintings

at 

Jehangir Art Gallery, Fort, Mumbai

From,

10th Nov - 16th Nov 2015

Daily 11.00 am - 7.00 pm

I close my eyes and focus to visualize my position as a human being and as a painter. I find that many stories and incidents are hounding me and staring sternly at my face. My eyes are open and the images are very clear in front of me. There are obvious natural reactions which take place inside me. I start my conversation; I assert my views firmly. There is an extreme out-pour of energy...  emotionally and physically. Suddenly, I find myself immovable. I am a statue now, the only hint of life is in the eyes which is expressing everything. Only I can hear the sound within me... and I realize, there is no one with whom I can connect then the voice within me gets LOUD.

In our journey of life, we constantly come face-to-face with questions and dilemmas... some are strange, some are interesting, some are unusual; while some can be life-changing. Every question has an answer — some, we seek and unearth from our conscience, some we are blissfully unaware of, while some we choose to ignore, and some lay hidden in some dark corners of our mind. We are too selective, picky and choosy, to answer all of these. As an artist I also deal with such questions to be reasoned and answered through various means and sources of understanding. And LOUD represents the interactions with oneself regarding such dilemmas, beliefs, predictions, existence, system, consideration and acceptance.  

These paintings deal with the contradiction of silence outside, and the loudness within. These are prolonging visuals which survived through various channels of my upbringing. My concept of being loud is a position in consideration to the profound silence in society on various issues or incidences. It is a general stand which applies as an individual and as a society — it is a representing of me, you and us.

My visuals deal with metaphors, phrases, symbols, identity and stories. Colours are vibrant strong and attractive. I used animals to represent the muteness of the society I represent. The narratives in the paintings are easy to identify and relate. These narratives are not just stories, but highlight the essence of that permanent emotion. I have used oil colours and acrylic colours on canvas as my medium to express as it allows me a free-reign. There is bonding and trust with medium which gives momentum to the content.

Collectively, LOUD indicates that all of us are interlinked, through similar dilemmas and challenging questions — which forms the heart of this series of paintings.