Fashion has been an integral part of human life
since the beginning of history. It has taken many years to develop. However,
different ages and different classes of people have produced fashions according
to the necessities of life. The primitive people understood fashion in the
sense of what they could produce in an indigenous manner. This tradition has
later merged with the folk and tribal life.
Culture expresses the historic experience of a
community. Once the community art focuses on the concept, we can get to learn
as much as possible about it.
So, in my opinion, it is valid to support the
concept of colour in painting to expand our understanding of this topic in
particular human life. It gives me some perspective when it comes to the way I
see the world and the very way my art is seen by other people.
The key idea is “colours and pain of our everyday life.” We live in a society of ‘shows’. Some say a piece of art is not reality. But, I think, art is a very much part of reality. How can we see the invisible? How can we look at a space and make it live? The everyday life is forgotten by the cultural professionals but it is essential and urgent to think about its role in the society. How can artists find their ways in the everyday life and experiment? I understand in the Indian intellectual tradition in this way.
The key idea is “colours and pain of our everyday life.” We live in a society of ‘shows’. Some say a piece of art is not reality. But, I think, art is a very much part of reality. How can we see the invisible? How can we look at a space and make it live? The everyday life is forgotten by the cultural professionals but it is essential and urgent to think about its role in the society. How can artists find their ways in the everyday life and experiment? I understand in the Indian intellectual tradition in this way.
Social impact of my art 2012 reveals the inside of
human body through vents and openings of the constructed body. But the inside
tells more about pain and sufferings not just of the body but also refer to the
bigger world – the society. My works follow a geometrically calculated internal
structure similar to drawing and painting. Though my subject talks about a deep
physical and mental pain of the body, mind, my subject construction technique
in expression and emotionally charged. Rather it is more mathematical and
calculated.
I feel science and technology have definitely added
a new dimension in our act of seeing. It has enriched our vision and it has
become a more visual reality. Media has made this possible. Every culture
transition leads to a new degree of awareness, a new type of thinking to meet
the new requirements or to address new audiences. For me art is not an
instrument to shape the society. Many, who see art as a vehicle of social
change or reform might affirm the view. I do not see any other purpose other
than its own creative instinct. What purpose is latent in the blooming of a
flower? Did Picasso’s Guernica bring peace in the world?
