Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
painting exhibition in jaipur
a group show of paintings at jawahar kala kendra in jaipur will begin on the 5th of nov . please drop in if you're in jaipur , otherwise keep the good wishes coming !
artists: arpit biloria (ahmedabad), deviba wala (ahmedabad), mukesh salvi (udaipur), shaam (ahmedabad), nilesh shidhpura (ahmedabad), pawan kumar (jalandhar), pawan kumar d. (hyderabad), sandeep soni (bhopal), sweta chandra (hyderabad) and vinod patel (ahmedabad)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Minimalism : An Overview
Minimalism is the term generally used when talking of music or performance art , when applied to art minimalism was a reaction against the formal overkill and the pretentiousness of abstract expressionism
other names for the minimal art includes " abc arts , reductivism and rejective art . some critics initially thought they were dealing with outright fraud .. minimalist work seems to test the limit of art .. it is infact a very mature style of painting and sculpture, it is almost spiritual , the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features and core self expression. it stripps away all that is unrequired until all that is left is the bare " essence " or soul .
this art movement emerged in the late 1950's and flourished in the 1960's and 1970's with great artists like donald judd , dan flavin , carl andre , so lewitt and robert morris becoming the most important innovators. it had roots in pop art cubism and conceptual art and was also inspired from russian suprematists such as kasimir malevich
we usually think art depicts the real world or reflects an emotion or feeling yet with minimalism , no such attempt is made to ideologically represent the reality of the outside world ..it does not try to signify anything , it mearly exists- an object in it's own right . it is in a way abstract or considered as conceptual art "what you see is what you see" said the famous frank stella about his paintings.
other names for the minimal art includes " abc arts , reductivism and rejective art . some critics initially thought they were dealing with outright fraud .. minimalist work seems to test the limit of art .. it is infact a very mature style of painting and sculpture, it is almost spiritual , the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features and core self expression. it stripps away all that is unrequired until all that is left is the bare " essence " or soul .
this art movement emerged in the late 1950's and flourished in the 1960's and 1970's with great artists like donald judd , dan flavin , carl andre , so lewitt and robert morris becoming the most important innovators. it had roots in pop art cubism and conceptual art and was also inspired from russian suprematists such as kasimir malevich
we usually think art depicts the real world or reflects an emotion or feeling yet with minimalism , no such attempt is made to ideologically represent the reality of the outside world ..it does not try to signify anything , it mearly exists- an object in it's own right . it is in a way abstract or considered as conceptual art "what you see is what you see" said the famous frank stella about his paintings.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Trip to Pirana
Piranha : A little village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad
An ideal place for a sketching tour
Birds, Animals, Nature and little houses... !
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| notice the dragonfly... |
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| photographs taken by deviba wala |
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| by the lake... |
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| Arpit Biloria |
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| The village Life |
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Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.
~ Alice Neel
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Ongoing Work
A normal day at the studio
Sketch - take a tea break .. Think - take a tea break .. Paint - Tea break again ... u get the idea .!
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| Margee at work |
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| ongoing work at the studio : Deviba working with soluble graphite. |
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| Arpit Biloria's work : 18" X 24" charcoal on canvas. |
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| Deviba Wala's work : 18" X 24" soluble graphite on canvas. |
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At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.
~M.C.Escher
Friday, October 3, 2008
Charity Show in Ahmedabad
Sheth C.N. College Of Fine ArtsFundraiserBihar Floor Relief |
| Mr. Haku Shah & Mr. Ratilal Kansodaria with me... |
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| Me with my painting Titled " Road Trip" |
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| Arpit with his painting. |
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| Vinod Patel arranging his work |
The c.n college of fine arts, had an exhibition of artworks recently : paintings and sculptures of college students, alumni, and various eminent artists from the city were on display for bihar flood relief. The show was inaugrated in the presence of Haku Shah, Amit Ambalal , Ratilal Kansodaria , Devang Vyas , Suresh Sheth, and many other artists.
Good experience to have also put up our work for a cause. few other upcoming artists like Vinod Patel and Ronak Soparivala were also part of the event.
There is an immense enthusiasm in all the current students and a festive atmosphere on campus and stalls have been set up for their work according to their seniority to display their work.
We would like to congratulate the college principal and the professors , for organising such a wonderful show , and wish them the best for all their future endeavours...
There were four artists from verve that were part of the show : Margee Patel, Riddhi shah, Deviba Wala and Arpit Biloria and between us and are glad to have been able to contribute an amount from the sales of our work.
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In charity there is no excess. ~ Francis Bacon
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