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| "Rising in Love" by Ankur Rana |
| 09 January 2012 |
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Ankur Rana. Lookalike Shayka. Oil on Canvas. 24"X24". 2009
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With the beginning of a new bright year, IndianArtCollectors.com brings to you "Rising in Love", a solo exhibition by Ankur Rana. As a young artist, he has his unique way of comprehending the meaning of the things and events around him by internalizing them and expressing them as a visual expression. Ankur’s object is the impalpable reality established by his mannerisms. His style becomes essentially a combination of colour scheme and traditional motifs, in contrast to the surface and texture and subtle juxtaposition of tone and colour. According to Rana, a very common connotation associated with love is ‘falling in love’. However, it is an amazing paradox that when we ‘fall’ in love we actually ‘rise’ in life. The pristine power of love changes the world around us and redefines our otherwise mundane existence. Its power is comparable to a divine healing touch, a revival of the soul. As humans, we are flawed and we contain ourselves in shackles. But when love takes over, the shackles unbind all by itself, the spirit is emancipated. A woman’s power can transform a man’s life for the better. In a woman’s love, a man is motivated to be a better man, to transform his life, to go that extra mile and to chase those ambitions which he otherwise wouldn’t. That is the power of a woman’s love and the inspiration of the following series of work which is titled – “Rising in Love”, says this young artist.
In his present series of work, the man and the woman in his artworks are in love. The expressions and jesters on the face of the woman actually depicts that she is falling, or more aptly rising in love. He has beautifully depicted the after-effects of love. He is trying to bring on the canvas that beautiful and rare feeling which comes in everybody’s life for a very short span of time, when he or she is in love. "I always followed my instincts to create forms, which I think would satisfy my creative urge. I am not one of those artists who think about creating a form which is related to people in one way or the other, rather these forms come naturally to me. The unique aspect of my oil-based paintings are the hue of silver colour & the well - arranged juxtaposition of pop images with jarring and vibrant background" says Rana.
To browse through Ankur Rana's artworks, visit http://www.indianartcollectors.com/solo-exhibition.php
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Posted By: IAC
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| "Surajit Santra" as the Feature Artist |
| 05 January 2012 |
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Surajit Santra. Dreaming To Fly With Broken Wing. Acrylic on Canvas. 36"X30". 2011
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IndianArtCollectors begins this year by featuring the work of the artist who comprehends the realities of the real world through his art – Surajit Santra. Born in Howrah, West Bengal Surajit wanted to become an artist from a very young age. After completing school from his hometown, he moved to Santiniketan and left the beautiful land of Tagore for the urbane and developed national capital after 7 years, but only after securing a masters degree in Fine arts from the renowned Kala Bhavan. For him, painting is the reflection of thoughts; an image of our soul reflected on the canvas through splashes of colors. It is an interpretation of life and the world through the artist’s own looking glass.
Surajit's paintings explore the imaginative and surreal world, yet, they are full of contradicting reflections of some hidden realities of the real world. The condiments of his paintings come from his daily life; it might be from his own experiences or from the land of his imagination. In our life we face many complexities. Things that may appear beautiful to our senses are not always beautiful. Many of them may also turn out to be the worst experiences of our life. The tangles and cobwebs of Surajit’s paintings depict all these complexities of our life. Since the beginning, Surajit's life has been the source of his paintings. It is the world of his perception, as he sees it, feels it, experiences it and dreams about it. To him, his art is a synthesis of his personal feelings. Movement with colours and roughness of brushing helps him to depict his thoughts. His paintings are excerpts from his own life. They are the mirror of his heart and thoughts.
To buy Surajit Santra's artworks, visit http://www.indianartcollectors.com/featured_artist.php
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Posted By: IAC
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| Dhananjay Mukherjee's |
| 19 December 2011 |
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Dhananjay Mukherjee. Radha. Acrylic on Canvas. 27"X28". 2011
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Dhanajay Mukherjee has been painting for the last 25 years. He creates graphic and structural uniformity on canvas through the play of light and shade. His paintings are a judicious mix of the abstract and realistic forms, which stem from unique imagination, combining the real natural world with the artistic and creative world.
According to him, green is the colour of life, but human beings, through ages, have exploited it without understanding how pristine and important it is for the life on earth. Dhananjay Mukherjee, in his unique set of paintings entitled "The Green God" urges people to respect it by personifying the flora in godly images and figures.
The different faces in Dhananjay's paintings are carved out of a leaf with various motifs forming the eyes and lips. Dhananjay finds modernism on canvas with the help of old mythological art, expressing the same through remarkable use of colours to depict the unknown mysteries in the natural world. He paints with oil and acrylic on canvas. He got the idea for this theme from trees, flowers and the leaves around him. Somehow they appear to be forming an image which looks very much like a human face, an animal or a form. He feels that nature gives us everything we need in our life, yet we never return the favour. The purpose of his paintings is to inculcate faith in nature. He believes that with his paintings, he can bring people to see the divinity inside every green form, be it a plant, a tree trunk or even a leaf.
To buy Dhanajay Mukherjee's canvases, visit http://www.indianartcollectors.com/featured_artist.php
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| My Flowers by Swati Kale |
| 19 December 2011 |
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Swati Kale. My Flowers. Oil on Canvas. 14"X18". 2008
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Living in ‘Panchgani’, the famous hill station of Maharashtra, Swati Kale has played with brush-strokes on various media to express all the fundamentals of nature. Doing so, she has developed her unique way of expression. Depicting and portraying the different moods of flowers, Swati Kale has produced a magnificent series of canvases titled 'My Flowers', which she is exhibiting this fortnight at IndianArtCollectors.
Bright, vivid colours formed into delicate blossoms through sharp, clear brushstrokes is what Swati Kale's art is all about. She has wide technical ability of creating her own compositions directly on the canvas by experimenting with acrylic medium. Her free brushstrokes convey her excitement for the paint. The use of shadows and highlights are minimal - just enough to accentuate the outlines of the petals. The colourful flowers harmonize perfectly with the softer tones of the background. The flowers themselves have an almost magical quality, real yet intangible at the same time.
The vibrant colours and the flowers almost speak to the viewer of her torment and joy. Swati is of the view that flowers are just unaware of their surroundings and environment; they emit happiness and spell beauty. For flowers, there are no eternal restrictions or boundaries. They have no limits for generosity. She believes that flowers, as quiet spectators, possess no inhibitions and expectations. Through her paintings, she tries to express the hidden meanings and presence of these natural wonders.
To buy these beautiful canvases, visit http://www.indianartcollectors.com/solo-exhibition.php
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Posted By: IAC
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