The Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy has started a new initiative, PARIKARMA, a Short Art Residency programme at Open Hand Art Studio at Le Corbusier Centre located in Sector- 19. Four eminent Delhi based artists, Mr Prem Singh, Mrs Shobha Broota, Mr Moti Zharotia and Mr Kalicharan Gupta are part of this residency started on 12th September and ending on 15th September. Each day after the day’s artwork is done, these artists give an audio visual presentation about their work followed by an interactive session
Kalicharan Gupta
Celebration galore
On the last and culmination day of Parikarma, 15 th
September 2019, Kalicharan Gupta gave an insight about his life and artworks.
His education and work brought him from a village in Haryana
to the metropolis Delhi .Somewhere, this village lad seems to be seeking the
space and refuge that gets constrained in the influx of population and growth
of the metropolitan city.
His visit to Behrampur in Orissa, made an impact on his art
style. He was taken in by the way the villagers stored their grain in one place
and used it whenever they needed. This concept of sharing and a community
living in peace and harmony struck a chord in him. His works started reflecting
strong tribal influence. There are human figures, animals and birds, he seems
to be representing the whole cosmos of life on his canvas. His earlier works
were drawings in black and white; later the colour’s start to seep into his
work.
His foray into abstract startled many. The tribal influence
gave way to complete abstraction .He continued with his vertical lines following
the drip technique. He lets the colour drip to make these lines vertical or horizontal,
tilting the canvas at various angles to achieve the desired result. The three
primary colours red, yellow and blue along with white predominate.
Through his work, he tries to bring the concern of unchecked
growth of cities which is leading to utter chaos in terms of housing, traffic
and even daily necessities. The rapid industrialization and development by builders
taking away the green spaces of cities.
In most of his works there is no attempt at mixing colours.
Out of small blobs of varied colours emerge huge vegetables, to represent the
scarcity of food that is bound to hit sooner or later due to urbanization.
His visit to a Buddhist temple in Korea, brought about a
certain quietness in his recent works. The colours seem to dim, a certain haze
envelops these paintings, the greys come into play and bring about an essence
of enlightenment.
I read it . It was good work done, One is artist and other one is one who writes about the appreciation of the art. Well done Miniartalk
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