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
Shobha Broota
Return to the Origin
13th September 2019, was a talk by artist Shobha
Broota, an artist well versed in varied classical arts. She considers herself
to be lucky to be born in a family that encouraged her creative pursuits. Her
early works show mastery over realism and her self- portraits do reflect
quintessence of serenity. After finishing her studies she was offered a job in
the institute where she studied, this provided her ideal grounds to embark on
her inward quest and began her tryst with art.
Symmetry plays an important role in her works, there is
definitely an attempt to look for brevity in composition. The artist seems to
be firmly possessed by the idea of center in all her later works. The colours at
times muted and times fully saturated have a luminous quality. The artist
comments that she started removing everything that was not essential in her
life and in her work. Her spiritual evolution and creative world seem entwined.
Her art works have influence of Tantra. Tantra literally means loom, warp and
weave. The term itself is based on a metaphor of weaving, Ron Barret states
that the Sanskrit word root tan means the warping of threads on a loom. It
implies interweaving of traditions and teachings as threads into a technique.
She introduces different mediums to add three dimensionality
to her art .Even material like toilet roll is put to use and coiled to make
concentric circles, many a time wool is wrapped or at times knitted to form an
integral part of her canvas, this intermingling of craft with art does give a
very different aspect to her art work.
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