A short note about Let’s Talk -
Let’s talk is an initiative where artist is having a visual conversation with its viewer, not only to communicate the idea but also to interrelate with them. The emphasis is made on the relationship that the artist is building with its viewer and the subject.
As we see that in this fast moving and changing society, one tends to loose out on many things that are present in a day-to-day life of every individual. Priorities are being calculated as an economist, best out of the conversation in the given time is considered a profitable interaction. To all intent and purposes, this visual exchange of significant information is about the most insignificant situations and events around the artist and the viewer at the same time.
Let’s talk about the creative installation allocating every individual to get close to the artist by entering his or her personal space. Let’s talk to each other, share and express diverse ideas about society and life.
Let’ talk, get inspired by varied use of new medium and collectively explore new measures to translate traditional ways of resolving issues. Let’s talk about the political aspect in our works as well as the society around us.
Let’s talk about the global influence and the multinational collaborations.
Let’s talk about citizens migrating within the boundaries.
Let’s talk about religious views of an individual and the one of the nation.
Let’s talk about the social activities and cultural blend within our system.
Lets build a relationship amongst each other on every level. Let’s talk continuously to not only evolve in our views but to share it as well, because it is in this constant interaction with everyone that we can create a union.
Amasoong-
Title – “Walk Peace”, Medium – sandals fabricated with fabric, foam and rubber, Size – 22” X 22”, Year – 2008-09
Artwear which lets you spread the message around. A range of hand made footwear which leaves behind a trail of ‘walk peace’ wherever the wearer goes, spreading the message of (and as will be the case with most people in these times, reminding them of the notion of) peace.
Korou Khundrakpam-
Title – “Live Peace”, Medium – mixed media on canvas, Size – 22” X 22”, Year - 2008-09
LIVE PEACE! was inspired by the “bed ins” performed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This series is an extrapolation of the notions illustrated by their act. It all started with their BED PEACE. The act with which they imparted to the world their belief that peace is not an unreachable ideal. It is not extraordinary. It is not grand. Not profound even. It is rather the most natural thing we can do. We can bring about peace in the world by incorporating it into the every prosaic things we do: eat peace, bed peace, toilet peace, bed peace, walk peace.
On another stratum it deals with an existential perspective on the nature of the prevalent non-peace, not attributing the cause of the same to an othered group or individual but reflecting on the potential of the self to contribute to or rectify the problem.
Design Mafia-
Title – “The Object Used – 1, 2 and 3”, Medium – vinyl and capsules pasted on board, Size – 30” x 40”, Year – 2010
The project here talks about a medicine that how it becomes drug for people who take it.
Nandan Ghiya-
Title - “Questions”, Medium - acrylic on canvas & old frames, Size – variable, Year – 2006 - 2010
Title - “Answers”, Medium - acrylic & decollage on canvas, Size – 60” x 48”, Year – 2008
Doubts. Confusions. Identifications. Clarifications. Questions. More questions? Who to vote? Where to live? What to wear? Where to study? And so on… Just check out the chipped public wall in your neighbourhood. Solutions to all your problems painted, pasted overnight are craving for your one glance. If this doesn’t suffice, just feel the vibrant textures of the endless layers of chipped paint & torn paper sandwiched between the engineering colleges & fashion boutiques- it is no less than a great art work by a master abstractionist!
Somehow, these walls also seem like a depiction of the chaos and confusions of modern life. And, they can actually leave an individual terribly lost due to the sheer visual excess. They offer so much- Questions leading to answers & answers leading to further questions. And, so on…
My works draw inspiration from all such walls all over the human world. Here, I’ve framed bits and pieces of these walls, hoping to reduce the number of those endless questions!
Navin Chanhade-
These works are all about thoughts and imaginations that keep us busy all through the days and nights. When we think about something or get involved in it, our consciousness takes us into its own world. We keep finding things or rather on the contrary may be getting lost somewhere ourselves. This is the other question that comes into my mind all the time i.e. whether an individual’s seemingly personal space is actually ‘personal’ in strict sense or is always invaded by spectators. When we’re sitting inside a personal space, are we ‘being ourselves’ or are ‘performing’ for the ‘other’ all the time. An ‘other’ which is or has become a part of us, all this is so contradictory? It is so perplexing?
Pooja Panchal-
Title – “there are colourful people around me… I am not alone”, Medium – mixed media on acid free paper, Size – 36” x 60”, Year – 2008
Title – “I would suggest you to taste it once...believe me it works..”, Medium – mixed media on acid free paper, Size – 72” x 42”, Year – 2009
My painterly expression are my responses and reactions to personal encounters woith people and my surroundings. Working in a compartmentalized language, each section like a diary entry embodies tales which when read together synthesize as reflective thoughts of me and a dialogue with one self. There is an intended pun in “There is colorful people around me...I am not alone”. It recounts narratives of loneliness and discontent I have been told by my friends when I actually had set out to share my own feelings on being alone. Deploying carefully coded imagery (such as the male specie of the sea hourse which nurtures its young in its body along with its mate, in reference to a friend’s outpouring about her husband’s denial in taking care of their baby) bearing imports of various exchanges with running text, my sections read as ideograms.
My work deals with the words which are necessary to have it in life the way we have it food every day to survive. I have painted my own imaginary kitchen which all the ingredients from which you can make your own recipe and having according to the situation you are going through at the present moment, and a grinder and necessary utensils. Here there are the few examples I have mentioned. Title - Category : Love Curry, Servings : 2, Time Taken : Can’t say approximate even, Ingredients : 1 cup - “Consciousness”, 1/2 cup - “concentration”, 2 to 3 - “strong ness”, 2 to 3 tsp “Individuality”, a pinch of “determination”, a pinch of “attitude”, “confidence” as per taste, “Firmness” and “space” to garnish it. Method: Just mixed it and have it. After a long time, Listened to everyone here- Greed, disappointments, insecurity, hopes, expectations, complains, arrogance, anger, comments, envy.......Now what I have done is, crushed it all in a BOWL, I add little bit water, 2 table spoon confidence, 1 tea spoon determination, consciousness as per taste, little bit at...attitude for flavour, garnished it with lots of firmness, and my supper is ready- POSITIVE ENERGY.
Pradeep L Mishra-
Title – “Love to Live”, Medium - charcoal and dry pastel on acid free paper, Size – 5’ x 7’ Year – 2010
Title – “Loveable Beings”, Medium – acrylic on paper, Size – 30” x 22”, Year – 2010
Being’s willingness to live and share joy of living with fellow beings. The Artist is playing the protagonist as the non-existing but existing being. Where he talks about the whole environment around him and him looking at it from outside….
Sandip Pisalkar-
Title – “Human Enemy Killer” (HEK),
Medium – mixed media (working scooter, fibre, smoke emitting machine), Size – 110” x 28” x 36”, Year – 2008
Last year I came down with Malaria a lot a man, woman & Children in various countried suffer every year by this common sickness caused by mosquitoes. My personal experience in spired me to create a mosquito killer.
I wanted to make this machine to kill the mosquitoes. Once I had considered all the aspects of designing this sculpture, it ended up being a functional piece since I wanted to use the gas that kills mosquitoes and at any time not harming the human beings.
I wanted to make it mobile so that I can travel with this machine and use in it various slums. I took this piece to a neighbouring slum one early morning to see its impact not only on the mosquitoes but also to observe its reaction on people living there.
When asked what they thought about it, I came across mixed response as it was something new for them to experience. They thought it was some new technology used by government for disinfecting the area. The public did not think of this piece having any remote resemblance to community art or performance. But the pleasure they derived was that it killed their most annoying ENEMY.
This is none other than TINY Mosquitoes in their neighbourhood being eradicated by a huge CANON…….
