Recent Paintings by RAKESH SINGH
26th September to 2nd October, 2012 , at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur
THIIS IS 88th SHOW PRESENTED & SPONSORED BY ARTCHILL
The Sublime & the Aesthetic combine in spontaneous fluidity....& lightness of touch to create this special show of Recent Paintings by RAKESH SINGH where his colors & strokes collaborate to silhouette something beyond the canvass. something that reflects on the horizon of Human mind. Ever since the ages ART has been the most ancient, purest & aesthetical medium of carving concrete forms out of indefinite & infinite abstract thoughts that run in human mind....
An Intimate Dialogue With Color
The moment one looks at
the canvases of Rakesh Singh, a certain joy fills the heart and subsequently a
sublime feel leads to their emotive intent. The way the colors form themselves
by surging forth or taking a leap upward, is most enchanting. It is this
spontaneous, yet sure formation of colors into certain shapes/forms, that
urges us to look at the colors, and enjoy them without any pre-mediated
notion. The color-entities start revealing themselves in their tonal
variations as well to enhance our perception of color(s) per say. The colors are not hazy or cloudy here, but have a certain fluidity, and a
lightness of touch. Thus without making any extra effort in constructing images
or breaking them into parts to abstract them, Rakesh entrusts himself by just
following their easy flow; and lets them take their own course. It is this
effortless, sensitive handling of pigments, and movement of the brushstrokes,
which finally arrives at consolidating certain color areas to bear the intent
of each of them. There are no recognizable objects or figures here to fix the
images into any narrative and they are open-ended in their semi-abstract
formation to give the viewer ample space for his/her own receptive mechanism.
But this is not to suggest that they do not have enough verve, and keep on
swinging viewers’ perception without any fruitful deduction. Infect the
canvases from the very start attract the viewer for their sublime feel, as we
have suggested earlier, and the sublime, and the aesthetic feel, when combined,
brings a soothing and uplifting energy to the viewers gaze. Here in lies the
significance of these works.
In our daily round of life, we
keep on encountering colors in vegetation, in birds, flower, plants, clouds etc.
and in the man-made colored objects, ranging from furniture to fabrics; yet it
is in certain works of art that we come across the ‘colors’ in their bare and
rare moods, where we respond to them intimately and intently. The blues,
yellows and reds, with their various tonal expenses in Rakesh’s paintings bring
us close to their inherent enormity also, though they have been used in a scale
which is not enormous or expansive in itself. At the retinal level this quality
of these works is also most rewarding. In any case, these works suggest that
with his exploration of colors, and their aesthetic intent Rakesh has tried to
forge creatively a dialogue with myriad emotive experiences and in turn has
brought to us the works, one would like to admire for their purity and
profundity. This is no mean achievement for a comparatively young artist, who
dares to be innovative and explorative.
Prayag
Shukla
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