Yusuf
Arakkal's two paintings of boys akin to his solitude series
are young but grim looking and lonely. The figuration appears
somewhat western in its profiling and searching for individual
way of life. The portraits of some of the participants in
charcoal and pen drawings that he made during the weekend
at Down Hall bring his expertise in this art form to full
play.
The animated photographic portraits by Amit Pasricha of
some of the artists at the camp illustrate his ability to
see through the
lens of his camera what a normal eye fails to see. The monochromatic
imagery captures the mood of the moment and enhances the
pensive disposition of the portrayals. The spiritedness
of the resident photographer brought an added dimension
to the goings on and discussions that we all partook of
with great delight.
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The exhibition together with a play of master chef artist
Anjolie Ela Menon's culinary skills and Satish Gupta and
other artistsmastery in drawing at the launch party for
the exhibition add to the fun of the whole project. The
spectacular array of new works made especially for the show
present an interesting narrative of the camp. Within a continuity
of their oeuvre, the artists’ have created art with
a difference, giving their work a new meaning, aesthetics
and context. The drawings and paintings on canvas and paper
represent the artists' personal response to what they saw
and felt during the sojourn. It captures some rare moments
of the camp as they traveled in and around pulsating London.
This together with photographs in the collection document
some of the dynamics of the camp and the bonhomie of the
encounters and sights traversed through the amazingly rich
cultural capital of the West to make this Sitaaray art panorama.
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