What happens when your grandchildren along with their parents, spring a surprise and take you on a visit to the Frameless Gallery, Marble Arch, London to celebrate your birthday? You return transformed into a new awakening with a new creative impulse.
The Immersive Art Exhibition at the Gallery was an eye opener for me. I had always wondered if technology could be creatively applied to explore new possibilities in visual art. The visit took me beyond abstraction to transform some of my recent exhibits to near perfect bilateral symmetry through digital creativity. The outcome has taken me no less by surprise.
I received the encouragement from my editorial team-mates, to display some of my creations and weave a story around it so as to go on our next issue of the Digest. We were struggling to find a feature to publish. I volunteered to step in.
One of my team-mates compared some of the exhibits here to Rorschach inkblots, which are used in projective psychological tests through interpreting "ambiguous designs". The immersive art exhibition at the Frameless Gallery, perhaps, took me on that journey, exploring in turn form, colour, movement, texture and shading, to un-fathom the depths of human perceptions through external stimuli. I wonder if my exhibits here evoke the same cognitive response.
In the curatorial rationale to one of my exhibitions, I had stated my paintings at best could be described as "a small, anarchic, discontinued section, evoking a feeling that it will continue beyond the limits of the setting into limitless space." My experience at the Frameless Gallery reinforced that belief. The work is not an ensemble of forms balanced within a frame but a section of nature, which extends beyond the setting, questioning the concept of unitary space. It is a search for meaning beyond space and time. I call it now a journey "beyond abstraction".
Bright colours still dominate my art. The digital transformations exhibited here have helped enhance the effect. Moreover, after applying mirror imaging to my paintings so as to achieve the near perfect bilateral symmetry you notice, I have transformed the resulting images into colour negatives. This is where my passion for photography combines in a new creative urge to enhance the visual impact of my art.
Some tell me I am exploring new grounds to pitch my creativity on. If I am unconventional, I am happy with the choice. Long ago, in my sojourn, two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference!
Now, I take you through the journey that I ventured into, as you witness further transformations of some of my exhibits through digital creativity.
The Light of the World
Blue Nudes
The Immersive Art Exhibition at the Gallery was an eye opener for me. I had always wondered if technology could be creatively applied to explore new possibilities in visual art. The visit took me beyond abstraction to transform some of my recent exhibits to near perfect bilateral symmetry through digital creativity. The outcome has taken me no less by surprise.
I received the encouragement from my editorial team-mates, to display some of my creations and weave a story around it so as to go on our next issue of the Digest. We were struggling to find a feature to publish. I volunteered to step in.
One of my team-mates compared some of the exhibits here to Rorschach inkblots, which are used in projective psychological tests through interpreting "ambiguous designs". The immersive art exhibition at the Frameless Gallery, perhaps, took me on that journey, exploring in turn form, colour, movement, texture and shading, to un-fathom the depths of human perceptions through external stimuli. I wonder if my exhibits here evoke the same cognitive response.
In the curatorial rationale to one of my exhibitions, I had stated my paintings at best could be described as "a small, anarchic, discontinued section, evoking a feeling that it will continue beyond the limits of the setting into limitless space." My experience at the Frameless Gallery reinforced that belief. The work is not an ensemble of forms balanced within a frame but a section of nature, which extends beyond the setting, questioning the concept of unitary space. It is a search for meaning beyond space and time. I call it now a journey "beyond abstraction".
Bright colours still dominate my art. The digital transformations exhibited here have helped enhance the effect. Moreover, after applying mirror imaging to my paintings so as to achieve the near perfect bilateral symmetry you notice, I have transformed the resulting images into colour negatives. This is where my passion for photography combines in a new creative urge to enhance the visual impact of my art.
Some tell me I am exploring new grounds to pitch my creativity on. If I am unconventional, I am happy with the choice. Long ago, in my sojourn, two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference!
The insignia
The source:
The original at my recent exhibition:
Now, I take you through the journey that I ventured into, as you witness further transformations of some of my exhibits through digital creativity.
Exhibit 1
The original exhibit (above) with the digital transformations below.
Sunset glows beyond the purple landscape.
Exhibit 2
The original display (above) with the digital transformations below
Hoodwinked
Exhibit 3
The original exhibit with digital transformations below.
At crossroads: a bird's eye view of the Gulf beyond the sand dunes with a glorious sunrise to greet the day.
Exhibit 4
The original exhibit (above) and the digital transformation below.
Exhibit 5
The original exhibit above with the digital creations below.
Portrait of a senior citizen
Exhibit 6
The original painting above with the digital transformation below
Inspired by esoteric rituals
Exhibit 7
The original exhibit (above) with the digital creation below.
Emperor of the Middle Kingdom
Exhibit 8
The original display above with the digital transformations below
Raised to a pedestal
The Mandarin
If there is an epilogue to this display, I would add that the inspiration comes from my three grandchildren. We eagerly look forward to our annual visit to England each summer and divide our time between our two daughters in Nottingham and Hampshire respectively. Although the UK is our permanent home today, we have still retained a second home in Kolkata, where our roots run deep, even though our daughters may never return there.
It has been a glorious summer here. The heatwave that is raging through southern Europe has still not reached us. We are being alerted daily by the weather gods that it is coming soon but by then we will be gone. Time is drawing near for our return to Armenia, where we, Madhu and I, are presently based. We are likely to remain there till Madhu retires. And then? Who knows!
Creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rohini!
ReplyDeleteHi Gautam,
ReplyDeletethe paintings are amazing! Love the stunning blending of colors. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Nuzhat for the encouraging words of appreciation!
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