MY CITY Lending a voice to artists’ thoughts
In the present times when you have to voice your opinion, you often choose a medium of expression you’re comfortable with. And same goes for a group of artists, who created works that speak their mind. Their works are on display at the exhibition titled The Voice, which opens in the city today.
“We, as a group of artists had been thinking for long to create artworks that depict our views of the contemporary times,” says Pankaj Nigam, artist, and curator of the show. “And this is the time when we need to speak out and not sit quietly because of the turmoil of the times we are living in,” adds Nigam. One of his abstract works is displayed in the show. “I keep experimenting, and have also painted poems of contemporary poets.”
Other artists whose works are on display are Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Sourabh Mazumdar, Binay Kumar, Satyanarayan, Alok Shankar, A Shreedhran, Devyani Kapoor, Kamal Sharma, Stuti Jain, Sunita Chitara, LN Ramaswamy and Krishna Mazumdar.
Expressing the inner thoughts of an artist are the canvases that depict The Golden Temple, in the series titled Shades of Gold. Created in the more difficult medium of watercolours, these works reflect an instant realism. Their creator, artist Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, says, “This work is from my series of 11 canvases that is dedicated to the beauty and magnificence of the Golden Temple, and captures its various avatars during different times of the day as well as during different seasons of the year.”
There’s more to the voice of these artists as they cast human expressions in materials such as fibre glass. The figurative busts by artist Stuti Jain are one such example. “The whole concept of my sculptures in the series The Weight We Bear is to show the expectations with which we are living in our society,” she says.