OF LATE, I HAVE BEEN FEELING THAT I HAVE COMPLETED THE EVENTFUL FIRST PHASE OF MY AESTHETIC EXISTENCE AND AFTER AN UNEASY HIATUS IS NOW READY FOR A ‘SECOND COMING’. THE CONSCIOUS EFFORT WAS TO EMANCIPATE MYSELF FROM MY OWN CREATION TO SUBMIT MYSELF TO A SUBJECT WHICH HAS BEEN HAUNTING MY CREATIVE IMAGINATION SINCE LONG. I CALL IT “ALTER-BODIES: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY”.
ALTER BODIES:
I HAVE ALREADY WORKED ON THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY AND VIBRANT CREATIVITY.I HAVE OFTEN SEEN THE HUMAN BODY REDUCED TO A MERE MATERIAL PRESENCE HAVING ONLY AN ANIMAL EXISTENCE WHICH CANNOT GO BEYOND THE SENSUAL OR AT THE MOST SEXUAL, A BODY WHICH CANNOT RISE TO ANSWER THE DILEMMA OF EXISTENCE, A BODY WHICH CANNOT HOLD THE BURDEN OF ‘BEING’ AND NEGATE THE ANGST OF ‘NOTHINGNESS’ (SARTRE) LEADING TO THE BITTER REALISATION OF THE BODY AS A MAJOR AND INEVITABLE CONSTRAINT ON HUMAN CREATIVITY.
IT IS FROM THERE MY QUEST BEGINS. I WISH TO EXPLORE THE ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF A CREATIVE BODY THAT CAN DEFINE SPACE AND TIME ON ITS OWN TERMS. IT WILL BE A BODY WITH UNLIMITED SCOPE FOR ENDLESSLY PERVADING THE INFINITY AND MERGES INTO THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE,A BODY THAT HAS ALSO ITS POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE LARGER UNIVERSE, AS FOR EXAMPLE, THE HUMAN BODY AS CONCEIVED IN THE TANTRIC PRACTICES. THE TRANSCENDENTAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY WHERE IT MERGES WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE-THE PANCHABHOOTAS OR THE FIVE ELEMENTS, ETHER, FIRE, AIR, WATER AND EARTH. IN THE PROPOSED PAINTINGS THIS WILL BE DONE BY UNCONVENTIONAL USE OF LINES AND COLOURS THAT CAN BRING IN THE METAPHYSICAL DEPTH REQUIRED FOR SUGGESTING THE UNEXPLORED ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
I HAVE EXTENSIVELY UTILISED THE POSSIBILITIES OF FEMALE FORMS IN MY EARLIER WORKS: PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND GRAPHICS. I WAS ADMITTEDLY OBSESSED WITH AND CONVINCED BY THE INEXPLICABLE CAPACITY OF THE FEMALE FIGURE TO EFFORTLESSLY ACCOMMODATE AND EXPRESS THE ARTIST’S CREATIVE INSIGHT INTO ANYTHING RIGHT FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE METAPHYSICAL. WITH THAT BACKDROP, THE SERIES OF PAINTINGS I AM PLANNING WILL BE A CRITIQUE OF THE MALE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMALE BODY WITH ITS INEVITABLE PITFALLS OF PERCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GENDER CONSTRAINTS. AN EFFORT TO GET LIBERATED FROM THE PSEUDO-CLASSICAL FEMALE FIGURE SEEN THROUGH THE WISHFUL MALE GAZE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT THE ESSENTIAL FEMININE WITHIN THE FEMALE BODY LIBERATED FROM THE MALE GAZE. THUS MY PROJECT WILL ALSO BE A WOMAN’S EXPRESSION OF WHAT SHE THINKS IS CENTRAL TO HER OWN BODY, THE CREATIVE WOMAN ENCOUNTERING HER OWN BODY IN THE WILDERNESS OF HER EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES. A PRIVATE REVALATION, YEARNING FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
ARTISTS DOWN THE AGES HAVE EXPLORED AND EXPERIMENTED WITH DIVERSE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY RIGHT FROM THE RENAISSANCE PAINTERS LIKE RAPHEL AND DA VINCI UPTO MODERN ARTISTS LIKE PICASSO, FRANCIS BACON, RENE MAGRITTE AND MARCEL DUCHAMP. HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM HAPPENED TO BE MALE AND THEIR EXPLORATIONS HAVE SELDOM LOOKED AT THE TRANSCENDENTAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY. WHILE INSPIRED BY ALL THEIR PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN THE WEST AS WELL AS THE EAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEMPT AN ORIGINAL AND INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FEMALE BODY IN MY FORTHCOMING SERIES OF PAINTINGS ON THE THEME. I ALSO INTEND TO MAKE A DARING EXPERIMENT IN VISUALISATION BY USING LINES AND COLOURS IN FRESH AND INNOVATIVE WAYS IN THIS IMPENDING VOYAGE THROUGH THE DEEP SEAS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
ALTER BODIES:
I HAVE ALREADY WORKED ON THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY AND VIBRANT CREATIVITY.I HAVE OFTEN SEEN THE HUMAN BODY REDUCED TO A MERE MATERIAL PRESENCE HAVING ONLY AN ANIMAL EXISTENCE WHICH CANNOT GO BEYOND THE SENSUAL OR AT THE MOST SEXUAL, A BODY WHICH CANNOT RISE TO ANSWER THE DILEMMA OF EXISTENCE, A BODY WHICH CANNOT HOLD THE BURDEN OF ‘BEING’ AND NEGATE THE ANGST OF ‘NOTHINGNESS’ (SARTRE) LEADING TO THE BITTER REALISATION OF THE BODY AS A MAJOR AND INEVITABLE CONSTRAINT ON HUMAN CREATIVITY.
IT IS FROM THERE MY QUEST BEGINS. I WISH TO EXPLORE THE ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF A CREATIVE BODY THAT CAN DEFINE SPACE AND TIME ON ITS OWN TERMS. IT WILL BE A BODY WITH UNLIMITED SCOPE FOR ENDLESSLY PERVADING THE INFINITY AND MERGES INTO THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE,A BODY THAT HAS ALSO ITS POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE LARGER UNIVERSE, AS FOR EXAMPLE, THE HUMAN BODY AS CONCEIVED IN THE TANTRIC PRACTICES. THE TRANSCENDENTAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY WHERE IT MERGES WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE-THE PANCHABHOOTAS OR THE FIVE ELEMENTS, ETHER, FIRE, AIR, WATER AND EARTH. IN THE PROPOSED PAINTINGS THIS WILL BE DONE BY UNCONVENTIONAL USE OF LINES AND COLOURS THAT CAN BRING IN THE METAPHYSICAL DEPTH REQUIRED FOR SUGGESTING THE UNEXPLORED ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
I HAVE EXTENSIVELY UTILISED THE POSSIBILITIES OF FEMALE FORMS IN MY EARLIER WORKS: PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND GRAPHICS. I WAS ADMITTEDLY OBSESSED WITH AND CONVINCED BY THE INEXPLICABLE CAPACITY OF THE FEMALE FIGURE TO EFFORTLESSLY ACCOMMODATE AND EXPRESS THE ARTIST’S CREATIVE INSIGHT INTO ANYTHING RIGHT FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE METAPHYSICAL. WITH THAT BACKDROP, THE SERIES OF PAINTINGS I AM PLANNING WILL BE A CRITIQUE OF THE MALE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMALE BODY WITH ITS INEVITABLE PITFALLS OF PERCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GENDER CONSTRAINTS. AN EFFORT TO GET LIBERATED FROM THE PSEUDO-CLASSICAL FEMALE FIGURE SEEN THROUGH THE WISHFUL MALE GAZE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT THE ESSENTIAL FEMININE WITHIN THE FEMALE BODY LIBERATED FROM THE MALE GAZE. THUS MY PROJECT WILL ALSO BE A WOMAN’S EXPRESSION OF WHAT SHE THINKS IS CENTRAL TO HER OWN BODY, THE CREATIVE WOMAN ENCOUNTERING HER OWN BODY IN THE WILDERNESS OF HER EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES. A PRIVATE REVALATION, YEARNING FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
ARTISTS DOWN THE AGES HAVE EXPLORED AND EXPERIMENTED WITH DIVERSE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY RIGHT FROM THE RENAISSANCE PAINTERS LIKE RAPHEL AND DA VINCI UPTO MODERN ARTISTS LIKE PICASSO, FRANCIS BACON, RENE MAGRITTE AND MARCEL DUCHAMP. HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM HAPPENED TO BE MALE AND THEIR EXPLORATIONS HAVE SELDOM LOOKED AT THE TRANSCENDENTAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY. WHILE INSPIRED BY ALL THEIR PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN THE WEST AS WELL AS THE EAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEMPT AN ORIGINAL AND INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BODY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FEMALE BODY IN MY FORTHCOMING SERIES OF PAINTINGS ON THE THEME. I ALSO INTEND TO MAKE A DARING EXPERIMENT IN VISUALISATION BY USING LINES AND COLOURS IN FRESH AND INNOVATIVE WAYS IN THIS IMPENDING VOYAGE THROUGH THE DEEP SEAS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
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