NAGUESH RAO SARDESSAI
Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier needs no introduction. With her trademark style of creating a ceramic like effect on canvas with relief and high gloss she has created a niche for herself in the art world.
However, she, for the first time in so many years, is showing her drawings in pen & ink on paper at the ‘Art Chamber’, Calangute, in the exhibition titled ‘Apathy’.
These drawings ostensibly are simple sketches and randomly drawn pictures of people in various positions of mental and physical state of indifference. They are, in fact, an attempt in worthy documentation.
Yolanda’s observation and study of people need to be commended. Here, she has gone beyond mere illustration to infuse a wealth of motivational teachings that has the potential to activate viewers’ positive attitude. She sketches, admits Yolanda, to break the monotony of colours and pigment that helps in refreshing and rejuvenating her creative self.
In spite of these works being spontaneous outpouring, Yoland is conscious throughout the process and makes it a point to add proverbs or interesting quotes to the sketches. ‘Solutions to life’s troubles lay not within pages of books….. but within oneself’ is accompanied by a picture of a man deeply intoxicated whilst a brooding and visibly depressed figure is accompanied by ‘The secret lay in finding, not in seeking’ besides similar other interesting pictures wait to be seen and read.
Along side these works; Yolanda has put up few of her other works that’ll be showcased by ‘Galerie Gora’ in Montreal, Canada in a solo coming May. ‘Marooned’, ‘Pulling Strung Strings’ and ‘Blue’ are outstanding works. Besides these ‘Journey Beyond Time’ stands out for its beautiful rendering of a victory banner typical of the Portuguese era. She’ll be traveling to Canada along with her works broadly based on the theme – Destiny.
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