NAGUESH RAO SARDESSAI
An exhibition of paintings titled ‘Parichay.’ was held, in mid May of the year 2013 at the Kala Academy, Goa. Mukta Gupta from Jharkhand,
Swatantra from New Delhi and our very own Goan John L. Dais teamed up to offer
a unique variety of art works to the Goan art enthusiasts.
Coming from diverse regions and with independent
sensibilities, all three of them present an individualistic and differing angle
to various themes. Mukta is preoccupied with emotional aspects whereas John
takes a flight to the otherworldly plane. Swatantra on the contrary has
displayed his abstracts.
Mukta’s novel style attracted eyeballs. Concentrating on the
nuance of relationship and the multiple nature of it, Mukta, a postgraduate in
art, skillfully portrays the same with admirable success. She has come a long
way to develop a style that compliments her subjects and temperament.
Interesting to aspect to observe a style that has grown out of the artist’s
need and developed to suit her expression.
The forms, in her paintings, develop out of circular and
swirling lines. Images of women, men, children, birds, animal etc. acquire
magical qualities and play visual hide and seek with the onlookers. They tease
and tame the viewers with their enticing character. Couples in embrace, mother
and child, ladies involved in mundane activities and such topics, washed with
soft and pleasing hues, engage the viewers and connect on the emotional
level
John on the contrary portrays themes sourced out from his
subconscious. Disturbed by the deplorable happenings around and the direction
human race is moving in is what John feels drawn towards. The male female
relationship and the animal aspect in human beings get portrayed via morphed
and fantastic images. A human transforms into a chameleon in one of the
painting to convey the hypocritical behavior of people. It also exhibits the
draining of social mooring and moral standards.
Swatantra on the contrary speaks the language of abstract
and captures landscapes that interest him as an artist. Small dots and
scribbles over abstract pattern largely seem to represent the stars and
heavenly elements. The paintings have an interesting visual appeal.
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