POSTER OUT: Endoscopy of Mumbai Artists- Art Gate Gallery - Mumbai- 22nd to 28th August 2015

The artist lives and works in Mumbai.  

Exhibition details: 22nd to 28th August 2015-11am to 7 pm

Art Gate Gallery- 1st Floor (above Satyam Collection) Chheda Sadan 115, J Tata Road Churchgate Mumbai, India 

Go Astern!

• 1. Cicadas Whirlwinds

Imprints of this print smells the combustive illusionistic vibrations of skeletonish   architectural structure drawing, seeming with body topology and convulsion of natural form- trunk of insect cicada. The oceanographic   composional   division with erosive rusting coastline and the living relation between land and water. 

• 2. Autostereosopic Wavefronts The unearth intrinsic traces of vessels and the uploads of newer trajectory trails, ship goes –comes, the burials and cleavage remains, captured by curious cannon. The nerves of sea-body finds its way out,forming a white cap, foggy surf juxtaposed on autotrophic algae and the pictorial cosmos thus created by it. 

Recent work by  Shrinivas Mhatre

• 3.  Aerial Thermo sensitivity

The Energized visual engraves with rippling pyrotechnical essence merged in hydro moss. The manoeuvre of technical drawing emerges through topographical glimpse the leeway composition indicates to the projectile rowing motion.  

• 4. Thermo sensitive Topography 

Its parallax comes up with the twist and turns of ship’s trunk steering fierce of scarletish hues in cerulean blues of aqua and leafy outrigger. In such a surrounding there exists a wounded resolute structural body; the buoyancy of aqua keeps it in tension of surface...splashing magnitude waves.

• 5. The Reverberation of Gulf 

The visual Sonic Reverberation between edges of gulf created by spontaneous strockes spinning out from a insectum manned solid. The path continues to be a hollow drill by rustic land on both sides which leeway’s the nuance of ultra waves.

• 6. Aerodynamic Geology of Marine 

Nostalgic glimpses of flight travel imprints in a dioramistic form. Then imitation of chopper view is pictorially assembled by the help of technical aesthetic and acoustics is thus created by topo- effect bringing up suitable lush green and aqua marine colours.

Recent work by  Shrinivas Mhatre

• 7. Microscopic Introspect 

Out of the selective drawing study of warrior ship here the artist investigates one of the smallest part zoomed in, out of curiosity of its detailed design. Here smells the attrition of solid body and its archaic minute. This comes out, not to be recognised accurately but a support structure to animate inner emotions on surface.

• 8. Sedimentary Schooner 

Semi-hovering schooners, sedimenting on robust early stain, aroused in sea body, by whiplashing in tempest. The hide and seek play on an abandon curvature of ship yard, holding the memories of past.

• 9. Impulsive Radar 

Indication through waves direction the path of travel .This devise Radar used as a metaphor of ‘Life’ and ship as ‘Thoughts ‘ in a motion , that travels in ‘n’ numbers of directions and creating dimensions. That proliferates the journey.

• 10. Reverberating Resonance

Sporadic out bust of Ultra-Sonic visual vibes spreading triangular palpitations, its resonance which infinitely reverberates from spin of apt (the back part of ship).The apt here is imaginarily overlapped by ship trunk’s imprints which centrally divides the composition into symmetry releasing propulsive energy forces in all directions.

• 11. Propulsion
Kinematic propulsion generated by syntactic structure in a space. Where the form or object amalgamates its features with terrestrial where as aquatic, manned as well as natured forms like bird-insect -aeroplane, fish-ship.The space, in which they dwell, the motion created by them, is researchably observant.They share common features like horizontal caudal keel which helps them in motion.  Here an object (a form) is in a space which is likely to be similar with aerodynamic propulsion which is against gravity, or a motion of fish in water, or the ripplesion created when ship body movin in water.

• 12. Emergence of Submergence

Buoyancy that resists the floating to sink scattered that becomes ship wreck, a motion that has left its breadth on bay converting it to foliage. The aftermath of seismic wave’s collusion leaves it in a constant dance of sub-merge-emerge.

 

Artist: Shrinivas Mhatre

Go Astern!  

reckons up in trajectory of Shrinivas Mhatre’s journey of projecting as an artist.Being the resident of ‘Mumbai’-India, which has a nourished surrounding of hydra-coast, the artist smells the city in different essences, adding his own intuitive sensations through Print Making’s ‘Viscosity’ process.Occasions like art camps, awards and art exhibitors made him travel through air; these newer cannon registered an unforgettable memory in artist life.An Aerodynamic, dioramatic  perspective of imagining things from bird’s eye view was then implied in his prints and forms of ship entered in his expressions.The drawings which help marine architects and mechanic where taken as reference point ,and the glimpses of scenes from various movies relating to sea and ship comes in pictorial representation of his artwork. In this various moods of the cosmos and different physicality of sea and air body is carved. Observing every detailed texture, colour, forms; composing them and giving it an autosterioscopic glance.  Shades of lush green emerging by rolling yellow-blue in particular colour density and time span, this is an advantage of viscosity’s achieved experimental effects; on which try to similaiarate with form of an outriggering aqua algae. Interesting part of forms which are used in are- the animation of it which generates the visual vibes seeming with the motion of cicada, damselflies, dragonflies,of insects family. Topographical view is key interest of his work, intersecting the blending of common mechanism of aquatics well as aerial manned and god gifted; imprinting this in one geological space compounds an art work.                                                                                                                                        


- by Harshda Nirgun.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: A Counselor in disguise of a Director.

Art is reflection of society. I have been writing about various genres of art and find that every genre is interrelated. Visual 2D can be animated in motion media in 3D form. The society that reflects in cinema can be captured on canvas or paper by a painter. Dance can project a whole life of a particular character. Songs emote various emotions and feelings and so on.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Today the movies of Hrishikesh Mukherjee kindled me to write about his non glamourized directorial brilliance. Hrishi-da, as he was lovingly called in Bollywood is a well-known and one of the most loved directors. He is a common man’s director. Though he is dead I still feel his presence through his cinema. And it is also a well-known fact that an artist never dies, he lives in his art, so do Hrishi-da. The magical effect continues to linger over our minds through his awesome movies like, Chupke Chpuke, Bawarchi, Khubsoorat, Satykam, Aashirwad, Guddi, Mili, Anurdha, Abhimaan and others. These films are amazing and mind blowing even though non-glamorous. These films bind us with warmth and simplicity.

 

I do not wish to analyse his movies into comedy and serious dramas, instead I am presenting the common thread that runs through these films.

The most common factor is his association with common man’s life and that makes us relate to his films.

Why do I call him counselor? Because, I had read somewhere that Hrishi-da had said that he would better have been doctor than a film-maker.

I think he was not less than practicing doctor. He touched human mind and psyche. He understood human nature better than any film maker. His observation and analysis is closer to that of psychologist. His every film touches upon both these aspects and a viewer tends to learn or take a healing dose from it. To start with, the best example is ‘Anand’ where he subtly suggests to live every moment happily even if under distress, here critical ill Anand (played by Rajesh Khanna) shows the spirit of living. It is like practicing happiness, or controlling your own happiness in transitory feelings and circumstances.

No one is perfect. The imperfection of human nature is perfectly projected in his film ‘Anuradha’, a story of an idealistic doctor who neglects his wife or Ashok Kumar in Satyakam who has treasure of religious and philosophical knowledge but fails in practical life to accept his own grandchild due to wrong notion.  

The characters of all his films seem real. Many of the characters are the reel presentations of real life. According to his daughter-in-law Swati loves western music. Hrishida asked her about Ustad Zakhir Hussain, she showed her ignorance of Indian Classical music and told him that Ustad was very famous and very handsome. Hrishida was shocked at her knowledge of Indian music. He himself was very finely tuned in Indian classical music, the songs from his films are hummed till date. But who can ever forget the first Indian Rap song by Ashok Kumar, ‘Rail gadi, rail gadi…bich wale station bole ruk ruk ruk ruk…’?

His films have protagonists who are staked by circumstances, but as human nature every person tries to win over negativities by hook or crook.

Two realities of life are the recurring themes of Hrishi-da’s movies; Happiness and Death. According to him, all the attempt of humans is to make life happy and secondly, death is inevitable. Humour is followed by pathos and also there is a silver lining to every cloud. Unlike, main stream cinema which gives us larger than life picture and many a times unrealistic modus operandi, Hrishida lets us confront reality and accept the facts of life.

Hrishi-da was a simple man in real life just like his simple films. He believed that artist reflects himself in his art. He followed his instinct to project common man, his feelings, deeds, follies and foibles and all the virtues that makes up his life. Simplicity has influenced almost more than three generations and even today’s techno generation is awed watching his movies.

I think the mantra behind his dedication lies in his reflective thought: Your own glory is better than reflected glory. (As told by Swati Mukherjee, his daughter-in-law).

-  Pankaja JK

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