ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥
- बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्
Lead us from Unreality to the
Reality, Lead us from the Darkness to the Light , Lead us from the Fear of
Death to the Knowledge of Immortality
After
World War -II, the world has faced such huge disaster and loss of lives only
now, during this dark phase of Covid-19 pandemic. Being
artists we can feel the unrest, sorrow and misery of people everywhere in the
world. In this difficult situation every human being has become a warrior,
fighting together against this dark period with strong hopes, faith and energy
leading towards light. This paradigm-shifting pandemic has made us realize the
uncertainty, nothingness and completeness in human life.
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| Recent Works by Vilas Shinde |
This
situation also emphasizes the role of hope and faith of man in the infinite
journey of survival of civilizations through various natural and man-made
disasters since ancient times to the modern era.
'A
ray of hope’ presents majorly achromatic artworks of Contemporary artists
coming together to represent their individual approaches and style, that reveal
different aspects of hopes and faith in the context of human survival. In
today's turbulent, uncertain socio-political and economic world, most people from the
common man to the intelligentsia are worried about their future. Even in this
difficult situation, the creative artist is trying to keep the flame of empathy
alive in the society with the rod of positive energy, with his devotion to art,
aspiration for life and hope for a bright future.
In
art history, the absence and presence of light is used to represent spiritual
energy, divinity, gods and goddess and so on. Brahman in Indian Vedic
literature, Chinese theory of Yin and Yang, Buddhist theory of Shunyavada,
The Theory of Big bang discuss about the 'nothingness ' and 'completeness' that
relates to black and white. Scientifically, black and white do not have
specific wavelengths. Instead, white light contains all wavelengths of visible
lights. Black, on the other hand, is the absence of visible light. At the
same time in color theory, white is the absence of all color and black is the
presence of all color. A visual play using black and white together creates
neutrality and infiniteness.
This online exhibition will be an opportunity for
talented, budding, young artists from India to showcase their art with senior artists to boost
their energy. The works of all these talented artists working in various styles
of contemporary Indian art will be readily available to art lovers and art
collectors from all over the world.
I am grateful to Senior Contemporary artists Sudhir
Patwardhan, Dilip Ranade, Vilas Shinde, Ravindra Salve for accepting an
invitation for this show. I am also thankful to all Artists who responded to
invitation and open call for this Exhibition.
Shardul Kadam
Painter and Lecturer, Sir J.J.
School of Art, Mumbai
RAY OF HOPE' at Nippon Gallery.
Ray of Hope' is a collective show of 37 artists from various parts of country.
We would love to see you all there for the opening on 20th August 11am.
Ray of Hope - Curator: Shardul Kadam
Starts : 11 am / 20th August 2020
Ends : 07pm / 10th September 2020
Online Sale Starts : 11am ( Indian time) / Book your Artworks
Email : info@nippongallery.com
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