Suresh On Art

Shades of Life

2012-01-11T18:07:00.003+05:30

Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous new year 2012...

This year for me begins with an exhibition "Shades of Life" curated by Ms.Varsha Munot at The Renaissance Art Studio, Pune. This is the first time that I am showing my paintings along with my daughter Bhawana's paintings... This is a moment to feel proud of her.

Below are a few images of my paintings being displayed at the gallery along with the invitation...

Cheers!!!

A Talk on TV

2011-07-12T15:12:00.000+05:30

This was an interview taken during my exhibition at Alliance Française de Bhopal.

Wanted to share this here...

Enjoy!!!

Condolence to Hussain Sahab.

2011-06-11T22:45:00.002+05:30

When I heard the news of Hussain Sahab.. I felt very bad. India has lost a great artist. I admire his ability to paint, even when he was surrounded by so many controversies.

I was just recollecting my old times which I had spent with him. He was a regular visitor the any exhibition and always encouraged the young artists. I remember during one of my exhibition in at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai he had visited my exhibition and spent quite a lot of time looking at my horse paintings.

I am attaching one of old memories with him here...

Right to left Sachida Nagdev, Hussain Sahab, Suresh Choudhary (Me) and Waman Thakre

Dhumravarna Ganesh - one of my older paintings

2011-06-05T21:15:00.000+05:30

Came across one of my older painting of Shri Ganesh in his incarnation as "Dhumravarna"

" Dhumraketu, also referred as Dhumravarna, is the incarnation of Hindu God Ganesha that will appear at the end of the Kali Yuga."

Recent exhibition at Aliance Franciase de Bhopal

2011-05-14T10:47:00.000+05:30

I just finishes a 10 days exhibition at Aliance Francaise de Bhopal. I really like the way people of Bhopal enjoy and appreciate art. Bhopal is a city for art and culture.

Below are some paintings displayed in the exhibition.

Autobio-"audio"-graphy (organized by Kala Samay and Chavi Samvad)

2010-11-29T00:10:00.001+05:30

Few days back i was invited to talk about myself and my own journey and its various milestones in between and how life took its twists and turns. This was about an hour long session with approx half hour of my monologue. The rest half i devoted to the question and answer sessions. They have recorded the session hopefully some clips were aired too. I have requested to get some clips for uploading on net.

An observation of one of the person (Mr Devilal Patidar) was that in my paintings the surface becomes a very important part of the the painting. .. he had observed that I paid particular attention to developing the surface texture of the painting. Of course it is true to a major extent.

With landscapes most of my paintings have a 3D surface because of using thick impasto with knife and then working over it with colour. There are a few horses and ganesh that i have done in that manner . I do pay particular attention, to the way the painting surface develops. I like to have finesse in my work. blending tones into one another and thats what i enjoy doing.

1975 year of Jugalbandi of Painting with Prose

2010-11-09T11:49:00.002+05:30

In the year 1975 a friend of mine thought about having a jugalbandi of Poetry and Paintings

The result was paintings based on poetry by Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh's poetry 'Andhere Mein ' . The reason this poet was picked was that the pictorial aspect of his verses was very prominent (as also evident in lines below). The full text is available in KavitaKosh here

बाहर शहर के, पहाड़ी के उस पार, तालाब...

अँधेरा सब ओर,

निस्तब्ध जल,

पर, भीतर से उभरती है सहसा

सलिल के तम-श्याम शीशे में कोई श्वेत आकृति

कुहरीला कोई बड़ा चेहरा फैल जाता है

और मुसकाता है,

पहचान बताता है,

किन्तु, मैं हतप्रभ,

नहीं वह समझ में आता।

One sample painting (this is a scanned B/W image - the best i could manage )

There is also a writeup based on my limited understanding during those times. and a much youthful me :)

Note: Later I also worked on poetry by Shamsher. but that may be some other time.

Brushing my blog

2010-09-09T21:01:00.002+05:30

There were countless things that happened in past 6 months. Some of them related to art (Like getting the veteran artist award from AIFACS in New Delhi) to Art camp in Ujjain and few more some such event. Its unfortunate that i was not able to post stuff and got totally carried away in the flux of daily hum-drum. There is one thing I know for sure. Blogging should be like brushing your teeth. (Everyday).

So lets quickly put the past behind and move forward.

Sometime back there was a disscussion about Artists should/should not represent their times. Afterall how would you find them contemporary if they do not do that. Think of the caves of Bhimbetka they do tell a story. or do look at Guernica by Picasso

I think there are artists who are like that but I do not find my paintings having any semblance to the present times, they seem to belong to another category. I find the inscape of timelessness more alluring than the landscape of present times.

A few lines I have wrote in my diary would like to share.

अनंत फैलाव के साथ रहना
अंदर और बाहर भी
एक आदत सी हो गयी है

जीवन में शुमार है पूरी तरह से

शरीर तो नश्वर है
और में चिर दूरस्थ गामी
अपनी क्रातियो में हमेशा रहूँगा

मेरी क्रातियाँ क्या पाती हैं
इससे महत्वपूर्णा यह है की
मैं अपने आपको को कृतियों में
नये नये रूपों में पाता हूँ

एक ही जीवन में विभिन्न फलकों पर
अनेकों जीवन जीना प्रफुल्लित करता है

On a happy note: my youngest son (Yatin) will be getting married sometime soon (hopefully this year), Everybody in family is quite cheerful. and as expected my younger son's phone bill is sky rocketing :)

Bharat Bhawan Bhopal, Last day at exhibition

2010-03-13T23:34:00.000+05:30

Thanks to Bharat Bharat Bhawan for organizing this wonderful exhibition of my works and giving me a chance to meet so many people.

The one month exhibition has come to an end. All the while time has flied. Especially since I had an

almost parallel exhibition in Delhi as well.

Location : Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
Date : 13 Mar 2010
Occasion: Last day of 1 month exhibition.

From Left to Right

Myself- Suresh choudhary, Rahim Gutti, Suhas Nimbalkar and Sachida Nagdev

Exhibition in New Delhi

2010-02-27T20:56:00.006+05:30

Dhoomimal Art Centre in Delhi (Connaught Place)

The present exhibition is already underway in Bhopal till next month 13th , a totally new set of my works will be on display in Delhi from 5th March.

Dhoomimal Art Centre will be hosting this exhibition. My Profile in their website is here
Have sent the box of works yesterday and its a big relief now that the ball is out of my court.

5 march 2010 - 6 30 pm - Just like with past exhibition This exhibition is also open for online viewing.
Just click here http://sureshchoudhary.com/_img/

For those who can physically visit here is the address

Dhoomimal Art Centre,

8A Connaught Place,

Inner Circle, New Delhi-110001

Date : 5th March 2010- 17th March (Sunday Closed)

Thanks for the support.
-S

online exhibition

2010-02-14T22:52:00.002+05:30

A lot of you have received the URL for viewing online exhibition.

http://sureshchoudhary.com/_img/

Unfortunately there is some minor hiccup wherein a lot of text error seems to be generated. (debug mode)

Right people are looking into the issue and they should be able to correct it asap. This is our first attempt to have an online exhbition as well. SO please bear with us.

I will update the blog as soon as it is up and running.

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11:10 pm 14th Feb - The images are being reuploaded.
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3 PM IST 15th Feb - Images are uploaded.

The images are uploaded in picasaweb as well. If the initial link gives problem you can try the secondry source by clicking here

Pls let me know in comments if still any issues.

Exhibition in Bharat Bhavan Feb 2010

2010-01-13T23:20:00.003+05:30

This is my first post of 2010 so Happy New Year folks..... and some news from my end.

I have been invited by Bharat Bhavan to conduct an exhibition of my works on their 28th Anniversary. It feels good to be appreciated. This exhibition will start on 13th of Feb and will be on display for 1 whole month.

Bharat Bhavan is an independent trust created by the Legislature of the State of Madhya Pradesh. The Building architecture was conceptualized by Charles Correa. Bharat Bhavan is home to a lot of activities around not just limiting itself to Art it including Music and performing arts as well.

You can know more about Bharat Bhavan on wikipedia here or on its own site.

I would consider the emergence of Bharat Bhavan to be synonymous.with the development of Indian art in the international market.

Presently I am busy tying a lot of loose ends It is a HUGE space that is available for display. and I will need to gather my works from around different places. I have yet to decide on theme and what to showcase.

Will keep you Posted ...

Recent Abstract works - Poetry in color

2010-01-09T10:42:00.000+05:30

जाओ और कह दो;

अब में तस्वीरें अक्स के

बहुत दूर चला आया हूँ.

उड़ते रंगों को सहेजकर,

मौसम तलाश करता हूँ.

पेशानी की लकीरें;

बिखेरा करता हूँ,

This is one of the recent abstract work (poetry in colour series), Which prompted me to write these lines

PS : Compare this work with the other Poetry in color series works there is a marked shift in my color pallet.

Small Writeup in hindi

2010-01-09T10:31:00.004+05:30

दरदरी जमी पर,

अनगढ़ सी खीच दी है,

एक लकीर,

जैसे

रिश्ता बनाकर चला आया हूँ

कॅन्वस पर.

छीताराते हुए रंग

सहेजने के चक्कर में,

और बिखर गये हैं.

क्या यही है तस्वीर मेरी?

जाओ और कह दो;

अब में तस्वीरें अक्स के

बहुत दूर चला आया हूँ.

उड़ते रंगों को सहेजकर,

मौसम तलाश करता हूँ.

पेशानी की लकीरें;

बिखेरा करता हूँ,

तकदीर भुलाने के लिए.

बमुश्किल बिकती है तस्वीर कोई;

रसूले-पाक ने क्या किस्मत दी है,

भूंखे तो नहीं मरता हूँ.

बस रंगों को बिखेरा करता हूँ,

और तन्हाई बयान करता हूँ.

ज़ख़्मों को तारपीन और वार्निश से नुमाया करता हूँ.

- सुरेश चौधरी (९ जन १०, भोपाल )

An offbeat work from my private collection.

2009-12-12T20:09:00.004+05:30

An offbeat work of mine that i love. (its in my private collection) There are very few I remember that explore man-woman-animal relationship. It was done in 1990

One more year of Bhopal Gas Tragedy - 25th year this time

2009-12-03T23:48:00.005+05:30

One more year of Gas tragedy has elapsed. and this time we will be having its 25th Year.

It pains to even remember those moments. As I mentioned in my earlier posts here. It has been horrible. Just imagine that the people still have not got what was due to them.

As I mentioned in my earlier posts about my writeup. I wanted to put a decently typed version for all of my readers. Unfortunately, most typists of Bhopal only have English Keyboards. Eventually I did fish a guy in Old City who did type it for me and took print outs. (God bless him) . But before he could give me the soft copy his computer went down with Virus. Even second day he was unable to recover his data and that soft copy. Hence Just posting the pics of those printouts for those interested in reading my personal experience of those days in Hindi. (Its english translation will take some time to come) .

Although my medium is colors and not text still I am hopeful you are able to appreciate the hindi version . Attached here (6MB - 3 pics )

Studio at present

2009-12-01T18:51:00.006+05:30

Big Black and Whilte canvas at the right hand was hanging in my drawing room since quite long time. Felt like making a few more works on the theme.

Do you notice that there is a tiny speck of red on that black and white painting.

Last time I was sitting with an astrologer he mentioned my Kundali has something that points to this behavior. India is incredible. People fish out relationships from strange places.

Perhaps its men's quest to find meaning in everything. otherwise how do you explain my behavior. I just can not finish a painting which does not have at least a tiny speck of RED in it.

Meetup on 13th Nov at my Studio

2009-11-16T23:24:00.005+05:30

Yesterday had invited a group of artists to my studio to showcase my works. I sincerely hope to make it a yearly event.

Bhopal has really matured in all these years as an Art hub. At least now its not very difficult to find serious creative artists. Something that was very difficult say before Bharat Bhawan put Bhopal on the art map for India.

I believe I have refused to be a slave to style. and have experimented with various techniques. Size has never been a hinderance So you will find a small 12x8 inch work along side a few huge 72x 108.

Ganesha , Horses, Wave, poetry in Colour and Landscapes are already what you might be familier with, Of all these works which are not in the website are Benares Series, which is very close to my heart

Horses on the run ..

2009-10-13T20:43:00.002+05:30

have been working on a few horses. Here is a work in progress.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy - an old writeup

2009-10-06T22:39:00.004+05:30

Those who know India might be aware that Diwali/Dussehra is the time of the year when we do a thorough cleanup of entire home.. Its a messy affair so lets get straight to point.

I found an old writeup while doing the yearly cleanup. This should be around the some time after the Bhopal gas disaster. I still remember the melancholy hidden in every stroke. Reading it, felt bittersweet.

The write up (in my mother tongue - Hindi is definately better) contains the similar thoughts i had crudely translated in my older post (dec2 2008). Do follow the link if you want to see the paintings that ensued.

Windmills

2009-08-29T12:21:00.005+05:30

(click on photograph to enjoy the high res image)

It was raining cats and dogs while travelling via Dewas from Indore to Bhopal.

The windmills were shrouded in rain clouds and an atmosphere like above ensued.

Returned from Trip to Pune and Nasik

2009-03-08T21:53:00.005+05:30

Just returned from my trip from Pune and Triyambhakeshwar. Nashik.
A memorable trip. Nature and the Landscapes were as if coming alive for/from my paintings.

A fallen tree was like a giant sculpture.

My Yesterday

2009-01-16T22:35:00.003+05:30

Yesterday was Makar Sankranti as well as Sakat Chouth

Sakat Chouth and makar sankranti means 2 kind of Khichdis (white/yelllow) the taste is magically superior compared to any other day. Also lot of Til Gud. It was also my grad daughters birthday. Simply marvelous stuff.

So many things to celebrate so little time. Thats how is India.

ArtScape- India Art Gallery

2009-01-13T07:09:00.006+05:30

ArtScapes, show of India Art Gallery has begin - on till 15 Jan 09.

These guys are really doing some amazing work to promote Indian Artists. The 'thing' I like is that they provide such a eclectica of works that their exhibition are really a feast for the eyes. They have a mix of figurative as well as abstract art. Sculptures as well. I guess their gallery space should be one of the largest in Maharastra replete with fabulous lighting arrangement. Recently they did an exhibition of works by Shantiniketan artists.

One of my Horse trio is on display in Pune at IndiaArt Gallery.

A work I earlier blogged about here and here has appeared on the brochure as well. Unfortunately, due to some issues it was not framed.

There is no substitute to visiting the gallery in person at

Indiaart Gallery
At Kala Chhaya,
270/D, Patrakar Nagar Road,
Opp. Vikhe Patil School,
Off Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune 411016
India

However they have also kept an online show here

Enjoy :)

Bhopal Gas Tragedy

2008-12-02T01:08:00.005+05:30

Since past few days, Mumbai tragedy had been a nightmare.God bless those who were victims of it. However 2nd of December reminds me of one tragedy that I was victim myself.

I remember distinctly,I was just back home after my bypass surgery. The nightmare i was seeing would just not end.
People on the street all short of breath, having eyes full of watery discharge, Screaming,trampling over each other.

I had woke up to a pungent smell something similar to the smell of red dry chillies on hot oil. My eyes were continously having a discharge and No matter how deep i breath it always felt short. When I looked around, everyone was in a similar state. Very soon heard someone screeming "Jahrili Gas, Maroge Sab" (poisonous gas all will die).

Fortunately we were among those who survived. OVer the coming weeks the death toll mounted up. Even after months .. everything living continued to die. Just like that.Even today I can feel the anguish and the tragedy that struck us.

Shortly after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy There were a few works that I did to take that pain and anguish out of me.

(We were fortunate to have a Hill nearby which we climbed. With higher altitude the gas thinned out. But not many of my city dwellers were this lucky. )

Migratory Birds

2008-11-12T22:56:00.006+05:30

Since sometime back I had been quite fascinated by migrating birds. There are many places in India where these birds flock.

Inspired by these flock of vagabond birds I had been working on a new series.

Here is a working sketch on the concept.

Fake Paintings and the concept of ARN Number

2008-09-03T18:07:00.010+05:30

Yesterdays newspaper contained a bitter reality about the Booming Indian Art Market. The link is here

Intrestingly the newspapers did not mentioned, how police got to know that this gallery was dealing in fakes. I think it is quite difficult to spot fakes unless the artist himself mentions it. As it is there is there is already a dearth of art historians/research scholars who would study and verify the artist with the study of his brush strokes or the pigment quality.(There is someone in Pune Maharastra who is a pro but I do not think there are many like him).

Concept of ARN number.

ARN number (Artist Reference Number) is unique Artist reference number that is to be assigned to every painting that goes out of the studio. Image of painting in my website has same name (and tooltip)as the ARN. The same number is written behind the painting also. (More details on the nomenclature later)

The basic fact that this is on net allows a person to have a second opinion apart from the authenticity letter for the work he/she has bought.

We have tried to keep it there for all the new paintings since Nov 2007. Slowly we are trying to incorporate it with all the past paintings too. It is a long and arduous process. But in the end it guarantees, paintings that I have made are properly catalogued. I intend this information on internet to be available free of cost to anyone who wants to verify works made by me.

This is not a silver bullet for fake paintings, but I think it makes sense.

India Art Summit

2008-08-27T15:49:00.005+05:30

Since past few days I was in Delhi got me an opportunity to visit the Art Summit. This is the first art fair of modern and contemporary art called "India Art Summit". Along the lines of international art fairs like FIAC, Art Basel and Freeze, this is India's step into the asian art fairs circuit

Artist got an opportunity to meet so many art lovers and numerous art galleries. Fortunately (or unfortunately) it was not a commercial event. More or less it reminded me of the Kumbh Mela. . Everybody taking a holy dip in River of Colors.

I am returning to Bhopal tonight.

PS: A few Pics from the Summit are attached below

Bull

2008-08-21T00:23:00.004+05:30

Stumbled across a good litho by Picasso here
the whole development process is seen here

In the end Bull is made with the minimalistic lines.

The development of this bull is quite different from the curvalicious forms of dog owl camel and dove which he did

Brochure for upcoming Exhibition in Mumbai

2007-11-16T01:06:00.002+05:30

2 days back received the printed brochures for my coming exhibition. Uploading the soft copy for those unreachable by snail mail.

I have used a passage from my diary. from my earlier post
The exhibition is in Jehangir art Gallery, Mumbai

Do drop in if you are in Mumbai, entry is free.

Exhibition details
From 26 Nov to 2 Dec
11am to 7 pm,
161-B Mahatma Gandhi Road. Ph +91-022 22843989

Taxis in Mumbai are not quipped with GPRS however the WikiMapia URL is here
:)

Page from my diary

2007-11-06T09:19:00.000+05:30

I write occasionally .. but only in Hindi. putting across a sample page from my diary.

Good translations are always difficult to achieve .. at the most it can aspire to go close to the actual written word but its never an exact substitute. Many times language has no word for which source language has a very commonly used word. and then there are always limitations of the translator .

Those who can not understand hindi, an attempt at english translation follows.

Verbalizing pictures! They are quite vocal themselves. Its just that we need to give time and have patience to begin this conversation.
Filling up blank canvases makes me feel alive. However, these days applying colours has become less of "blank canvas need", and more of expressing inner self.

How does one say in words what they feel. Even if they do, are they able to do justice with mere words. Putting inner feelings in words is not even close to expressing ones self.

Sound of music and spread of colours help us where words fail. Like a gentle breeze over autumn leaves emotions,feelings, inner turmoils spread themselves in the ambiance. One may listen to this whispering or deem it to be "silence".
My canvas surfaces have been a witness to my experiences.

Primer for reading paintings

2007-10-15T20:44:00.001+05:30

This is a particularly intresting post

My Kid Could Do That! esp has some intresting point to make.
worth reading. :)

Got a MacBook

2007-08-20T09:34:00.000+05:30

Few days ago i started using MacBook a little more than often.

I must confess switching from Windows to Macbook at my age will be a steep learning curve.
Not that i claim to be windows veteran., Its just that Mac seems to work in a more reliable way than windows

Its a different experience altogether.

Book Publishing

2007-08-05T10:25:00.000+05:30

Since past few months idea of publishing a book has been doing rounds. Now being an septagenarian myself, I know the old style way of doing this .. finding a good publisher and find someone to finance the whole process and take the risk of having 5000 copies with a hope that they will be sold eventually.

And then i come across this fantastic post by David Maister on Self Publishing . He is already a distinguished author of best seller books. He has pointed some excellent starters for achieving this in Internet age.

1) http://www.lulu.com/
2) Getting listed on Amazon

I am collecting all the bits and peices together. and will be looking forward to Davids experiences (He is always so generous with sharing his thoughts )

It has been a long time i had been working on paintings and have evolved a style of my works esp horses and landscapes. Internet and webpages are good for sharing small ideas and events but if you want to tell a 70+ years long story, you need a book. Neat and Tidy compilation of all the works i have done and the evolution of thought process that binds them together.

Lets see how it goes.

Horse Doodle

2007-07-22T21:32:00.000+05:30

Horse doodle ...

Any guesses on the Brush that i have used. ..

The one below is in Pencil .. no prizes for guessing :)

Visit to Delhi

2007-06-20T20:18:00.000+05:30

I am in New Delhi since past few weeks.
Going to the various Art Galleries and gathering reactions of people about my work.
Have got a few paintings with me for the galleries.

Some of my new works

2007-02-25T19:15:00.000+05:30

Uploading a few of my new abstract works.

I am going to New Delhi (India) for a few days

Colours of the Sun

2007-01-10T00:28:00.000+05:30

I just became a Grand DADDY.
My Son (in Japan) and Daughter -in-law (presently in Bhopal with us) are very excited as they have been blessed with a baby boy.

The feeling of a new life being born seems so much like a morning. everything seems fresh and new.

Those who know about my works till now. .. might notice that my colour plate has changed its ingredients since past some time.

Somehow the colours of ultramarines, burnt umber, mauve have changed to vermillion Reds, and Haldi Yellows and Cobalt Blue (Do you notice the pink halo around the orange morning Sun ! )

and now its time for relishing some "Musik" for the Soul.

Lastly
As I mentioned in my earlier posts about Lalit Kala Academy Exhibition here in Bhopal.
adding the pics

and the paintings here (Looks better with Frame )

Thanks Folks for reading.

Added gray tones

2006-12-05T21:56:00.000+05:30

Bigger Canvas

2006-12-02T23:36:00.000+05:30

.. are a challenge at every step .. starting from the Artist who is painting them .. to the Gallery who will be taking it to the Art lovers .. and then finding the right ambience/space to display that mouthful of work to do it justice.

On "Horse and Nude" series i have started a new work. a little bigger than usual.

For now the painting looks like this.

Just for fun , i have signed it (at the right hand lower corner) signalling the painting having reached a possible destination ... or may be this is just a begining of a new journey.

Let s see if what this painting tells me in next few days.

I will ask Preeti to keep you posted

Lalit Kala Academy 49th exhibition

2006-11-14T22:26:00.000+05:30

49th national art exhibition 2006-07 being organised by Lalit Kala Academy.
(The website todays shows 48th exhibition hopefully they will be revamping the site soon )

One of my painting is selected for display in this prestigious art exhibition which is being conducted at Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal this year

Will be posting about this exhibition when this happens in December

Meanwhile attaching the selected painting
Titled "Butterfly"

Have to add some writeup to accompany this painting.

Its not so with most of the paintings .. that i provide a writeup but there are always some paintings which evoke strong feelings and sometimes holds a quick glance to become a long stare.

Do i miss Metros .

2006-10-27T18:41:00.000+05:30

Long time ago I made a choice to stay away from metros and settle down in Bhopal.
leaving metros like Bombay (now Mumbai) and Delhi. Sometimes i used to think .. I miss the action that happens there.

But since i have come to know internet, it never cease to amaze me

Especially I used to be more active in the Indian market scene. and today i amazes me .. that internet has actually proliferated the medium of communication so well.. that you can have visitors from far off continents at your internet address.

I am really enjoying the time learning more and more about internet and exploring about what i can do with it. Here is a snap of recent visitors to my site.

Thanks Fello's

Crossed 1000 Page loads in 1 month

2006-09-12T00:58:00.000+05:30

Page Hits Count

Thanks for the excellent response.
Just observed Page loads to this site have crossed 1000 (1123 to be exact) in last one month. 60% of the visitors are using MSIE 6.0 and rest mostly on Firefox 1.5.0 /others 30% of visitors are staying on the site for more than 20 min to an hour Seems like serious people coming over.

Lets see how can we add more value to this site.

Page Hits Count

2006-08-04T01:26:00.000+05:30

Where are the Art Enthusiasts
150 page loads in a day ... is not bad.
358 page loads in past 6 days.

Glad to find visitors from USA California, and Canada and Chennai, TamilNadu and Coimbtoor (how is that spelled !!! ;-/)

I am not still not very sure how good the google traslations are working may be a little .. quirky.... but at least should be good enough to give a fair hint.

What makes great artist

2006-05-22T14:12:00.000+05:30

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What makes a great artist?

HERE'S THE WINNING ENTRY!!! (note: unedited)

What makes a great artist?

In my extremeley humble opinion, an artist is someone who creates. Everyone is an artist, being artistic is what seperates us from the animals. What makes a great artist is not the ability they have, or the skill, or the technique, or the experience. A great artist has magnetism, magic, spirit. A great artist makes somebody stop and think, and think again, then reflect and ultimately, react. Wether it be music, the written word, architecture or painting, the ability to make people think about what they are looking at rather than just look and move on, is to me, the greatest gift an artist can posses.

Being technically perfect (if such a skill can be acheived) may be admired and have a certain wow factor but just as a computer can be programmed to play the perfect symphony, it will never have the magic a human, with all his or her imperfections and genius will have. The power to evoke strong emotions in someone with art is a rare feat. Only art with meaning, spirit and a depth that can’t be easily explained can achieve this. To ask someone to go out and create something that will move people is like asking someone to go out and make people fall in love with them. The magic of good art and a good artist is it happens and its something that cannot be explained.

So to me a great artist is someone who can change the way you feel and maybe even change the way you think. And that great artist is sometimes the most unexpected of people - the person who doesn’t realise they are changing the way people feel or think. A great artist won’t create for prestige, or notoriety, or acceptance, or money, or immortality. They just create because...because.

They create. And the creation carries on creating long afterward the artist.

Andy Jones