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12/3/2011 10:53:10 PM
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There are two kinds of travelers in mumbai.... the daily travelers who some time or the other feel a seething angst against the whole idea of daily travel. They may play cards or sing group songs or give push to others especially of the other sex, but all of them when not indulging in such activities feel frustration.
And there are others who are not daily travelers and they feel a constant trapidation with thought of ensuing travel, planning to travel in off peak hours, which are also becoming rush hours with less rush.
But all of them feel a constant hope of improving things , a sense of optimism which is hallmark of the city and which gets a pat while some calamity happens and city never stops. But why we need a slap first to get a pat afterwards?
And what will a creative person do? Observe and make mental notes. Of the landscape, if he or she is a landscape artist like me and make notes of human mind games and feelings if he happens to be keener observer.
In the forthcoming exhibition, which will showcase my watercolours on “travel in Mumbai” , may be classified as landscapes or conceptual, as per each viewers perception. I for my own understanding, call them Conceptual Landscapes... an attempt to make representational art more thought provoking. It is not a activism or comment of society but perception of an artist on life around him... not just visuals but whole felings and experiences.more blogs
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