A NOTE ON “ MY PERSPECTIVE”
ME AND MY WORKS ARE "ENTWINED". WHAT I MEAN HERE, IS THAT I DO FIND ME IN MY WORK, AND AS IF MY WORKS ARE NOTHING BUT REFLECTIONS PURELY OF MY MIND.
MY INTEREST IN VISUAL ART PROBABLY DEVELOPED THRU A DIFFERENT ROUTE, I FIND A VERY STRONG BOND BETWEEN MY WORKS AND MY MOTHER’S WORK. SINCE CHILDHOOD VISITING MY MOTHER’S BEAUTY PARLOUR DREW MY ATTENTION TOWARDS CERTAIN THINGS- LIKE BRUSHES, COLOURS, TEXTURES, RENDERING, APPLICATIONS AND SOMETHING CALLED BEAUTIFUL.
THIS SOMETHING CALLED BEAUTIFUL IN CONTINUITY HAD GIVEN ME A PLEASING SENSATION THOUGH, BUT NEVER COULD SATISFY MY SENSE OF BEAUTY IN FULLNESS- I KNEW IT CLEARLY THAT I WAS SEARCHING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING SO PURE THAT WOULD HEAL NOT ONLY MY PAIN BUT EVERYONE’S PAIN. THIS BECAME MORE OBVIOUS – WHEN I STARTED TAKING MY DRAWING AND PAINTING LESSONS SERIOUSLY.
MY JOURNEY FROM COSMETIC BEAUTY TO REAL BEAUTY HAD BEGAN , I AM SPIRITUALLY ENJOYING THE PROCESS OF ART. FOR ME ART IS JUST NOT A PAINTING OR SCULPTURE , BUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND SPAN OF LIFE ITSELF. IN THE RECENT PAST I DEVELOPED MY LIKING TOWARDS PRINT MAKING AND HENCE I JOINED KALA BHAVANA, VISVA BHARATI- SANTINIKETAN.
PRINT MAKING TO ME IS NOT ONLY TRANSFARING A SURFACE TO ANOTHER. IT GIVES ME MANY A LESSONS WHICH I RELATE TO MY DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS.
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING- I ENJOY THIS SURFACE VIBRATION OF A PRINT AND THOSE UNKNOWN SURPRISES (NOT ACCIDENTS) PRINT CAN GIVE US, LET THAT BE THE BEGINNING WITH – MIRROR IMAGE. PROBABLY THE TENSION OF COMPLETENESS AND INCOMPLETENESS IS THE CONCEPTUAL JOURNEY OF THIS PHYSICAL MIRROR OF MY WORLD.
LINE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MY WORK. LINE TO ME IS – DRAWING, LINE TO ME IS MY JOURNEY. LINE IS THE SURFACE VIBRATION IN MY WORK. LINE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END. LINE IS THAT FLIGHT OF COMPLETENESS AND INCOMPLETENESS.
I RELATE MY DRAWING ON PAPER AND DRAWING ON METAL PLATE IN SIMILAR MANNER, AND COGNATELY INVITE THE QUALITY OF SPONTANITY VIS- A- VIS MECHANICAL METHOD OF REPRODUCTION.
EXPERIMENTATION AND CONTINUTY THESE ARE TWO PILLARS OF MY VISUAL LANGUAGE.
BEING A WOMAN I FEEL – SO COMPLETE IN ONE WAY AND ALSO INCOMPLETE IN THE OTHER WAY AND THUS MY EXPRESSIONS ARE - A KIND OF RELEASING FACTORS OF WHAT I THINK – WHAT I THINK ON COMPLETENESS AND INCOMPLETENWSS. THIS JOURNEY OF TRUE, AND FALSE IS A KIND OF CONTRADICTION OF OUR SOCIETY AND TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACE IN MY WORK. IT IS THE FORM OF A WOMAN WHICH PULLS ME SO MUCH TO A WHITE SPACE, IT IS THE CONCEPT OF GROWTH FROM A SEED TO A TREE WHICH ATTRACTS MY MIND’S SPACE.
HUMANS AND FIGURES CREATE AN IMPORTANT SENSATION IN MY WORKS. IT IS AN INTERESTING THING TO NOTE THAT THE FIGURES IN MY WORK AT TIMES SILENTLY START TAKING SHAPE/FORMS DIRECTLY FROM NATURE, THOUGH AS SUCH BY FIGURES I DNT ONLY MEAN HUMANS AND ANIMALS-FOR ME FIGURE IS SOMETHING AND ANYTHING WHAT I ADD, AND THAT IS WHERE I SEE MYSELF AND A VIEWER PUT TOGETHER-" I AM THERE AND I AM GOING TO BE THERE.
PRIYANKA BATRA
