Works
Rahul Baswani, black forest , 2020
8 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, whitecastle , 2021
5 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, 45 degrees , 2020
10 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, untitled (set of 5), 2022
Variable SizeRahul Baswani, steeplechase, 2020
26 x x 20 inchesRahul Baswani, untitled, 2021
13 x x 30 inchesRahul Baswani, introspect , 2020
6 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, fireline , 2020
6 x x 13 inchesRahul Baswani, arboreal , 2020
9 x x 13 inchesRahul Baswani, balustrade , 2020
5 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, mandala, 2020
7 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, dinka , 2021
8 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, bulrushes , 2021
8 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, flutter , 2020
13 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, standing tall, 2020
8 x x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, river runs through , 2021
8 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, scaffolds , 2020
12 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, slippery slope, 2020
9 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, placid , 2021
8 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, serrated , 2021
5 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, noir , 2020
12 x x 5 inchesRahul Baswani, cat people , 2020
8 x x 14 inchesRahul Baswani, stillness, 2021
8 x x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, night vigil , 2020
8.5 x x 12.5 inchesembankment , 2020
4 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, institute in chicago , 2020
8 x x 17 inchesRahul Baswani, swamp thing , 2020
6 x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, jetty in autumn rain , 2020
6 x x 26 inchesRahul Baswani, home delivered , 2020
5 x x 17 inchesRahul Baswani, cloudy with a chance of snow , 2021
13 x x 30 inchesRahul Baswani, frozen needles , 2021
10 x x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, velvet cake , 2020
7 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, footsteps , 2020
5 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, terminal 1 , 2020
5 x 18 inchesRahul Baswani, cloud slicer , 2020
10 x 14 inchesRahul Baswani, maximus , 2020
9 x x 14 inchesRahul Baswani, clouds come home , 2021
11 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, washing the stains, 2020
10 x x 20 inchesRahul Baswani, dauntelss, 2020
7 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, ferrous oxide , 2020
10 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, that smell of rain , 2020
7 x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, longbow , 2020
8 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, vertigo , 2020
25 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, cave dwellers , 2021
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, dijon , 2020
11 x x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, cherry blossom blush , 2020
11 x x 15 inchesRahul Baswani, fire on the mountain , 2021
13 x x 19 inchesRahul Baswani, sea breeze , 2020
7 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, gruffalo , 2020
7 x x 5 inchesRahul Baswani, bounty, 2020
11 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, bagaan , 2020
5 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, mackennas gold, 2020
9 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, the uprising , 2020
4 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, winter is coming , 2020
12 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, buzz on the grapevine, 2021
5 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, raw flesh , 2021
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, losing ground , 2021
24 x x 15 inchesRahul Baswani, medley , 2022
24 x x 31 inchesRahul Baswani, silk route , 2022
11 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, desalination , 2019
4 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, dragon glass , 2020
4 x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, scramble , 2020
8 x x 22 inchesRahul Baswani, sounds of the city , 2020
15 x x 24 inchesRahul Baswani, by the people for the people , 2020
10 x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, shuttle service, 2021
9 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, high commission of mars , 2021
8 x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, eighteen day war , 2021
10 x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, untitled, 2020
16 x x 24 inchesRahul Baswani, hippodrome , 2021
6 x x 33.5 inchesRahul Baswani, on way to meerut , 2020
0 x x 5 inchesRahul Baswani, sanjeevini , 2020
3 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, timber trail, 2021
9 x x 13 inchesRahul Baswani, untitled , 2021
8 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, it runneth over , 2022
7 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, strawmen, 2020
5 x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, crimson cloudburst , 2021
7 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, summer of 42 , 2021
10 x x 15 inchesRahul Baswani, beach is closed , 2021
9 x x 14 inchesRahul Baswani, the chimneys , 2019
6 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, midnight surf , 2020
11 x x 16 inchesRahul Baswani, rock and a hard place, 2021
9 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, curio , 2019
6 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, el dorado, 2020
8 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, line on horizon, 2020
8 x x 6 inchesRahul Baswani, deux oeufs , 2020
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, house of pigs , 2021
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, remote working , 2021
7 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, pagan gods (set of 3) , 2019
8 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, sundowner , 2021
6 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, mulberry avenue , 2021
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, autumn in isfahan , 2022
4 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, untitled , 2021
5 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, the cloud cutters , 2021
8 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, arctic drapery , 2020
8 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, candy canes , 2021
5 x x 18 inchesRahul Baswani, cartograph, 2021
9 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, gold dust, 2019
5 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, marmalade on stick , 2022
8 x x 11 inchesRahul Baswani, three peaks, 2022
7 x x 7 inchesRahul Baswani, summer sprout , 2022
7 x x 9 inchesRahul Baswani, rambling brook , 2020
5 x x 10 inchesRahul Baswani, kiss of sunlight , 2020
6 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, raw tequila , 2021
5 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, blush, 2020
11 x x 8 inchesRahul Baswani, corsage , 2021
6 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, cabbage, 2021
8 x x 12 inchesRahul Baswani, cabbage , 2021
7 x x 13 inchesRahul Baswani, turnpike , 2020
3 x x 5 inchesRahul Baswani, mohanjodaro, 2020
3 x x 5 inches
Notes
Curatorial Note
For a long time, I have felt stifled by the dictates of the art world .
This show celebrates Spontaneity !
Sometimes you trip !
Your heart tells you to go ahead and the head gives hajaar reasons not to !
Isn’t art about transcending notions ?
Every visit to Rahul’s studio , revealed a new medium , a new direction !
In its 25th year – we are so pleased to present yet another artist at the Threshold of a new career !
The emperor is naked !
Tunty Chauhan
Artist Note
Reflecting over what art is, puts me back in a tailspin that created a 30 year gap between my first and only paining made in 1991 and then during the lockdown. I don’t have an academic definition in my head and the heart may not have words to define art but it does decide what I like. True confession – it was comics, fantasy art, sci-fi moves and visits to the zoo that gave my hands a map to trail. A cocktail of ‘envy for their talent’ and ’gratitude for access’ to the many artists I have encountered have fuelled the making of this show. Salut!
As a child I drew comics and got admiration from my unpaid subscribers in the school bus. Sports distracted me during teenage and someone at home bequeathed my comic books to the Kabadiwala’s hall of fame. Living in Connaught place, I would go for friendly half-court basketball games and then walk down to Shridharani Gallery. A vision was emerging – a house full of art when I had my own.
I always scribbled but would unknowingly short circuit the effort once it started to make sense and look good. I would buy art material and neatly store it – like vintage wine rather than material to be put to work. There was always the encouragement from the outside to draw and paint, but it would slip off on the Teflon like self-doubt. And then one day, on the rising tide of life’s ups and downs – the voice within approved my painting and said ‘this is good!’. I did the obvious, ran to the wife and asked if she agreed. She nodded and said, if you’re ready then we shall put it in a frame.
Since then, the voice within says ‘well done’ more often than ‘what a waste’. In studio and at the day job. The paintings are merely by-products of the self-reclamation that transpired in long hours of solitude enforced by the lockdown. As I prepared the palette, I would be thinking of rebuilding my lost business. As I tried new materials, I would think of re-writing the rules by which this business would be built. More importantly, I discovered that jazz music in background and ground coffee beans makes thinking just a wee bit better.
Lack of background and training added trepidation and meant more errors. That monkey is hard to shake off entirely, mistakes are inevitable – so I figured it is best to acknowledge the fear and do it anyway. Since errors often have more to do with benchmarks, just re-set the benchmark. I opted out of self-flagellation, learnt to quickly accept that the sheet of paper or last sales call is an official dud, and get on with making it better the next time.
But for all of this chant and rhetoric of positivity, one still needs a believer. Enter Gallery Threshold. Unfiltered in appreciation and critique, and quick to decide – she invited me to put myself out to the world. Bit like Rocky getting a shot out at the world title, out of nowhere. Thankfully I won’t be getting into a ring with Apollo Creed. So here I am, sharing a few duds, a few ‘well tried’ and hopefully, couple of ‘wows’!
Venue
Threshold Gallery
C-221 Sarvodaya Enclave,
New delhi – 110017