Overview
In the moment
Life happens in the moment. So does my work.
No past, no plans. No memories, no thoughts.
Just the canvas, and me.
The moment suggests the colours.
The charcoal crumbs. The feel. The force.
It tells me what to make. and when to stop.
Surrender to the moment, is my art.
rahul inamdar
Works
Rahul Inamdar, A cupful of light, 2018
48 x 84 inchesRahul Inamdar, As red as it gets, 2018
78 x 180 inchesRahul Inamdar, Concrete marries a stone, 2018
42 x 80 inchesRahul Inamdar, Its a Tree, 2017
60 x 36 inchesRahul Inamdar, Morning Forest, 2017
78 x 180 inchesRahul Inamdar, Oil floods charcoal, 2017
42 x 30 inchesRahul Inamdar, Red's especially difficult, 2017
42 x 30 inchesRahul Inamdar, Rust minus water is iron, 2017
42 x 30 inchesRahul Inamdar, Time, 2018
67 x 55 inchesRahul Inamdar, Untitled, 2019
60 x 126 inchesRahul Inamdar, Untitled, 2019
48 x 84 inchesRahul Inamdar, Untitled, 2018
42 x 30 inchesRahul Inamdar, Untitled, 2019
67 x 55 inchesRahul Inamdar, Was, 2017
72 x 42 inchesRahul Inamdar, When it Rained, 2018
60 x 30 inches
Notes
Artist Note
Art it is not confined by language, medium or colour, it is freedom. Art goes beyond suggestion, depiction or memory, and can exist purely, for itself. Like space, time, sound or light, art can deliver a fundamental interminable experience, which could move the viewer, more than once. I want to create such art.
A lot of preparation takes place in the background, to achieve transparency, intensity, silence and music in my work. I read across disciplines, consume music, architecture, science philosophy – I believe it nourishes me, and the work. The core of my practice is in forgetting. It allows me to be with the canvas when I am making it. I hate sameness, so I consciously avoid getting stuck in a form. While my art is never pre-meditated, it is never an accident. I would say it is mined from the subconscious mind that is not fully conscious and yet not unconscious. It comes within the purview of intuition. When I find that a work is weak I do not edited or modify it but discard it all together. Each new piece of art, distills me, brings me closer to the essence of being. That is why I make art.
The colours emerge onto the canvas from the inner recesses of my mind, playing out in vibrant reds, somber grays and seductive shades of burnt sienna and forest green. The canvases are calibrated in such a manner that they appear different in different light. Very often, the emotion I am is trying to express is silence.
Venue
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
C-221, Sarvodya Enclave
New Delhi- 110017