Colour Superior

An alumnus of Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalay,Patkar has always been drawn to the female form and the social symbolism attached to it. She suffuses her works with warm colours and subtle texturing to bring out the brighter side of being a woman. The form she focuses on is the rustic visage of tribal women,and her media preference embraces charcoal,oils,acrylic and water colours with equal gusto. While not engaging in her art,she is a visiting lecturer at the Symbiosis Institute of Design.

‘Vibrant’ will also showcase the works of artist Sachin Muley. In contrast to the simple lines and evocative frames of Patkar,Muley’s canvas and paper works are bright splashes of the abstract. “I started with figurative work,but moved on to abstract because I feel it is a better form of expression,” he says. Fifteen of his frames,all dwelling on the issue of global warming,will be up at the exhibition. Though dominated by swaths of colour,the canvases still feature feeble forms of humans and/or trees. “They will sometimes be in the foreground,sometimes as part of the background,” he says.

This particular acrylic collection of Muley’s was six months in the making,and he preceded the painting by reading and taking notes about global warming. Following this,he would make a preliminary sketch,then a colour sketch,and ultimately the bigger picture.