Sparkling Strokes

“I think it is very important to be able to observe and experiment. In fact when I seriously began painting,which was about a year and a half back,I realised that my own graphic drawing skills had received a fine tune to it,” says Modak about the versatility surrounding the art forms and how they are closely inter-linked to one another.

Modak,who graduated from the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya in 2006,came out with his first graphic novel Private-eye Anonymous in 2008. His exhibition titled ‘Scintillation’ was inaugurated by architect Christopher Benninger,and has paintings that are based on abstract and semi-abstract themes. “The main theme behind the exhibition,is ‘catching one’s attention’ hence the name,” says Modak,adding,“The paintings are mostly comprised of my viewpoint of totally ordinary and normal facets of our surroundings.” Of one such instance he says that it was a green coloured building,which he saw one day,whilst walking down a street near his place that gave him the idea to paint a picture that had a tree disguised as the building. “I felt it was actually a tree that was disguised as the building,and hence the interpretation on paper,” he says.

The exhibition that is going on at the Art2Day Gallery,features mono-prints that have been made by Modak. Speaking more about them,Modak says,“While normal screen printing revolves around creating multiple prints after creating a template,mono-prints can generate only one print per template. Moreover I use glass templates and printing inks,so once an image is copied onto a paper,it cannot be made again.”

Modak also says that Indian art,which survives on the six basic fundamentals of emotion,form,proportion,scale beauty and similarity,is inter-linked and learning different forms of art always help develop ones own unique artistic style. He says,“It always helps an artist to improvise better if he or she experiments with various art forms.”

(The exhibition will be on till May 11,at the Art2Day Gallery from 11 am to 6 pm)

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