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Somebody is talking about your life

Madhur Tankha

NEW DELHI: A 25-day-long exhibition of recent works by artist E. H. Pushkin opened at Gallery Espace in New Friends Colony here on Wednesday.

“Somebody Is Talking About Your Life” is the first significant show by Pushkin, who is one of the founding members of the Radical Painters and Sculptors Association in Delhi. The exhibition showcases 15 key works he finished between 2007 and 2008.

Risky pursuit

Stating that an artist’s sensitivity to images, space and time is part of his creativity but its pursuit is risky, Pushkin says: “If a social system has to remain healthy, it needs the sustenance and support of culture. It is precisely here that the role of art in ennobling and refining human nature finds its place in a meaningful social system.”

Having graduated with distinction in fine arts from M. S. University of Vadodara, Pushkin moved to his birthplace -- Thiruvananthapuram -- to study fine arts at the Master’s level at the College of Fine Arts there. After completing his studies, he moved to West Asia.

Based in Saudi Arabia, Pushkin worked as an artist and volunteered for a placement at the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) there, exhibiting paintings and posters for animal rights.

After his innings with NCWCD, many of Pushkin’s works highlight environmental concerns as can be seen here now in “Colour of History”, an image of the endangered species of birds such as the hornbill, as well as in “Documenting An Indian Rhino”. Through some outstanding works the artist also gives expression to his concerns about the privacy of the individual being impinged upon.

Pushkin has also exhibited graphic works for nature conservation during the two World Conservation Congresses at Montreal in 1995 and in Jordan in 2000.

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