Canvas tales
`Art is complete in itself. The paintings are the expressions of the painters about their beliefs, feelings, thoughts or imaginations. Paintings are not made to give any message. Posters are meant for that purpose," says Surendra Pal Joshi, an artist from Rajasthan who displayed his works in his 20th solo exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi recently.
The artist positioned his works as a summary of his memory. Impressions of weaving texture and textile in grids on canvas, which can be seen in all of his works are an important element of all his paintings. The grids form the base of all his paintings and everything else rests on those grids. About the weaving impressions he said, "I remember, when I was a child I lived in Jaunpur, where the tribals used to live very close to us. I use to see them weaving textiles with the yarn of sheep's wool. That weave was so rustic that I even remember it today and those memories are still fresh in mind. The girds of weave have homed in my mind."
Different moods
His paintings are made out of bright colours of Rajasthan. The colours he feels symbolise the different moods and phases of a person's life. Then pointing towards a black and white painting he said, "This painting is black and white because there comes a time when one excludes oneself from all imaginations, thoughts and other tensions... a time when we meditate, when we close our eyes and think of nothing, then there is nothing but this black colour. And the grids on this black background are the frames of my mind ."
His work seeks to celebrate life in the age of technology in small and large series. Suresh is also a national award winner and is slowly moving towards a mode where only colour and texture reigns.
SWATI SHARMA
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