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A call for the environment
Forty years ago, a young art lover and painter Dharam Paul Sibal, saw Bertrand Russell moving on the streets of London with placards hung on his back and chest that read "Ban the Bomb".
People laughed at him. But Sibal went to him. He appreciated his concern but asked why was doing it publicly as people were mocking at him. He said, "To make a difference to at least one person, like you."
The day proved a turning point in the life of Sibal. Already much concerned about environment issues in his country and a lover of nature, Sibal decided to voice his concern through his oil paintings without bothering about the feeble monetary benefits they would fetch him those days. Now he has countless solo and one-man shows to his credit in India and abroad.
Arrived in life
And today, Sibal's concern about the environment has not only earned him laurels in India but also abroad. His painting Peacock on the Rooftop was chosen for the first Triennale at Osaka in Japan in 1990. Indira Gandhi found his works "excellent" and Rajeev Gandhi lauded them, he recounts. A blend of abstract and realism, his works might depict heads of state discussing the environment - as in Tête-à-Tête - or nature's viewpoint, as in the conversation between two lamenting birds perched atop two tall buildings erected at the cost of greenery, or the depiction of birds flying joyfully in the clean sky. In some he shows a polluted sky scarred with red, green and black. Sibal, who has just concluded an exhibition of his works at the Lalit Kala Akademi, is also associated with the Jamaica Trust Associates, which is United Nation's Non Government Movement working for environment and world peace, and Aotearoa, the New Zealand Guild of Artists.
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