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Life in abstract
COLOUrFUL One of F. Tarannum’s works
After the schooling when all students were running for either literature or science to secure their future, F. Tarannum opted for fine arts. There was some resistance from the family, as 15 years ago, a fine arts degree was not enough for economic
security. But Tarannum had realised that she was not “good for anything else”. So she pursued her passion.
Three years ago, her hard work and dedication to the subject that express themselves through colourful and strong abstract works, were amply recompensed when the owner of Art Heritage gallery, legendary theatre and art connoisseur Ebrahim Alkazi, saw her paintings. “He interviewed me on all aspects of art and said, ‘Your works are good. We would do a show for you’. For a young artist in her early thirties, it was like a dream come true. Alkazi presented her first solo show at that gallery and, says the artist, much to her surprise, all the works sold.
Since then, Tarannum hasn’t looked back. Art Heritage has mounted a solo show of her works of oil on canvas again. The collection features abstracts on which subdued figures can sometimes be discerned. “My works are based on representational thoughts, daily experiences, images and moods, which are abstract, and sometimes even explicit. As I work more from memory, images slowly develop in my mind. Unusual, seemingly unfamiliar marks and shapes that occur in my work could be interpretative of my thought. I select and then exaggerate or simplify the forms suggested by the world around me. Usually there is no effort to represent the subject matter. Sometimes applying paint with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto the canvas. The work, characterised by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident or chance, is actually highly planned. I want my works to leave at least some trace of memory in the viewer,” says the artist, who admires the works of abstract painters such as Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko and V.S. Gaitonde and Robert Rauschenberg.
The exhibition continues till March 19.
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