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Parvez Ahmed on his works
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It’s not only the Europeans but also Indian artists like Parvez Ahmed who are now taking abstract art to new heights.
The artist, who has won awards from institutes like the India Royal Academy of Art and Culture, recently displayed his works at New Delhi’s Dhoomimal Art Gallery.
Indore-based Parvez relates the abstract to musical symphonies. “The abstract is like the melodious swaras Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa or the rhythmic tabla bol Na dhin dhin na that don’t carry a meaning in themselves, yet are the soul of music,” explains Parvez.
On making a living out of painting he says that ittakes 10 to 15 days to create a painting but the bliss yielded in those days cannot be compared to any amount of money. “My connection with art is that of pleasure.”
Realism
He started as a realist landscape painter and admits that in order to put the abstract on canvas, it is important to be able to paint realism. He believes that one who cannot paint realism cannot be a true abstract painter because “abstract is not painting without a subject but is something in which the subject is not easily identifiable.”
Parvez is highly influenced by Indian colours and wants to bring Indian life into his paintings. That makes him use bright shades of red, blue, orange, etc. He attempts to mirror “the Indian colour culture” in his works.
He took up painting after completing his graduation in science. He concedes that living his dream of becoming a painter wouldn’t have been possible without hisfamily’s support. He relates how veteran painter S.H Raza saw his work when he was in college and was greatly impressed. “Raza wrote for me, ‘His imagination is a journey into innumerable human experiences known or unknown, which he presents in his work.’ He is my ideal in more ways than one.”
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