The Art by Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj - HTML preview

The Art

In many of his recent works, geometric

by introducing something new.

shapes have assumed greater prominence, while

When a human being expresses

some paintings also contain architectural forms.

experiences and feelings through a distinctive

There are incomplete structures that seem to

language, that individual identity becomes

suggest the simultaneous presence of past and

central to the expression. Such expression is

present civilizations. References to civilization personal and person-centric. But when an artist

have often appeared in his earlier works, including communicates with an audience through colours

symbolic representations of archaeological and forms, the expression has the potential to forms. Some of these references can be found become universal—not meant for one person, but

in his recent paintings as well. Several works

accessible to everyone. This transformation is

also contain patterns reminiscent of ceramic

rare, and Amrut Patel’s art raises an important

vessels and traditional crafts. As we look at

question: when does such a moment occur?

these paintings, even the absence of human According to Patel, it occurs when an artist figures begins to transform into a sense of human expresses himself honestly and with complete presence.

dedication, without any inhibition or obstruction.

My first encounter with Amrut Patel’s That is why, while looking at his work, we art was in 2004. Since then, I have had the repeatedly encounter a moment when the

opportunity to see his paintings many times,

creator’s expression becomes the viewer’s own

both in his studios and in exhibitions. Each time, expression. This is what makes Amrut Patel’s art I have found something new taking place on his more than a personal statement. It becomes a

canvases. He has not fundamentally altered his

social expression. If we engage deeply with his

method of depiction, yet at the level of composition art, it begins to speak about many of the things he appears to take his painting forward each time that continually unfold around us.

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