The Art by Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj - HTML preview

The Art

anomalies. Even while doing all this, she has

In her paintings, she often uses household

never compromised the artistic qualities of her

objects as symbols according to the subject of

paintings.

the work. However, it would be ironic to say that In her paintings, Arpita Singh uses colour

most art critics have continued to interpret her on the surface in such a way that the tension

work primarily through the lens of women. This

of our times becomes clearly visible. She often

is why it is often said that her work expresses the creates thick layers or patches of colour on the position of women in society and the family. There canvas, producing a sense of is no doubt that women were

conflict and tension. Pink and

at the centre of her early

blue are among the colours

works, which was natural

she uses most frequently,

as well. This was directly

although she also often

connected with personal

employs black and white,

experience. In a male—

which were the dominant

dominated society, a woman

colours of her early works.

has to pass through many

She uses a similar technique

contradictory situations,

in her watercolours as well,

which a woman may

although the colours there

understand more deeply. The

are often muted. Arpita

same can be said of Arpita

Singh had a deep interest in

Singh. However, it would

landscapes from the time

not be justified to overlook

of her art education, which

the men who appear in her

is why she was also one

artistic world simply because

of the favourite students

she is a woman painter. This

of Sailoz Mookherjea. Her

point becomes especially

early abstract paintings

important because she

were structured around

herself does not accept the

landscapes, and this

division between male and

continued into her later

female artists.

figurative works. For this

There is no doubt that while

reason, she composes each

a man may tend to perceive

painting as a kind of human

things more through the

landscape.

mind, a woman may often

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