The Art by Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj - HTML preview

The Art

the canvas. For an abstract painter, the painting is the reader with certain points of reference. This never simply the colours and shapes that appear is not necessarily the case with Kolte’s abstract before the viewer. According to Kolte, painting

paintings. His works do not generally present

is not merely what one sees on the canvas; it is recognizable forms that can be connected

also what exists in the eyes of the painter. The to a specific context and followed toward

script of a painting is colour and shape, while

a predetermined meaning. Kolte has also

the script of a poem is language. Although their maintained a close association with poetry, and

modes of expression are different, both painting it is therefore not surprising that the texture and and poetry are mediums through which thoughts atmosphere of his paintings can recall modern

and feelings can be expressed. It is in this sense poetry.

that a painting is sometimes described as a story Looking at his paintings, one is often

or a poem.

reminded of the poetry of Gajanan Madhav

Kolte’s abstract paintings resemble Muktibodh. The images in Muktibodh’s poetry modern poetry, which is free from fixed rhyme frequently move beyond the literal meanings of

and rhythm and therefore possesses an almost

words and lead the reader into a mysterious and

infinite capacity for expanding meaning. His unfamiliar world. Something similar happens paintings similarly refuse to settle into a single in Kolte’s work. What unfolds on the canvas interpretation. Their meanings shift according to resembles a mystery. To enter that mystery, the

the experience, imagination, and sensibility of the viewer must make an effort, because the artist

viewer.

provides no formula for interpretation. Whereas

A painting is, above all, something to be

words in poetry may sometimes function as clues

seen. In poetry, the meanings of words provide

or points of reference, Kolte’s paintings

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