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Stains and shadows of the strokes Art mostly comes out from the imagination of an artist. Imagine simply make an image. Human being is not the only creature who has imagination. Even animals dream. But human are the only creature who can tell one another about imagination in words or pictures. Everyone possesses an artistic quality; every child has drawn a moon pie face. If he develops his talent and skill, the society will admire him. Leonardo da Vinci is the best example. From an illegitimate son of a Notary in Italy, he became the most famous artist in world. My theme in this exhibition is Stains and shadows of the strokes. Thirty two thousand years of Chauvet Cave paintings in France and seventeen thousand year of old Altamira cave paintings in Spain are based on lines and strokes. It is the fastest way to express an idea on a surface as an image. It indicates a meaning, a message. If it is rapid, speedy, you can’t control the lines. It generates itself. The loud colours and dynamic brush strokes give stain and shadows on canvas. The idea behind my work is, the imagination exists in a moment in my mind. It is an image. But to depict the image on a surface, you need again imagination and skill. For example, in my drawing trick film, what was the imaged I imagine at first? Was it the finished work or an empty plain canvas? The inspiration is revealed from an event or an incident. Mostly a misty image appears in my mind and it explodes like a fire work. The simplified rhythmic line flows from place to place; the flames come; up and down. The tension begins; the line finds its own path and creates an image. It is abstract or realistic, no matter; it manipulates freely a pictorial and expressive effect on canvas. A conversational relationship with lines, controlled by me, ends up in a beautiful image. My drawing trick film “waiting for someone” is about a situation of someone longing to hide himself before a waiting friend. Everyone has experienced a situation to hide himself before a friend. It could be in a bus stop or in a railway station. How can you hide yourself? Cover your face with a magazine or a news paper. If you hide yourself with a pot, what would be the result? A burning relationship indicates behind the story. Without any pre sketch, within 9 minutes the film represents the theme. Here the music synchronises with the lines. My painting The waves of mobile phones, is in watercolour and ink on paper. We are living in a mobile world. Connecting the people in mobility is absolute modern. Although you leave your house, you are connected with the world. The red lines pass through an abstract human figure depicted on this image; indicate the signal of a mobile phone, transferred through the human being as a language. The houses lie separated from each other. The house upside down is on the other side of the hemisphere. In this work you will experience, how the mobile phone influences one’s life. My next drawing trick film is A single digital line an absolute short film definitely exposes the development and evolution of a line. One of my first finished digital drawing trick films in the year 2005 is “a single digital line”. With a single line I draw a portrait in 4 minutes with dancing and rhythmic steps of drumbeats. It was a surprise, when I talked about my theme and idea with my professor. When he saw the digital film, he was amazed. The film was selected for several exhibitions in Europe. Our tradition and culture are inseparable from us, where ever we live. Nostalgia is a part of every Pravasi, every expatriate. Here the portrait represents a culture, a tradition. The background music is Thayambhaka, the rhythm of which Malayali has experienced at some point in his life. |
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