Infinite forms and colours

Six artists who exemplify a marked personalised diction have come up with exquisitely sensitive works in an exhibition of abstract paintings at IconArt Gallery in the city. Their works reinstate the fact that abstract art is the language of silent pauses that exist between words, the intricate moments that lie between passing time and the unbounded realms of unnamed emotions.

In sync with the fundamental essence of abstract expressionism, Avani Rao’s works are reflections of her carefree, intuitive and spontaneous conversations with the canvas. 

“The aesthetics as well as symbolic association of colours and linear expressions become rhythmic metaphors. This series stems from deeper introspection and understanding of the forces of nature and their identities within humankind,” explains Avani. 

Avani Rao’s works stems from a deeper introspection and understanding of the forces of nature and their identities

One of the paintings rendered with scarlet as a predominant hue is embedded with myriad strokes that emanate a sense of flow of energy and movement. Textured and painterly, linear as well as with coloured areas, the work reaches out to the viewer with all its sprightly energy and liveliness.

cryptic art: Shrikant Dhunde’s artworks have an innate and deep understanding of composition with having an intriguing play of random patterns

Equally full of life are the works of Shrikant Dhunde, who is also a hardcore and pure abstractionist. His works are loved for their transparency and crystal clear modesty that reflects the artist’s uninhibited embracement of his medium of expression. With an innate, deep and subconscious understanding of composition and the strengths of line, form, colour and texture, he renders his works with a marked proficiency. The triptych on display is a marvellous amalgamation of the various elements of painting where each section is an intriguing play of random patterns.

Pavan Kumar’s painting on the other hand, is serene and rich in fine layers of soft transparent applications combined with opaque renderings in some sections. The forms are abbreviated in their most simplified versions and minimalistic strengths. The rows of ambiguous shapes create a marvellous pattern and the subtle colour palette reinstates the space as vast and spread out. 

misty spaces: Vijay Dhore’s works excel in creating infinite spaces through the smoky and floating strokes merging textures

Vijay Dhore’s works also excel in creating infinite spaces through the smoky and floating strokes that merge into intricately textured structures. With an apt understanding of the visual language, he arrives at fascinating mindscapes. The coalescence of soft misty spaces with ambiguously interlaced, steady, static forms makes for a very interesting unworldly space for the viewer to experience.

rhythm in nature: Lavanya Dutt’s artworks represent multiplicity of repetitive patterns occuring at different scales in nature

Meanwhile, artist Lavanya Dutt’s works are inspired by nature. Her non-representational paintings contain myriad hues of colour juxtapositions that spread around the centre of the work in criss-crossing random rhythm. “I am drawn to and respond to the multiplicity of repetitive patterns which occur at different scales in nature,” says Lavanya.

textural layers: Vijay Somanchi’s artworks draw inspiration from the sublime slopes and escalations of the gigantic mountain ranges

Also inspired by nature, the mystical works by Vijay Somanchi draw inspiration from the sublime slopes and escalations of the gigantic mountain ranges. “My initial works were completely abstract, but gradually got into a rhythm, with certain realistic rock forms giving way to more and more textural layers of mountains with snowy peaks and craggy slopes. I look forward to continue working on mountain scapes with ever changing vistas, perspectives shrouded in mystery,” he says.