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Keynote from the artist on this collection
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A painting can be mainly classified based on surface, media and movement. An example for the surface which holds the media
would be canvas, wood or paper. Some prominent media would be oil, acrylic and water color. The movements are a bit more
complex to explain as they are not physical in nature.
Although there were many art movements spread throughout the world, the predominant shifts in the styles
of painting are seen in the western world. Starting from mural cave paintings of France to our contemporary works, western
painting styles have travelled through Byzantine, Renaissance(Vinci), Baroque (Rembrandt), Neo-classicism (Ingres),
Romanticism (Goya), Impressionism (Degas), Post Impressionism (Van-Gogh), Symbolism (Munch), Fauvism (Matisse),
Cubism (Picasso) , Modern art (Kandinsky) , Surrealism (Dalí) , Expressionism (Pollock) and Pop art (Warhol).
Some might say the golden age of painting was during the time of Renaissance. However, I believe
the most influential and relevant paintings to our time was done during the Impressionist period. I feel
this way because, we as a society, now connect more to the flexibility in Impressionist works than to the measured
frameworks of the Renaissance age.
The advent and rise of photography has pushed the art of painting towards a dead end in terms of
realism, however there is still no parallel to paintings in terms of depicting human creativity on to a simple
visual media. Today’s conveniences of printer over a painter will optimize and commoditize the needs of the
masses. But with it, we might see an extinction of a rare breed of creative form and free thinkers that
had in the past, architected the outlook of future societies.
Spending time in a studio for hours trying to create a work of art may be a luxury of few, but
I would urge that each of us pursue in our own way some simple gestures to develop and explore the creativity
within us. Artists will have to show the courage to defend their discipline if they are to gain recognition
for their work. Besides the monetary value of the art, the idea of "art for art's sake" should also be upheld
so that the human individuality in terms of creativity does not cease.
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Sumesh Sukumar
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Mar 2012
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