[1]Everywhere you looked, there were faces looking back at you. Some looked straight in the eye and some had their faces turned away as if to cut themselves off from rest of the world. Crafted in wood, these art pieces were all ready to strike up a conversation if only they could speak.
The three-day-long art exhibition “Return from the Gdansk Museum” by Naresh Kapuria had 26 such wooden reliefs including four paintings in acrylic.
Inaugurated in the capital recently, the exhibition that engrossed viewers in Poland under the name “Untold Stories” attracted many artists and art lovers in the city.
And as one of the viewers puts it, Kapuria had put in both his creativity and sweat in carving out the faces that either looked like us or reminded us of someone. “Like a book, I wanted to bring in various chapters and characters in my artwork. I have portrayed human faces that have treaded through the journey of life and have experienced unending emotions through this roller coaster ride of life,” says Kapuria.
Kapuria’s creative and innovative mind is also fond of beauty, even better if it comes with some glitters. So he has enwrapped his wooden reliefs with gold and copper leafs.
Known as a trendsetter in creating installations and even stage designs for the performing arts, Kapuria says he breathes his environment. As the technological civilisation grows more complicated and difficult he tries to invent and innovate fresh synthesis of difficult experience.
Ranging from Rs 75,000 to Rs 2,00,000, some of the artworks from “Return from the Gdansk Museum” will be displayed in Ahmedabad and Kolkata next month.
Links:
[1] http://archive.asianage.com/anchor1jpg-371