Artist Ravi Gossain presented his solo art show, “Birds Butterflies and Henry Moore” at the Alliance Francaise, New Delhi recently.
As one enters the resplendent gallery, it’s refreshing to hear the cheerful banter of the crowd. The entire place is adorned with huge paintings. Artists, art critics and enthusiasts were present at the inauguration ceremony of Ravi Gossain’s solo show, which is a series of 25 oil on canvas paintings and was inaugurated by Prof Rajeev Lochan, director, National Gallery of Modern Art.
“Every time I look at the white of the canvas, it draws me towards it. Through the canvas, I can go wherever I want to,” said Ravi Gossain. Speaking at the inauguration, Prof Lochan said, “I have come to encourage people from other disciplines who can contribute to art, like Ravi Gossain, who is an IIT Kanpur graduate and has been a successful engineer. Such contributions are important, motivating and something out of the box.” Ravi quit his high-flying corporate career to follow his passion for art. He has worked on this series for three years.
“The illustrative, symbolic example of two birds on a tree — one eating the fruit and the other just watching — used as a symbolic visual in our Upanishads to illustrate transient ego and constant soul has struck deep in my mind. Therefore, I let a bird run through like a common thread between many of my canvases,” explained Gossain.
The artist has striven to condense space and time as a parallel connect on the reference point in these series wherein the bird is portrayed as the constant observer identified in time.
“This show is just a milestone in my long journey. Each time I work on a series, I intend to raise the bar for myself,” adds Ravi Gossain. Artists Jatin Das, Sunil Chopra, Naresh Kapuria and Gurcharan Das as well art critic, Alka Raghuvanshi were also present at the inauguration.