Tar Art An Anagram of My Life

Tar and Art have always been synonymous in nature for me, in using Tar to create paintings, I believe that everyday materials get transposed into a realm where nuances of the said materials resonate in different and multiple ways, having found a new lease of life in the form of a new work of art. My work often absorbs the world around it and allows for a process of amalgamation that reunites the discarded with the new found, thereby harnessing notions of individuality with those of unison and the composite whole. Recycling has always been a core focus point of my artistic journey as discarded waste often finds itself as the cynosure of my attention, as having been on numerous trips to local scrap shops and industrial junkyards, my attention is always drawn to different kinds of materials and waste articles both in terms of application in my practice coupled with core focal points of context and thematic resonances that I connect with and seek to highlight through my work. Found objects are also used in my practice and at times these objects are the starting points for new work wherein on a conceptual level, the birth of a new painting has its roots in the object being brought into focus, the role of the object transposes from mere subject to end iteration through my reliance on fiction to imagine the origin point of the subject; resulting in the hyper extension of this fictitious analogy which binds my narrative and point of view with the actual physicality of the found object at hand in the thematic connotations being invoked by me.

Time and technique have always been frontrunners in my practice wherein I slowly create over days and months, with each work mutating over long periods of time and each treatment bringing to the fore nuances that often surprise me in terms of the creation of new surface textures, the practice of a process driven technique that allays to contextual ramifications I explore and the birth of new iterations of materials and textures that come into being through my experimental oeuvre. Structure, linear thought processes and narratives are tested to varying degrees in my work, I don’t stick to any format or any kind of structure in my work and am exceedingly introspective and intuitive in my processes and practice. The subjects of my study are extremely diverse stemming from memory, at times from dreams and also from a very vivid imagination. I do not believe in the constraints of capturing form as I see the world but extrapolate the same using the filter of my sub-consciousness and my thinking mind to arrive at conclusions wherein the movement of my appendages are being directed almost in a hypnotic state of being as opposed to any structured patterns and thought process. I tend to leave out the constructs and the binaries of form and only focus on the movement of lines whilst creating, which in turn then dictates the form being shaped onto the canvas to be dilated, hyper extended and visceral in nature resulting in the birth of forms and figures which showcase their own constructs, shapes, ethos and visual presence.

My oeuvre doesn’t subscribe to any particular art movement or school of thought but rather is fiercely independent and cathartic in nature, I get inspired form the smallest of things, materials, situations and beliefs that fall within my line of sight and am found to be ruminating about the same for long periods of time which then results in paintings that are displays of the individual journeys that the articles have endured both at the hands of society at large and at my hands through my innovative practice and processes. The constant exercise of my thought processes and the use of innovative practices and techniques with an outlook that always seeks to bring attention to discarded media and industrial waste for the past several years has resulted in the body of work that is born out of constant experimentation and the pushing of the boundaries between different materials wherein each material is ploughed and prodded to the extent that the independent bonds of the materials are often compromised allowing for newer forms for the material to exist, fructifying in the creation of shape, form and texture where neither previously existed. This innovative process and practice has led to the award of a patent in my favour which throws light on the multiple processes that I have used over the years in the creation of this body of work that is being displayed at this show. My work has also been featured at the 61^st National Exhibition of Art at New Delhi.