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Vignettes of nature

Stark contrast
Last Updated 17 May 2009, 16:31 IST

This time, it’s two different photographers Ramnath Siva and Ashok Sarvanan, who are exhibiting their collection of photographs at The Collective on Vittal Mallya Road under the aegis of Agna, a portal for up-and-coming photographers and digital artists.
Titled Pixels and Palettes, the collection showcases the work of two very different artists who endeavour to capture vignettes of nature, architecture, objects, people or glimpses of rural life through the lens of their cameras and transform them into art printed on Epson photo paper and executed to last so that one might want to acquire, collect and adorn their homes and offices with them.

 Ramnath Siva, a banker by profession, has fine tuned his photographic techniques in the United States and shoots pictures that are non fussy and clearly defined with bright colours and clean lines. Ashok Sarvanan, a graphic designer, on the other hand reflects his rustic roots clearly in his subject matter and in the colours and textures he imbues his work with.

Siva’s images are largely Mediterranean in flavour and content, with blues skies, white, pink and yellow walls, black wrought iron railings, window boxes of geranium, intricate winding staircases, his work is clearly influenced and inspired by his extensive travels. He seeks out quiet cul-de-sacs and street corners, isolated domes and abandoned mannequin's in parts of the world that are usually featured in travel brochures.

Ashok on the other hand favours the strong use of treated colours and added textures quite vehemently in his pictures. A potter’s hands dipped in molten earthy gold, splattered raindrops against a window, the aqua of the sky, a bright blue backdrop, much deeper and brighter than life, a burnished tree glowing with the dying rays of the sun superimposed with roughened texture making it appear like an old scroll; an old blue door barred with a golden yellow lock, the nails and rivets standing out in stark contrast.
There is some similarity in the two artists’ work just as there are clear cut distinctions as well and wandering through the multi-levelled store to view the work makes it a treasure hunt of sorts.

The exhibition is on at The Collective till May 31.

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(Published 17 May 2009, 16:28 IST)

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