Master strokes

Even after several renditions, the original piece of work belongs to the master creator,” says curator Kishore Lamba, on his idea behind the recently held group art exhibition titled ‘Master Creation’ at Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre. Unlike his previous group exhibitions ‘Master: Then and Now’ and ‘Master Stroke’ where he brought together senior artists and newbies, in ‘Master Creation’, Lamba only focused on works from 20 masters including the likes of  Bhaskar Singha, Chandana Bhattacharjee, Darshan, Inderjeet Grover, Jatin Chaudhary, Kamlesh Tiwari, Kishore Kumar, Manju Narain and Moeen Fatma.

“I wanted to diversify the medium of art and not just stick to one kind of artist or style of art,” said Lamba, who has been curating since 17 years. “When artists face a blank canvas and spontaneously express with no preconceived ideas, that is when a master piece is created,” he added.

Using charcoal, pencil, pastel, watercolor and oils and acrylic, the artists reflected upon mundane issues starting from daily lives to relationships. While Vibha Bahl’s idea was to break down complex concepts with works like ‘Love and its manifestation’, ‘Life and its complexities’, ‘Man and animal alike’ and ‘Power of instinct’; Moeen Fatima’s works depicted women in a male dominated society. Sculptor Seema Singh Dua highlighted the pertinence of reading a book in her series ‘Absorb’. “The feel of a book, act of flipping pages and the sight of ink on a page is still very special,” Delhi-based Dua told Metrolife.

Narain, who displayed an artwork comprising several abstract lines said that unlike before where she was trying to discover lines and objects as a theme, now she is concentrating on women in society as a social theme.