"Bindu: I hail you Himalayas, I hail you Indian Ocean" A Solo exhibition of Paintings by Roop Chand at Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg > 11am-7pm on 27th October-2nd November 2011

Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Entry : Free

Place : Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001

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Event Details : 'Bindu: I hail you Himalayas, I hail you Indian Ocean' A Solo exhibition of Paintings by Roop Chand.

Roop Chand, Gurgaon based veteran artist exhibits his new laudable creations ‘Bindu: I hail you Hymalayas, I hail you Indian Ocean.’ Large size paintings oil on canvas are the abstractions conceived on the nature of nature that his perceived during his tracking through the Himalayas from Srinagar to Gangotri via Kargil, Leh, Manali, Rampur Busher; and his  journey on the  Indian costal line.

Paintings : www.artinfoindia.com/ArtistRoopChandPaintings.htm

Artist website : www.rcartindia.org

Writeup by Keshav Malik : The spirit of art is a thing apart, being so complete that it can lodge itself in a plain as well as a more convoluted shell equally effectively. Some of the moving ragas are very simple, and you can play them with one finger; the pauses in between sounds alone making them things of beauty; no elaboration, no clever undercurrents, or subdued trills coming up to their profound simplicity. The impact of some of Roop Chand's work is so genuine that it can surely only be very simple and direct in technique. There appears no scope in it for technical complexities, for virtuosity. The artist proves himself as a visionary and not as a draughtsman in the realist line.

There is an essential contemplative mood to his work as makes it distinct from the genres being pursued right now. It is dignified and aloof with all the wealth of serenity. To really feel it one is obliged to establish a personal rapport with the man behind the man.

Many of us today, having more of an affinity with clever artists than with the old time seers, find it easier to understand the language of human figure and face or of naturalistically drawn flowers and vegetation than that of simple light. In some of his pictures luminous clouds have such a golden depth they seem to envelope the scene far below them. The artist after all aims at no other than the region of our choice dreams; their heights rising above the present netherworld.

Roop Chand's spirit is large. But of course he has had at first to master it to perfection, and then comes the art of creating a just harmony between colours and objects. This accomplishment is often associated with early Chinese painting. Consequently it would be futile to look at Roop Chand's work in the accepted way. We ought to also remember that it is not the aim of this painter to catch our attention. Rather, he seeks through the combined effects of each tone, what other artists have expressed by drawing attention to some obvious or sensational factor. The lines and tones of his best paintings drift into each other by mutual agreement, and they do so with such grace and harmonious compactness as to become the keynote of his inner spirit. Each colour has been trained to show the other to its advantage.

Roop Chand makes his works out of his convictions and aspirations and so they are expression of his deepest self. A cool scientific detachment in the arts might produce excellent draughtsman-ship, but shall not ever result in the incarnation of gentle light as is witnessed in his peak moment canvases. The vital thing is whether a work leaves a happy impression or not. His does.

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