Colours of Conviction
- Parul
Posted: Sunday , Jul 19, 2009
Her paintings are a representation of humanity, our ethos, human condition. While in some Anu Dheer understands the situation, in others she paints her opinion. Be it the travails of urbanization, man’s disconnect with the natural world, our streak of materialism, subtly she puts across her concerns, but there are no negative colours or images...A solo show by the self-taught artist, titled ‘The Absolute Quiet of Something About to Arrive’, Anu had the show inaugurated by specially abled children from Prayaas School. “They have a special place in my heart and I hope to do some work for and with them and they will be the subject of my next series,’’ the painter also wants to do a series on female foeticide too.
The exhibition puts forward a rich collection of paintings to show and explore the arena of the unseen metamorphosis of cultural ethos and the human condition. “It’s sad we are moving away from nature though we belong there,’’ Anu’s paintings, like the Perils of Cashmere Twilight, explores the situation in Kashmir, where the human element is miniscule. The Complexity of Being Divine Being Divine, explores the critical role and attitude. The images are often like cryptic clues, which assist one to decode the invested meaning that is disguised through oblique and elaborate devices of representation. Dheer, in this way offers an alternative visual strategy for commentary on the value systems that inform Indian cultural core. “My art is not just a dialogue about my personal experiences, it is a metaphor for the universal conflicts of modern life,’’ she uses familiar objects and alters or isolates their value and initiates a visual dialogue. The exhibition is on at the Alliance Francaise till July 31.
The exhibition puts forward a rich collection of paintings to show and explore the arena of the unseen metamorphosis of cultural ethos and the human condition. “It’s sad we are moving away from nature though we belong there,’’ Anu’s paintings, like the Perils of Cashmere Twilight, explores the situation in Kashmir, where the human element is miniscule. The Complexity of Being Divine Being Divine, explores the critical role and attitude. The images are often like cryptic clues, which assist one to decode the invested meaning that is disguised through oblique and elaborate devices of representation. Dheer, in this way offers an alternative visual strategy for commentary on the value systems that inform Indian cultural core. “My art is not just a dialogue about my personal experiences, it is a metaphor for the universal conflicts of modern life,’’ she uses familiar objects and alters or isolates their value and initiates a visual dialogue. The exhibition is on at the Alliance Francaise till July 31.
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