The Ways And Subways Of Life by Mahesh Karambele
Mahesh Karambele, who studied art sheer out of passion is trying to evolve his own style of water colour painting’s. Ordinary folk on the crowded roads, city by lanes and Mumbai’s monsoon are central to most of his works. He presented these crowded roads against the backdrop of dark evenings, rainy days with hazy city lights and drenched folks returning home.
There is something about monsoons and rains that feed the imagination, most artist have drawn creative sustenance from the rains at some point or the other. Monsoon the most romantic, creative season is a source of inspiration for Mahesh Karambele.
It is natural for Mahesh to get inspired by the small lanes in Kalbadevi crammed handcart pullers, buses, cabs, and pedestrians, all in hurry. For Mumbaikar’s monsoon that comes after the scorching summer heat is a relief and Mahesh express it through his paintings.
Crow by Pradeep Shinde
Pradeep Shinde a sculptor started his career by learning from a sculptor who makes traditional Ganapati Idol during the season of Ganesh Chaturthi. Hi lived in slum area and in adverse condition he took admission in J J School of Art to persuade his ambition of being today’s contemporary sculptor.
He is inspired from a metal scrap Sculpture, because in the slum area where he would stay was surrounded by scrap and waste material. Seeing pile of garbage was a routine beginning when he did not have knowledge and technology of welding metal he had to work in the garage as an assistant mechanic. Pradeep has a knack of finding unusual things and locate a particular form which he is looking for. He assembled them in such a way that viewer sees a amorphous form of human being, animal, blinds or even abstract form. In his animal series you’ll find bull, horse, tortoise, dinosaur, crocodile and all possible adventures. In his sculptures viewer witness a peculiar posture of animal or a bird which gives life like expression which is the great challenge for sculptor when he uses mundane things of everyday life. Like stove burner, bicycle’s chain, measuring cans, funnel, cycle lock etc.
In his recent series called 'Crow' his reflections of being in a chawl are seen frequently he could see a crow on the TV antenna, sometimes on a windowpane, near fisher-woman, on the post box sitting on handle of bicycle, this observations’ indulges viewer in his past memories. Currently he has been working on new series, connected to Indian history. He has a vast understanding for Indian Culture, humanity; responsibility and his creative understanding will certainly open new vistas for today’s Indian Contemporary Art.
Suraj Patel
The Mumbai Artist Suraj Patel always has been in love with colors. He was very clear since his childhood what he wants to become. He claims that colors are his love. This world is beautiful because the life is so colorful. That’s the reason he decided to bring the beauty of life through colors. Being a born artist Suraj started his color journey by going to school.
He has been working with interior designers and architects for more that 10 years now. But as his focus was clear, he decided to express his love for colours by creating his own abstract arts. He started creating his paintings with different textures using different tools. His own experiments made his create wonderful paintings. Every painting is textural story, which engage and involve the viewers. You can easily see architectural influence in his work by lines, grids and the curves he uses in his works. The use of different textures, bold colors and the beautiful composition makes his Art Different.