Indian Art Painter - Kalpana Shah

The series of paintings by Kalpana Shah present a magical play of vivid pigments knife-bladed onto naked canvases – like thumbprints that had unearthed articulation. The canvases that urge the viewer to decipher readings of the Kalpana’s creative journey. Clearly, one could trace a voyage of infinite pleasure in the elements of nature and play with pigment: the sun bleeding through rust and amber sky or ochre mountains morphing into rugged faces; blue waves licking a thirsty shore or a shimmering river curving through forgotten terrain.

Kalpana’s process of application of brush strokes is meditative – a kind of recurring rhythm, like the repetitive reading of prayer beads. The use of metallic pigment in many of the works imbues another way of seeing, especially with the changing textures of light. Thus, what appears as a landscape when seen in the day, transforms with the slow dance of light into a blaze of abstract metaphors by night.

In her works of installation Kalpana’s handling of metals like steel and aluminum is induced to renounce the blandness and sturdy angularities identified with its utilitarian avatar; in place of these hardy properties, we find undulating skeins of colour that enchant the eye with the music of pattern. We are reminded, when we view these works, of that marvelous trope of infinity playing in an eternal loop, dreamt up by mathematicians: the Möbius strip. We are put in mind, also, of those subtle threads of breath from which the fabric of the spirit is woven.

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	The series of paintings by Kalpana Shah present a magical play of vivid pigments knife-bladed onto naked canvases – like thumbprints that had unearthed articulation. The canvases that urge the viewer to decipher readings of the Kalpana’s creative journey. Clearly, one could trace a voyage of infinite pleasure in the elements of nature and play with pigment: the sun bleeding through rust and amber sky or ochre mountains morphing into rugged faces; blue waves licking a thirsty shore or a shimmering river curving through forgotten terrain. Kalpana’s process of application of brush strokes is meditative – a kind of recurring rhythm, like the repetitive reading of prayer beads. The use of metallic pigment in many of the works imbues another way of seeing, especially with the changing textures of light. Thus, what appears as a landscape when seen in the day, transforms with the slow dance of light into a blaze of abstract metaphors by night. In her works of installation Kalpana’s handling of metals like steel and aluminum is induced to renounce the blandness and sturdy angularities identified with its utilitarian avatar; in place of these hardy properties, we find undulating skeins of colour that enchant the eye with the music of pattern. We are reminded, when we view these works, of that marvelous trope of infinity playing in an eternal loop, dreamt up by mathematicians: the Möbius strip. We are put in mind, also, of those subtle threads of breath from which the fabric of the spirit is woven. Gallery of Works Paintings Installations
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