Mahima Chaudhry inaugurated the art exhibition of prominent artist Padmanabh Bendre who is exhibiting an exclusive series of his solo works, “ENDLESS JOURNEY OF A CREATIVE MIND”. The artist is displaying his experiments with the “Pointillist technique”, to express a new phase of his creative journey at The Museum Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai from the 23rd Feb to 1st March ’09.
As an artist Padnanabh is traveling a long journey without any destination but with specific aim in mind. As a traveler he stops at various destinations, some short some long on the way observing things around him like people, nature, animals etc. These beautiful, simple images act as a catalyst to his imagination, and become the inspiration and subject of his paintings. This long journey as Padmanabh describes it “is nothing but my life as an artist. Every stage of my journey is evolution and experimentation.”
Also present at the launch of the exhibition, were model Raman Lamba who was accompanied by Shona Urvashi , Director of the film Saas Bahu aur Sensex ; Artist Prafulla Dhanukar and Kiran Chopra were also present at the event.
Mahima , who herself belongs to a family of artists, with her husband himself being a passionate painter, she took great interest in appreciating each and every work of artist Padmanabh, and seemed to be very excited in the company of creative artists. While talking to media, Mahima also congratulated the team of Slumdog Millionaire especially A.R. Rehman for winning the Oscars.
Pointilist Technique:
In this show he is expressing a new phase of his journey as he experiments on pointillist technique.Padmanabh’s paintings are derived from a complicated technique called “Pointilist” technique. He pours colors on canvas and tilts it to give a free flow of dripping forms, similarly the process is repeated three to four times each time he tilts the canvas in different directions which creates an abstract form; in the end, he gives a meaning to these forms in terms of a human face, birds, butterflies or simply rocks. Each layer that he paints is painted with individual dots with the brush placing these dots next to each other with the result that it gives different hues of colors, texture and optical illusions and vibrations. This technique is painstaking and requires tremendous patience. It takes almost three to four weeks of continuous work six to eight hrs a day to create one piece of Padmanabh’s art.
About Padmanabh Bendre:
Son of renowned painter N S Bendre, one of the original fathers of Indian contemporary art, Padmanabh Bendre was born in 1946. He is a Bachelor of Architecture from M.S University of Baroda. From childhood itself he had a strong passion to paint which later on erupted in him with a much stronger force after the demise of his father in 1992. Padmanabh wanted to continue the legacy of his father as a painter. He started painting six months before his father Prof N.S Bender died in 1992. His first solo show was in 1993 at the Jehangir art gallery Mumbai, which was very successful. His paintings are in the collections of many art galleries, art dealers, interior designers, corporate offices and individual art lovers in India, USA, Canada and Europe.
