Journey with my shadow
For his exhibition, Inderjeet travelled all over India.
7 July 2017 2:57 PM GMT
As Banaras lay bathed in soft sunshine, artist Inderjeet Grover snapped photographs of the scene that unfolded before him.
His latest exhibition 'Journey with my shadow', which opened recently at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, in Delhi, presents a fresh set of paintings recounting, in line and colour, events and scenarios that unfolded through the course of the artist's day-to-day life.
For his exhibition, Inderjeet travelled all over India. From Kashmir to Goa, Rajasthan to Maharashtra. Capturing moments and turning them into realistic paintings. When asked he said, "My paintings are based on photographs, where ever I travel I click photographs, capture moments. I try and capture that particular scene and other moments of life".
Inderjeet often draws motivation from his surroundings. He always manages to capture tiny details that we often ignore. He feels each and every moment and object is beautiful and precious and every moment teaches you something. He said "My paintings show inner images of life that come from simple, complicated, living and non-living objects from daily life that drive me to paint something new."
When asked about what is the key element for good composition, he replied "Whenever I draw something I want people to look at it intently not just pass by, when that happens I feel I've achieved something".
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into Sun," said Pablo Picasso. This truly describes Inderjeet Grover's art.
Each stroke has a thought behind it. Each expression has a feeling behind it. And each painting has a whole story behind it.
Paintings by Inderjeet reveal different stories – his exhibition covers places like Banaras, Pushkar, Rajasthan, Bangla Sahib and themes like men at work, series of doors, rickshaw pullers. He is inspired by other forms of culture. That's why you'll find paintings of different dance forms, concerts, musicians in his collection. He captures their every expression and movement, breathing life into them.
His exhibition features extensive use of acrylic paints and spatula.
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