Oil on Canvas_12" x 18" |
Ankeet
Gujar is a young artist from Pune, testing waters with his creative pursuits as
he dabbles in one series after another. Adept at different mediums, the young
boy creates in the realistic genre, prolific in the charcoal as well as oil
medium on canvas.
Oil on Canvas_8" x 8" |
In
the current exhibition, Ankeet focuses on the elephant – the epitome of royalty, spirituality and power. He gets
philosophical as he dresses his elephant as a Mahavat does – with jewellery and colours and ponders on the
symbolism in the mahavat-elephant
relationship.
Oil on Canvas_24" x 12" |
Trying
to find the mahavat in each one of
us, the artist nuances at the world of metaphors that
lies deep within the character of the elephant - fidelity and longevity, solitude,
strong sense of loyalty to the family, stability, connection to ancient
wisdom, confidence, patience...
“My
paintings are a representation of being royal and spiritual; at the same time, conceptual.
Each painting has an individual and unique symbol behind it. The real endeavour
in creating this series was to characterize my visual; it is simply the
acceptance of the experience. I relate to each visual as a process; building my
thoughts within levels of realization, maturing as I move on,” concludes
Ankeet.