Nature colours , textures, feelings …
Nature colours , textures, feelings …
vital elements of Paramjit Singh’s art .
Paramjit’s colours come from nature and hence as bright and vibrant as nature itself. And, if you thought symmetry means perfection, Paramjit’s paintings will teach you otherwise. Because each frame explains how nature is very asymmetrical, yet very balanced. One just needs to know how to observe it and there are all the elements Paramjit so effectively captures – the air, the texture, the mood, the beauty.
As an artist Paramjit Singh does not believe in making a statement through his work. For him, the act of painting with mind and body is more pleasing than merely transforming a concept on a canvas. Even if that ‘pleasure is born out of pain’ as he puts it. So, he would rather invent landscapes from nature because it provides all the ingredients – beauty, variety, light, abstraction and most importantly, perfect balance even in asymmetrical forms.
But much more than his works, it is the paradox associated with the artist himself that took precedence for us. Like, a true blue Punjabi from Amritsar, who never exhibited in this region and we were sufficiently warned that he was as reserved as his painting were eloquent.
So, what took him so long to come to the city with a show? Though we promised to tread carefully, could not resist asking him. “Nobody ever organised any show. I have been exhibiting for the past 40 years just next door in Delhi, but never got an opportunity to come here,” he replies with a throaty laugh and our earlier perceptions about him evaporates—he may be a man of few words but certainly not aloof.
He couldn’t come here for a solo show but his association with the city has been growing in the recent past. First, an art workshop with the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi and later, as the single-person jury for the akademi’s annual exhibition.
We had heard that Paramjit Singh’s landscapes come with an air of mystery which haunts and beckons, making the viewer’s experience almost spiritual and magical. Whoever said that was absolutely right.
So, what is his take on the city art scene? “Most talented artists have moved away from here. Now, though it lacks in talent at present, it makes up in enthusiasm.” His answer paves the way for another question – what about buyers, does he think the market here is ready for his kind of price range (his paintings starts from Rs 6 lakh and goes up to Rs 28 lakh).
“I am giving a special discount of 10 per cent,” he laughs, which somehow becomes a little serious as he dissects the scene, “I really do not know if there is serious buyers in the city but in general the people of this region has yet to cultivate the art of buying art. Though my price is high, it is not just about the painting but for the fact that my 50 years of experience is associated with it. Forty years back, I used sell my works for Rs 250.”
A founder member of the art department in Jamia Millia Islamia and now a professor emeritus in the same, Paramjit is old fashioned when he comes to his medium-oil. “Acrylic is easy and quick and I did try it out but didn’t like it as it is a weak medium. Only oil can give the real body to a landscape,” he says. And for inspiration comes from any place the fields of Punjab which he roamed around at the age of three, the ridges of Delhi which he painted extensively during his students days, deserts of Rajasthan to tropical forests of Bali, Scotland and London, techniques have been meticulously evolved over a period of time. “There is nothing magical about the act of painting. In fact, it involves a cold calculation,” comes his parting shot, as he gets up to deal with two buyers who had flown in from Delhi. And, we are left with our thinking, if a series of cold calculations yield something that radiates so much warmth, then be it.
The exhibition is on till November 10 at Punjab Art Council-16
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