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Naren Panchal
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Naren Panchal’s art is deeply influenced by the hoary artisan traditions he grew up amidst, and the instinctive connection he shared with his native place; the blend in the colors of its textiles, the forms of its ancient carvings or crafts, and the pace of its leisurely life have all worked out his genre in myriad ways. His works are unconventional, and have the flavor of the earth, the given region.
The artist was less...
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Naren Panchal’s art is deeply influenced by the hoary artisan traditions he grew up amidst, and the instinctive connection he shared with his native place; the blend in the colors of its textiles, the forms of its ancient carvings or crafts, and the pace of its leisurely life have all worked out his genre in myriad ways. His works are unconventional, and have the flavor of the earth, the given region.
The artist was less interested in the reduction of subjects to their geometric or sterometric components. Rather, he proceeds differently, starting with fragments of objects and organizing them into compact and rhythmical structures. This is not to say that reduction is not a feature of his work, but despite reduction, his pictures retain a distinctly tangible quality. The way in which he consistently incorporated objective elements like woodwork, folk forms, and newspaper images into his work established him as an exponent of the imaginative compounds or complexes of experience. Here, too, his object is to impart more tangles to the viewers’ sense of reality.
The discovery of zero was a phenomenon that intrigued everyone. “Shunya” became the single most significant contribution from India to the universe of numbers. Speaking about his current series of works the artist said, “Numbers envelop over lives in many subtle and patent ways. Instance: the seven charkas in our body, the number of months taken for a couple of cells to become a baby, the phase of the moon, the seven notes in music. Vast calculations as attempted by astronomers and scientists are also relevant even though they are not of the stuff of common folk.
“An artist’s individual perspective would seek to express the feelings from one’s heart. These would be translated into varied impressions based upon the medium of expression – be it music, painting, sculpture, architecture...
“My latest series of paintings are inspired by numbers in day-to-day life. They do not follow any rational order. They are the outpourings of my heart as it expresses itself to capture the flow of life.”
Naren Panchal passed away in November 2007.
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Born
August 17, 1936
Umargaon, Gujarat
Died
November 28, 2007
Education
Graduation from Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2008 'Numbers', Jehangir Art...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2008 'Numbers', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Gallery 127, Mumbai
2001 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi
1999 LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi
1996 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 A.B.C. India Ltd., Varanasi
1995 Heritage Art Gallery, Chennai
1994 Cache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 Chetana Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Gallery Aurobindo, New Delhi
1990 Gita Art Gallery, New Delhi
1968 Gallery Des Deux, Mondes, New York
1967-84 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1963-66 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 'Multiple Images', Organised by Multiple Sclerosis Society of India at Y.B Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Lalit Kala Academy Regional Center, Chennai
1999 Cache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996-97 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence
1996 Son-Et-Lumiere Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 'Pioneers to the New Generation', Art Care, Kolkata
1992 'Image and Words: Artist against Communalism', SAHMAT, New Delhi and 15 other Cities in India
1992 'A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh', Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
1989 'Art for Cry', Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkata
1986 Chetana Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984 Government College of Art, Chandigarh
1979 'Kala Yatra', Taj Coromandel, Chennai
1968 Chetana Art Gallery, Mumbai
1963 Organized by Vitrum Studios at Gallery Vanier, Geneva
1963 Organized by Lalit Kala Akademi at Nairobi, Kenya
Participations
1999 'Harmony Show', Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1997 All India Art Biennial of Rajasthan organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Rajasthan
1996 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1995 3rd Asian Conference of Sexology, Contemporary Erotic Art, New Delhi
1995 National Exhibition, New Delhi
1966 The Bombay Art Society’s Platinum Jubilee, Mumbai
1966 Bombay Arts Festival, Mumbai
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