New Delhi-based Vadehra Art Gallery hosts a new solo, entitled ‘Water & Earth Trans-formations’ by artist Chameli Ramachandran.
The exhibition, curated by Ranesh Ray, takes cue from an earlier show and publication called ‘A Confluence of Distilled Essences’ (body of most recent work from 2009-11) that captured the impressions and expressions of art practice, which reflected the blending of two cultures into a single entity personified in her.
The document encapsulated streams of an unusual background that merged influences of her illustrious father Tan Yun-shan and Gurudeva Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan. Her father came to live there in 1928 from China. The distinct traits have been ingrained in her as an individual and also in her work. Born in Santiniketan, she studied at Patha-Bhavana as well at Kala-Bhavana at the Visva Bharati University.
She received her Diploma in Fine Arts & Crafts, followed by a Master's Degree (Ancient Indian History & Culture). She moved to Delhi in 1967. Apart from a series of solo shows, she has participated in several group exhibitions in India and abroad. Deeply influenced by Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry, songs and paintings, which resonate with the beauty of nature and wonder of being, surface in her work.
No surprise, she draws immense inspiration from the magic of nature. Her poetic and sensitive works communicate an affinity with the surrounding nature and captures many hues of its beauty. In a way, ‘A Confluence of Distilled Essences’ takes forward ‘Water & Earth Trans-formations’ in which ,Chameli Ramachandran portrays her meticulous impressions of the natural world’s larger realms she has entered, marking a new phase in her art. While illustrating her remarkable past, the curator articulates her transforming perceptions and perspectives resulting in her present creations done in Chinese ink plus watercolor works on paper.
These remain her favored mediums of expression, though her areas of contemplation have changed. She senses vastness; observes ‘Water and the Earth’ formations, and traverses ‘Trans-formations’.
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