Art gallery at Jenneys Residency to get an insight into game painting
Contemporary paintings under the title ‘Inside Out' are on display from May 13 to 23 at Jenneys Residency. (Photo: DC)
COIMBATORE: Heard of game painting? Just look at the walls of the art gallery at Jenneys Residency to get an insight into game painting. “Game paintings are like a football court where we play the game of emotions, expectations and dreams. We are trapped by a lot of situation-based problems,” says artist Nijesh.
His paintings depict young minds tangled between games of life fraught with depression, disturbance and intolerance. In the paintings, the youth look for a moment of peace and tolerance but he fails in every attempt as his movements are restricted.
On an another canvas, there is a sportsman juxtaposed with a little orphan who wants to run free. A picture by another artist, Pradeep Unni, presents the feet of a girl taking careful steps - symbolically conveys the lack of security and sexual violence against women. “Every step of a girl is very tough, unsafe and her life has no surety.”
A series of hunter paintings brings out the similarities in behaviour of human beings and other animals. “On Earth, living and non-living organisms have an equal role. But aggressiveness, especially directed towards its own species, is making human beings our planet’s No. 1 enemy.”
Paintings of Nijesh have one thing in common - there is an aircraft hovering around every frame. Explaining the reason, he says, “Airplanes are symbols of heights and freedom and same goes with dragonflies. As a child, I have been always connected with these two things. But the incidents of hijacking of planes create panic among passengers.” The exhibition-cum-sale is open to the public from 11 am to 7 pm on all days. The price of paintings ranges from Rs 30,000 to Rs 3 lakh.
( Source : dc )
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