Gallery Silver Scpaes
Untitled
Untitled
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Artist: K. H. Ara
Medium: Gouache on Mount Board
Size: 9 × 8.5 inches (22.86 × 21.59 cm)
A quietly evocative composition that reveals the artist’s deft command of gouache and his sensitive engagement with form, color, and texture. The work presents a harmonious arrangement of vessels and natural elements, rendered with a soft, muted palette that emphasizes mood and subtlety over vivid spectacle. At the core of the composition, a dark-blue vase commands attention through its irregular, organic silhouette, its surface suggesting a tactile presence both sturdy and somewhat weathered. This vessel is set slightly behind a larger, brown pot, distinguished by its striped pattern and filled with a cluster of small, reddish-orange flowers and lush green foliage. The interplay between these two containers, contrasting in color, texture, and shape, creates a compelling dialogue of form and hue, anchoring the visual narrative. Scattered in the foreground, small reddish fruits or vegetables punctuate the composition, adding a lively yet understated counterpoint to the otherwise serene arrangement. These elements not only enrich the still life’s textural diversity but also evoke a sense of natural abundance and quiet domesticity.
The background, composed of mottled browns, grays, and beiges, provides a softly diffused atmosphere that enhances the overall intimacy of the scene. Its textured quality, achieved through the layered application of gouache, complements the surface richness of the vessels and botanical elements, enveloping the objects in a contemplative and timeless space. Ara’s technique here reflects a profound understanding of pastel-like effects achievable in gouache, enabling both delicacy and depth. The artist’s careful modulation of light and shadow imbues the composition with a gentle luminosity, while the textured brushwork contributes to a tactile sensibility that invites close viewing.
This transcends simple representation, inviting reflection on the interplay between nature and crafted objects, permanence and ephemerality. Through restrained color choices and an economy of detail, K. H. Ara conjures a quietly poetic meditation on the everyday objects that inhabit human environments, revealing their latent beauty and symbolic resonance. Untitled thus stands as a testament to Ara’s refined artistic vision—where simplicity and subtlety converge to create an enduring, contemplative work of art.
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Art has always, naturally, reflected the development and exploration of different thoughts and perceptions, and our current postmodern era is no different. It is interesting to see how art has evolved visually, yet the traditional methods of composing art remain a valid means of expression.
All it takes for an artist to rise above normalcy, is inspiration, which fuels his passion to paint beautiful creations throughout his life.
The valuable expression of art is always there with us, but now this expression is yet to take an interesting diversion with our art gallery, Gallery Silver Scapes, located in Hauz Khas Enclave. Art is no longer considered just decorative but has evolved and come forth as a major form of investment yielding high rates of returns for its buyers, making it an expression commonly used.
Mrs Mayor was walked into the art world by the legendary modernist Bimal Das Gupta, one of whose biggest collections remains with Gallery Silver Scapes. In the 1980s, as head and first curator of the Habiart Gallery founded by Mrs Rekha Modi — a childhood friend — Mrs Mayor worked closely with and curated shows for renowned artists such as A Ramachandran, GR Santosh, Rameshwar Broota, Sakti Burman, MK Bardhan, Dhiraj Chaudhury, M Sivanesan, and Arup Das among others.
Besides modern masters, she also worked with young contemporaries such as Sudip Roy, Paresh Maity, Subroto Kundu, Vinod Sharma, and many more. Artworks commissioned by her are now part of prestigious collections, such as those of the India Habitat Centre, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, Hotel Lalit, Bank of America, and many more private and public collections.