The Good, Bad and the evil – Visions translated into Art forms

"An artwork gets made on its own...." Piraji Sagara

....no plans hence unique.

We all as individuals are pieces of art crafted by some natural, supernatural and human powers... this is what exactly this Art show is all about: “Eternal!!” as these powers are, so is Piraji... eternal! and his art which is still living.

We are living in era of mobility, mobile phones...Piraji through his paintings has actually crafted mobile HERITAGE. He amalgamated various mediums like bead embroidered fabrics, various forms of metal pieces like nails made of aluminium & copper, burnt wood, burnt adhesive. All these are layered, painted, polished, carved, drilled, charred, framed and installed at various galleries to relive Piraji.

Each piece is clearly a mix of life and life beyond, the forces which control life, five elements, God...

I could spot an art piece holding carved flying creatures on which clearly reflect feelings of freedom and liberation which is a constant driving force of soul or life energy, the force which helps us chug forward leaving behind the smoke of charred fuel and the adhesives that binds.

Moving forward is the sole agenda of a creative soul...

A line mentioned by Piarji in his book is, “An artist does not make a thing, it gets made by him. There is no print in an artist’s head that he follows. That would be a mere copy of work. It demands to be made. An artwork gets made on its own”.

On very similar lines, I have got this realisation, we need to tune into with the source of our existence, those pure forms of energy.. then; with no plans we just float with creation our creator, smoothly and effortlessly, instinctively, lovingly....

Instincts we all are gifted with, but do we really make use of it?

Something again which attracted my attention the most, that at Piraji’s place there was always work of creation on... no one ever spoke on monetary aspects, about trade affairs, buying and selling. An artist trusts his own existence and his creator and creations.

Above article is on works of Piraji Sagara under title "Remembering Piraji", showcased at Kanoria Center for Arts - Ahmedabad from March 17th - 29, 2017

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