Anwar - transforming
the familiar into the unfamiliar
Going
by the number of art shows taking place in the city nowadays,
Bangalore is on its way to becoming,ome inot just the IT capital
of Indi, but also an artist's hub. Anwar, a painter since
15 years, has exhibited his abstract art works at Crimson
Art Gallery at Safina Plaza in the city from February
2-17, 2001. "Before taking up a work, I plan well,"
says the Madhya Pradesh born artist, now living in Bhopal.
Oil on canvas paintings by Anwar are framed in white "to
give more attraction to the art," says Anwar. He is the
disciple of renowned painter, late J Swaminathan. Swaminathan
once described Anwar's paintings as
gentle and sophisticated.
"The gentleness is the gentleness of the myriad hues of
nature, the refinement that of a long tradition and culture.
The embryonic formal suggestions are indicative
of the potential, the scratching and doodle-lines significant,
the colours hot and cold, palpitate hues that blossom and succumb
- what Anwar paints is not the being but the state of its becoming.
This state of becoming, however is bereft of violence of conflict
and clash. It is as if you are watching a waterfall, or a storm
in the sea with the sound track cut off. The visual palpitation
leads you to lend an attentive ear to the silent music of creation,"
Swaminathan had said once about his student's works.
Anwar's works are all untitled. His paintings carry a sense
of probing deep
within. It also contains a questioning of space and holds forth
afundamental argument, with the series of transformation caused
by overlapping structures within each frame.
In Anwar's abstract paintings, the familiar is made unfamiliar.
In every painting the painter
has created a vertical line. Anwar, while talking about his
art works, said that the vertical line represents the human
spine. He compared his abstract forms in the paintings to the
human body. He has used bright colours in all his works. The
art show is open between 11 am. and 7 pm.
Anwar, born in Ambha (Madhya Pradesh) in 1964, has got
a National Diploma in fine Arts from Gwalior. So far, he has
held more than 17 exhibitions of his works, both in India and
abroad, including USA, Australia and Japan. This is his third
show in Bangalore. Awards: Government of India scholarship, National Award by Lalit
Kala Academy, Government of India fellowship, and many awards
from various government cultural bodies. Anwar can be contacted
at:
Address:
Anwar, #S-2, Aanchal Apartment,
#9, Professor Colony,
Bhopal-462002 Phone: 738679.
6:02:03 PM 
oing
by the number of art shows taking place in the city nowadays,
Bangalore is on its way to becoming,ome inot just the IT capital
of Indi, but also an artist's hub. Anwar, a painter since
15 years, has exhibited his abstract art works at Crimson
Art Gallery at Safina Plaza in the city from February
2-17, 2001. "Before taking up a work, I plan well,"
says the Madhya Pradesh born artist, now living in Bhopal.
of the potential, the scratching and doodle-lines significant,
the colours hot and cold, palpitate hues that blossom and succumb
- what Anwar paints is not the being but the state of its becoming.
This state of becoming, however is bereft of violence of conflict
and clash. It is as if you are watching a waterfall, or a storm
in the sea with the sound track cut off. The visual palpitation
leads you to lend an attentive ear to the silent music of creation,"
Swaminathan had said once about his student's works.
within. It also contains a questioning of space and holds forth
afundamental argument, with the series of transformation caused
by overlapping structures within each frame.
painter
has created a vertical line. Anwar, while talking about his
art works, said that the vertical line represents the human
spine. He compared his abstract forms in the paintings to the
human body. He has used bright colours in all his works. The
art show is open between 11 am. and 7 pm. 
