PAINTER, SCULPTOR ARTIST
Vandana Rakesh
"Vandana is trying to steer clear of excess of total abstraction and excessive naturalism."
The chronicle of art-craft can be viewed as a see-saw between the urge to copy and the itch to innovate. Instead of relating to external facts Vandana prefer to retreat inwards and conduct specialized dialogues with each other, commenting not on their attitudes to reality, but on their relation to the spirit of art itself. Vandana is trying to steer clear of excess of total abstraction and excessive naturalism. The Indian past, is especial that which by the processes of refining has been turned into the eloquence of artistic communion is the counter point to her work. Thus the artist is able to carry along with her the reality of a key cultural tradition. So the painter reconciles the dual attractions of art and ideal reality with skill. In this way her art is the bridge between worlds. Various artistic strategies she has used to realize her vision. Suffice to say that she has by now a mastery of many media. The range of images that are introduced in each of her works is impressive. Sh...
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