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Blending tourism with art
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Vijay Thakur’s minimalist works of art spoke of global issues.
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On a quiet evening at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society recently, a few art lovers were quite busy at an exhibition. Mostly untitled, these works were either colourful abstracts in small format or minimalist grey-brown that seemed to tell some m
ysterious tales.
The creator of these works was Vijay Thakur, the man who may have hidden himself from the popular art fraternity in Delhi but has not only made a name in China and Japan for his thought-provoking art works but also blends tourism with art and promotes the same with some like minded people, silently. These works were brought to Delhi art lovers by Sushma Arora, its curator.
Tubes directly
Thakur, a 60-year-old water colourist, did his graduation in art from Delhi College of Art and soon after that, opted for tourism for a profession. Interestingly, despite being a water colourist, Thakur doesn’t use even a single drop of water in his works. “I use colour tubes directly,” he shares.
Many of his creations are ‘sculpturish’ in nature, that is, a look at them reveals that he obtains this quality through media as burnt wood and colour. A few of his works seem to be manipulated digitally but actually they are formed with just one stroke of brush. His subjects vary from global warming to brotherhood.
Photographer also
Thakur is also a photographer. Just recently his photograph has been selected in China for a worldwide photographic competition.
Apart from “dabbling with brush” as he explains his love for art, Thakur has been promoting foreign artists in India and vice-versa.
“I do so through my company called India Vision that I formed in 1988. During my tour to various countries I came across several artists, who wanted to visit India. I made arrangements for them. I brought painters from Royal Academy of Art, London and provided them several locations to paint. So far I have brought painters from the U.K., Korea and China in groups of four to five. In February this year, I am again bringing some painters from the U.K. I am also planning an exhibition of Indian and U.K. photographers together,” says Thakur.
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