Amrit’s journey
from the isolation and limitations of her early years to the vastly increased
social integration and competence she enjoys today has been a truly amazing
experience for both of us.
She began drawing at the age of approximately six and
impressed her teachers by her spontaneous control and meticulous accuracy. Her
favourite subject matter was landscapes and animals. Art to her came as natural
as breathing. She would catch a fleeting glimpse of a running horse and
recreate it perfectly.
Painting is
her release — her escape — her way to fit into a noisy and disordered world, her
way to connect with the people around her. She creates and performs because she
is compelled to by the forces that make her unique, but she also does so
because it brings her tremendous joy. She uses no models for her drawings,
but draws from images seen only once, on television or in a book. She has perfect
recall but often adds her own touches, interpretations or improvisation to the
images.
She established an incredible connection with colours,
patterns and rhythms at an early age. Of late her works are largely architectural or of cityscapes.
Under the guidance of her teacher and mentor, Mr. Anil Goswami, her work has
seen a major shift from naturescapes to abstraction. She has blossomed as a
more mature artist where she doesn’t hesitate to experiment with textures. With
his subtle nudging and prodding, he has succeeded in showing her the right
direction. His timely inputs have led her to develop her unique meditative
expression.She is using lot of vibrant hues. The lines and angles of each
facade have been rendered with photographic accuracy; the colors, on the other
hand, are blithely surreal.
Her work may not appear communicative, yet it does
articulate something, and that something may well be saturated with hidden
affect. Her work is a mark of a coherent private world conjured up in the sweep
of imagery of an individual creator. Provided we as viewers can entertain the
fantasy of travelling into that world—in the same way that we might travel into
a foreign country with no knowledge of its language or customs—we are in a
position to savour the extreme experience of otherness.
