ROMA MEHTA :: http://thelivingcanvas2.com
The Living Canvas is everywhere, in all medium and in many forms. As a child growing up in Calcutta, India, I learned from one of the old masters of classical Indian art. He taught me to see any surface as a potential canvas, from a dried leaf to an old discarded piece of wood. I painted on surfaces of fabric, asbestos sheets, wood panels, clay and on anything that came my way. I continue to create art in my free time. My art work is a collection of episodes that afford glimpses into moments of clarity and have been essential in my journey.
Reflections on Colourful Universe, Visual Dialogues
Red Room was full of colour in February. Christiana Chien and Todd (Hack) Hackwelder opened their Visual Dialogues exhibition Colourful Universe on Feb, 12th, 2017. This was Christiana’s first show.
Christiana’s colourful Pollockesque paintings are strong and powerful, textured and layered. One could feel the raw emotion and passion she puts into her painting as it explodes onto the canvas. An amazing showing of her work for her first show.
Hack’s Plus-man paintings filled the walls, was dancing, listening to Reggae music, the colours of the Jamaican flag could be seen in a painting installation on the floor. With his noodle like body he twisted in all sorts of shapes and on all kinds of surfaces. Pot lids hung from the ceiling, skateboards, clocks and of course, canvas. And what Colourful Universe could be complete without Aliens. We had those too. A new series by Hack made for this show.
Colour filled the Red Room and for a time it was like living on some sort of rainbow planet.
If you missed it check out the pictures here.
by Charles Haines
