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Raghu
vyas
Born 1956 at Basohli, a small town in Jammu, Raghu Vyas a self trained artist, belongs to the
post-modern school of realism. Rooted in Indian cultural and artistic traditions and mythology,
figuration is central to his artistic genre that also seems inspired by the pictorial arrangement
and techniques of the renaissance art. He has held dozens of solo shows of his paintings at
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, London and Canada. He has also participated
in group shows including the two exhibitions arranged as a tribute to Raja Ravi Varma in Delhi
and Mumbai. His works are in several collections including corporate houses in India and
abroad. Raghu lives and works in Delhi.
The forms and the model I have used in my work are bathed in the light of my
imagination. It is an emotional light of nostalgia and distant memory of the magical
garden of childhood that conveys a feeling, a mood or an idea. Can I hold the image
in my head, finish the painting before it fades? I don’t like to ask questions or to edit
or filter. I listen to the still voice within, the intuition for guidance. The thinking I
leave to the viewer. Meaning, might sometimes be wanting, or reason obscure, but
there is often a power, luminosity in work that resists all clarification.
Sai Durbar | 48” x 36” | oil on canvas | 2011
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