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jagmohan
bangani
Born at Uttarakhand, Jagmohan passed his M.A. (Drawing & Painting) from D.A.V. College
Dehradun, in India, followed by another Master’s Degree in Painting, from Winchester School
of Art in the United Kingdom. A recipient of Research Scholarship and Ford Foundation
Fellowship from New York, text is an integral part of the artist’s aesthetics. His imagery and work
process often involving dripping paint revolves around spirituality. The artist is also actively
involved in initiatives that support the art community in his home state. He has participated
in various art camps and his work has been exhibited in solo and group shows at Delhi,
Dehradun, Bangalore and Kolkata in India and at London, Paris, Iceland and Winchester and
is a part of several public and private collections in India, at USA, Australia, Korea and the UK.
Presently the artist works and lives in Delhi.
Sounds take the shape of words, words overlap in language and meaning until it
becomes an experience in itself with a surcharge of emotions. I explore abstraction
by using text, word, a group of words and scripts which carry some natural or
spiritual meanings, and which we encounter frequently in our daily life. Text from
Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi and English languages is used with different outcomes
as the shape of words in each language is quite dissimilar and the space, colours
and lines are varied according to the text in my work. The Sanskrit text used
here reads “Om Shirdi Vasaya Vidmahe Sacchidanandaya Dhimahi Thanno Sai
Prachodayath”. Translated as ‘We know Sai is Supreme Divinity incarnate. We
meditate on this God of Truth. May this Almighty Personality lead us on the path
of total liberation’.
SAI | 72” X 59” | Acrylic on canvas | 2011
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