5’x5’
Acrylic On Canvas and rice-paper
2018
One takes it
Other creates life
One feeds on darkness
Other thrives in light
Influence of the affluent
Or is it of the effluent
They are one, one and the same,
At least for the namesake.
The painting is titled ‘Flower Pot’, which is another name for a firecracker known as “Anaar” or “The fountain”. It is a part of Anila Kumar Govindappa’s new series which he aptly calls “Visible and Invisible City”, the idea for which came to him during a flight to Bangalore. The painting draws parallels between the two flower pots, the one used as a cracker during the popular Hindu festival of Deepawali and the one used for planting flowers. The use of bright colors catches attention immediately. The artist has used different shades of blue to accentuate the night sky as the backdrop for the bursting cracker. It’s noteworthy how the artist has managed to portray the scene of destruction and rejuvenation with the same green. The image of a bursting cracker is akin to the devastation we cause to our surrounding and the irony that it has the same name as something which symbolises life is not lost on anyone. It is also worth mentioning that despite this beautiful amalgamation of different colors, each one of them stands out, as if trying to make their presence known to the viewer.
Anila Govindappa is a 25-year old Bangalore based artist, who completed his Masters in Fine Arts from Central University Hyderabad. The artist’s oeuvres are the quintessence of circumambient art. He derives strongly from the socio-economic state of his surroundings, draws from contemporary scenarios and weaves them together in a visual narrative that describes what his eyes see, but through an artist’s lens. His works usually have a narrative on urban city. His contemporary inspirations include the likes of Kiki Smith, Leonardo Drew and some of college peers, while his art is also influenced by the great legends such as Michelangelo Pistoletto .
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