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What does abstract tell us?

   Art is everywhere they say and rightly so, art is present in every iota of what one see and hear around but the real question is how much does one understand it?  To be able to understand any kind of art the first condition is that you observe the art with keen eye and let it settle inside you and allow the thoughts to bloom in your head.  Do this until the whole process becomes unconscious, isn't that the magic! Allow your creative juices to flow and be receptive to whatever you see around.

At the first look abstract painting might look like a mess or shit maybe even worse, so when this happens just tell yourself that,  "Hey I am going to stare at this piece for some time".  This will allow your mind to read the painting and give you some strange, new, inexplicable thoughts and that very moment you might feel like creating one of your own. Well do not try it immediately, let it sink in you and provide yourself with enough material and time to process the art and then find your inspiration and use it as a medium for communication.

This is a painting which I made recently and took me some months to complete it. Journey started with observing multiple fountains and statues put around in South Mumbai, which got mixed up with sunset colors and ocean waves. Then for months during the lockdown these shades and shapes were cooking in my head and this was the time I was planting one plant with my family in our little balcony everyday to kill the boredom and make some efforts for nature. So, there was greenery in home and flowers were blooming on the day I took some paint and put it on the canvas, there was this beautiful shade of orange amalgamating with green and red. It looked so beautiful that I wanted to keep it the way it was but then I also wanted to elevate it! I picked up my pen and kept drawing fine lines for days and finished it with my favorite element dots and spots. I was overjoyed with what I created. I could see flowers blooming, an elephant eating, a heart beating, far located islands and other times I would just see a unicorn gazing. None of this was a conscious effort but there were memories and images i had seen and it all flew on the paper. Every time I discover something new from it and all the people who have seen this painting in person give their own version of the story the painting narrates to them. 

This is abstract painting, it never tells one thing. It is filled with emotions, memories, imagination and inspiration. It does not attract you at the first look but stays forever if you give it some time. It allows thoughts to flow and takes you to the secret places in your own memory and introduces you to the magical and unbelievable possibilities. Moreover, it opens up you to the horizon and helps you to think new, think raw and understand things nothing else can explain. Abstract art is an art of magic, it makes you believe in it.

In the comments below do tell what do you see in this painting and what is abstract art for you. Keep creating!

Click here to read my blog on Mandala art : https://artkizubani.blogspot.com/2020/08/mandala-and-importance-of-space.html


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