Exhibitions
Siraj is one of the finest painters of our generation. He brings contemporary art to the forefront with different styles of expression. His passion for discovery and zeal for innovation resonates in his poetic visualization. Siraj celebrates his art in visual and sensuous form. Here are some of his past exhibitions.
1
Singular in Plural
Siraj is one of those artists in contemporary India who has been pursuing his individual aesthetic vision, articulating and expanding his art by expressing it in many genres and materials. Each material that he uses for expression and exploration is present in his work. His passion for discovery, and his tireless energy for handling multiple meanings create a visual poetry where vision is singular and the expression is plural.
2
Touch & Shadow
Yingge Ceramic Museum
Siraj Saxena has been a resident ceramicist in Yingge Ceramics Museum. In conjunction with his solo exhibition in the museum in 2011, Siraj offered a special ceramic class that demonstrated the art of making Ganesha (a God with an elephant face and human body), Indian sandal and decoration tile.
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An Art of the Tattered Time
Art pieces are a logbook for an artist. They are in memories, desires, dreams, mistakes, delight & pain, all mixed up like so many confused fragments. Representing them on a canvas or fabric is like suddenly meeting up with an image, a dream with pain or congeniality between desire and spontaneity. Siraj’s artwork titled “An Art of the Tattered Time” invites viewers to cope with the tattered time through a patchwork of art.
4
on the banks
Siraj Saxena, through a plurality of creative mediums namely painting, ceramics and sculpture, continues to explore the reality of our times in visual terms. His affirmation and interrogations are couched in aesthetic terms. His art does not disturb but goad us to see what we may otherwise miss or fail to see. It is peaceably tense.
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Gandhi
Siraj Saxena’s new works are postcards both to Gandhi and us. There are no words, no messages, no inscriptions. Only images, etched out, of objects with which Gandhi was popularly associated with, in all simplicity and directness. In the 150th year of the Mahatma they remind us that in hugely consumerist ethos, in an increasingly violent world, in rising new regimes of lies and untruth, in the needlessly complicated daily life, in fast-moving, speed-loving societies, Gandhi stands out as a reminder that simple things such as a pair of spectacles, wooden chappals, a lathi i.e. a wooden staff and half-clad body along with a dynamic vision and truthful action can dismantle invincible empires besides leading a rich, inspiring and thoughtful life.
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Beyond
Words
an experience with colors
In his works, Siraj Saxena uses a plurality of creative mediums. His art makes people wonder and leaves the interpretation of the art to them. It is a work of art that has attained its own reality. It certainly adds to the reality but is averse to making the viewer view it in any specific way. It is as if the colours are engaged in silent conversations with the viewers, waiting for the observers to come up with answers from the realm of their imagination.