HEM RAJ the glory of color
THE G
HEM RAJ
GLORY OF COLOR
“ M y o f
c o l o u r s,
s p a c e - c u l t u r e
a u d i e n c e
a
fo r m a l a r e
a l l
r o m a n t i c
i n
i n t e l l e c t u a l t o
my
a e s t h e t i c s
p r e t e n t i o n o r,
o n e
c a
ve r s i o n
l
l i t t e r i ng
a n d
t h e r e
p r ov i d i ng
fo r
t e r l u d e s. n
I t ’s s ay,
o f
a p a r t
s e n s e
f r o m
s i m p l e r a t h e r
my
a
my a ny
r e c o u r s e p e r s o n a l
i t . ”
H e m
R a j
“In your light I learn how to love. In y o u r b e a u t y, h o w t o m a k e p o e m s . Yo u dance inside my chest, where no one sees you. But sometimes I do, and that sig ht b e comes th is a r t.” ( Ru m i)
Hem R aj explores the ‘landscapic’ feeling with one color and its countless t o n e s. E a ch p a i n t i ng h a s i t s o w n r iv e r, hills, waterfalls, smell of vegetation a n d i t s o w n i n d e p e n d e n t e n t i t y.
V O I C E
O F
G O D
3 2
|
O i l
o
o n
C a n v a s
|
4 6
x
7 7
I n c h e s
VOICE OF GOD 25 Oil on Canvas | 71 x 77 Inches
“Named
by
the
ecclesiastical
English
title
“ T h o u ”, a r e s p e c t f u l d e v o t i o n a l i n v o c a t i o n , h e includes naïve drawings of animals, stylized sexual
objects,
pictograms
of
plants
and
animals. Sometimes they are scratched into a thick layer of paint, sometimes washed on top with a s e e m i n g l y f a s t b r u s h . Ye t t h e p i c t u r e p l a n e s are always distinctly organized and screened. S q u a r e s , s p a c e s shove d ag a i n s t e a ch o t he r, graphic elements organize the canvas and put it t o d i s t i nc t o r d e r.”
E r n s t W. K o e l n s p e r g e r , S c h o l a r a n d H i s t o r i a n
THOU
THOU
33
Oil on Canvas|72 x 60 Inches
(DETAIL)|Oil on Ca
nvas
|72
x
60
Inches
(DETAIL) Oil 72
on x
60
Canvas Inches
U N T I T L E D 4 O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
VOICE OF GOD 12 O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
VOICE OF GOD 12 O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
V O I C E
O F
G O D
3 3
O i l o n C a n v a s | 7 1 x 5 9 I n c h e s
VOICE Oil
on
OF
GOD
Canvas|71
x
59
33 Inches
(DETAIL) Oil 71
on x
59
Canvas Inches
O M N I P R E S E N T
1
O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
VOICE OF GOD 34 O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
VOICE OF GOD 15 O i l o n C a n v a s | 4 8 x 3 6 I n c h e s
“He is convinced that the artist is a medium, obliged to expr ess tr uth and manifestations beyond common r e a l i t y. H i s w a y t o e x p r e s s t h i s i s p a i n t a n d c a nva s. A n d t h e n aga i n p a i n t a n d canvas are medium to him.”
E r n s t W. K o e l n s p e r g e r , S c h o l a r a n d Historian
VOICE Oil
on
OF
GOD
Canvas|78
x
27 48
Inches
(DETAIL) Oil 78
on x
48
Canvas Inches
OMNIPRESENT
2
O i l o n C a n v a s | 34 x 24 I n c h e s
VOICE
OF
GOD
20
O i l o n C a n v a s | 60 x 48 I n c h e s
VOICE
OF
GOD
26
Oil on Canvas|71 x 77Inches
VOICE OF GOD 24 Oil on Canvas|71 x 59 Inches
(DETAIL)|Oil
on
Canvas
|71
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59
Inches
UNTITLED
2
O i l o n C a n v a s | 71 x 60 I n c h e s
VOICE Oil
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OF
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(DETAIL) Oil 71
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VOICE
OF
GOD
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O i l o n C a n v a s | 78 x 48 I n c h e s
“My colours, my formal littering and
my
are
all
sense of there
audience a p a r t
a
space - culture
for
providing
romantic
from
any
my
interlude
intellectual
pretentions. It’s simple recourse to
aesthetics
or,
one
can
say,
rather a personal version of it.”
VOICE
OF
GOD
31
O i l o n C a n v a s | 72 x 60 I n c h e s
“ C o l o r p r o v o k e s a p s y c h i c v i b r a t i o n . C o l o r p o w e r
s t i l l
h i d e s
u n k n o w n
r e a l , w h i c h
a c t s
p a r t o f
h u m a n
t h e
o n
b u t
e v e r y b o d y . ”
Wa s s i l y K a n d i n s k y
VOICE
OF
GOD
a
28
O i l o n C a n v a s | 78 x 48 I n c h e s
VOICE
OF
GOD
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O i l o n C a n v a s | 48 x 48 I n c h e s
UNTITLED
5
O i l o n C a n v a s | 48 x 48 I n c h e s
VOICE
OF
GOD
18
O i l o n C a n v a s | 24 x 36 I n c h e s
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