15th December 2018 � � 📷Want to add a caption to this image? Click the Settings icon. Imagination is almost magical. You can wield worlds into existence just by thought. Imagination is also an important aspect in conveying our emotions. Our emotions and experiences are different. The way we see the world is different. To communicate our innermost emotions and thoughts, the reality isn’t enough, we use the power of imagination to express ourselves. It challenges us to think about things that we normally don’t experience, think about impossible dreams and experience stories that are far different from reality. We build our own world in our heads, we build our own universes that convey how we feel and what we want to be. The wide collection of works and ideas in this show are exciting. You get to know how the students think and how their ideas are put forward in their works. This project is an experimental space where students work on their own concepts and try their best to paint their imagination. There are many recurring themes and ideas. Most of the works have a deeper meaning, it’s a part of their imagination and it speaks more than just what is plainly visible. If we look closely enough, we can see their ideas slowly taking shape, their emotions being visible in vibrant colours and their happiness in each brush stroke. We always consider the magical and surreal as baloney. But our minds are always searching for something different than reality, something better than this world. We look for the unusual, the colourful, the impossible and are very much fascinated by all that there is. Imagining Worlds is about showcasing the worlds that we create in our head, the world that we strive for, the world that we fear or the world that we choose as ours. Creating an artwork is an intense creative process. The conceptual phase takes in a lot of effort and determination. Students have let their imagination take control of their thoughts and created works that reflect their imagination. In a way, each artwork presented in this exhibition has a different concept. It has a different mind and unique persona. There are undeniable conflicts and contradictions, similarities and connections between the artworks. All these make a universe that is filled with emotions, adventure, and imagination. -Tom Joy View all works from the show here: https://www.artvilleacademy.com/copy-of-students-show-august-2018

A chance to get one signed painting by Mr. Dhanaraj Keezhara ABOUT THE PAINTING: When the disastrous flood literally crashed God’s Own Country, it resulted in a flood of pain in the heart of Dhanaraj, which ultimately resulted in this painting, ‘After the flood’. This is not an instantaneously emotional response, but a work of art that takes the creative engagement of the artist to a new pedestal, both in terms of the treatment and the theme. But this one will be given as a gift to you. It is reserved to the individual who gives the highest contribution to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief fund (Minimum donation - Rs.10,000) between October 6 and 21, and produces the receipt in the gallery before the show closes. On the last day of the show, the most benevolent among the art connoisseurs would get it for sure! Yes, this is a bid with a difference, for a unique creation with a difference! Donation Portal : Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) https://donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/ #art #artist #DhanarajKeezhara #painting #donate #Kerala #KeralaFloods

Dhanaraj Keezhara’s this series of paintings illuminates nature’s silent motions. These paintings are entwined symbolically and emotionally to the sensitive moments of stirring natural and cultural cosmos. The surface of the canvas, where the interplay of bright colours and floating creepers and thrones produces a stunning optical illusion, is an indicative of the natural dynamism. However, the inner landscapes of the paintings are a recollection of nature’s multiple moments of displacement and resistance, naturally protected inhabitations and at the same, it replete with various cultural memories and its fragments. Both the surface and the inner space of the paintings are connected through live mobility of nature and culture or through a vibration of natural resistance. The motion of various objects and creatures enables to translate a melancholy of surreal nature and a moment of meditation. The canvas is swirling and swishing with nature’s rhythms and heartbeats where the artist recreates a pause or a meaningful meditation in motion. Dhanaraj Keezhara’s work emerges from the negotiations of people with their society and environment. Fired by a belief in art's ability to heal and renew a world torn asunder by violence and strife, he has continuously involved himself in community initiatives and education. At Present, He is working as art and media teacher at CHRISTEL HOUSE INDIA Bangalore. Dr. Sujith Parayil Artist: Dhanaraj Keezhara #art #artist #exhibition #DhanarajKeezhara #painting