Bookaroo 09

Bookaroo is children's literary festival, in delhi. Jo William,( a woman with incredible amount of energy, who made it all happen) invited me to come and do something fun with kids and drawing . Lots of fun on Sunday morning. check this out for more http://www.bookaroo.in/

Wire City series

This body of work explores the intersection between the physical construction of cities and the society it breeds.

I have been interested in the urban villages that are within Delhi, I did not understand them when I first moved to Delhi, they were not really slums, Sib had pointed them out and explained it to me, The objective of having these urban villages was not to disturb the dwellings of the villagers and therefore keep it out of city planning norms, but over the years what have emerged out of it are rather little pockets of complete chaos.

The people living in these villages are marginalized; they hardly have any access to clean, air, water, electricity, drainage systems or sometime even basic sunlight. In the other hand, the idea of such urban villages is unrealistic because they ignore broader social and economic realities. The ability to create self-contained villages within a huge metropolis city is questionable as employment and activity patterns continue to become more complex.

Trade Fair 2007

All the news of IIFT (India International Trade Fair) at Pragati Maidan in the News papers , made me dig these out, these were done for the Orissa pavilion in 2007. The topic was 'Agriculture and Fisheries' we worked with Pattachitra artists from Raghurajpur, Orissa, Gangadhar Moharana and his students who painted these beautiful works. these were then digitized and composed and printed on flex stretched and mounted. I shall put of actual site pictures and more ( as soon as I can go through some 50 backup DVD's )

'digital illustration'' for Child magazine

This is an attempt to try out digital vector art, I sketched these out on paper and traced them. I can not say that I was quite pleased with this, I am the happiest person when given handmade paper, pencils and paint . well on the positive end things will only get better from now on.....I am quite resolved and will conquer my fear of ' adobe illustrator'. watch out for this space.
these were for annual Nov issue of 'Child magazine'

fun!

Spring in delhi.....

10 billion years - why we are where we are

This book deals with the significant landmarks that have defined the progress of mankind, within key scientific and human development parameters, in a friendly and direct manner. the illustration were done to keep it witty, light and engaging to a 10-14 year old

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SHOW TIME

Heloo everyone,
I am looking forward to see all of you guys here. my first solo exhibition at the India Habitat center. the opening is at 6.30 8th of may . I am super excited and nervous.

Free Mountain

This book took forever and after being shelved for more than a year, we got it all together and printed it, and yay!! it is out for all the kids
I looked at lots of madhubani art while coming with the style.
Here are some images from the Hindi version of the book

Title - Free Mountain (English/Hindi)
Published By - katha

Wire City

My work has slowly sifted focus from interior spaces to exterior spaces.My present body of work explores the intersection between the physical construction of cities and the society it breeds.

I am interested in the urban villages that are within Delhi. The objective of having these urban villages was not to disturb the dwellings of the villagers and therefore keep it out of city planning norms, but over the years what have emerged out of it are rather little pockets of complete chaos.

The people living in these villages are marginalized; they hardly have any access to clean, air, water, electricity, drainage systems or sometime even basic sunlight. In the other hand, the idea of such urban villages is unrealistic because they ignore broader social and economic realities. The ability to create self-contained villages within a huge metropolis city is questionable as employment and activity patterns continue to become more complex. 

Otherside of space

The most exciting part for me is when a work of art in progress. It is sentient, 'Work in progress' is a flux than intermediate stage, it is evolving, growing, ever changing and continuously leaving it's mark behind.

study

These are from a very distant past. drawing these are such a thrill. may be soon enough I will start figure drawing all over again.

Sketches and drawings