印度雕塑家Chander Parkash追求人与自然和谐共生

　　以“田园都市、生态之城”为主题的2018中国·漳州国际雕塑艺术展创作营启动仪式于2018年10月16日开营，来自台湾地区及日本、印度、格鲁吉亚、伊朗、土耳其等国家的雕塑艺术家抵达漳州开展雕塑作品创作。

　　来自印度的著名雕塑家Chander Parkash受邀参加了此次活动，这是他第七次到访中国，他所创作的作品一直与自然生态相关，他希望通过艺术创作达到人与自然的和谐共生。

　　雕塑家Chander Parkash认为，雕塑在一定程度上而言，也是一种语言，需要人们用心去感受。在为期近一个月的驻地创作中，Chander Parkash创作了令人惊叹的艺术作品，给观众留下了深刻的印象。

　　Generations of artists who have extracted their subject-matter from everyday  life have given us new insights into the human condition. The do-it-yourself anti- art movement has fall by the wayside. While information technology has put all demarcation under threat， it cannot force us to close your eyes to the reality around us.

　　No matter how small and seemingly insignificant they may be， facts are incontrovertible. In a perpetually changing scenario these may appear but briefly on the horizon and jet have an imprint on the inquisitive mind deep enough to re-kindle our faith in art.

　　Chander Parkash，who hails from a remote village in Udhampur district of Jammu province ，has his BFA in sculpture from Jammu University  .For a considerable time he keep himself pre-occupied with such themes as the never-ending struggle of the common people for the barest necessities of life， the miserable plight of pavement dwellers， and the indignities inflicted on women. But the conviction that human faith and self-respect can survive the worst disasters inflicted by nature or man brought to Parkash’s creative vision element of myth and legend. To achieve this he uses a variety of materials like wood， stone， cement， Iron， Terracotta and Fiberglass etc.

　　But there is always a tight control over the medium； he does not allow himself to be carried away by their distinctive properties. His rural back ground bestows upon him an innocence which may not be recognized at first glance .But which reveals itself gradually to the viewers .his creative process which remain meditative throughout suggests that he is out to enjoy life in all its variety， though that delight is overpower by his deep concern about human relationship .His figure submerged in their latent pathos， suggest his nostalgia for beyond days when warmth and intimacy enriched human life.

　　The sentiment of isolation is reflected in the number of works even through the figures and placed in group. Whisper is one such sculpture where， in spite of the delightful smile on the face of the women there is strength lack of communication between the two person .A horizontal bar pierces the head in an unexpected manner. In the work called The Bus， the seated figurines ，devoid of face ，make us aware of the fact that we have lost our identity .The suggestion of motion has been deliberately avoided to enhance the inner stillness in the souls of the passengers. Despite the slight gestures of a few in the group， the overall effect is that of unbroken calm.

　　Even while anchoring upon the most intimate relationship of a couple ，the  nightmare of everyday realities haunts Parkash，as we observe in the work called Honeymoon， two sleeping figures are placed on a very fine carved wooden cube with a grilled window at the head .The heads of the couple are painted in different colors-the male ，brown and the female ，white .From the neck down the two forms are covered by heavy block of wood .Carved and roughly textured .The cube on which these figures rest has also been covered here and there with dabs of bright paint .But the most intriguing element in the sculpture in the lamp-like form which hangs over the heads of the sleepers as if to disturb their slumber .Does it suggest a nightmare still to come or one hovering over their subconscious？ In a kindred work， Sleeping People， a group lies motionless under a presumed street light .Interestingly the dark half on the lamp shade hangs ominously over the frail human beings sleeping under it. The figures are sprawled uncomfortably on an old， roughly carved slab of wood.

　　The feeling of disturbed solitude is also reflected in works like Two Tire A/c， in which a thin elongated figure hangs horizontally from the upper bar of a heavy wooden frame.

　　Modern times seem to be entangled in the monstrous jungle of science and technology .Moving from the tranquility of a Jammu village to the pandemonium of metropolitan city -life ，Chander Parkash feels the shock and weaves a poetic veil of myths and legends around himself .One may ask to whether allegories and parables have any relevance to our troubled time. Whatever our response to that question， the fact remains that man’s quest for some form of spiritual solace remains unappeased.

 

　　RAC.shows a king and queen lying by side on the upper berth of a night train. The lamp placed slightly askew at the feel is suggestive of fading light .The artist has more to say in sculptures like Migration in which a dignified head is perched on a partially carved， slender timber scant with floral motifs carved here and there. This is pierced on one side by twisted metal arrow. ‘from the other emerge a number of fish like forms poised to float into the space beyond .This metamorphic movement is indicative not so much of decay as of optimism .Resemblances of the head to that of an ancient Egyptian king is more totemic then mythical.  

　　Toy Seller， another work in the same category， is different only in that the fact has been carved out from the one wood block itself.

　　Using a piece of waste wood， curved， smooth surface of the mother log has been emphasized by the sculptor by painting is brown-red .The only fabrication is the bracket on the side with small animated shapes hanging from it. Nostalgia ，of course， but intuitively poetic ，Such preoccupation apart， Chander Parkash don’t hold back from making deft and pungent remarks on contemporary issues .Press Conferences ， Aa tow- pieces of sculpture in wood ，depicts a person-obviously a politician speaking in to a microphone .Although the execution is almost abstract ，the exaggerated concave and convex features on the face of the figure clearly depict him as a down-to-earth hypocrite. He has been mouth-fed to speak.

　　Post-modernism has jet to create its tenets but Chander Parkash makes us aware of at least one，namely，thay art must continue to flourish for its own sake， that the technical advancement does not hinder the creative process of an artist ， and that there seem to be no end to what is possible with bits and pieces of old ，decayed pieces of waste wood. His art dwells on a variety of diverse observation but the kind of sensitivity that he reveals for him secure place for him among the younger generation of artists in the country.

　　Artist CV

　　Date of Birth：

　　29th Nov. 1974 Udhampur， （J&K India）

　　Qualifications：

　　1999， B.F.A. in Sculpture （Five Years） from Jammu University

　　2002， Post graduated Diploma in Sculpture from M. S. University Baroda India.

　　Awards & Honors：  

　　2015 ，Excellent sculpture award Fuzhou China.  

　　2010-J&K  Cultural Academy Award for sculpture.

　　2007， International Award for Best wood Sculpture， Switzerland.

　　2006， International Award for Stone Sculpture symposium Israel                                            

　　2004， Residency Programme （The Bag Factory） South Africa for three month.

　　2004， J&K State Academy award for Sculpture.  

　　1999， AIFACS award for sculpture.

　　1998，J&K State Academy award for sculpture.

　　1997， J&K State Academy award for Sculpture.  

　　Scholarships：

　　2000-2002， Junior Fellowship， Govt. of India Ministry of  Human Resource Dept. New Delhi.

　　2001-2002， Lalit Kala search grant New Delhi.  

　　1998， AIFACS l Scholarship New Delhi.

　　Exhibitions

　　2017 ，Orissa art festival  Group show .

　　2016 .Group show in Jammu University

　　2015，Vadfest .Baroda

　　2014，2015 China International sculpture Exhibition in Fuzhou.

　　2010-Group Show  Hassa   Museum Korea.

　　2010-Group Show  Amar Mahal Museum Jammu.

　　2009-Solo Show Kala Kender， art centre  Jammu.

　　2009-Grass Roots gallery Canada.

　　2009-Group Show， Faculty of fine arts Gallery Baroda

　　2008-Group Show，Lalit kala Academy New Delhi.

　　2007， International group show Morges， Switzerland.

　　2007， Harmony Show-Mumbai.

　　2005， Two Men Show， Jammu airport.

　　2005， International Feb. Show Baroda.

　　2004， Group Show （Art for Vision）， New Delhi.                                   

　　2004， Group Show （Women） Radisson Hotel Delhi

　　2004， Group Show （Feb. 2004） Baroda.

　　2003， Solo Show （Art Heritage） New Delhi.

　　2003， Harmony Show Mumbai

　　2000， Solo Show， Abinav Art gallery Jammu.

　　2002 Group show in Chennai.

　　1999 Group show， Art with Heart， Hotel Oberoi， Delhi.

　　Camps & Symposium.  

　　2018 China. Zhangzhou International sculpture exhibition.

　　2017 Wangzhou China extant sculpture awards

　　2018，Scrape iron  sculpture  symposium  Surat India

　　2018，Kunmlng sculpture exhibition Chlna

　　2018 National sculpture camp in Kerala India.

　　2017，National sculpture camp Rajkort India

　　2017 International sculpture symposium in Armenia .

2017. International pro/Art sculpture symposium Ukraine   

　　2017，1st International sculpture symposium Wenzhou China

　　2016.Horice sculpture symposium Czech Republic

　　2016.International wood symposium in Germany .

　　2014-2015.International sculpture symposium Fuzhou China

　　2014，International sculpture symposium Kenya  

　　2014， 3rd  world sculpture Conference  China.

　　2014，International  ceramic sculpture symposium China.

　　2014International Wax festival in Thailand

　　2013，International sculpture symposium Costa Rica .

　　2013，6.International sculpture symposium，Moritzburg Germany.

　　2013，International sculpture symposium France .

　　2013 International sculpture symposium Egypt

　　2013， All India Sculpture Symposium ，Rohtak India

　　2013， All India Sculpture Symposium ，Orissa India

　　2012.International sculpture symposium for wood Turkey.

　　2011.All India Sculpture camp .Jammu India.  

　　2011.All India Sculpture camp .Srinagar Kashmir India.

　　2010.International sculpture symposium Serbia， for terracotta .

　　2009-International sculpture symposium Canada

　　20009-All India  Stone Sculpture Camp-Srinagar organized by  J&K Academy of Art， Culture & Languages.

　　2008-Ist International sculpture symposium， Russia  

　　2008-Ist Indo-Japan sculpture symposium， Jaspur Baroda.

　　2008-One day International Painter symposium， Russia

　　2007， Stone Sculpture Symposium-Badrwah （J&K） Organized by Badrwah Development authority.  

　　2007， Symposium International De Sculpture Morges， Switzerland.

　　2006， 2nd International sculpture symposium （ITM）， Gowalio.

　　2006， 15thInternationals sculpture symposium Ma’a lot， Israel  .

　　2006-Sculpture Camp Virpur Jammu.Organized by Ravinder Jambal sculptor.

　　2005， Sculptor & Painter Camp， Pondichary Chennai  .

　　2004， Stone Carving camp ， Chandigarh

　　2003， Stone sculpture camp， Sangrampur， Jammu organized by my self.

　　2003， AIFACS ARTIST DAY Celebration org. by J&K， Art Culture & Languages.Jammu

　　2003， Metal Casting camp at Chandigarh art collage.

　　1998， Art workshop in VISVA BHARTI Uni. （KALA BHAVAN）Shantiniketan.

　　Invitations.

　　2011.Sculpture expert ，BHU Varanasi ，India

　　2011-International sculpture symposium， Romania

　　2011-International sculpture symposium， India

　　2011-International sculpture symposium， Italy

　　2010-International sculpture symposium Penza Russia.

　　2010-International sculpture symposium， New Zealand.

　　2009-International sculpture symposium Argentina-for two symposiums.

2007. International sculpture symposium the Te Kupenga stoneNew Zealand.

　　2007， Ist Simposio Internacional de Esculturea Argentina.

　　Participations.

　　2011.Group show Jammu. India

　　2012 Group show Jammu University. India

　　2007， Harmony Show， Mumbai.

　　2003-04，46th National Exhibitions in， Kerala

　　1999 - 2000， 42nd National Exhibition New Delhi.

　　2001， AIFACS Annual Exhibition， Jammu.

　　1999， AIFACS， New Delhi.

　　1998， AIFACS， New Delhi.

　　1995-2003， J&K Annual State Art Exhibition.

　　1996， 10th National Art Fair， New Delhi.

　　Collections ：

　　Lalit Kala Academy， Art Heritage New Delhi，

　　ITM Universe Gwalior India， Indian Culture ，world sculpture park Changchun China .

　　Ceramic museum in China.Railwys Museum in Nairobi Kenya

　　Center Johannesburg Africa， Municipality of Ma”a lot Israel ，Canada

　　Municipality of Morges Switzerland， Russia， Harmony art foundation Mumbai，Uttarayan art foundation Baroda.& many private Collection in India and Abroad.

　　Permanent Address -.Vis-a vis ，Artist studio Baroda ，gujrat                           

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　　Member. AIESM， International Association for Monumental Sculpture