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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

x

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

on

OF

GOD

Canvas|71

x

59

21 Inches

(DETAIL) Oil 71

on x

59

Canvas Inches

VOICE

OF

GOD

30

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

1

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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