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ARTIST STATEMENT:
I am a ceramic sculptor. It came very naturally to me. Touching clay gives me immense satisfaction & somehow the sculpture happens. While I am wedging the clay, it seems a thought prompts me what to make & how am I going to initiate it… once it begins, it shapes on its own, I am in a trance.. hardly speak to anyone or even respond to what others are talking… there is an inherent alignment of my senses & the clay I am shaping… this continues till I complete the sculpture…
I have not attended any school or workshop to learn sculpting… it just happened one day & I continued…What came out of the kiln was amazing stuff… even my near & dear ones also could not imagine that this is what would they see when I invited them to see my work.
Now my relation with the soil is it wants me to shape it into my creative ideas… so it’s going to be an uninterrupted affair.
I began working in Dec. 2012, & in 4 months I was ready with nearly 39 big & small sculptures…An overwhelming response of people known & unknown is prompting me to have an exhibition. A few galleries have approached me already. So I will be having one soon.
I like to work on Concepts … Expressions …. Thoughts … What I believe in is clay & creativity combine & sculpture happens …
A thought when it first strikes gets mature slowly … it’s an unaware process happening within … when it is totally ripe.. I can’t keep myself away from clay… I have to make it.
Artist’s Statement
I, Neelkanti Patekar, am a ceramic sculptor from Mumbai, India. A ‘Self Taught’ one. It came very naturally to me. I began working in Dec. 2012, & continued working till date…
I like to work on Concepts … Expressions …. Thoughts … what I believe in is my sculptures happen when clay & creativity combine….
Touching clay connects me to my origin… my soil… gives me immense satisfaction…
My Imagination… my brainwaves… pass through my fingers…
I hear nobody… say nothing…
Tranquil moments… vibrating… never still… hours pass by like moments…
Once you touch clay… it touches you… deep within… it’s very ‘touching’…
Every living being has a journey… coming from clay… & returning to it…
With the initializing of my experience in the International Arena, I feel, Art cannot be just enclosed in Art Galleries – Museums – or exposed in Art Expos, it should have its expression out in open… in the gardens… corners of the roads… in the vast lounges & corridors of the endless buildings… in the complexes of the high rises…
Because it does not eat up the FSI…
It gives vision… an outlook towards life… a thought that is deep rooted & deep routed…
& makes you more human…
Exhibitions :
: Nehru Center Art Gallery’s ART FUSION SHOW 2014
: Nehru Center Art Gallery’s CHATAK 2014
: Participated In India Art Fair 2014.
: ‘Rolling Stone’ in prestigeous ‘Jehangir Art Gallery’, Mumbai, India
: Exhibition in Monmouth Museum, New Jersey, from 28th June till 6th Sept. 2015.
: A Group Exhibition in Studio 26, East Village, Manhattan, NYC from 1st July till 12th July 2015
Awards :
2015 : Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation award for my work
‘WAR HUNGER’
Participated in
: ART EXPO NEW YORK 2015
: ASIAMANIA 2015, Seoul, Korea
: SELECT NYC Art fair 2015 during Frieze Art Week New York
: My sculptures will be auctioned in ART AUCTION/EXHIBITION in the aid of the children of NEPAL Earthquake Victims on 24th July 2015 at Ashok Jain Gallery, NYC Organized by ICP Entertainment.
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Woodpecker’s cut
Through the eyes & vision of a woodpecker.
Birth Of Innocence
"Sex may be in any
form...natural..forced...rape...or even of a prostitute...
what it gives birth to ... is an innocent soul...."
Rishi kanya… Beauty in Woods :
"Out of caves...hmmm. back is sexier...
so mounting it with its back posture with a small mirror reflection of her face."
Wealth of A Smile
"An old person... breathing poverty: ...living life full size with the wealth of a smile...a priceless
one..."
All Inquires regarding price and availability for Wealth of a smile by Neelkanti Patekar
War & Peace
"If we come to terms with the war within...
peace comes a fore...it's there within us... we just have to feel it..."
Nirvana..The Jazz Singer
"One can attain 'it' simply by flushing the thoughts out...."
M. J. The Legend
His persona was & is power packed,.. with the signature streak & hair & hat....
A Tall Lady with Hat
Simple & humble...She is just standing tall...naturally unassuming...
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