1-10 February, 2020 @ India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The recent draw at Delhi’s premier art gallery was a light installation by artist Kisalay Vora. Translating the concept of ‘Improjection’ or a method for projecting one’s feelings on an environment, Vora had gripped viewers’ imaginations with a unique line-based creation that was best viewed under lights, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, where it was on view from 28th January till 10th February.
The work examined newer ways of using Art as a therapy for the bruised. In its manifold layers, the artwork reveals the importance of the psychological impact of art. To make his idea clearer to even the lay viewer, the artist has chosen as his art tool, ‘The Line’ which has been arranged in several configurations with the lines crossing and disseminating, giving the impression of a union of sorts, when actually, the lines lead nowhere.
The artist states that his Muse for his creations is the power of music, artistic sources and literature. Stirred by the idea of bringing art to the public, Kisalay began reaching out to youth through his creations, by adorning the walls of Mumbai’s nightclubs, followed by an iconic installation in stainless steel set up at the Essel Group’s Fun Republic premises.
An artist who likes his viewers to come back for a re-look at his works, he urges them to view art in relaxed and conducive environments in order to derive its full potential. Vora, a radiate of the JJ school of Art, has made a career for himself in Advertising before turning his sights to his first love, creative art, where he has today, established himself as a master who has been acclaimed both at home and abroad.
His current work inspired his viewers with a telling message: ‘Lines are there to guide, not divide.’
