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IAAC Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora 2015
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| Veru Narula
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Veru Narula
Website: www.verunarula.com |
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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Contemporary artist with focus on oil paintings with contemporary mixed media. B. 1981, New York
“I paint to explore the power of hands, the destruction of the ego, and the beauty of the mind, in order to reveal the light of a universal soul." - Veru Narula
Veru Narula creats paintings in reaction to the events and ideas of an ever converging global landscape. Much like an author, he uses a visual plotline for subject matter that tells a story. His paintings are visual representations that draw from international conflicts, the intersection of technology in daily life, the role of religious tension and human rights in politics, and the progress of clean tech and alternative energy. In his artistic process, he utilizes the juxtaposition of imagery and discrete ideas to create new synergy as well as contribute to the visual culture.
Narula is interested in the tension between the historic past of a lasting medium, such an oil painting, and the contrast with the digital images of the high-speed 21st century. As a result, he embeds oil paintings with LCD screens. By constructing specially carved out canvases, the digital video display question the role of whether a painting can, indeed, be plugged in?
Veru Narula learned to paint from both his parents, who were artists, as well as individually from a guru in India. His experiences in both India and the US have formed a global mix of institutional and technical outlook on aesthetics and ideas. In his studio process, the juxtapositions of imagery, ideas and technology are reflective of his intellectual interests, including social art & its discontents, authorship & post production and entrepreneurship. |
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