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BIBHUTI ADHIKARY

BIBHUTI ADHIKARY

THE ROLLING PAINTING

Seeing is believing. 'Art is not what you see, but what you make others see'. This is an extraordinary achievement in the field of arts and hence 'An Eccentric Piece of Art' was the name that India Book of Records gave my innovation. A Distinct and Innovative Painting made from PVC pipes. It's the World's First Innovative Painting, where PVC pipes are used as the rolling tool. “The painting is 5ft x 4ft with the canvas rolled on PVC pipes and colour applied to each pipe. Here, I used 594 pieces of 'rollers'. These rollers when rolled manually formed multiple compositions and I brought all of these together under one theme – nature – by putting them in one frame. The beauty of this painting lies in its serene wildlife wherein if one creature appears the other disappears. It has been painted very carefully so as not to disturb the other compositions,”.

Saving nature and wildlife should be everyone's duty. I try to impart a message through my paintings which has to be positive. Positive for nature, mankind or for my country. 

THE MYSTICAL MERMAID

A Mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same traditions), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.

At its basic, the imagery is outlandish, perplexing  and even uncanny, as it is meant to jolt the viewer out of their comforting assumptions. It is an elusive categorization of dream and reality brought into existence with the help of ropes and acrylics. To conclude, the techniques have been used to magnify the alluring beauty of the mermaid.

ACT OF KINDNESS

The Miracle of kindness is that, it is contagious.

This painting showcases a blind hindu priest helping an old muslim man who’s handicapped. The scene essentially brings out human goodness.

In this time full of biases, where every other subject in the country eventually gets linked with religion, the painting tries to convey the message of compassion, acceptance and impartiality to man kind.

An act of kindness should be done ignoring the barriers of caste, creed, culture, religion, priviledge, gender or race.

 ~ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧- 𝐊𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐀𝐚𝐣 𝐛𝐡𝐢~

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑐 𝑀𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑏ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖'𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑎, 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 '𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛' 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑠, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑.

~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫~

𝐴 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑛'𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟.

- 𝐸𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑡 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦

 𝐴 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠.

𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 '𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠' 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑦, 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑠.

THE DIVINE BUDDHA

The Buddha (also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Buddha Shakyamuni) was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who lived in Ancient India.  He is revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and worshipped by most Buddhist schools as the Enlightened. One who has transcended Karma and escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth.  His teaching is based on his insight into duḥkha (typically translated as "suffering") and the end of dukkha – the state called Nibbāna or Nirvana.

Buddha taught a spiritual path that included ethical training and meditative practices such as jhana and mindfulness.

The Divine Buddha, which means "Awakened One" or "Enlightened One". This is such a soothing painting of Buddha with ropes and acrylics. The beauty of the painting lies in the serene and beautiful meditative eyes with a soft smile on the face magnifying the alluring beauty.

RAASLEELA

“There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.” ― Liv Tyler.

Beauty has no definition. Beauty is a person. Beauty is a soul. Beauty is a heart. Beauty has no definition at all. Beauty is what it is. Defining beauty is like asking why the sky is blue and not pink; no one knows the answer for sure.

This painting is a total imagination of love and beauty. “I promise my love”. This is a surrealistic painting of Lord Krishna and Radha, who are considered as the epitome of eternal love and sacrifice, transcending eras and emotions.