Artist Sameer Pawar and his digital prints are telling you how to identify the box you are stuck in, and break away from it
It was two-and-a-half years ago that artist Sameer Pawar started feeling restless in his job as illustrator and designer in the publishing industry. "Everything was going fine and all was good. But, there was something missing."
He also realised that he was stuck in a “structure”. And that’s when the idea for BLOCK, his new digital art show, started taking form in his head. “I realised I was missing all those crazy thoughts that I used to have when I was in school or college. I wanted those back.”
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It may have led him to finding his own ‘block’, but the 36-year-old credits the publishing industry for introducing him to the digital format. “It’s still not a very accepted medium in the art world. But, that’s one of the issues I want to raise with this exhibition — that digital prints are also just another form of art,” he says.
His artworks, which will remind you of artist Andy Warhol’s pop prints, illustrate the static world we live in, depriving ourselves the scope for growth, and the aversion to face challenges head-on. “I was interested in portraits and all the moods are expressions I went through during that time. It was not work pressure or financial pressure, but my mental journey that is reflected in this show,” he says.
Artist Sameer Pawar
He says that the show tries to delve into the psyche of a person, and make you wonder if there is a sense of desperation, a desire to escape and be somewhere else.
Pawar has also taken inspiration from the world around him, as well as the one within.
“The world I see around me fascinates me like nothing else. I observe and introspect. I adapt myself to different situations. As I travel, I watch people going about their daily rigmarole. I have attempted to look beyond the obvious, tried to get underneath the surface — between the multiple layers of human emotions, reactions and expressions, to study the struggle that each individual goes through while trying to do something different. This work is based on these observations,” he says.
But, he is quick to point out that it’s not really a block if you are happy with it. “I discovered my block where I could feel it gnawing at me every day. I was unhappy with my situation. You won’t find it if you don’t look for it. And that’s the question — are you unhappy enough to look for it.” Something to think about?
Where: Art & Soul, 1, Madhuli, Shivsagar Estate, Worli
When: August 1 to 14
Call: 24965798
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