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A Brief on Rust Paintings

Writer: Vikram Marathe
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Email: img.vikram@gmail.com

My process of Rust painting began in 1994. I was a great follower of artist - late Prabhakar Barwe. After reading his book ‘Kora Canvas’ (Blank Canvas), I started writing him letters about my thoughts, my questions about art. Also, I asked him about his journey in the field of art. And from one of his replies, I learned that in his early career he had experimented with various materials. I also wanted to explore different mediums. While looking at the stains of rust on the workshop floor, I started to work on rust as a medium. Prabhakar Barwe encouraged me with his blessings.

Somehow, I stopped working in this media but again started to work in rust from 2014. I have exhibited them in my past shows. I feel that the stains of the rust are the frozen moments of time and my imagery is based on the objects such as horoscopes, manuscripts which hold time or a period within them. I am working as a museum curator, so I get to handle such antiquities every day and this has started reflecting in my work.