Bharath Rajpal
1980-2020
“I used to admire Picasso, in terms of his creativity and imagination and, used to wonder how it must have felt to create something so path-breaking, like Cubism, in the world of Art, a century ago. I saw that many an artwork of Picasso, was devoid of Perspective and, after my cumulative research, it was confirmed that he actually did remove perspective to create his abstractions. I had to create a breakthrough invention, to shatter all mindsets and barriers that would raise even Picasso’s eyebrow, and set a trend for generations to come… To put it all in a nutshell: Picasso removed Perspective in Art; I’ve simply brought it back!”
Bengaluru artist introduces ‘glitch’ into Picasso’s works
In attempt to do ‘jaw-droppingly wild’ work, Bharat Rajpal has incorporated distortions into masterpieces
Artworks
Testimonials
“A mischievous artist with a childish, naïve and kind look; who loved life and inspired quite a few people to love art.
In our world, it is quite difficult to see genius behind this naivety. However, when we see his works, it becomes obvious that there is an incredible talent and intelligence hidden there.
The great sense of composition, along with an intuitive and at the same time scientific approach, is incredibly fascinating. The viewer immediately and entirely plunges into the painting and becomes a participant of the whole creative action. The plasticity of shapes and lines is harmonized with abstraction and various systems of perspective and deep color combinations.
The groundswell of emotion and the complexity of the inner world are reflected in his masterpieces. As there are complex refractions in his works, so the inner state was refracted through his childish look and these brilliant masterpieces were born.”
Sidorova Elena
Art critic, Moscow (Russia)10/06/2020
“I have seen many kinds of paintings. Unlike other art which is connected to light and shadows. Bharath’s paintings are different. They are connected to Science and Art. I liked the Three-point perspective and glitch cubism. This is something that nobody would have thought about, creating a disturbance in art form. Anatomy used was more like a character design for every particular model used in the art.”
(A visitor at Bharath’s Art Exhibition)
“Bharath’s art work is constantly looking at the new, the unusual and the different. And through this process he tried to create a new language and a new path. He was an artist who went beyond the usual realms to explore what is beyond realistic.”
Ranji David, Actor-Director
“I have known Bharath from the time we were in school. He was never quiet, always interested in doing something new and different. So when I got to know about him being an artist, I was curious to see his artwork. He was kind enough to invite me to his exhibition. I was stunned looking at his paintings. It was as if the paintings were brought to life with his cubism artwork. He was so talented and had an eye for detail, with this he was able to capture different art forms and give them a new outlook.”
Ajay Lazarus Sumitra, Cottonian Friend
“Bharath Rajpal is an Indian artist who could gamble on the national tint and recognizable imagery to create well-selling art. However, he took a different path, seeking to integrate himself into the global artistic culture. His work is cosmopolitan: it features a synthesis of cubism, abstract art, glitch, and partly science art. Bharath himself believed that building on Picasso’s findings he takes his quest to a new level.
“Cubism, by its nature, is a conscious, methodical, akin to mathematics art. It is an attempt to reveal the laws of reality, dividing it into parts, conducting a thorough and accurate analysis. Bharath also analyzes and reflects on the ways of vision. In his works, objects are refracted, reduced, and stretched; they tend to shrink down to a point or fly apart. The author uses the findings of cubism to convey a modern view of the world: clip consciousness, fragmentation of impressions, information noise. Technology plays a significant role in our way of thinking: both the laws of its operation and their violation. Therefore, the natural antipode and supplement to cubism is glitch – the art to find and capture a mistake. Glitch has rich expressive capabilities: random spots, lines, and rhythm of repeated patterns are of aesthetic value.
“Bharath borrows the expressive means of glitch and reproduces them in traditional techniques: painting and graphics. The artist has an innate understanding of the compatibility of colors, the ability to match them, a sense of rhythm, and a confident work with line and spot. Expressive contrasts of light and shade and the combination with conventional faces-pictograms help him to set the mood and express not only thoughts but also his own feelings. Thus, different artistic traditions help the author to explore the world and himself.”
Alexandra Konshakova
Art critic
(Specialist of the state Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Abstract imagination on canvas
“I am a Bangalore boy, who loves to paint ever since I can remember. I like to take a subject that is generally iconic and go to town giving it an irreverence and complexity on my own,’’ he says. A dark brooding water colour and a pencil sketch of his rock idol Axel Rose, a ponderous Charles Darwin complete with beard and bushy eyebrows, a schizophrenic abstract woman in fragmented colours, a Parisian subway montage, faces, masks, ice cream sundaes, gods and still life complete with zany title...