User:Prof. Chinmay Mehta

Introduction

Chinmay Mehta- The icon

Chinmay, meaning the one possessed of blissful consciousness and intelligence, combines in himself the liberating Vidya (education) and humbling Kala (arts)- a painter, designer, architect and academician all rolled into one. As an artist, he is extraordinarily versatile,cherishing the facility to work in diverse media, sizes, and techniques over as tylistic conformity to a single medium, genre, size, technique, and manner ofvisualization.He is a fascinating example of a polymath artistand teacher who has, through consistent and diligent generosity, puts histalent to the service of the life of his time. He is worthy of prolonged andintensive notice as among the few artists who have explored the possibilitiesof modern art from a different perspective, giving new dimensions to the entirecontext of Indian identity, relationships and culture.

Creativity connects the traditional and the contemporary, interfacing between various cultural industries. In Dr Chinmay Mehta’s works, each resonates with the other creating a different form of expression in art, architecture and culture. Dr Chinmay Mehta combines in him self the similar, yet vast fields of painting, fine arts, design,architecture and academics, each merging seamlessly into one another. He is worthy of prolonged and intensive notice as among the few artists in Rajasthan and India who have explored the possibilities of modern art from a different perspective, giving new dimensions to the entire context of Indian identity, relationships and culture. His journey has been an overwhelming one. His paintings and murals depict a certain resonance that regains from modern arts, while borrowing from Indian culture and language, experience and iconography. One sees an exciting blend of two approaches in his work: an internationalist modernism and a search for a cultural sensitivity in art practice. Through involvement in visual arts, writing, academics, creating murals integrated with architecture, he has broken out of the narrow limits of high art and is very successful in creating varied modes of cultural production.