cultivating splashes on order
Located on the walls between the gates of the RBANM’s Ground in Ulsoor, the artistic genius of students belonging to Srishti School of Art and Design’s batch of 2013, in the form of a series of murals depicting various issues in the area, begins with a map involving the location of each mural, accompanied by the comments or questions they received while working on it.
Although the concept behind man and environment is predominated by the natural relationship shared by the two entities, it has the scope to branch out into unexpected variations and perceptions. One such variation is the manner in which a certain environment, whether natural or created by man, gives space to foreign elements, to come and break through the existing order. The art scene in the city encompasses the unconventional culture of graffiti and murals, which have been adopted from outside and made to fit into the context of our innate environment. Started in New York in the 1960s, the pattern of graffiti across the globe was recorded in the form of an explosive form of expression, which also followed its way to India. Murals, on the contrary, were present in the country even before the initial traces of human civilization. Sketching the evolution of traditional murals and modern graffiti assembles a series of changes with time and context. Splashes of colour, or chaoson plain walls, or order, reflect the essential balance that is maintained by the presence of both the oppositions as a pair forming binaries in any possible aspect in the world. Man and environment, in the same way, are supposed to co-exist, in order to strike a balance in the ecosystem. The following photo story is an attempt at mapping out and exposing the most renowned works belonging to the aforesaid category, by means of street art, in Bengaluru.
Celebrating the child within each one of us, the mural suggests the unexpected possibilities that the imagination of a child can create, when blended with reality.
Hidden in their nature, it is very typical of humans in today’s world, irrespective of the aspects that compile into their identity, to look for ways to escape responsibility and ownership of their belongings, as well as actions.
The generation of affection and hostility between two individuals has been conveyed through varying hand gestures, wherein lies the part that represents the turning point in the course of their relationship.
Drains and dump yards as the hubs of stray animals and birds in the area have been highlighted with a clear comparison between what is "natural" and colourful, and what is "manmade" and colourless.
Unusual in its appearance, the wall reflects upon the early influence of a foreign, unknown culture as an attempt towards refurbishing the old, tarnishing and poorly preserved traditions.
