Artist Ankur Rana talks about the paradox of ‘falling in love when one actually rises in life’ through his work l’amour
The great Rumi once said, “In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, I learn how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
When an artist rides the chariot of love, he or she comes out with remarkable works.
l’amour is an exhibition of paintings being organized by Jitendra Padam Jain’s Gallery Sree Arts to showcase the talent of artist Ankur Rana. The exhibition is being held at the Visual Art Gallery of India Habitat Centre in New Delhi from 26 to 30 July. This show has been assisted by Annkush b Sharma.
In the words of Jain, “A very common connotation associated with love is ‘falling in love’. But it is amazing paradox that when we ‘fall’ in love we actually ‘rise’ in life. The pristine power of love is comparable to a divine healing touch, a revival of the soul. Humans are flawed and imprison themselves in shackles. But when love takes over, the shackles unbind and the spirit is emancipated.”
In Rana’s present series of works, the man and woman signify love. The elements and objects express Romanticism. The expressions and gestures on the face of the woman and the man depict whether they are falling, or actually rising in love. He has attempted to capture or freeze that beautiful and rare feeling of love which comes in everybody’s life for a short span of time. “A very common connotation associated with love is falling in love. But it is an amazing paradox that when we fall in love we actually rise in life. The pristine power of love changes the world around you and redefines your otherwise mundane existence. Its power is comparable to a divine healing touch, a revival of the soul,” says Rana
“A woman’s power can transform a man’s life for the better. With a woman’s love a man is motivated to be a better man, to transform his life, to go that extra mile and to chase those ambitions which he otherwise wouldn’t. In the same way a woman is only complete when she is filled with true love showered by her soul mate. That is the power of love and that is the inspiration of the following series of works which is my art concept, Rising in love,” he further adds.
Another series of paintings on the same concept titled ‘Chariots of love’ showing “ancient aircraft flying and spreading heart shaped elements”, is again carrying that old but beautiful message, Make love Not War.
“I have shown ancient aircrafts with a theme of romanticism. When man invented aircrafts to fly in the air, he spread love through this discovery by reducing travel time to reach his loved ones. It was the time when he discovered flying with the help of machines and would never have used them to destroy humanity through bombarding on innocent people just for the sake of war,” Rana explains.