The floating Delectation
(2022)
IPS officer and artist Ajay Choudhury comes up with a site-specific artwork. The installation includes assemblage of a thousand assorted two to three foot air balls at the Riverfront area of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. The Air balls are to be installed floating over the river stretch with an assorted placement of colour scheme. The installation aims at delivering a cheerful visual pleasure for the people. As the world recovers from a pandemic and lockdown, it is hard to forget the harsh effects and difficulties it has had in various aspects of life. As life functions back to normality, the cycle of economics and labor overshadows the beauty of an artwork. Here, the artist attempts to bring the art out to nature so every passerby can take a moment to experience a visual joy. He has indulged in various installation work projects. The purpose of this installation is to bring hope and brightness from the dark phase of the pandemic and lead towards a cheerful and bright future. For weeks, the work could be admired from the river, sky and land.
He also intends to tribute the famous Land artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude whose works he has highly admired and taken inspiration from.. The couple worked with large scale installations at public spaces to connect the spectator to art.
Environment art or Land artwork advanced in the Nineteen Seventies and drew proposals from each nature and its raw materials. The artist positioned a harmonically or objectively constructed work and area it in astonishing length or quantity. Christo and Jeanne-Claude had been well-known Land artists.
“We only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work”, Christo, 2002
They laboured with big scale works of artwork. They normally used fabric to create forms that interacted with the already present environment, for instance wrapping monumental buildings or bridges. The works themselves are usually temporary, making them unique however ephemeral, aesthetic and interactive experiences.. Revelation via concealment is the inventive approach. Once covered, even the maximum acquainted objects emerge as something else. Ultimately, the set up exhibits the essence of the area. Installation additionally changes our relationship to the concealed space and opens our eyes to what is right in front of us. It lets us take a fresh look at things. Another site-specific work of these artists was the “The Floating Piers” at Italy’s lake Iseo, a larger than life installation of walkways that allowed people to walk above the surface of the lake. The artists reiterated that the installation’s sole reason is to deliver splendour and pleasure.
Artist Ajay Choudhury is a self taught artist. He attracts his inspiration from day by day lifestyles. He works in abstract themes and experimental works. A sound set up titled, Crochet of Emotions is the quantity of his brilliant works. Moving further from the conventional genres of painting and sculpture, with the placement of colourful balls displayed over the river, the artist is developing hybrid 3-dimensional form via means of assembling those items.
He has painted himself onto the canvas of the intricate world of abstract artworks. A self-taught artist, he has amazed many with his deft strokes on the canvas. He is taken into consideration as a proficient. His imaginations and thoughts for art work are primarily based totally on his stories or observations from the day by day lifestyles. Choudhary has showcased his creations within-side the pinnacle artwork galleries in the world and has gained recognition from artwork connoisseurs. Eminent painter M.F. Husain has defined Choudhary's art work as "residing artwork form". He has held Solo display at Ahmedabad-ni-Gufa in 2011, 'Towards infinity' Open Studio and curated Solo display at The Loft in Mumbai, 2008, at Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad in 2008, Amdavad Ni Gufa , Ahmedabadin 2007, ‘Between Line and Color’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda in 2007, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad in 2005, Open Palm Gallery, New Delhi in 2005, ‘Impressionist and Abstract’, Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad in 2003. He has participated in several organisation projects which includes ‘1x1 India ‘Group Show at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai in 2009, ‘Mridgandha’, Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S University, Baroda in 2007.‘ A Stroke with Square’, a 22 mints documentary made on summary paintings of Ajay Choudhary. This movie was shown at Morocco International movie festivals, Kerala Film Festival, Calcutta Film Festival etc. He is a life member of Bombay Art Society and Art Society of India. He lives and works in Ahmedabad.
Mahima Champawat
