Ravi Morya is a Delhi based young promising artist from India. He completed his BFA from Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University, Madhya Pradesh in 2016 and since then he is engaged as a prolific visual artist. In this show Ravi is showcasing a body of works where his childhood memory is eloquently reflected
in his thought process and technique.

As Ravi said, as a child he saw his mother collecting waste pieces of cloth and stitching all the pieces and creating a large piece of a cloth for use as a warm cover in winter. The memory of that process influenced Ravi so deep that in his own works he began to use multiple layers of papers, followed by a layer of washable quotes. Childhood memory this directly left an impression on the very technique of his art making. His work is influenced by his perception of our surroundings, visual memories and a certain imagery which speaks to the viewers conveying the idea of constantly shifting images, forms and colors in nature. There is no definite narration or statement in his works but the story behind this technique and visualization creates a unique approach embracing a personal and intimate space.

Ravi is very much fond of anything including seemingly random objects like a pile of coloured shapes, or a bunch of trees lined to each other, or any form of architecture he finds usable in his work. His visual approach is more akin to a process of deconstructing the image he sees and incorporates them into his nearly abstract language. His works delve more into the process of determining the forms and color, through intensely intimate absorption into a visual language that makes the forms emerge on their own. There usually is no a layout or pre-planned layouts behind his works. His images and visual construction shift according to the use of diverse materials and visual demand. The appearance shifts and changes into something else every time. Ravi likes to experiment with different mediums like papers with collage, photographs from books and magazines as sources of materials according to the demand and impulse of the works. Ravi’s work is a complete transition from conventional to unconventional approach where the end imagery always remains unknown unless it is achieved.

The artist does not want to create a certain specific statement in his art, rather he likes to initiate a visual cum cerebral dialogue between the work and the viewers. Viewers get immersed in the ensuing dialogue, rather quietly.

Soma Bhowmik
Curator and Art Historian
Kolkata