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When the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) began its attacks on North Indians in Mumbai last year, Pranava Prakash, who belongs to Patna, was in the city. His mother would call him every day to check if he was fine. Those days of hate and insecurity return in Prakash’s series of paintings called Chal hat be Bihari. “My art work is a direct reflection of my brief stint in Mumbai. It is a reflection that challenges the notion of hidden xenophobia in our generation that exists in the name of cultural regionalism,” says Prakash.
“I met a taxi driver and asked him where was he from. Although I knew he was from Bihar, I was surprised when he said he belonged to Punjab. It was at that moment that I decided to speak about this irony where people in their own country were scared of revealing their true identity,” explains Prakash, who painted the taxi as the first piece in the series. “This series is also meant to be a record of our time which is so turbulent,” he says.
Born and brought up in Patna, Prakash finished his MBBS from Nalanda University but when he decided to fly to the US for his Ph.D, 9/11 had made it impossible for him to get a visa. Prakash is now a product manager at Career Launcher in Delhi. Although this is not the first time that Prakash has exhibited his art, it is his first stint with the political genre. “As an artist I feel responsible to react quickly to such issues and speak through my creativity,” adds Prakash. With all flat colours, his works are bright and vibrant with red and black being the most prominent in the palette. His second series will include paintings on xenophobia abroad while the final series will capture the mindscape of those who hate through semi-abstract installations.
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Pranava go on. It is really heartening to see somebody is standing up against selfish politics of our time. Let us come together and join hand to fight against discrimination of any kind.
Pranava continue with bold work. We have to unit against all the rascals who want to divide the country. They are the people who make us vulnreble against terorists. Let the Raj Thakre's plitical ambition die a deserved death. Long live pranav.
gr8 work. What a nice work this guy has done. I visited his exhibition and really impress the way he used color.
Congratulation to Pranava for raising a problem which is being fueled by Raj Thakore. These are the people who divide nation. The activity of MNS is shame to nation. Yestrday an expatriate friend of mine asked why they hate north indian in Mumbai I have to explaine that it is a hate campaign run just by goons and politician to tkae milage. Most loved icons in mumbai are Amitabh and Shahrukh, one from Allahabad and other from Delhi.Best part is when art world is silent about hate campaign Pranava came in with his work to protest it.It proves he is a socially responcible artist and really sensitive one. His work to amke people aware about their surrounding is truely remarkeble.
Pranav has raised the issue which nobody dared uptill now. After chance encounter to his work in Tuchchart collection, i started following him. But I would frankly comment that this series is even better than earlier tuchchart show in terms of dare to capture what is happening in comtemporaray Indian soceity..In pranava's style the use of bright red colors is really eye catching. Specially the painting called Chal Hat Be BIhari is truely exemplary in terms of Litchenstainian irony. Things in Pranava's world is a little skewed, colored a lil' more bright but it never fails to capture your attaintion which is chcarter of a great work in begining.
Pranava’s series of paintings called ‘Chal hat be Bihari’, being captioned as ‘HATE CANVAS’ by the reviewers, is not appreciated by me. Pranava Prakash is an aspiring artist and not the hate or anti hate campaigner. Catching a theme to present an emotional especially a sympathetic response, to give human dimensions to the art preferably need to be captioned in a positive form and not as ‘HATE CANVAS’. The reviewers have not stopped here but have mentioned that second series and the final series will include paintings on ‘xenophobia’ (i.e. an intense fear or dislike of foreign people) and capture the mindscape of those who hate through semi-abstract installations, respectively. The artist is being represented as the doctor hate. The reviews are flawed and centered on the Mumbai incidents. These hardly reflect the art in the artist. Further the display of paintings has been given a political overtone by the mention of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). It may only succeed t
I agree with Rattan Serohi. The series of paintings called 'Chal hat be Bihari' have been presented in a poor and sadistic theme. The artist (if Parnava is an artist at all)has only placed himself in the Behari mode and have succeeded to present the Behari psyche. Surely a Behari can't rise above it. That is how they are being discarded in all the states of India. Even abroad they are not like by the erhenic society. There is no art in his canvas. Dark shining colours have been put as if a Behari is painting a road side board on the dirty road of Bihar. These are no painting. Poor show and not visited by more than few souls who lost their way, like me. Let Parnava persue his Medical or other profession and not waste his and others time. Poor paintings and poor reflection of Parnava's character. Total Behari.
I would appriciate the work done by pranava. Atleast he raised his voice through art against the wrong thing that is going on around us. So, it would be better if we will support him in place of critising him. I hav'nt seen his all painting so, can't comment on the quality of work. but thought process is really gud. All the best.
I have not seen the art work of this artist before. is it a reputed artist or ......
This man is no artist and is displaying fake art work. This all is Computor generated work and nothing better than nonsense.
well i think a step taken in the right direction , we should surely come out with these kind of messages against these myopic politics by some very idiotic local level politicians