Sunday, February 22, 2009
Exhibitions in the Past
- 1982 December
Physics Versus Phantasy
Max Mueller Gallery, Near Museum, Mumbai
- 1984 February
Horizons Convocation Hall Foyer, I.I.T. Powai, Mumbai
- 1991 December Pebbles from an Inner Shore Art Plaza, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1992 June - November Bombay - A Whimsical View! Just Desserts, Jazz Cafe, Fort, Mumbai
- 1992 October Mystical Mirror Images Society Collection '92, World Trade Centre, Mumbai
- 1993 January Mystical Mirror Images Gallery April, Under the Over, Kemps Corner, Mumbai
- 1993 March Sweet Nothings! ANZ Grindlays Bank Gallery, Breach Candy, Mumbai
- 1993 August Icons of the Invisible Psyche Bajaj Art Gallery, Nariman Point, Mumbai
- 1993 November Moksha Moments Art Plaza, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1993 December Thought Tapestries The British Council Gallery, Mumbai
- 1995 February Little Giggle Art Artist's Centre, Ador House, Mumbai
- 1996 March The Dainty Illusion Factory Gallerie Leela, Hotel Leela Kempinski, Mumbai
- 1996 June Tapping the Marvellous Gallerie Jean Cocteau, The Alliance Francaise Mumbai
- 2006 May Day Exhibition at Whitstable Castle Kent, U.K.
- 2006 July Harbour View Exhibition Whitstable Oyster Festival, Kent, UK
- 2006 August Phase To Face ArtQuest Gallery, Mumbai
- 2006 September Marvellous Nonsense The Marlowe Theatre, Corridor Arts, Canterbury, UK
- 2007 October Fishy Tales from the Deep Art Plaza, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2008 August Marvellous Magic! Alliance Francaise, Mumbai
- 2008 December Windows to the Inner Attic Art Plaza, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
TAPPING THE MARVELLOUS (My personal views on Art)
I’m constantly being asked to explain my paintings, etc. Quite honestly I don’t know what to say or where to begin?
What is my Philosophy? I KAN’T Say – I DON’T THINK, therefore I AM…..& everything turns out just fine. What do I believe? I believe a picture should speak a thousand words and that elephants should fly, gold fish should tap dance and that the moon is a rolled up bear! DON’T DISTURB HIM by landing on his tummy at noon. ART? Is experience! A painting has to be experienced. My concerns are predominantly PICTORIAL. That means that I’m least concerned about subject matter, slickness, ideographical, ideological or conceptual approaches.
ART is a language to express the Intangible…. Line, form, colour are the elements as any 5 watt Tubelight will tell you… All the elements coming together, creating an illusion of space on a 2-D surface. The goal? An aesthetic experience! HOW MARVELLOUS!! Andre Breton (who is this surrealistic dude?) loved this word MARVELLOUS - I liked the sound of it, too, so I use it to explain the SOURCE from where I ABSTRACT (draw all my inspiration & perspiration ) FROM….ARTISTS (from my MULTI-PERSPECTIVE point of view) are NOT CREATORS only Stenographers - taking down what they receive and conveying it, hopefully effectively!!!
What is all this NONSENSE, I’m talking .… Silly, absurd, illogical titles are what I give my paintings. One has to feed the intellect (the monkey mind) some bananas to divert it, keep it on hold or occupy it and thus the child within all of us is set free to enjoy and experience a painting! I must admit that the reason, I title my paintings so absurdly, is bec’os I’m annoyed! - I didn’t get 2 Litres of sunshine, this monsoon. The rationing officer just smiled… Help yourself, to all the rice, sugar and toilet paper, u need - it’s FREE! …. BUT SUNLIGHT? …that’s gonna cost u! We’ve already sold the RAINBOW to a rich beggar down the street.
What MARVELLOUS NONSENSE!!!
A good painting is a gift, which keeps on giving & giving & giving…
THAT’S ALL!! Did I forget anything? See? I tried my best to explain myself. Here I must confess that all the ALPHABET soup, I happily ingested as a child (I wanted an education) helped me pick up a few letters here and there…. Many slipped away!!!! All the ZZZ’s too even though I was trying to sleep! WHO is this guy PAUL KLEE? Fortunately the DNA micro camera implanted in my …. (I’m too embarassed to disclose the location) recorded all the words and sentences INTACT as they happily passed by ….
“The heart that beat for this world has been almost extinguished in me. It is as though my bond with these things were memory…. One relinquishes this world and builds into a region beyond, a region which can be all AFFIRMATION!!!!’
Derek Philip Monteiro
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