I, Sushil Sakhuja, am a self made artist, working in a Tribal area with tribal people with Traditional arts. But for me "Art is more of Passion than Business". I have made bronze my medium. Bastar Art gets its name from the tribal village of Bastaar.
Recently I received the top recognition in the world sculptor's workshop held in various places like, Vietnam, Kunming, China in 2005 & 2006.
My inspiration came from the tribal and their activities around me whom I made the subject matter. Today, I eat, drink, sit and work with Tribal and Tribal sculptures. I just convey what I see and feel and rest is of course is history.
My motivation and subject matter evolve intuitively as I sculpt. The final art comes forth from the realms within which I guess are responses to my myriad surroundings, past, present and future. I prefer to leave a certain element of surprise or mystery, not fill in all the blanks or complete the sculpture, thereby engaging the viewer's imagination and allowing them to get involved in the process.
Emotions get involved into the work to such an extent that sometimes it becomes difficult to part with my creations. But one has to keep on growing creating better than the best.
Today when I work, I work more for my brethren and the people of Bastar. My aim is to put Bastar art on the world map for its sculpture pieces. Bastar has given me so much that today it has become a moral as well as a social responsibility to see that lot of the people are improved.
I am an artist with a difference, who moves from one tribal house to another, giving the tribal art ideas, inputs and their quota of work, creating out new master pieces from time to time, thus becoming a medium of interaction between the urban and tribal art community, thereby being successful in creating a market for my art.
I have always expressed myself artistically. It is a soul expression for me and am blessed that my work speaks to others at their own level.
Yogendra Kumar Purohit M.F.A.Painting Indian Artist
I become an artist because I wanted to give and share with my society a way of life of happiness for others. I want to people to see my care and energy for my art while living as an artist.
I love creating thought through my art.
I have been in 50 to 60 exhibitions, created workshops and installations. In my journey I have cared for the education of art and have lots of student, not charging fees because I want to share my knowledge.
My biggest artistic inspiration is from Narayan muni, visnudharmotarpuran, INDIA Art history. He created a beautiful lady from just mango juice on a stone.
The folk art of Madhubani paintings is an exclusive regime of the women of Madhubani and its adjacent areas in Bihar, India. A long tradition of hereditary artistry has kept this artform alive for centuries. Having originated out of the humble domestic rituals and everyday life of women, this art has become a window to the otherwise curtained feminine world. In this particular artwork, multiple rows of figures have been painted on handmade paper. Linear figures of girls are teemed with figures of birds,butterflies in profile, juxtaposing the most humble with the most elegant. The rows of girls, birds,butterflies and animals are seen in happiness.Earthen shades of red, orange and yellow symbolizing passion and fertility have been used abundantly. Multi linear borders beautify the edges with mirror work in it.
Sushil Sakhuja - Sculptor
Yogendra Kumar Purohit M.F.A.Painting
Sonal Jain
Neelima Sharma