What Can a Sardar Paint?
Manjit Bawa- His work was simple but not simplistic
“I am very much a Sikh. Not the militant Sikh but a believer in Sufi-Bhakti cult of Sikhism. I read Guru Granth Sahib but I am not a practicing Sikh, I have read great works of other religions like the Bhagavadagita, Shiv Purana, Ramayana etc and hated Manu Smriti. I admire the poetry of Waris S. Shah, and I love Punjab. I feel oneness with its soil. My language is Punjabi but the remark made to me in childhood stays in memory, “What can a Sardar paint”, the unassuming Sufi painter once declared to a Tribune reporter.
Salvador Dali, He Believed in the Power of the Possible
“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.”
Modesty, notably was not the noble characteristic of this Spanish painter, who walked this planet between 1904 and 1989. The above declaration, made in 1953 was more in the nature of the self-proclaimed ‘inimitable’ genius; a modern-day surrealist.
Ah Frida!
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
In this world, the most accomplished artists are those who have tasted defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and climbed their way out of deep pits of despair. Adversity brings out the best in an artist. It helps them develop deep sensitivity and a keen understanding of life and its goings on.
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