An exhibition of recent paintings by Deviba Wala

Private View: Friday 3rd of December 2010 – 6.00 pm to 11.00 pm Exhibition runs from: Friday 3rd of December 2010 – Thursday 9th of December 2010 Gallery Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 11.00 am to 6.30 pm Sat: 12.30pm - 5.00 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thursday 9th of December: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Deviba Wala’s lucid abstractions, predominantly monochromatic, evoke an unambiguous rhetoric of strength in the process of accomplishing elegant but austere forms.

Wala believes they are almost naïve in terms of transgressing the disquiets of mundane life. The entangled patterns and wavy lines running across the evasive space of the canvas appear as ‘mind-scapes’, suggesting deeper intuitive feelings of the artist. This challenges the inference of 'specific structures'.

On the whole, the minimal composition is carefully considered, with vital elements prearranged in a very particular manner. They travel from one end to the other, crisscrossing and interlacing, and are undoubtedly the outcome of a unique ‘gestalt’, which creates intensity of visual significance and emotional implication.

Again, the very gestalt enables the viewer to discard all ideological statements about the nature of ‘art’ and to cherish the unblemished subsistence of beautiful forms. This 'gestalt' operates on a conceptual as well as on a compositional level; an ode to life’s pure existence.

Through this particular process the artist conceives and evaluates the complex meaning of simple forms. Consequently, this enables the viewer to interact and engage in a more significant manner. Inevitably, the art work turns into an initiation process, revealing multiplicity of connotations.

Deviba Wala (1980) a painter, sculptor and installation artist has studied fine arts from the C.N.College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad and B.Sc (Fashion Design) from National Institute of Fashion Design, Ahmedabad.She attended several camps and exhibited her work in different parts of the country like Banaras, Patna, Chennai, Bombay, Bengaluru, Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal and Ahmedabad. She has travelled across Europe, and explored its contemporary art by spending time in artist studios, galleries, art colleges, museums, artist’s homes and looking at art restoration projects. She has attended seminars on importance of art globally at le-mans France. She has also exhibited at the Young Art Biennale at Moscow, Russia. Her work is in collections across the country and France.