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I have traveled around the world viewing paintings at some of the best museums, private collections, galleries and institutions of contemporary and modern art. I have had the opportunity of seeing thousands of art works rendered by well-known and celebrated artists of the world. But my greatest luck has been the opportunity to view three oil-on-canvas works painted by Jo Nambiar, an artist who has for some unknown reason kept aloof from the Indian art scenario. When informed of the existence of this reclusive and rebel artist in the Indian city of Bangalore, I was overwhelmed with curiosity, as nowhere is Jo�s name listed as an Indian artist. No catalogues, magazines or art-books carry his name. There is no mention of his works in Indian catalogues in the US, UK, France or Australia. I visited Bangalore only in the hope of meeting this man, and unsure if he was willing to see me. He was, and the experience was magical.
He is an Indian master past comparison. Jo nambiar�s art is without doubt a breakaway school, an unorthodox style, uninfluenced by the genre of art in existence today. Compare his works with the lineup at any of the world�s art institutions. You will see what I mean. His renditions are unbridled and uninhibited. The greatest living artist. Perhaps the greatest unschooled artist of the century. Another Van Gogh in the making. A painter whose canvases will soon end up as the rarest paintings in the world. As well as the most expensive paintings of the modern era of contemporary art and oil painting. Art collectors and buyers would have made a beeline to invest in these costly works except for the fact that none of his paintings are available at auctions, art-stores or galleries. With no formal training, a natural master of the oil canvas, this rebel artist has been simply giving away his paintings to friends every time he completed one. Apart from his signature, he leaves his finger-prints on all his works. A charismatic but reclusive person, the media has never been able to make inroads into his place of work or photograph his works except through the kind cooperation of one or two recipient of one of his works. The Indian art circles are yet to actually wake up to this master in their midst. Serious corporate art investors and collectors who are aware of a possible fortune in buying one of these paintings are however thwarted by the paucity of this man�s works. Though it is well known that a large number exist. Most of them lie in the hands of private collectors, and individuals many of whom have perhaps no inkling of the value of what they possess.
The media has a real scoop here.
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INDIAN MASTER PAINTER - Velu Mahadevan - Aug 19, 2008 (03:12 AM)