Outstanding works of Biren De

There were at least two persons who had some difficulty in reacting to the work of Biren De at the exhibition organised by Chanakya Gallery at Ashoka Hotel.  Since I react to it strongly the impasse only goes to show how uncertain things can be in matters of art.  This condition is well-known and not my discovery. Yet it needs re-emphasising, since I deem Biren De's present work outstanding.

And what is that? The love of the perfect circle, of the twinkling star, the cart-wheeling movement, the hum of powerful engines, the rays from a diamond, energy breaking through a pod, the corona of the sun, and much else. The work stimulates a host of such associations in one's mind, the pulsating primal force at the roots of the world. It mimics, and conveys the feeling of the majesty of the phenomenal creation, and which raises in turn the feeling of awe in one and which still in turn induces a state akin to worship. It presents the prism's rays, the blue cold and incandescent red, and all else between, in a centralised, seamless experience. We surrender to it because we like to be overmastered, po-sessed by the larger than life proportions, to drown in the rhythm which moves the world bigger than man's own.

De helps for moments in the integration of the shattered self. Since un-illustrative painting does not proceed through words or conventional symbols, it certainly taxes the viewer's sense of credibility. But if one does not question one's star-gazing, one would well approach this work in the first adam spirit....