Kjs Catalogue - 2009

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9

2009

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Untitled (2009) 63 x 63 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Mansarovar (2007) 45.5 x 32 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Mansarovar 2 (2007) 56 x 44 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Mansarovar 3 (2007) 56 x 44 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Untitled (2009) 38.5 x 28 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Ghats (2008) 37 x 34 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Composition 1 Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape 1 (2008) 48 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape 2 (2008) 58 x 32.5 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape 3 (2008) 48 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape 4 (2008) 44 x 32 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape 5 (2008) 40 x 34 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Landscape (2009) 39 x 39 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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Mountainscape 1 (2007) 30 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas As shown

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9

Name : Ranthambore Fort (2007) Size : 38.5 x 28 inches Medium : Oil on Canvas Image : As shown

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9

Born at Nowshera near Khyberpass in 1944. He has been painting for over 45 years now. He is an MBA (FMS) from Delhi University and MSc from Madras University and weekly art classes for three years from Jan 1960.His first group show was held in 1962 and since then his work has been shown in numerous solo and group displays. As most of his life has been spent in the mountains and hills, he now mostly paints landscapes.

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9 Solo Exhibitions ( after 2000) ‘ Ladakh - Nature’s Outpost’ - 15 to 24 June 2001 by Habiart Foundation at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. ‘ Fusion Landscapes ’ - 10 to 18 Nov 2001 by Habiart Foundation at India Habitat Centre, Delhi. ‘ Landscapes ’ - 20 Nov to 15 Dec 2001 at Gallery One, Gurgaon. 'Indus to Gangotri' - 09 to 13 June 2006 by Visual Arts Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. ( Co - sponsored by Uttaranchal Tourism & curated by Suneet Chopra ) Group Shows ( after 2000 ) ‘ The Joy Of Life ’ ( a mega show of outstanding works of 84 contemporary Indian Artists ) - 27 to 31 January 2002 at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, New Delhi-by Art Alive Gallery. Above show held at Art Alive Gallery, M 138 Greater Kailash, New Delhi - January/February 2002. ‘ Small Format Works ’ - 2002 by Habiart Gallery, IHC, New Delhi. Works included by above galleries in their shows during 2003 and 2004. ‘ Rupa - Arupa ’ - ( Abstract show curated by Dr Alka Pande) 16 to 22 Apr 2007at Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai & from 26 to 30 Apr 2007 at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC New Delhi. ‘ Convergence ’ - Art show at Trident Hilton, Gurgaon on 15 Sep 2007 which later shifted to ‘ Pilgrim Art Gallery’ , Gurgaon. ‘ Huesday ’ - A two artist show by Indiatimes.com at F - Bar & Lounge, The Ashok Hotel from 28 Feb 08 - 05 Mar 2008. Curatorial Note by Art Critic - Suneet Chopra "Mature and Authentic Landscape Art" – Feb 2008 for Times Of India. Indian landscape art has been a favourite with many of our best contemporary artists like H.A.Gade, V.S. Gaitonde, F.N. Souza, Akbar Padamsee and Ram Kumar. As investments too, this genre has proved worthwhile. Most of the names cited above have crossed the one – crore mark. So one can safely say that a good landscape is worth

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9 buying. Also, there are a number of different ways in which our contemporary art has treated the subject. If Gade kept faithfully to using a real geographical reference as a starting point, other artists brought forward the impact of the outside impetus on the artist’s inner vision instead. Both Padamsee and Gaitonde veered towards using colour as a basis of their compositions, with Gaitonde exploring elements of flow and Padamsee evolving planes of superimposed colours constructed out of layered pigments that blended colour and texture in a very special manner. Ram Kumar too evolved his own form of non-figurative landscape with textured planes of colour jostling with each other like tectonic plates. Souza, however, while he used colour as a base, used linearity equally to highlight the sharpened features of urban conglomerations. In the same way, K. Jagjit Singh, uses a number of these ploys successfully. He uses colour and texture as the basis of his constructions that may or may not be inspired by actual geographical entities; but he is certainly one of the more powerful representatives of this trend. Also, as the artist was born in the mountains of Nowshera in Pakistan’s North West Frontier province and having travelled more extensively than most in the vast Himalayan ranges, his mountainscapes have an authenticity without which no art can be judged as being worth investing in. There is a sense of awe in his canvases that gives them the essential element of confronting real mountains. It is this quality that has got Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to place a mountainscape of his where he meets high-ranking visitors. Considering that the same space has earlier been used for the work of artists like M.F. Husain reflects the likely importance of his work in time to come. He has achieved this as a result also of the fact that he is a mature artist, tested over time and not given to producing a flash in the pan once in a while. His best works, of course, are in cool and earth colours that allow one to explore the textures he evolves, both with the brush and the palette knife. The prices of his works range from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5,50,000 today, so there is ample scope for the investor to buy his work now, and hope for worthwhile gains even in a short period of time.

Curatorial Note by Art Critic - Johny ML "Rhythm Of Nature" Feb 2008 for Times Of India When K Jagjit Singh paints mountains, hills, sprawling greenery, cascading rivers, rustling winds, murmuring crickets and crimson hues of sunset, each nuance corresponds to the movement of unexplored nature, pristine and vibrant. K Jagjit Singh shows nothing but humility when he says he is a self taught artist. He has been painting nature for four decades unwaveringly like an ardent worshipper of the beauty of earth. Born in Nowshera near the Khyber Pass, Singh has spent most of his

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K JAGJIT SINGH 200 CATALOGUE 9 life in the mountains of Ladakh, Kashmir, Sikkim, Kumaon, Nilgiris and Garwal Himalayas. His proximity to the immensity of mountains and silent vastness of valleys nourished a special ability in Singh to capture nature’s changing. As Rabindranath Tagore puts it, ‘the worshipper and the worshipped become one’ in Jagjit Singh’s works. Without specifically showing the light source that brightens up the pictorial surface Jagjit Singh brings in the mood of the day through skilful application of colors as the Impressionists did in late 19th century France. However, Jagjit Singh is not an Impressionist in the strictest terms. The play of light on objects and nature is not the primary concern of this artist. For him, it is a philosophical vision of life. Art historically speaking, Jagjit Singh belongs to the tradition of 19th century German Romantic painter Casper David Friedrich and 20th century Russian Romantics like Nicholas Roerich and Svetoslave Roerich. Singh landscapes are not about meanings but about feeling; feeling of form, color and the enormity they together create. It has been noticed that Jagjit Singh’s formalism has a lot in common with the abstracted landscapes of veteran artist Ram Kumar. While Ram Kumar came to painting landscapes after his longstanding romance with existentialism, Singh’s concurrent entry into figurative landscapes was direct. At times, due to historical coincidence, their colour schemes match as these two artists worked vigorously at the sametime. Looking to represent artistic subjectivity would take the viewer out of the pictorial frame and above the mountain-scapes to hover akin to William Wordsworth’s tryst with golden daffodils. He witnesses, absorbs and then reclaims himself using the medium of painting. Singh’s paintings are inviting, celebratory & refreshing as they seem to bask in glorious sunlight. His works reflect the joy the artist experiences while working. The pictorial surfaces gain a momentum of its own once, freed from the strokes, and they keep throbbing with the pulse of artistic enjoyment.

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