ARTIST SECTION

His greatest fantasy is to sculpt a mountain rock in Himalayas as Stone Age inspires him. Don’t be astonished, he is not a tribal or caveman. Living in sci-fi era, artist Narinder Thakur says that Gen Y hanging round in rugged jeans, guys decked up with jazzy ornaments and gals getting body pierced all over, it’s revival of the long gone cultural era. “Isn’t it more of Harppan tribal trend that we are following?” inquires the artist. And, that’s what he tries to depict clannish ethnicity in his masterpieces. “Nature attracts us to come back to it.”
This artist has made massive contribution in giving a facelift to city beautiful. To remind you about his ingenious masterpieces, lets start from murals on display around the city: Baithak in Kalgram, Chef 43 and Lakeview.
What starts as clean steady line emerges as magnum opus with a dash of colours added to it. After sketching on paper, Narinder freezes his ideas into life size sculptors, either in moulds of clay or wrought iron. He has even painted walls and larger than life murals.
Narinder has been broadly inspired by Picaso. Most of his sculptors depicts subtle beauty concealed in human anatomy. Talking about naked characters created by Narinder, he says, “My characters enjoy freedom. They are always in open.”

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Devender Singh, popularly known as ‘the man with golden brush’, defines painting as the poetry of colours. This versatile artist carried affluent Punjabi cultural beyond the realms of Punjab and has won applauds of the international patrons of art.
A sparkling replica of Harmandar Sahib in gold and silver, his marvellous creation, has been put on display at the renowned Smithsonian Museum in Washington, and now he is about to accomplish crafting the second model.
Besides, his numerous well-crafted paintings depicting mundane jobs of rural Punjab, mythology, modern and abstract art and episodes from Sikh history have found place in museums of Singapore, UK and US. “I have painted 20 ft x 40 ft life size paintings for Singapore museum,” Devender says.
Natural lexis can be seen all over his picturesque pastel collection. “I love to brush a blend of abstract and realistic impression. Nature inspires me to trace the genuine splendour. I explored the interiors of Punjab to convey the factual expression in oil. Punjabi mutiras (young women) spinning charkha, roaming and winnowing the fields motivated me to map out the unique beauty,” says Devender.
With the elements in sober pastels his golden brush has also silhouetted women. He adds, “I was always determined to survive on my hobby-turned profession. It’s strange that during my days of struggle I had to slough to fetch work. Now when I am satisfied with the little I do, people chase me to take on assignments.” Work never eluded Devender ever since his first collection of paintings on Sikh women was bought by a nationalized bank for their calendar in 1972. He received his formal education at Bombay, Amritsar, Ludhiana & Chandigarh but was initiated into the world of art by his accomplished father. “I inherited the aesthetic artistic ability from my father, Sewak Singh, who was a commercial painter at Bombay,” says Devender Singh
Presently, he is working on two contrasting series: ‘ancient era’ and ‘mankind 20 years hence.’ The crux of his research is: “With increasing fondness for murals and splash of greenery at every nook and corner of sky-high buildings, the cemented world is turning back to stoned era.”
This man boasts of free flowing lines that liberally meet to emerge as faces. What’s peculiar about them is that each face wears a plastic smile, hiding grim emotions expressed in eyes.
Thakur titters, “I use natural flavour in my artwork.” This artist with electrifying imaginative thoughts, is born and brought up in Chandigarh. Though he inherited inventive mindset from his father Laxman Das, he believes it’s all in air. He says, “Le Corbusier has gifted the city with perfect surroundings to dwell an arty mindset.”
His greatest fantasy is to sculpt a mountain rock in Himalayas as Stone Age inspires him. Don’t be astonished, he is not a tribal or caveman. Living in sci-fi era, artist Narinder Thakur says that Gen Y hanging round in rugged jeans, guys decked up with jazzy ornaments and gals getting body pierced all over, it’s revival of the long gone cultural era. “Isn’t it more of Harppan tribal trend that we are following?” inquires the artist. And, that’s what he tries to depict clannish ethnicity in his masterpieces. “Nature attracts us to come back to it.”
This artist has made massive contribution in giving a facelift to city beautiful. To remind you about his ingenious masterpieces, lets start from murals on display around the city: Baithak in Kalgram, Chef 43 and Lakeview.
What starts as clean steady line emerges as magnum opus with a dash of colours added to it. After sketching on paper, Narinder freezes his ideas into life size sculptors, either in moulds of clay or wrought iron. He has even painted walls and larger than life murals.
Narinder has been broadly inspired by Picaso. Most of his sculptors depicts subtle beauty concealed in human anatomy. Talking about naked characters created by Narinder, he says, “My characters enjoy freedom. They are always in open.”
Presently, he is working on two contrasting series: ‘ancient era’ and ‘mankind 20 years hence.’ The crux of his research is: “With increasing fondness for murals and splash of greenery at every nook and corner of sky-high buildings, the cemented world is turning back to stoned era.”
This man boasts of free flowing lines that liberally meet to emerge as faces. What’s peculiar about them is that each face wears a plastic smile, hiding grim emotions expressed in eyes.
Thakur titters, “I use natural flavour in my artwork.” This artist with electrifying imaginative thoughts, is born and brought up in Chandigarh. Though he inherited inventive mindset from his father Laxman Das, he believes it’s all in air. He says, “Le Corbusier has gifted the city with perfect surroundings to dwell an arty mindset.”