BANGALORE: Proving that passion for art has nothing to do with age, child artist Maharshi Sanket, a class 7 student of Prakriya Green Wisdom School, will display his paintings at Atta Galatta on July 12 and 13.
All of 11 years, Sanket has been passionate about colours since the age of three. He was nurtured initially by artist Shomi Banerjee and is now guided by Bangalore-based artists M G Doddamani and Shan Re.
Titled Melange, the exhibition will feature three themes - ‘human forms and faces’, ‘life under the sun’ and ‘architectural forms’. The works under ‘life under the sun’ will be dominated by the sun, which symbolises a sense of hope.
Light signifies truth, while learning is portrayed as a guiding force in various facets of life. The known and the unknown seem to find a new interpretation in ‘architectural forms’, where the artist tries to portray architectural forms through an imaginative eye.
“With expressive strokes in vibrant colours, Sanket’s work is simple yet bold. Having an immensely creative and sensitive mind, Sanket not only understands the society around him but is also concerned about the underprivileged milieu. His art reflects the compassionate elements of his nature and his process of evolution,” says one of his mentors, M G Doddamani.
While his first teacher Shomi Banerjee calls Sanket’s work an evolutionary process, Shan Re, his present teacher, refers to his creativity as a way of regulating his emotions and elevating his mood.
Speaking about Sanket’s younger days, his mother S K Ramaa says, “At the age of three, he would wear a kurta and roam around saying ‘I am an artist’. He used to spend his after-school hours at the Art Village in Siddharth Village Campus Hosur. He expresses himself through art and it makes him a better human being.”
An exhibition of his paintings was held earlier at Renaissance Gallerie. He also teaches art to children with learning disabilities at Flow Special School in Hosur in his spare time.