Fusion Art

Rakesh Kumar Memrot is a Delhi-based artist who has been creating art for almost ten years. He studied fine arts from Jamia Millia Islamia and did his master's in art at Jiwaji University in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He has spent the past few years exploring folk art and Gond art. The focus of his art research is based on birds, specifically sparrows. He has done several commissioned artworks for INA Consumer Court, Archaeological Survey of India, Human Rights and Urban Development, etc.

Fusion Art • 2016

Created in the Gond style of painting, the mural emphasises the importance of maintaining a balance within the ecosystem. It sheds light on the issue of the receding natural habitat that causes an adverse impact on the animals that occupy this space. Rakesh ingeniously optimises the width of the wall by centring the composition around an elephant whose tusks grow into branches that scale the length of the wall while playing with the shadows of the real trees in a complete integration between the mural and the surroundings. He combines the traditional style of painting with the modern technique of stencilling, and has called this mural Fusion Art.