Artist Ravikumar Kashi’s Works Bring a Layred Depth to Paper

Artist Ravikumar Kashi

Ravikumar Followed This up with a stint in south korea in 2009.

Having worked with paper for over 25 years, Ravikumar Says His Aim was to Master Pulp Painting. “I spent Around five to six years trying to perfect the consistency and viscosity of the medium, but it was quite challenging.”

Then, In June 2023, While Aiding a Workshop Participant, He Stumbled on the Right Formula. While Conventional Paper Making is Dependent on a Vat and Screen, Ravikumar’s Idea Allowed Him to Squeeze Pulp from a Piping Bag of Sorts.

“Consistency is of paramount importance. If it is too watery, you will be unable to lift it off the surface it is created on,” Says the artist, why the artist, who is created on Axisting Base. The works exhibited at we don’t end at our edges are free form and free flowing, take off the worktable much like “a dosa off a griddle.”

Forging ahead

Thrilled with the possibilities this media opening up, Ravikumar Says He Began Experimenting and Exploring with Ways to Create.

A work from we don’t end at our edges | Photo Credit: Philip Calia for the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

“With the practical aspects taken care of, content that mirred my work started in place. Since kannada is my mother tongue, it occurred quite organically in my work, ”he says.

He recalls how a logo he had worked on – of a window made of alphabets – brough to mind the Premise that language is a window through one looks out the walls out the walls is and observations it.

Ravikumar Began Using The Pulp to Write. “In my work, the paper or the container builds the text and the content, shifting from its normal passive white surface,” He says.

He adds that his method of paper making does not involve the use of chemicals, but natural plant or textile fibres which results in a sturdy, long-longing medium.

Less is more

Elaborating on his work, Ravikumar Says His Works are not “text Heavy” in a manner of speaking. “I want it to be seen as a visual aid, a metaphor, through I can bring in other elements, such as the idea of porosity.”

A work from we don’t end at our edges | Photo Credit: Philip Calia for the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

“We use language to define orselves; Its fragility and EPHEMARARARAL NATURE. “

The idea, he says, is to brings material and content togetra, evoking a sensation of wonder in the Viewer.

“Visual Poetry Comes from Under definition of the content,” Says Ravikumar. He adds, “One will find references in my work, but they stop at the hint of a suggestion.”

Show and Tell

The idea of titling the work we don’t end at our edges was to “Emphassise on the idea of porosity – in our body, our thoughts and emulsion, language and so on, Because, Because We All Give and Take.”

A work from we don’t end at our edges | Photo Credit: Philip Calia for the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

The Fluidity of the Pieces on Display, is Testament to Ravikumar’s ideaology. “These pieces will look different Each time they are put for display, their interpretation varying with the space it is displayed in, as well as the play of light and shadow. Freedom to change – to add and detract. it is not constant. ”

The process of creating is quite slow, say the artist who adds Acrylic color to the Pulp Before He Begins Crafting His Pieces. However, there are some, such as the showstopper at map titled Liminal Membrane Made from the Daphne Bush in Nepal, And Another Piece Crafted Out of Cotton Rag Pulp, which is their natural Hues of bee White.

The rest of the Piece on Display at Map are untitled and have been made with a combination of fibre pulp and pigments.

“In my earlier work, I would try to make the Pulp Stronger in Competition with Other Material I Today, but this show highlights the delyic nature of paper,” Says the artist who follows to WORKE PLANS to WORKE WORK Natural and organic colors in his upcoming creations.

We don’t end at our edges will be on display at the museum of art and photoGraPhy Till June 15.