Catalogue / Aniket Dharmendra Varma
Aniket Dharmendra Varma
Memory
Some memories are kept in jars, sealed and numbered
A red lid, numbered like a drawer in a museum.
Inside, dark stones press their faces to the glass.
Across the floor lies a pale stripe of window light, cut into bars.
A mauve cloth rests over something the shape of a sleeper.
Under the bed, small jars wait in rows.
On the wall a gold garland glints on a frame.
Everything is kept. Nothing is opened.
The work
A large glass jar stands in a dim room. It is full of dark stones. Its red lid carries a number, 003. Behind it, a cloth covers a shape on a bed. Aniket Dharmendra Varma paints in oil, layer by layer. He does not draw a plan first. "The daily experiences became the sketch," he says, "and I painted it." His work grows from memories of the past and the present. Varma trained in classical painting at Sir J.J. School of Art, where he now studies for his MFA.
- Theme
- Memory and keeping
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 91.44 × 97.44 × 2.5 cm
- Year
- 2025
- Edition
- 1
- Framed
- No
- About the artist
- Sir j.j. school of Art, Mumbai
- From
- Mumbai
- Code
- RC-639
- @see_yaanix
In the artist’s words
I am Aniket Dharmendra Varma. completed my Bachelor of Fine Art specializing in Drawing and Painting at the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Currently pursuing MFA in Painting, Through my academic practices which has helped me in various disciplines to understand the foundations of drawing and painting. Studying in classical methods like portraiture, composition, outdoor studies has played important role in my art practice. Nature is almighty and have always motivated me to explore in different approaches, whether it is fully spontaneous or conscious. my practice grows out of everyday experiences, shaped by memories from both the past and the present experiences, Rather than following afixed theme. Since, from…
