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Stay tuned

samiasingh — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:03:55 +0000

My group show in Florence! Come! Or keep in touch via our blog and Facebook page.

Come Find Me is an alternative way of exhibiting artworks. 9 artists from 7 different countries will open their current houses to the public. The show is over a weekend. Paintings, art stamps, comics, designs, illustrations and performances will help you Come Find Me!

Come Find Me e’ un modo diverso di mostra d’arte, nove artisti provenienti da sette paesi aprono le loro case al pubblico per un fine settimana per mostrare le proprie opere. ci saranno pitture, stampe d’arte, fumetti, disegni, illustrazioni, e performance!

Tagged: Art Firenze summer 2013, Contemporary art Firenze, Free events Firenze, Underground art Italy.

COME FIND ME, Florence May 25-26 2013

samiasingh — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:16 +0000

Tagged: Art in Firenze, Free events in MAy Firenze, Open Studio Firenze

Our group show in Firenze May 2013

samiasingh — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:55:56 +0000

Tagged: Contemporary art italy, Firenze art show, What to do in Firenze summer 2013

Break on through the other side

samiasingh — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:45:08 +0000

ne cannot predict what will happen when travelling. Especially travelling to a place that is culturally very different. But professions are a good thing. You meet so many people who are working in similar fields. Its encouraging to know that they are thinking similar thoughts and facing similar problems. I have never felt the need to show my work – as an everyday practice. I see a lot of my friends in Delhi who are musicians and artists as well. We are all quite comfortable doing our thing at home or in our studios or in our offices and having a show once a year or less. But here in Florence I see everyone is putting their work up. As stickers, as one night shows and sometimes on the streets – carrying their amps and just becoming part of the landscape. I am happy to see so many artists and designers and musicians shaping the city – the experience of it at least. And I feel ready to join them, you are what your creative output is. And somebody has got to see/listen to these months and years and hours and thoughts you have been working on!!! Get out there!

Pressure!

samiasingh — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:54:40 +0000

Graffiti in Firenze

here’s a slow build up of pressure occurring everyday. A mild escalation day by day. What kind of an idiot borrows money to come study art during the recession???! Haha. Yes that’s one thought. Another is – Why have I come all the way here to Florence? All the way from India. Alone? Oh yes and here’s another: What do you hope to show these people? These ancient race of artists… handicraft is engraved here in every stone, every shoe that’s worn by the pedestrians, every woman who walks in her leather jacket. Italians are great lovers of the right process. Repetition of a process till the finish is impeccable. From cleaning a house to me polishing wood in my wood-cut class. Well, we’ll find out won’t we?

I came here to put myself far far away from my comfort zone. In order to produce something I could be proud of. Now that i’ve been lifted and dropped half way across the world, in the midst of many other cultures. I will begin to understand routine and techniques and soon will have something to show you. Fresh from Italy!

Tagged: comfort zone, florence, leather jacket, study art, studying art in Italy, Studying printmaking in Italy, the road to dreams, traveling alone

So far away from me

samiasingh — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:04:30 +0000

something is slowly shifting. I am far far away from home – in Florence. I have come here to study etching. OK? Ba bene? Now it’s tough tough scene to crack. Like any field is. You have to be not ordinary. You have to consistently improve. You have to consistently explode your own brain. I am very very excited to have put my brain in this new environment. Once I’m past the vast humungous mind boggling size of the supermarkets , the kind vehicle drivers who stop anywhere to let you walk pass, the strange plug points, the beautifully designed garbage bags, the double process of tram tickets and other many many similar geocultural differences – I will immerse into art. And push it to a stronger direction. Wish me luck!

Tagged: art in Italy, Away from home, garbage bags, Studying in Firenze

Notes to self

samiasingh — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:05:34 +0000

No time. Not an hour a day to think. Not two. But sometimes an extensive dip into the soul is required. Life’s waters mostly take you along. Sometimes one has to steer, shift slight directions, or gather spirit and scream down waterfalls. All quite exciting really. Here’s some sketching from some time spent lately.

Tagged: animals, dogs sunbathing, illustration india, location drawings, moleskin drawings, nature, pen and ink sikh man, personal work, portrait, reportage, sketchbook, watercolor portrait

The wind is in the trees

samiasingh — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:33:26 +0000

Process sketches from a commissioned assignment by Designhabit for the Virasat e Khalsa (Sikh history) museum at Anandpur Sahib . The architect is the brilliant Moshe Safdie. Brief: What would the forests have looked like in the Siwalik foothills in the 18th century. Pen and Ink. Work in progress.

Tagged: Anandpur Sahib, forest illustration, Moshe Safdie, pen and ink foliage, Sikh history museum, Virasat e Khalsa

Throwing off the bowlines

samiasingh — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:49:46 +0000

Sorry all for the long silence. These things happen sometimes. I’ve been very angry for a while now. And I took the past few weeks trying to get to the bottom of this anger.
Here’s a cycle.You are expected to deliver your best (always). You needn’t get paid the best. Oh now you needn’t give your best (there isn’t enough time). Just do something. Oh good you can be fast. Can you be better? You needn’t…(and no we don’t want to spend on printing.)
Here’s another. You. You are smart and fun and intelligent. Stay. You can be more smart, more fun, more intelligent. Work here. Live here. Please don’t have a life. Stay. Please don’t try and act smart and fun and intelligent. You want to be better? No please. Don’t use that brain. Just stay. Catch.
Oh the last: You are young, we won’t pay much. You getting better. Good. You want to be brilliant? Sorry. We don’t need brilliant.

Is a jobbing person’s work as soulful as a “captain of my soul”?
Can you be a part of the industry and not be a full timer?
Is money more important than work with soul?
I’m all interested in things like these all of a sudden. I guess it’s a mid- twenties thing. The gypsy comes calling. I’m taking time off thought and doing some simple studies these days.
Also in the exciting cards is the next exhibition and you will hear more about that soon.

Tagged: changing course, following a dream, Road less travelled

What control!

samiasingh — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:14:39 +0000

Ebru! Wow.

Tagged: ebru, painting on water, paper marbling