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He was Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts
and Head of the Deptt. of Painting, Banaras Hindu University from 1967-69.
From 1969 to 1972, he worked as
visiting Professor at the Skidmore College, New York. In 1984 he was chosen by
the Govt. of India as the National Emeritus Professor for outstanding
contribution in the field of art.
The artist passed away in 1994.
In his own words, "Beyond the
influence of Indian culture and its ethos, my horizons are universal. I am
interested in the universalising of the human spirit. My concepts are not
regional or tribal-spiritual and material is the matrix of my creative intent.
My art springs from within and flows from my perception of the rhythm of life
around me in the global context."
"With all these rapid changes art too is changing rapidly. All creativity is linked within and without. In such a scenario, what one does is to discover from the conflicting forces of this relationship and conceptualise and perceive, through space, colour, texture and present those concepts after having digested the multi influences. The creative process is like the flowering of a tree. It is complex because life is complex. It is still a deeply spiritual process.
"In the manifestation of this energy there are always two elements: you can explain this in the term of man-woman, positive-negative, cold-hot, etc. It is this balance of energy that I try to resolve in my creative process. In the aesthetics of my art this tension finds expression. I am influenced by the Indian definition of Rajas, Satwa and Tamas. Like tension in stringed instruments, the tension in my work, creates its own creative music."
