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href="/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/feature/accidental-artist-arpita-singh">The overdue recognition of Arpita Singh</a></div><div class="authorndate">By <a href="/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/782">SOMAK GHOSHAL</a> | <span class="date-display-single">1 March 2015</span></div><div class="full-image-view"><div class="show-image" style="display:block"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction.<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> Courtesy arpita singh / Vadehra Art Galery</a>]" title="One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-the-artist_vadhera-art-gallery_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_01.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-the-artist_vadhera-art-gallery_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_01.jpg" alt="" title="" width="241" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">Courtesy arpita singh / Vadehra Art Galery</div><div class="f-caption">One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction.</div></div><div class="show-image-9503" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction.<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> Courtesy arpita singh / Vadehra Art Galery</a>]" title="One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-the-artist_vadhera-art-gallery_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_01.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-the-artist_vadhera-art-gallery_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_01.jpg" alt="" title="" width="241" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">Courtesy arpita singh / Vadehra Art Galery</div><div class="f-caption">One of Arpita Singh’s largest works, Wish Dream took over three years to complete and is composed of sixteen individual panels. The painting, which is inspired by Buddhist thangka paintings and Bengali kantha embroidery, made waves when it was sold for R9.6 crores in an auction.</div></div><div class="show-image-9505" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][For a time, Singh eschewed the use of colour, as in this watercolour from<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> courtesy arpita singh</a>]" title="For a time, Singh eschewed the use of colour, as in this watercolour from" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_02.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_02.jpg" alt="" title="" width="343" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">courtesy arpita singh</div><div class="f-caption">For a time, Singh eschewed the use of colour, as in this watercolour from</div></div><div class="show-image-9507" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][In the late 1980s Singh exhibited in Delhi with three contemporary women artists. The women never established a formal collective, but remained friends over the years. Left to right: Madhvi Parekh, Nalini Malani, Singh and Nilima Sheikh.<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> courtesy arpita singh</a>]" title="In the late 1980s Singh exhibited in Delhi with three contemporary women artists. The women never established a formal collective, but remained friends over the years. Left to right: Madhvi Parekh, Nalini Malani, Singh and Nilima Sheikh." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_03_0.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_03_0.jpg" alt="" title="" width="680" height="426" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">courtesy arpita singh</div><div class="f-caption">In the late 1980s Singh exhibited in Delhi with three contemporary women artists. The women never established a formal collective, but remained friends over the years. Left to right: Madhvi Parekh, Nalini Malani, Singh and Nilima Sheikh.</div></div><div class="show-image-9508" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][The female figure finds prominent place in Arpita Singh’s work. This painting from the late 1980s, titled Object with and without Shadows, incorporates Singh’s collage-like style, juxtaposing images from nature, technology and domestic life with figures.<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> courtesy arpita singh</a>]" title="The female figure finds prominent place in Arpita Singh’s work. This painting from the late 1980s, titled Object with and without Shadows, incorporates Singh’s collage-like style, juxtaposing images from nature, technology and domestic life with figures." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_04.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_04.jpg" alt="" title="" width="436" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">courtesy arpita singh</div><div class="f-caption">The female figure finds prominent place in Arpita Singh’s work. This painting from the late 1980s, titled Object with and without Shadows, incorporates Singh’s collage-like style, juxtaposing images from nature, technology and domestic life with figures.</div></div><div class="show-image-9509" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][Singh’s childhood practice of drawing on magazines and newsprint is evinced by her use of lettering and words in her paintings, such as the triptych Tarot Card Reading from 2003. Singh uses letters like hieroglyphs , seamlessly mixing them with objects.<br /><br /><a class="lb-credit"> courtesy arpita singh</a>]" title="Singh’s childhood practice of drawing on magazines and newsprint is evinced by her use of lettering and words in her paintings, such as the triptych Tarot Card Reading from 2003. Singh uses letters like hieroglyphs , seamlessly mixing them with objects." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_05.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/an-accidental-artist_courtesy-courtesy-arpita-singh_the-caravan-magazine_march-2015_05.jpg" alt="" title="" width="540" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">courtesy arpita singh</div><div class="f-caption">Singh’s childhood practice of drawing on magazines and newsprint is evinced by her use of lettering and words in her paintings, such as the triptych Tarot Card Reading from 2003. Singh uses letters like hieroglyphs , seamlessly mixing them with objects.</div></div></div><div class="thumb-image-view numeric-list"><a href="javascript:loadmain(9503)">1</a><a href="javascript:loadmain(9505)">2</a><a href="javascript:loadmain(9507)">3</a><a href="javascript:loadmain(9508)">4</a><a href="javascript:loadmain(9509)">5</a></div> <div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/feature/accidental-artist-arpita-singh"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5098">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5098">E-Mail</a>|</div><div class="single-paged">Single Page</div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script> <div class="fullpage-body"><div class="detailBody"><div class="view view-story-page-views view-id-story_page_views view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>ON A CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING LAST OCTOBER</strong>, I sat with the artist Arpita Singh in her studio in Delhi’s Nizamuddin East, chatting about her work over steaming cups of tea. Perched on the mezzanine of the charming house she shares with her husband, Paramjit Singh, also an acclaimed painter, the studio is of modest size, with large glass windows on two sides. Thick, grey winter light poured in, and except for the odd birdcall, a meditative calm reigned. Vast, empty canvases and works-in-progress were propped expectantly against the walls; brushes, notebooks, paint and paper lay scattered all around.</p> </div> <p>Singh retreats into this stillness every day to work, even at the age of 78. This often means cocooning herself away to sketch, read, or simply think, but work, for her, is a ritual not to be missed. After a career spanning over half a century, remarkably rich with experiments in idioms and media, you might imagine that there would be less anxiety, less compulsion, to toil over every canvas.</p> <p>“First you have to be able to make, say, a hand, and only after you have learned to master it, can you think of distorting it, turning it into something unfamiliar,” Singh said, a smile playing on her lips. “As an artist, I believe only if I am able to make what I can see, will I then be able to make what I <em>cannot</em> see.”</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#666666;">(Subscribe to <em>The Caravan</em> to read the full story. <u><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/digital-subscriptions">Click here</a></u> for a digital subscription or email subscription@delhipress.in for a print subscription.)</span></p> <div>  </div></div> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode"> <span class="field-content"><div class="shortbioview">Somak Ghoshal is an editor and writer based in Delhi.</div></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="detail-body"><div class="detailBody"><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>ON A CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING LAST OCTOBER</strong>, I sat with the artist Arpita Singh in her studio in Delhi’s Nizamuddin East, chatting about her work over steaming cups of tea. Perched on the mezzanine of the charming house she shares with her husband, Paramjit Singh, also an acclaimed painter, the studio is of modest size, with large glass windows on two sides. Thick, grey winter light poured in, and except for the odd birdcall, a meditative calm reigned. Vast, empty canvases and works-in-progress were propped expectantly against the walls; brushes, notebooks, paint and paper lay scattered all around.</p> </div> <p>Singh retreats into this stillness every day to work, even at the age of 78. This often means cocooning herself away to sketch, read, or simply think, but work, for her, is a ritual not to be missed. After a career spanning over half a century, remarkably rich with experiments in idioms and media, you might imagine that there would be less anxiety, less compulsion, to toil over every canvas.</p> <p>“First you have to be able to make, say, a hand, and only after you have learned to master it, can you think of distorting it, turning it into something unfamiliar,” Singh said, a smile playing on her lips. “As an artist, I believe only if I am able to make what I can see, will I then be able to make what I <em>cannot</em> see.”</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#666666;">(Subscribe to <em>The Caravan</em> to read the full story. <u><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020455/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/digital-subscriptions">Click here</a></u> for a digital subscription or email subscription@delhipress.in for a print subscription.)</span></p> <div>  </div> </div></div><div class="shortbioview">Somak Ghoshal is an editor and writer based in Delhi.</div> <div 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