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JOIE
DE VIVRE is what I wish to give to people. I am not a naive person. I don’t
expect the world to become a ‘Garden of Eden’. But I undertake the more
difficult and interesting task of bringing the feeling of paradise to myself
first and then to the spectators of my work.
My painting is neither contemplative nor meditative. It is truly
dynamic. It is not a cold allegorical image of JOIE DE VIVRE but the essence of
it. I show the small joys that we all have in everyday life. I have
expressed the pleasure of witnessing a summer garden or the languid ecstasy of
daydreaming and even the delight in the dancing colours of spring.
My training in architecture has a massive influence in the way I build
my composition, while miniature work or fine detailing is my genetic disorder.
In the same way, French sensibility is what I am surrounded by and Indian
imagery is what I am linked to. I can’t
help but combine these influences to create my own creative expression. I work
with a lot of detail and pattern. That profusion of detail can be linked to Indian
miniature. But if you look closely, all details are a fusion of many
influences. My composition is also a blend of all influences. I think I’m
curious. I like to be surprised by unexpected things, even totally disconnected
ones. My work, therefore, is a result of the melting and fusing of all these
experiences.
MAYA BURMAN, 1971, PARIS, FRANCE
SELECT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
The flower and the bulb, Art musings,
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2014
Art
Alive Gallery, India Art Fair
Rhapsody, Art Musings, Mumbai,
India
2013
Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2011
A Dreamer's Labyrinth, Art Musings, Mumbai,
India
2010
Gallery Nvya, New Delhi
2008
Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata, India
2007
Once upon a Time, Art Musings, Mumbai,
India
Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi, India
2005
Intex, Colours on Canvas, Dubai
Apparao Gallery, Madras, India
2002
Birla Academy of Art and Culture,
Kolkata, India
Art Musings, Mumbai, India
Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi, India
2001
Médiathèque du Lamentin, Martinique
Apparao Gallery, Madras, India
2000
Art Today Gallery, New Delhi, India
Festival du Cinema Asiatique, Vesoul,
France
Apparao Gallery, Madras, IndiA
1998
Théatre de Chaoué, Allonnes, France
She has also participated in several
prestigious shows in India and abroad
AWARDS
2002
Prix
Lucie Rivel, Taylor Foundation France
2000
Award
of the Salon d' Automne, Paris, France
Award
for the watercolour section, Salon de Colombes, France
1998
Award
of the Fine Art association of Sannois, France
1997
Award
for young painters section, Salon de Colombes, France
MURALS
2016
Ceiling mural for the Whale Bar at St.
Regis Vommuli Maldives in collaboration with Apparao Galleries Art Consultancy
ILLUSTRATIONS
2015
Cover for the book “Les Survivants”by
Raffaella Baroncini
2000-2004
Nouvelles de l' Inde, The newspaper of the
Indian Embassy in Paris
1999
Cover for the book of Satyajit Ray Fatik et le jongleur de
Calcutta
Poster for the play of Girish Karnad, Hayavadana, France
