Let’s Know Jammu
Jang S Verman: Synthesizing human nature and art
Madhav Sharma
Painting is usually a visual art, not associated with any language but this
works from the
internationally famed artist Jang S Verman from Jammu of J&K
State speaks the perspective
lines drawn to get a life on the canvas.
Today, Verman is at his best after devoting his whole life to art and giving
life to his
perceptions in a unique manner. "With a creative and an
imaginative mind, Jang S. Verman
is known by his " uniqueness and
perceptions' clearly speaking on the canvas and as a creative
form, recalled Harsh
Vardhan another nationally and internationally acclaimed artist. He said that
most of Jang's works are as intangible as life itself, leaving the viewer with
a whiff of something
delicate, insubstantial, yet very much there for the
viewer which I can't express but the viewer itself
feels the difference.
Jang S Verman sharing his journey as an artist and as a painter evoked deep
from his mind a
nd recollecting from his past that right from his childhood the
patterns of lines fascinated him.
As a child I would just wonder and try to play with lines making sketches and
drawings. Initially
they seemed even raw to me but later they became clearer
and distinct, he said but quickly
added that unlike other youth I first
graduated then looked for time to satisfy my inner self as an
artist.
"For me painting is about engaging all the senses by capturing the soul of
emotions, of form
s,
objects and images. I
consciously steer the imagery towards depictions of memories and
imaginings," he said further adding "I find inspiration in nature,
through memories and travel,
and in unexpected things too.' I frequently find
that what inspires me in turn manifests through
the act of painting itself,
through my methods of painting or other sorts of works including new
'electro mix
media' methodology"
Referring to the new type of work, he said that as very few people barring few
around my
artistic sphere know that I am allergic to some typical smells
including the 'thinner (oil) used for
oil painting thus I tried hands on this
type and named this new art as 'mix media'.
"It was in the 70's that I fell sick and after a lot of investigations the
doctors concluded that,
in fact, it was medium, the oil colours, which had
caused severe allergy to him, he recalled
adding, "This did not shatter my
hopes.'
He said, "Instead I started experimenting with different mediums and in
the late 70's devised
an entirely new medium, which he named
"electro-photo mix media".
"His new medium includes colours, but no oil. Jang is still experimenting
to further enrich his
electro-photo mix media”.
Explaining further he said that he uses photographs and different kinds of
textures, which are
xeroxed before adding more imaginative details on such
pieces of paper by his perceptions and
the ideas already conceived prior to the
work.
After years of devotion and commitment to the new medium, I found myself
convenient to
portray the state of human mind with imaginations, he said and
added the works in due course
of time were appreciated for their depth, colour
harmony and effects of textures."
Recalling from his long journey, he recollected that like other artist he also
visualises the
human mind in varied situations and uses different textures,
colours, forms and motifs to represent
his philosophy on paper. Briefing about
his works he recalled that his work "the Mandap of Life"
is one such
example where he had represented the planet of earth and the pillars show
various
other aspects of the situation.
In one of his works collage titled "Man the Saint- the Devil", Jang
briefed that he collected
discarded photographs and arranged them in an
interesting form where half of the face of a man
reflects serenety, relaxed
mood and meditating eyes, all in while light. But the other half of the face
shows his devilish character as seen in exaggeratedly wide eyes, broken teeth
and a large black
area.
"I try to explain a theme for which I not only draws different figures and
motifs, but also use
colours keeping in view the feelings or mood or the
environment, which I intend to depict in my
works, he added.
Interestingly, this artist of a philosophical bent of mind hails from the
family of Army men. Jang
had done graduation like any other student with
philosophy and literature but the artist within him
forced him to get admission
in Diploma in painting way back in 1979.
Pertinent to mention, he also had studied psycho-graphology and did B.Ed and
obtained a
Master of Art degree in English. Presently Jang is teaching drawing
at Kendriya Vidyala 1 in
Jammu and is pruning latent talent of his students.
Besides various honours and awards to his name, Jang has been awarded by the
All India
Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi Punjab Lalit Kala Academy and
Himachal Pradesh State
Museum, Shimla for his outstanding works of art.
Personal Profile
Date of Birth: 2nd
November, 1954 Edu Qualification: Dip.in Painting, College of Art,
Chandigarh; BA (Phil. &
Lit.), B.Ed.,MA (Eng.), University of Jammu; Dip.in Psycho - Graphology,
Institute of Psychology and Graphology, Dehradun.
Shows: Govt. Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh, 1980; Govt. Museum & Art
Gallery,
Chandigarh, 1981; Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh, 1991;
International, National and
Regional Exhibitions of Art like- 'Kumbh' an
International Exhibition New Delhi, 1991; 2nd
International Art Exhibition-2012
by Society for Development of Films & Arts (Regd) at Chndigarh;
All India
Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Exhibitions, New Delhi, 1978, 1979, 1980
and
1982; as well as exhibitions by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar 1978,
1981, 1982, 1984,
1985 and 1988-91;Bharat Bhavan Bhopal; Rashtriya Lalit Kala
Kendra Lucknow; College of Art
Chandigarh; Museum & Art Gallery,
Chandigarh;
Distinguished Participation: Participated in Workshops & Camps organized by
United State
nformation & Communication Agency; AIFACS; Punjab Lalit Kala
Akademi ; HP State Cultural
Deptt.; NZCC;
Permanent Collections: Lalit Kala Academy , New Delhi; Govt. Museum & Art
Gallery,
Chandigarh; Bharat Bahvan, Bhopal (M.P.);HP State Museum, Shimla;
Rashtriya Lalit Kala
Kendra Lucknow (U.P.); J&K Academy of Art, Culture
& Languages, Jammu; Nicholas Reorich
Art Gallery, Naggar, Kullu (HP); All
India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi; Zonal
Institute of
Education & Training (ZIET), Gwalior;
Honours & Awards: All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New
Delhi, 1978; Punjab
Lalit Kala Akademi 1980-81; 1990-91; HP State
Museum,1992;Centre for Cultural Resources &
Training 1988; Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan 2011;Merit Certificate,1977; at Kala Kendra 2006;
J &K
Academy of Art, Culture & Languages 2010; KVS,Jammu, 2011.
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