Date: January 21, 2022
“All great artistic work proceeds from an act of intuition, not really an intellectual idea or a splendid imagination,—these are only mental translations,—but a direct intuition of some truth of life or being, some significant form of that truth, some development of it in the mind of man.”(Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 20, p. 266)
Meet the Artist
For this month’s edition of Insightful Conversations, we feature an artist whose work embodies the spirit of artistic creativity that Sri Aurobindo expresses in the above-mentioned quote. As our readers are aware, this is a forum where we bring conversations with individuals from various domains of activity, who have been consciously embodying in their work the essence of Indian cultural spirit giving new forms and expression.
Delhi-based artist Bindu Popli is our guest for this edition. For the last 30 years she has been immersed in creating art that comes from a place deep within her.
An introspective, contemplative bent of mind and an urge to give artistic and creative expression to all that she was experiencing and feeling – these two attitudes have been part of Bindu’s temperament since her adolescence. She completed a rigorous formal education in painting at Delhi College of Art. Her paintings received high reviews, acclaims and awards during the various solo and group exhibits where she showcased her work. But over time as her inner journey took precedence than seeking outer recognition, her art and artistic process also evolved.
Indian Art and the Soul of Things
As Bindu tells us in this conversation, with a deepening of her meditations, her inner experiences started to express more and more in colours and forms subtly portraying the ethereal and the subliminal, and even the formless. One may say that over the years, her art has increasingly become an expression of and simultaneously an offering to the truth within her.
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About the Artist:
Bindu Popli is a Delhi-based artist and art educator. She holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts with specialisation in painting from Delhi College of Art. During her 4 years there, she received several prestigious awards and scholarships. A recipient of M. F. Hussain gold medal and also of National Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources, she has also trained with artists of great acclaim.
Over the years Bindu’s work has been shown in several solo and joint exhibitions, where it received high reviews and acclaim. She currently is the Head of the Art Department at a large school in Delhi and also conducts painting workshops for various groups.
Bindu can be contacted via her Instagram page.