Colours say more than words: Artist at his solo show

Lucknow: A solo painting exhibition ‘Power of Colours' by artist Umesh Kumar Saxena began at Kala Srot art gallery on Saturday. The exhibition will remain open from 2pm to 8pm daily till May 20, 2025.
As many as 30 paintings on canvas using acrylic colours are on display, based on themes of love, celebration and transparency. A painting ‘Shakuntalam' is based on ‘Abhigyanashakuntalam', a play by Kalidasa while ‘Chakor' is based on folklore.
"Every art has universal language and words can't express what colours can," said Saxena, whose career began in 1977. He has presented several shows at national and international level.
Mausami Mallick, a visitor and an artist herself said, "Umesh has a unique style of layering shades and textures of same colour making his work look like a puzzle from afar and you need to look closely to understand."
Principal of AKTU's college of architecture, Vandana Sehgal, said, "I feel the artist has blended what he has been doing over years in this series in a new formation. One can see amazing new shapes that he is trying to get through colours, it's like a different world."
Former head of the philosophy department, Lucknow University, Rakesh Chandra, said, "Art in all forms, be it paintings, theatre, folk should be discussed more among youngsters so that culture thrives".