Painter and sculptor, Jayasri Burman captivated minds after hand painting Radhika Merchant's Shubh Aashirwad lehenga. Now, she talked in length about the same. For the unversed, the artist was offered the project over a Zoom call, and it was the Ambani bride's special request towards her that Jayasri couldn't deny. Thus, she collaborated with the designer duo, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, who sent good quality Italian canvas to Jayasri and gave her “full liberty” to create the masterpiece. Following this, she worked nonstop for almost 16 hours day and night, and she made such a memorable piece that Radhika wore at her wedding festivity.
Now, in a recent interview with Money Control, Jayasri opened up about certain unknown anecdotes related to her experience while crafting the hand-painted ensemble for Radhika. For the unversed, Radhika's ensemble featured a lot of animal imagery, especially elephants, and the style was a blend of Kalighat painting and Pattachitra. Further talking about Isha, Akash and Anant Ambani's love for her art, she shared:
"I have a little soft corner for Anant, Isha and Akash. When they were very young, maybe 12 years back, they proposed me to do a big painting for their mother’s birthday, and they gifted it to their mother. They (the Ambanis) are fond of traditional crafts. I know the family very well. I have painted for Kokila ji (Kokilaben Ambani). I have met Nita ji many times. I know all the family members, Tina, Deepti... So, I know what kind of colours they generally wear. They’re very fond of pink. Pink or gulabi rang, as used during Holi, is an auspicious colour."
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She mentioned how Radhika promised to frame the hand-painted lehenga. The artist elaborated on what the beautiful Ambani bride had told her while requesting her to make a masterpiece ensemble, and stated:
"She’s going to frame it immediately. When she saw the work on Zoom, she said, ‘Jayasri auntie, I want to frame it. How to frame it, you will tell me. I will wear it on a very good occasion. I want to wear it on the wedding day, but I can’t because there is a colour scheme that I have to wear, that is our ritual. But I will wear it on 13th (July).’ Then I got to know that it was for the blessing ceremony (Shubh Aashirwad)."
Afterwards, in the same interview, Jayasri was asked if she would be making another such lehenga in the future. To this, the artist immediately denied and revealed that creating another such lehenga would be impossible for her. However, she mentioned that she would try something like this one on some other textile. She shared:
"Never. I will not even try. This was like a new venture and I’m really very happy because I would have not thought of doing something like that. But I’m not going to paint again any lehenga or anything like that. Because this is a piece of art. I will not be able to reproduce a second like that. Impossible. I may paint a little something for my grandchild one day, but nothing commercial. I may try something different on textile."
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However, Jayasri was also asked how she deals with the trolls about her works for reimagining gods. For the unknown, Radhika's lehenga also featured multiple figurines all over it. Thus, explaining how she doesn't paint gods or goddesses. Instead, she paints women in powerful forms, which seem like the goddesses, Jayasri shared:
"I don’t actually paint gods and goddess. My paintings have women and my women are very powerful. I look at the woman as beauty, and because they have a headgear, [the onlooker might see them] as gods and goddesses. She’s sitting under a tree, plants by her side, feeding a baby. I think they (trolls, naysayers) misunderstand me, they think my figures are gods and goddess. A lot of people don’t want to put any powerful painting in their house. So, it’s not easy to paint a powerful woman."
Currently, Jayasri is working on a long project for a solo exhibition at the Art Alive Gallery in Delhi, using cowries, sea shells, and conch, revealing the process of how the cowries germinate in an ecosystem with a women-centric theme.
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