We tend to think of images in terms of memory. In art memory resurfaces to manifest itself through the metaphors of signs. I play with signs. Real image remains elusive. It may, probably, not be possible to indicate what kind of memories do contribute in creating a specific kind of creation, only, because, the conscious mind, mostly, may not interfere in the creative will of the unconscious.

A stone is a concretised embodiment of history. Even its miniscule grain particles are totally imprinted by history.

When a roughly deshaped body of stone comes before my eyes, I find it engulfed by an aura of silence. A mystic silence equipped with a powerful sense of provocation. Basically, I am not inclined to expose, in entirety, all the hidden characteristics of the medium in one go. Mostly I allow the stone to retain its secrecy to a considerable extent. I even respect the outer form in which the stone appears before me. My imagination rushes to seek metaphors for the life's adventure, for experiences caught at the boundary between the domain of the unconscious and frenzy of contemporary life. The theme, the compositional elements, the treatment of light and shade, the visible appearance and the mischievous play of the shadow- image, all indicate an intensive exploration of modern- art motifs.

In our times, day by day, it is becoming increasingly impossible to recreate natural images because life too has turned out to be so unnatural. I am apprehensive regarding intellectualization, neither I would attempt to associate my art with any form of spirituality. Being a free thinking man, I have always desired to obtain and preserve a different kind of knowledge and want knowledge to be different from what it is regarded as. I have heard it somewhere that "Reality itself is a hellucination", so my sculptures continuously keep on oscillating between seeming reality and puzzling hellucianation. Nothing pleases me more than to chase the playful, and at times, intricate rhythmic motions of lyrical lines. I do not emphasize on any specific aspect of my sculptures instead I weave a network of connections among the visible elements of the composition.

I want sculptures to do away with their age-old tendency to remain rigidly installed in the close confinements of museums, conference halls or drawing rooms, I would like to see them standing or reclining in the open where they may communicate with the large groups of people, sharing their feelings and enjoying the intimacy of the elemental forces and the surrounding environment they are placed in.

Robin David
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