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Axel Void and DalEast are somehow brethren here in New Delhi at the 2015 edition of St+Art India, if not because of a shared style then because of a shared appreciation for things you cannot see – alchemists with an uncanny ability to reveal.
Axel Void begins his mural. (photo © Pranav Mehta)
Today we have excellent shots of the new murals by both of these artists taken by photographers Pravan Mehta and Akshat Nauriyal, sure to make you step back a little and appreciate some people’s ability to re-cast a public space into something much more.
Axel helps us out here with a description for his mural in Azadpur Market entitled “जिं द गी” (life), part of his “Mediocre” series. It is a simple depiction of a still life, he says, ” One of the most frequently recurring themes in the history of classical painting.”
Axel Void. Process shot. (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
He says he was inspired by the Azadpur fruit and vegetable market, one of the (or possibly the) largest in Asia, where he was surrounded by people, cars, sounds of the metro, buyers, sellers, a family of monkeys, and goats, chickens, pigs, and cows. “The wall is painted over the Delhi Cold Storage and next to the Azadpur Mosque,” he says.
After the Axel Void piece you’ll see DalEast, who tends toward the philosophical and spiritual in his compositions of forms taking shape before you. DalEast takes a somewhat typical piece of architecture and transforms it with a flooding rush of birds flowing through an open arched doorway. It is a constellation of energy and life that flying at you when the curtain goes up, instantly metamorphosing a public space into a possibly sacred place.
Axel Void. Process shot. (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
Axel Void. Process shot. (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
Axel Void (photo © Pranav Mehta)
Axel Void. The finished mural on the wall of Asia’s largest fruit and vegetable markets. (photo © Pranav Mehta)
DALeast. Process shot. (photo © Pranav Mehta)
DALeast. Process shot. (photo © Pranav Mehta)
DALeast. Process shot. (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
DALeast (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
DALeast. Process shot. (photo © Akshat Nauriyal)
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