Feed-back from students of Sinhgad College of Architecture, Pune

They were asked the following questions on a feed-back form –

- Do you think this exhibition tells you something new about communication? How and what?

- Do you think the paintings convey the meaning effectively? Does the explanation help or you think it is not necessary?

- What do you think you can do about some of the issues raised by the paintings? How can you go about it?

- Any other general comments/your impression about Purandare’s work.

Do you think this exhibition tells you something new about communication? How and what?

- Yes, definitely. It helps to awaken the people and make them realise an issue.

- The painting which were shown to us were something which I didn’t know, so I can say that this was something new for me.

- Yes. Actually we can get something new about every kind of situation in the world. We also will be able to know about relationships and traditions of other people.

- It was good. Depicts the reality of the world.

- Yes, definitely I think so. I have found a new and different medium of conveying your thoughts and messages to others very efficiently. Because for me, painting was just an art by which you create something e.g. refresh yourself!

- Ya. They help us in understanding different issues that are going around us.

- Yes, it does tell us… It highlights the parts we generally fail to focus upon although we see it around us. May be after understanding the paintings, the new generation awakens.

- Yes, sometimes people do not know do not know how to communicate and this exhibition helps us to understand how to communicate.

- Yes, I think the exhibition tells something new about communication…paintings, new ideas, solving problems in society by just touching hearts of people.

- A new way of communicating about social issues and daily life with people

- Yes. The paintings do give a good view of the issues

- The social and political affairs are discussed in your paintings in a better manner.

- Has been an excellent experience. Today people are becoming narrow-minded and don’t take into consideration the true aspects.

- Yes. It tells us but only a few people are bothered to see the painting. While all have tendency to see painting as a beautiful picture. So, please convey it as simple as possible.

- Yes, it does. Conveying a social message or a bad or a good condition or conduct of things happening all around the world. We can talk to the world through paintings, no language as such is required.

- The paintings exhibit effective communication. I felt each painting provided curiosity and knowledge.

- Yes, it actually explains what is going on in the world. The things which we are actually ignoring are beautifully explained. The real life…

- Yes, it tells us to see things deeply rather than superficially.

- Some of them communicate, many create confusion in mind

- Ya, this makes us aware of all the issues which we already know but forget due to our busy lifes.

- Yes, communication can be possible through art and painting. The boundary goes far away and tells us about social aspects and different societies and cultures.

- Yes. Paintings talk better than words. Words fall very short to explain each and everything but painting can talk of very new things.

- Something that is very true about the people that rather than texts, poems. Pictures or paintings can easily convey the message which is the main issue.

- Yes, the message about problematic world is nicely expressed

- The creativity is expressing things without saying. It is a communication of minds.

Do you think the paintings convey the meaning effectively? Does the explanation help or you think the it is not necessary?

- Depends upon the individual. Painting conveys the meaning if you are bothered to understand.

- Painting conveyed 60%, caption conveyed 30%, explanation gave the hidden rest 10%
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- Some of those conveyed the messages on their own but some of them really needed the explanation like – that showing five people and the wounded american

- Some of the paintings do convey the meaning but some need a bit of an explanation. Many times we understand the painting one way but the painter’s view must be something else.

- Painting itself conveys the meaning ,but yes, the explanation helped a lot.

- Yes, explanation is very helpful

- Some of the paintings need some explanation

- Yes, because for people not familiar with the background, explanation is necessary

- Yes. The paintings convey meaning effectively because they speak more than words. Still, sometimes explanation is necessary.

- Explanation is necessary, not all paintings are self-explanatory.

- Some explanations not to the mark

- Yes. The explanation helps to understand the idea behind a painting.

- It can convince a person effectively and actually make us think about our artwork.

- Paintings are effective but sometimes explanation is necessary

- Well, most of them do convey the meaning except for one in which the woman is siting among the sphinx…it is not self-explanatory.

- The meaning behind most of the paintings is conveyed beautifully…

- Ya, explanation helps effectively…

- No, the paintings don’t need an explanation. We know the meaning by looking at them

- Yes, they convey the meaning effectively. But definitely the explanation is also necessary. In some paintings I was not able to understand the meaning without an explanation.

- Explanation is necessary

- Yes, they do up to a certain point but some paintings like prison or a past need an explanation

- Every painting should be explained properly to convey the message

- Yes I think the paintings convey the meaning eectively and explanations help us to think about subjects you have taken up

- Explanation is necessary, because, paintings can be defined or explained in many ways, as each person has different meanings from a single word.

- Yes, because every point or line has a lot of meanings and the meaning changes according to their position. So it is necessary to know what the idea behind the drawing is because the idea changes from person to person.

- Somewhere it conveys, somewhere it lacks

- Emphasis on the basic problems represented graphically is a must

- Explanation does help in focusing on the major criteria of the painting

What do you think you can do about some of the issues raised by the paintings? How can you go about it?

- As many of them are social issues we need to do something. Like we can lessen the difference in the society formed between classes.

- According to me, if I can do something about it, I will surely do it.

- Act against it, be a part of the world

- I think I will also try to do the same thing if I get time

- I agree that the issues raised are most prominent in today’s world but at the same time, ignored. But I still wish for a few positive paintings.

- By making it aware to everybody

- We can be more understanding and careful

- Issues have created awareness in our minds

- Discussions and making people aware of these issues will help to bring out fruitful solutions

- While we paint should we consider social aspects or cultural events or it shouldn’t have any meaning?

- Just picking similar topics and choosing appropriate medium

- I can definitely try to watch the things more carefully and try to understand what’s behind it.

- We can help by inculcating the problems you mention in us?

- Think henceforth, will use or heads…to see the overall picture and be not only materialistic

- Yes, I can do something about some of the issues raised by the paintings

- We can discuss with people and get some solutions to it

- mass communication

- can try and think in a broader manner about it

- We can only see, hear and go because all have their private life…no one is really bothered about it…We can, only if we really really stick to the issue

- The one which says building walls around oneself and the one with a modern woman depressed – things can be done – be broad-minded, open and social after a certain age

Any other general comments/your impression about Purandare’s work

- Formal training could have decreased focus on message

- Truly eye-opening and thought-embarking…however, I wish there were a few more paintings with a positive feed-back on humanity

- I think more topics like poverty, sati, child-marriages, casteism…could be covered

- Fabulous!!

- Good

- It is good and explanatory

- No

- The paintings are really good

- Excellent work!

- Mr Purandare, Sir, you are very talented and good work

- Good and nice but intellectuals are always helpless

- Sir, it is nice to see that you do not listen to the so-called professionals and do what you decided

- Good work, inspirational, good ideas, not very impressive paintings

- Awesome paintings

- Awesome work done to open eyes not only of youth but seniors too

- No comment, as all the issues were perfectly covered

- Good job, Sir!! Thank you!!

- The paintings are too good, his explanations are also good

- Good!!

- Just fantastic!! No words for such great work

- Your observation and thinking are amazing and you try to put it in your painting in a better manner

- You try to put realistic things in a way that people will be concerned about it

- All the paintings are excellent

- Ya, it really is fascinating work, as II basically liked it very much. He should convey his message in form of painting by editing his own book of painting to whole world. He can title it as ‘NEW COMMUNICATION’.

- I like Sir’s work a lot. The colours especially.