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  • "He has the heart of a painter and the mind of a photographer. I think this is a potent combination for a young photographer. He can create his own universe."
    Rafique Sayed | Photographer | 2006
  • "In his unusual collection of photographs there is indeed a certain resonance-a cameo quality of visual intentions and expressional evocations."
    Uma Nair | Asian Age | July 2001
  • "It is indeed wonderful how his photographs effortlessly guide you through the happy and sad moments of that time"
    Shakti Burman | Artist | Paris | 2011
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⁣ ‘Pipe Dreams II’ . July Twenty Twenty . iP ⁣ ‘Pipe Dreams II’ . July Twenty Twenty . iPhonography.in . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Memories string together pieces of our journey through this world into a life than a mere existence.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ‘Pipe Dreams’ was born as a fantastical hope of trying to relate in an ernest sense to my physical surroundings. And in trying to weave a story of an object that is physically and philosophically part of my life, I hoped that I would learn more about my own self. Particularly, why it seems that my way of thinking has become old-fashioned in a world that quantifies ⁣⁣⁣⁣ everything and where, here and now is intrinsically related to outcomes than consciously living every moment of our lives.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ And through this meditative stream of work, coming to know that moments that are long gone are somehow emotionally rooted to the objects that are scattered around me.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ That we dream visually, lends credence to the idea of visual memories being the very back bone of our living. As such, creating a seemingly disparate, almost random body of works, and in trying to achieve iconographic visual bookmarks of my life seemed like a way to reveal myself. In as much as the sum of parts being more than the whole and being everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The series is my artistic response to the postmodern dilemma where the value of ‘being’ in the moment seems antiquated in the pursuit of future desires.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/pipe-dreams-artists-note/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #iPhonograph #iPhonography.in #Apple #iPhone #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #PipeDreams #Leaf #LifeOfAnArtist #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ‘Pipe Dreams III’ . July Twent ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ‘Pipe Dreams III’ . July Twenty Twenty . iPhonography.in . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣Memories string together pieces of our journey through this world into a life than a mere existence.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣‘Pipe Dreams’ was born as a fantastical hope of trying to relate in an earnest sense to my physical surroundings. And in trying to weave a story of an object that is physically and philosophically part of my life, I hoped that I would learn more about my own self. Particularly, why it seems that my way of thinking has become old-fashioned in a world that quantifies everything and where, here and now is intrinsically related to outcomes than consciously living every moment of our lives.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣And through this meditative stream of work, coming to know that moments that are long gone are somehow emotionally rooted to the objects that are scattered around me.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣That we dream visually, lends credence to the idea of visual memories being the very back bone of our living. As such, creating a seemingly disparate, almost random body of works, and in trying to achieve iconographic visual bookmarks of my life seemed like a way to reveal myself. In as much as the sum of parts being more than the whole and being everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣The series is my artistic response to the postmodern dilemma where the value of ‘being’ in the moment seems antiquated in the pursuit of future desires.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/pipe-dreams-artists-note/⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣#PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #iPhonograph #iPhonography.in #Apple #iPhone #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #PipeDreams #Leaf #LifeOfAnArtist #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Skin I’ . March Twenty Twenty . The New S ⁣ ‘Skin I’ . March Twenty Twenty . The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Excerpt from Review 'Getting SKIN'TIMATE!' Bombay Times Mumbai⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Photo-artist Shibu Arakkal uses physical images of skin to tell a graphic, socio-political story, finds Nicole Dastur⁣ ⁣ How often have you actually observed the skin on your feet? Or any other part of your body? Looked at it, re-structured it in your mind? Not too often, right? In fact, not even once in your life?⁣ ⁣ Photo-artist Shibu Arakkal’s ongoing exhibition ‘Skin’ seems simple on the outset, but a closer look at the images and a deeper understanding of them reveals much more. The black and white images of various body parts - the focus, of course, being skin - are not complex to look at, but are indeed multifarious to understand. “Skin covers all of us, it is something we all have. Yet, it is the very same thing that divides us. On one level, the colour of our skin is so superficial, yet, on another, it is something that is embedded so deep in our society. We can love it or hate it, but we can’t ignore it,” says Shibu.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Nicole Dastur⁣ September . Twenty O’Nine⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/skin-reviews/⁣ ⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #LifeOfAnArtist #Skin #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Skin II’ | February Twenty Twenty | The N ⁣ ‘Skin II’ | February Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Excerpt from Review | ‘All about Arakkal’s bond with skin’ | The Hindu | Bangalore⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Photo-artist Shibu Arakkal’s “Skin” hopes to explore the landscape of the body through the language of silence.⁣ The photo-art exhibition “Skin” comes out of a two-year engagement with the subject and presents Mr. Arakkal’s connection with the skin – in its forms, textures, colours and shades.⁣ ⁣ The images, according to Giridhar Khasnis, art critic and curator of “Skin”, “bring to life the essence of skin, its pores, patterns, fissures and the sensation of touch”.⁣ ⁣ He believes that its inconsistencies and imperfections enter the realm of Mr. Arakkal’s visual narrative and “take a poetic resolve”.⁣ ⁣ Over the last two decades, Mr. Arakkal has worked on several series of photographs, which according to Mr. Khasnis have urged Mr. Arakkal “to create a personal universe”.⁣ ⁣ “His sharp eye, instinct and insight have continually unravelled hidden spaces within historical monuments and travel sites, as importantly, it has captured the significance of ordinary objects in an uncommon way,” said Mr. Khasnis.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Ayesha Matthan⁣ April | Twenty O’Nine⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/skin-reviews/⁣ ⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #LifeOfAnArtist #Skin #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣⁣ ‘Skin III’ | January Twenty Twenty | Th ⁣⁣ ‘Skin III’ | January Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Excerpt from Review | 'Skin show with a difference' | DNA | Mumbai⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Shibu Arakkal doesn’t just think in black and white, but in forms and shapes, says art critic Reema Moudgil in Arakkal’s website. He is also known to have a “the heart of a painter and the mind of a photographer’ as his mentor Rafique Sayyed says of him. Arakkal’s black and white photographs on display at Gallery Beyond are proof to these comments. Arakkal goes beyond the obvious influences of his mentor in terms of lighting, composition, form and texture. He is fascinated by how the human body parts behave in front of his Canon 2.8 series lenses. His subjects don’t even know which part of their anatomy is being focused upon.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Francis D’Sa⁣⁣⁣ September | Twenty O’Nine⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/skin-reviews/⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #LifeOfAnArtist #Skin #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The Ne ⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ “The idea of photography like this seems to me closer to the idea of painting where reality is presented before us in a diffracted way. I am very pleased to partake in his endeavours of technique, labour, craft and a way of seeing which reminds us of the limits of reason, culture, thought, and contemporary politics, as we see from the point of view of mortality of bodies and languages, as Paul Valery, a prominent critic observes in his essay, Crisis of the Mind - “We later civilizations... we too know that we are mortal.” Valery’s line as dipped in poignancy reminds us of the limits of our cultural logic as we too who pride ourselves in walking over the earth, mutilating it, will pass into oblivion like the past cultures and civilizations, leaving nothing but the faint memory of bones feeding a termite and a jasmine plant.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Riyas Komu⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ July | Twenty Nineteen⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Colour #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sigma #Sirui #LifeOfAnArtist #Mallaah #Boatsmen #KumbhMela #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ @gallery_g_arts @gitanjali_maini @archanachaks @komuriyas
⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The Ne ⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ “Coming back to the way of seeing as a child, one also witnesses a drift akin to stubbornness and refusal to obey the norms of governmentality. The child would point fingers towards the unknown direction. The child drifts away from the prevalent norms, signs and behavioural codes of parenting. In a general sense, the historical and cultural phenomenon may also be seen and worked through from the point of view of a certain drift in the ways of being and seeing. Shibu Arakkal’s works as I see it, is adrift from the popular ideas of consumption and cultural codes. As a subject matter, his choice of working with the Mallahs of Gangetic geography and landscape suggests to us that the acts of seeing, witnessing, photographing and documenting lives can also be done through a fourth eye. As a photographer, he does not allow for ready consumption of his work but poses serious questions by way of his technique, that is making the subjects disappear from sight, making it appear in the psychic space of mind, posing questions before the viewer - how do the dominant ideas of ‘national culture’ exclude and push people into a landscape of existential and social crises.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Riyas Komu⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ July | Twenty Nineteen⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Colour #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sigma #Sirui #LifeOfAnArtist #Mallaah #Boatsmen #KumbhMela #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ @gallery_g_arts @gitanjali_maini @archanachaks @komuriyas
⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The Ne ⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ “From a purely cultural point of view, that is the world of public opinion, ideas, and ideologies, these images may become a part of the archive of the forgotten world, but from the natural point of view, that is from the point of view of nature: decay and disintegration of old world and civilization, we are actually saddened to see that an age which was so much engraved in water, wood, hyacinths, and crafts of hands has reached on the verge of death, which is precisely the way of seeing as one is growing old, when the blackness of hair, stiffening of skin and muscles gives way to its natural habitat - death pointing towards grave. Shibu Arakkal’s image may be seen from all of these registers of age as one traverses from infancy to maturity, by way of death and beyond.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Riyas Komu⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ July | Twenty Nineteen⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Colour #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sigma #Sirui #LifeOfAnArtist #Mallaah #Boatsmen #KumbhMela #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ @gallery_g_arts @gitanjali_maini @archanachaks @komuriyas
⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The Ne ⁣ ‘Mallaah’ | January Twenty Twenty | The New ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ “Passing the stage of the childhood from adolescence to the middle of life, a period of transformations and immense conflicts of opinions, ideas, ideology and thought, the ways of seeing is characterized by what is ‘dictated’ to him from the available industry of language, politics, and signs - facades of culture and civilization against the very nature of childhood. In abandoning the child in him/her, the middle-aged individual while departing from the pleasurable attachment with the mother, seeks confidence in the world, it’s ideas and ideals and tries a hand in the interpretation of images, signs, photos, words, and other phenomenon with a scalpel-like precision of a surgeon in the operation theatre - all in vain. It’s at this age that the scars of the world represented in photographs and other ways of seeing, begin to appear. The structure of damaged life is never visible as it is in the middle of life. Seeing the work of Shibu Arakkal, I am overwhelmed by the way in which his technique of making the shades of scars visible, that of history of an abandoned community as it is passing into oblivion before our very eyes.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Riyas Komu⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ July | Twenty Nineteen⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Colour #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Sony #Sigma #Sirui #LifeOfAnArtist #Mallaah #Boatsmen #KumbhMela #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ @gallery_g_arts @gitanjali_maini @archanachaks @komuriyas

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