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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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⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt
⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twe ⁣ ‘Constructing Life I’ . January Twenty Twenty Two . ShibuArakkal.com⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “I consider myself to be an abstractionist at heart,” Shibu Arakkal has written, and the greater proportion of his earlier work bears out this declaration. Making his objectives clear, one series was entitled Abstract Notions, in which manipulation of the imagery transformed objects into linear networks, patterns and light-dark contrasts. His two recent series, Constructing Life I and II, however, reveal Arakkal to be enlarging and enriching his range both in terms of subject and emotional resonance. Both parts of Constructing Life include subjects that Arakkal has previously dealt with: human figures and simple backgrounds, often old walls. But the past work was more determinedly formal in intent; the series Skin, for example, used people as props, depicting them obliquely and anonymously through extreme close-ups, cropping, and reversed duplication of imagery; the final visual effects stressed overall composition, surface texture, and light and shadow.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In Constructing Life I and II, the individuals are featured by reason of their occupation; they are construction workers who ply their trade in the photographer’s neighborhood.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jeffrey Wechsler⁣⁣⁣ Senior Curator . Zimmerli Art Museum . New York⁣⁣⁣ April . Twenty Eleven⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Read More > http://www.shibuarakkal.com/constructing-life-foreword/⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ . . .⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Lorenzo il Magnifico Gold Prize Winner . Florence Biennale 2013⁣ ⁣ Untitled ’13 . Edition 1/3 . Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper . 36” x 36” . Shibu Arakkal © 2013⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Editions of 3 Plus 1 AP⁣⁣⁣ Printed, Hand-Signed, Numbered & Authenticated by the Artist⁣⁣⁣ Accompanied by Artist Signed Authenticity Certificate⁣⁣⁣ Last Edition Attracts a Premium⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #PhotoArt #Photography #DigitalPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Conceptual #Experimental #Virtual #RuleOfHalves #DigitalRecolouring #Canon #Manfrotto #AffinityPhoto #FlorenceBiennale #LifeOfAnArtist #ShibuArakkal #iPhonography.in #Bangalore #India #ShareIt if you #LikeIt

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