Workshop Introduction
JALAM presents an immersive national-level art workshop that explores the evolving relationship between visual perception and abstract expression. Designed as an intensive creative and intellectual platform, this workshop brings together emerging artists, students, and educators to collectively investigate contemporary visual language through theory, practice, and collaboration.
About the Workshop
This four-day workshop is structured as a collaborative artistic and conceptual journey. Participants will engage in guided studio practice, theoretical discussions, and collective execution of a large-scale artwork. The workshop emphasizes process, interaction, and shared authorship, allowing artists to explore abstraction not as isolation, but as a collective visual rhythm.
RE-ABSTRACT: Defragmenting Art & Reality
Exploring the intersection of reality, abstraction, and collective visual language.
Concept & Conductor
Conceived and conducted by renowned artist and academician Kumar Jasakiya (Santiniketan), Re-Abstract challenges conventional boundaries between impression-based reality and abstract expression. The workshop encourages participants to rethink perception, form, and meaning within contemporary visual art practices.
The Collaboration
The project brings together 60+ emerging artists and students from various visual arts institutions across India. More than a painting workshop, it functions as a platform for deep technical exchange, conceptual dialogue, and collective creativity among the country’s young artistic voices.
The Outcome
Participants will work on 54 individual panels, each measuring 2 x 2 feet, using a specialized emulsion stamping technique. These panels will be carefully assembled to create a monumental 18 x 12 feet final artwork, symbolizing collective authorship, precision, and conceptual unity.
Lecture During the Workshop
This lecture will explore the fundamental, practical, conceptual, and aesthetic dimensions of visual language in fine arts. It will compare visual language with spoken and textual language to identify shared characteristics and distinct specializations.
The discussion will trace the historical evolution of visual language in Western art, from the Renaissance to Abstract Art, while also engaging deeply with Indian aesthetic theory, particularly the Dhvani theory, within its linguistic framework.
Finally, the lecture will critically examine the relationship between the real and the abstract, addressing their relativity, inherent contrasts, and common misinterpretations in visual readings.