Working on Global Warming and the nature’s fight against digital cosmopolitan life, Indian Young Artist Pradosh Swain

[Contemporary]

Not very long ago, many scientists and researchers were hoping that
global warming would have a positive effect on the agricultural yield
because of the role that carbon dioxide plays photosynthesis. However,
on the contrary, it has been resulting in the destruction of several
crops. In Iceland, rising temperatures have made sowing of barley
easier and more effective than it was twenty years from now. This is
expected to cut the area under maize - the country’s staple crop - by
at least 33 percent. The reduction in rainfall has turned vast
expanses of land into deserts.

It is important to understand that the effects of global warming that
we are experiencing today are moderate compared to what the future
will see if we do not take preventative action. Researchers and
environmental experts are stressing that the effects of global warming
will continue on a constant inclined curve over the next century.
Temperatures will continue heating up a little bit each decade until
the earth’s temperatures reach the sweltering levels. They believe
that the earth’s temperatures will rise between two to nine degrees
Fahrenheit by 2050. Increase in temperature will trigger the rise of
sea level, which in turn result in salt-water intrusion into
groundwater in some regions. This will reduce the availability of
water for drinking and agricultural purposes in coastal zones.
Further, increase in evaporation will reduce the effectiveness of
reservoirs. The retreating of glaciers will have a number of different
effects on water supply. A reduction in runoff will affect ability to
irrigate crops adversely.

This is the subject Indian young artist Pradosh Swain working on.

At the very beginning of his art career, he started the nature study,
and over the years it has become a part of his daily life. City of
Temples, his native town Bhubaneswar, has greatly inspired him to
study and create a new spread of water colour technique, for which he
has been honored with Orissa State Award in 1995. “This technique has
fascinated me after college years”, he says. He has traveled different
states in India and Nepal. Pradosh has the credit of doing the highest
number of water colour paintings amongst contemporary artists in
Orissa. In this journey, he also did a series of smallest different
templescape size (1cm x 1cm) and the longest 8ft x 160ft on FIFA World
Cup Year 2006, which found a proud place in Orissa State Museum and
has been published by different print media and aired by various TV
channels. Pradosh has organized and participated in numerous art
exhibitions across the country and is attracted towards contemporary
art field from 1997. He came to Delhi and started photo realism with
surrealistic touch. “It was a big challenge for me to enter this
contemporary art world, but my simple concept and visual approach made
me very close to my viewer”, he recalls.

He has been well appreciated by viewers and it has motivated him to
create more and more art works. Pradosh Swain came to limelight when
art curator Dr. Alka Pandey discovered him and recognize him as an
upcoming young artist by including his works in her curatorial show
this year. Pradosh’s work has been showcased in a number of private
galleries in India like Ashok Art Gallery, Mon Art Gallery and
Galleria at their shows in recent past.

Now-a-days he is working on Global Warming and the nature’s fight
against digital cosmopolitan life. Use of the commonly used day to day
elements make his paintings interesting and unique. After showcasing
his works at Art Expo India, Mumbai, Ashok Art Gallery is going to put
his works as a special exhibit at forthcoming India Art Summit 2008.
He is an Indian young artist to watch for sure. Pradosh Swain lives
and works in New Delhi.

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