Varnadhyatma 48

If one has an artistic mind to decode the language of abstract art and has a vision to penetrate into the depth of the creativity, then he must behold the abstract paintings of Majeed Mansoori. Because in abstract art it's very important to reach the intent of the thought process of the artist.

Mansoori has a style of painting which is drawingless creation of forms, developed with direct application of color and brush on canvas. It gives an effect as if the forms are emerging from within the canvas itself and have not been imposed from without. Bold and broad patches of colors, some time flats, some time vavy, some time round and some time of geometrical shape present forms of some known world but in a skeptical way that one may not be sure of it, however his interest of watching it remains intact. His forms often come out of some known terrains, but transformed into paintings in such a way that gives the glimpses of some bizzare view. Actually he uses his artistic psyche to explore the unknown world through the known ideas. This mixture of transformation of known and unknown into abstract forms presents a great variety of colorful creations.

Mansoori uses his artistic psychology to capture the psychology of the audience who when watching his paintings are fully absorbed into it, because the forms created by Mansoori are nearer to the psychology of the audience. Since Mansoori's art psyche is full of different ideas of forms, he enjoys himself by creating so many forms by applying the different layers of colors patches, some time overlapping, some time juxtaposed and some time very beautifully imposed on one another. He usually uses dark colors, contrary to each other. However he also uses the colors of the same hues and shades as per the requirement of the forms and aesthetic. But his specialty lies in using the nature of color itself in his creation. He often seems to complete his work by using the density of color by diluting the same as to the tone of demand of his creation. If he uses dark and thick patches of colors, especially where he likes to put them in a bold way and side by side to create some solid type of forms, he also uses the thin layers of colors, sometimes dripping and shedding on the canvas, to create light and soft types of images. Texture is also one of the desired techniques of Mansoori's creation, though getting lesser space comparatively in latest works. However mild texture work may still be noticed in the works entitled as Casual Forms. Finally Mansoori has an intellectual mind set in his creativity and therefore his creation is full of intellectual property. His intellect always tries to explore the unknown ideas by the tools of colors, brush and canvas, that seems to be the goal of his creativity.

Mohd Majeed Mansoori