Making the colours sing - Painter Trideep Kalita inspired by Zubeens songs on life A STAFF REPORTER Zubeen Garg signs a painting by Trideep Kalita Guwahati, April 17: Art can talk, it can make you feel, but can it sing? Yes, says Trideep Kalita. And this budding painter is using his deft brush strokes to paint songs on the canvas to prove his point. Not just any song, but the soul-touching numbers by Zubeen Garg. In the first-ever show of its kind, Kalitas solo painting exhibition will feature 27 paintings based on the an equal number of songs by Zubeen. Christened Art from Heart, the exhibition opens tomorrow at the Gallery Artists Guild in Guwahati and will continue till April 23. All the paintings have been personally signed by the singer himself. In fact, Zubeen has consented to inaugurate the exhibition tomorrow. The young painter said the songs by Zubeen have inspired him to seek the meaning of life through colours. I picked up Zubeendas songs as my subject because I found them loaded with meaning. When I went to seek his permission, he readily agreed to the concept and asked me to go ahead,Kalita said. Of the 27 songs that inspired the painter, most are Zubeens original compositions, while two are cover versions of old songs written by Parvati Prasad Baruva and sung by Bhupen Hazarika. All these songs are about love and life and carry hope for the future. To my mind, they are very inspiring songs in this age of despair, Kalita added. The painter, however, added that he did not take any artistic liberty to interpret the songs in his own way. The paintings are simple translations of Zubeens songs on canvas. Zubeen who has become a role model for most youngsters from the region is mighty pleased with the efforts of the young artist. I took all my paintings to a music studio where Zubeenda was recording. He was very pleased and asked me to continue, Kalita revealed. A student of Goverment Art College here, Kalita took to art at the age of six. But it was only after I joined art college that I started painting with a professional zeal, he said. Kalita enrolled for the art classes after clearing his higher secondary examination from Dispur Government College. He is the eldest son of a state government employee. His mother is a schoolteacher and he has a younger sister.
