Hariraam Veeraraghavan: A Metaphoric Self in Abstraction: So abstract Is a Stone…!

By nature, or by circumstance, I am an artist between the age of seven and my present self.

I took up art to evolve in disparate directions causing eclectic detours. I went about in favour of inward-looking sensibilities, metaphors and abstractions, and in quest of freedom in the end, through my creative skills.

A researchers mind at work–questioning at every moment of a turning point, arriving at a specific moment of ‘abstract success’ as in the words of the author Dr. Ashrafi S. Bhagat, in her essay about my work in this book; it eventually got to be my final destination of an idyllic vision.

I recollect a statement by Damien Hirst:

No, I don’t believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

If you are reading this, be assured that you might find just that ‘one word’ or ‘one work’ in this book that could trigger an inspiration enough to transform your way of looking at art from a different angle or dimension like never before.