Viz., #009

May 16, 2019

Painting from my Ratha Yatra demo in Brisbane May 11, 2019

From the Editor

Greetings.

Going to the Sunshine Coast and catching up with important people in my life was really satisfying.
I also had the opportunity to do a live painting demo all day at the annual Ratha Yatra festival in King George Square.
Upon returning to WGTN I was hit with the pressure to set up my solo show at KEA studio.
I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends. Shout out to Bal and Sri Jiva and Jake especially.
Thank you to everyone who came out and gave feedback on my artworks. It was cool to find out each piece was someones favorite.
Shout out to Fionn for buying 2 pieces!

Muchukunda Das

Events

Every Saturday Street art Jam
RSVP only

My Birthday and Art Auction: 13th of May

SRNDR A Solo show by Muchukunda (Joshua Menheere) - CLOSING NIGHT
2-4 pm 25th of May
Kea Studio 74 Ridderford street Newtown
RSVP here
Meetup

Artist statement
This is my first solo show in NZ
The works in this show are the cream of my art making since arriving here 3 years ago.
Through humorous imagery, I hope to highlight the insanity of materialism and through stylized interpretations of traditional Indian painting, I hope to give new relevance to the positive spiritual values that have informed my life and art for the last 10 years.
I have a strong urge to create art that makes a difference in the quality of life as a human being. I sometimes refer to my paintings as painted possibilities because I believe an image can inspire the viewer in a possibility.

Youth Week
18th to 25th of May

Comic

Self Divorce
I made this piece with the idea that divorce feels like this. A couple becomes one in so many ways.
Divorce is literally like splitting up. Its a tearing sensation in the heart.
Now that some time has passed and the wound has healed over a bit I have different thoughts looking at this piece.
The more exciting meaning I give it now is about divorcing myself. I have realized that I can't live with peacefully with myself. The reason is that my mind is a rascal.
As Krsna says in Bhagavad Gita

One who is not in transcendental consciousness can have neither a controlled mind nor steady intelligence, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace?

This piece is about divorcing the mind and living free from the tyranny of its selfish dictation. Its about getting out of my own way and living the distinction called soul.

Recent Pics

On the plane to Brisbane. Always a good feeling.

Young Raman painting his first masterpiece.

One guy asked what it said and I said OM. He was like "I suck at reading graffiti"

Amidst the fighting for attention

I did a photoshoot of Krishna Cafe and got some nice shots of happy customers. They are being edited as we speak by the master Mahavan.

My reward for taking amateur photos for an hour:)

Ride with Muni. 40km to Makara Beach and back

Some mentors from Challenge for Change came out to my show:)

About to close for the night. I made the logo and mural for KEA and now have a dozen pieces on the walls. If you want to get a sense of my head just come to KEA:)