As a student I worked to restore some artworks that were so beautiful and often wondered who would do such a thing, Oil paintings with chewing gum stuck on them , watercolours with lipstick marks, sculpture’s with broken parts and scratched with knives I have seen it all.
During the restoration process I used to truly feel sad seeing the kind of damage some people do. Later I read that this is a mental disorder many people suffer from , it’s tragic that vandals exist here in our city Mumbai.
Just yesterday while passing my site in Worli,Mumbai I stopped to see my installation which is Titled “ POP GARDEN” , I was shocked to see my installation had be broken and a sculpture stolen. I am sure most of us want to live in a society that has respect for public property. For the last two years I have been trying to beautify the city have completed 4 installation works along with beautifying existing promenade and creating new spaces in the city. It feels really bad to see something that one has taken pain to create destroyed so brutally. As a society I feel it is us who have to stand up and protect what is rightfully ours, public art is a part of where we live improving the aesthetics in our surroundings making it a more pleasurable sight. I have been actively involved in my NGO, providing funds for children education through my projects and conducting art camps for underprivileged children. I have repaired my Worli installation piece by piece at my own cost. You may say I am anti vandalism. My passion for arts knows no bound.. No matter what I shall keep doing the art work for public spaces , my effort for beautifying our city will go on no matter what.
