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It’s no secret that people with dyslexia often excel at art and design. They’re often deeply creative people and tend to be intuitive thinkers, and have been said to be able to see patterns, ideas and solutions that other people can’t. However one artist is bringing his experience with dyslexia to the forefront and has dedicated his art to exploring the neurodivergent experience through the medium of paint and canvas, and it’s a richly unique encounter for the senses.
Pallav Chander’s latest online exhibition is an explosion of texture and colour, combining tactile presence and texture with the exaggerated and distorted figures we might see in the works of another great artist with dyslexia, the inimitable Pablo Picasso. It’s the debut exhibition featured at APRE Art House in Mumbai, an artspace that celebrates the creativity and the innovation at the centre of the contemporary art movement in India. Pallav's exhibition is is curated by gallery founder Prerna SM Jain, an art critic and gallery professional who after completing a Masters at Christie's in New York returned to India pursue her dream of to starting a gallery.
The exhibition is titled ‘The Organisation of Chaos in the Works of Pallav Chander’, and he’s no stranger to the art scene – he completed his BFA at Birmingham City University in the UK and was awarded a Junior Fellowship by the Indian Ministry of Culture in 2019. He’s also the architect of two previous exhibitions, ‘Decoding a Dyslexic Mind’ at Visual Art Gallery and ‘Life Must Have Its Mysteries’ at Art4All Gallery, both in Delhi.
‘The Organisation of Chaos’ has a largely autobiographical element, although he’s been said to prefer leaving people to have an viewing experience that’s open to interpretation, and it’s inspired by his experiences with ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia. There’s a narrative at the heart of it, a journey from his home and his formative years to powerful emotions like greed and grief, and a final focus on the subjectivity of how we perceive society at large.
Through an exaggerated, almost chaotic sense of composition and a bold use of the abstract, Chander’s expressionist paintings and mixed-media pieces are a powerful representation of the intense emotions that neurodivergent people might experience when interacting with the world.
You can take a look at some of Pallav Chander’s other works at his page on Art Heritage, and find out more about his exhibition at APRE Art House, where you can experience his art via VR from the comfort of your own home.
