Unbelievable painting about JRD

rkg · 7th February 2008, 15:22

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Location: Tata Museum, Jamshedpur.
In the first pic, you can see a painting. This was a gift to JRD Tata on his Birthday by a street artist. Nobody was able to understand his art. Unfortunately, only the painting was given to JRD and the artist had promised to reveal the secret shortly . However, JRD was no more when the secret was actually revealed.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9...tingjrddk0.jpg

Here's the secret revealed. When you place a steel rod at the circle in the first pic you saw, you will see the image of the JRD Tata as a reflection on the steel rod as seen in the second pic below. Isn't it incredible!!

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7898/jrd2qe9.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2205/jrd3ue5.jpg

Makes Me Wonder…
What was the artist doing on the streets of India????

snaronikar · 7th February 2008, 15:54

Amazing. This is what I can say about the painting.

vahss_11 · 7th February 2008, 16:00

its an old news,,, read in magzine ,, around 8-9 years back, it was gifted by an artist to make a guesture towards a mighty steel tycoon. but it felt good to rewatch the pics. thank you for posting this topic.

Samurai · 7th February 2008, 16:10

Can't this be done as a trace?

Take a glass cylinder of the same size as the steel pipe. Paint the image you like. Place the cylinder on a sheet of A2 paper, and then light the cylinder from inside using a tubelight, it will project the image on to the paper. Paint away along the projected image.

I am just guessing, not sure it is possible.

low_bass_makker · 7th February 2008, 16:28

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Originally Posted by Samurai

Can't this be done as a trace?

Take a glass cylinder of the same size as the steel pipe. Paint the image you like. Place the cylinder on a sheet of A2 paper, and then light the cylinder from inside using a tubelight, it will project the image on to the paper. Paint away along the projected image.

I am just guessing, not sure it is possible.

If we light in the cylinder the light will not fall on the sheet. We need a well focused light for this job.

I think the artist kept the pipe in front of him and then make the picture by seeing it on the pipe.

bblost · 7th February 2008, 17:15

The links explain it out:

Anamorphosis, Perspective Box, Anamorphic Cylinder and Conical Mirror Art by Trompe l'Oeil Artist

Cylinder Mirror Optical Illusion - Mighty Optical Illusions

Art of Anamorphosis

key words to use when googling
portrait cylinder anamorphosis

vcash · 8th February 2008, 11:52

Ah yes... this painting I remeber well. It is located in the Center For Excellence Archives (erstwhile Russi Modi Center for Excellence). IIRC, this paitning was gifted to JRD in the mid 90's - Tata Steel used to have a painting exhibition every year where they would invite top artists from through out the country for a week - 10 days and they would create portraits and scupltures based on the Steel and You Motif. If you have a chance to be in Jamshedpur, a visit is highly recommended - you see some great art at the archives. The sculptures are outstanding as all have bene created from Steel Scrap that Tata's provided.

7th February 2008, 15:22	#1
rkg Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bangalore Posts: 1,044 Thanked: 599 Times	Unbelievable painting about JRD Mods . i have searched but could not find any thread on this. i got this one in mail. thought of sharing with all of you if similar thread exists kindly delete or merge this one Location: Tata Museum, Jamshedpur. In the first pic, you can see a painting. This was a gift to JRD Tata on his Birthday by a street artist. Nobody was able to understand his art. Unfortunately, only the painting was given to JRD and the artist had promised to reveal the secret shortly . However, JRD was no more when the secret was actually revealed. http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9...tingjrddk0.jpg Here's the secret revealed. When you place a steel rod at the circle in the first pic you saw, you will see the image of the JRD Tata as a reflection on the steel rod as seen in the second pic below. Isn't it incredible!! http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7898/jrd2qe9.jpg http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2205/jrd3ue5.jpg Makes Me Wonder… What was the artist doing on the streets of India????
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snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 31 Times View My Garage	Amazing. This is what I can say about the painting.
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vahss_11 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Thane(Mumbai) Posts: 118 Thanked: 8 Times	its an old news,,, read in magzine ,, around 8-9 years back, it was gifted by an artist to make a guesture towards a mighty steel tycoon. but it felt good to rewatch the pics. thank you for posting this topic.
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7th February 2008, 16:10	#4
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 26,005 Thanked: 49,746 Times View My Garage	Can't this be done as a trace? Take a glass cylinder of the same size as the steel pipe. Paint the image you like. Place the cylinder on a sheet of A2 paper, and then light the cylinder from inside using a tubelight, it will project the image on to the paper. Paint away along the projected image. I am just guessing, not sure it is possible.
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7th February 2008, 17:15	#6
bblost Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 11,295 Thanked: 17,988 Times View My Garage	The links explain it out: Anamorphosis, Perspective Box, Anamorphic Cylinder and Conical Mirror Art by Trompe l'Oeil Artist Cylinder Mirror Optical Illusion - Mighty Optical Illusions Art of Anamorphosis key words to use when googling portrait cylinder anamorphosis Last edited by bblost : 7th February 2008 at 17:19.
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8th February 2008, 11:52	#7
vcash BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 453 Thanked: 22 Times	Ah yes... this painting I remeber well. It is located in the Center For Excellence Archives (erstwhile Russi Modi Center for Excellence). IIRC, this paitning was gifted to JRD in the mid 90's - Tata Steel used to have a painting exhibition every year where they would invite top artists from through out the country for a week - 10 days and they would create portraits and scupltures based on the Steel and You Motif. If you have a chance to be in Jamshedpur, a visit is highly recommended - you see some great art at the archives. The sculptures are outstanding as all have bene created from Steel Scrap that Tata's provided.
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