I was getting bored, was unable to concentrate on what I wanted to do. So thot I will share with netizens, why I came to France.
haha, interesting topic, n'est ce pas ?
Si , my art work was taking inspirations from European impressionists and expressionist artists. I needed more and more to learn about few of those artists, while I was in College of Art ,delhi.
I had a teacher who had been to Paris, a french art school. And I read about many other Indian artists, who were glad to have been a student to French art College ( ecole de beaux arts). Who would not want to go to Paris- a haute fashion city, at the age of 22 , discover culture of wines !! Do I need more reasons.
Now question came, should I ? Will I ? What do I need ? ...etc
Well, learning a foreign language is never a harm. So I started learning french in 2002. Where as the envy to go to France to study started in 2000. While learningfrench too, there were competitions at Alliance Francaise, which I used to win, due to my capacity of writing poems or create things in french and art. So that encouraged me and gave chances to reahc at a good level of french ...for almost free :))
At the end of my BFA in 2004 , I got a scholarship by Spic Macay, who promote Indian art and culture to specially youngs. I worked under Smt Anjolie Ela Menon. She also had to be a student once in France. Now I was more and more sure. I got a positive result from French ecole. Things were going positive in all directions... I got encouragements from my dear family and professors around. I had to miss my friend circle for that...! Nobody around me in my Art College was in any of art colleges abroad. So I feel really privelidged and lucky :))
i.e. I applied to US , UK , France for Masters in Art. I was accepted in US and France. Then decision ....? France came to be more economic and was always my focus.
Yeppppp zooomm...boom baramm PARISSSSSSSSS !!
Also I knew a french guy / artist known to me since 2000, who lives in Paris. Who was a kind of a correspondent for me from India. Thanks to him :))
