Sharing is Showing: Painting as Disclosure

Sharing is showing. For Ritu Raj, painting is not possession but disclosure—a letting-be that fulfills itself only in presence. Rooted in Heidegger’s idea of unconcealment, his work opens a space for others to dwell through color, gesture, and form.

“Sharing is showing: each painting is a disclosure, a letting-be. What begins in solitude becomes presence through encounter, where color, gesture, and form open a space for others to dwell.”

This phrase captures the essence of my practice. For me, painting is not a private possession but an unfolding truth. Each work begins in the solitude of the studio—a dialogue between hand, pigment, and surface. Yet, a painting does not fulfill its being until it is shared. To show a painting is to release it into presence, where others can meet it, question it, and dwell within its colors.

From Solitude to Presence

In this way, art moves from silence to dialogue. What emerges as gesture and abstraction becomes, through showing, a shared field of resonance. Color becomes more than pigment; it becomes atmosphere. Gesture becomes more than movement; it becomes invitation.

Heidegger’s Notion of Unconcealment

Philosophically, my work aligns with Martin Heidegger’s idea of truth not as correctness but as unconcealment. A painting is not about illustrating or representing something fixed. It is about opening space where something hidden can appear. The canvas becomes a site of disclosure—truth as a lived, felt encounter between artist, viewer, and world.

A Living Relationship

For me, sharing is not just display. It is a form of care and dialogue. My paintings, especially those in the Organic Movement collection, seek to hold this living relationship: to remind us that art is never finished in the studio. It lives fully only in the moment it is encountered, seen, and felt by others.

To share, then, is to show—and to show is to allow art to be what it is: a disclosure, a letting-be.