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Indepth Arts News:
"Jyothi Basu: Landscapes towards a Supreme"
2006-04-19 until 2006-06-20
Thomas Erben Gallery
New York, NY,
USA United States of America
Thomas Erben is pleased to present the first U.S. solo exhibition of Jyothi Basu (b. 1960 in Kerala, India), a co-founder in 1988 of the Baroda based Radical Painters and Sculptors Association. The artist currently lives and works in Bombay where his dreamlike, archaic-futurist landscapes made, quite recently,
headlines within the contemporary scene. The four large oil paintings exhibited present us with a birds eye view of flat
expanses studded with luscious greenery, mysterious structures, abstracted cultural and religious references, words in Malayalam, luminous orbs, and intensely colored spheres.
Bands of water reflect the blue gradations of the
sky and the seemingly abandoned environs, creating an effect of otherworldly
suspense. The paint is applied in small yet varied strokes and carefully builds
the imagery. His color palette is heightened and articulate in its skillful use
of shades and hues.
Basu's landscapes are often organized using a rectilinear geometry not unlike
the mappings of electronic circuitry. Everything pulsates in great stillness.
In this light, the works become a metaphor for our current cultural and
technological climate. They respond to how our advancement often forgets our
history and comment at the same time on how the contemporary can only exist and
is made possible by the seemingly neglected historical buttress.
A solo exhibition for the artist was organized by The Fine Art Resource,
Artist's Center, Mumbai, 2003, and recent participations include The Artist
Lives and Works, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2005, and A Piece of the
Wall, Galerie Mirchandani+Steinruecke, Mumbai, 2006.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Enrique Juncosa
and organized in cooperation with Galerie Mirchandani+Steinruecke, Mumbai.
IMAGE
Jyothi Basu
'Sleeping Fear and Sleepless Ancestors',
2005
oil on canvas
183 x 214 cm
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