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Artist Statement:
George Oommen: The Image as
the key
Born in Munnar, Kerala, India,
and educated in India, Mexico,
and the United States, George
Oommen continues to derive
artistic inspiration from the
lush green landscapes of his
homeland. Every winter, Oommen
visits Mankotta, a small
island in the inland waters of
Kerala ...
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Artist Galleries:
George Oommen: Visions of
Kerala
Locco Ritoro Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue. SoWa
District
Boston, MA 02118
loccoritoro@aol.com
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Artist Reviews:
Monsoon Magic/ Rain Painter
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/0
7/09/stories/2006070900140200.h
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ARTICLE 535 - Monsoon magic
[July 09, 2006] SHALEENA
KORUTH for THE HINDU.
George Oommen paints to
reawaken the feeling the image
brought when he first saw it.
Once the feeling returns, the
painting is over.
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Collections:
IN THE COLLECTION OF
A ABRAHAM AND GRACY ABRAHAM,
Trivandrum, India
MODUPE
NYIKOALE AKINOLA Cambridge
Mass
DEENA ANDERSON
Mass USA
EBRAHIM ALKAZI , London ,UK
DONU ARAPURA
, Chicago USA
SHERYL BARNES
CAMBRIDGE MASS
THARANA BARKATT , New Jersey
,USA, Mumbai India
PAKHI AND SHEKAR BHATIA ,
New Delhi ,India
DIANNA BHOMER , Boston
Mass...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for George Oommen:
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Visions of Kerala /George Oommen
Exhibitions in 2007-2008
Dec 24-30 2007 New Delhi India
followed by exhibitions in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Thiruvanthapuram
Sponsored by Kerala Tourism
painter.oommen@gmail.com
CONCURRENT SHOWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: George Oommen, 617.592.3941
www.goommen.com
George Oommen: Visions of Kerala
September 1, 2005 through October 15, 2005 @ Locco Ritoro Gallery
Opening Reception: September 9, 5-7 p.m.
George Oommen: Sacred Places
September 16, 2005 through October 12, 2005 @ Harvard University
Artist’s Reception: September 17, 5-7 p.m.
George Oommen is pleased to announce two concurrent showings of his work in September 2005. George Oommen: Visions of Kerala opens at the Locco Ritoro Gallery on September 1. This exhibit will feature both large and small-scale paintings inspired by the artist’s homeland in India. Oommen’s newest series, Kanjeevaram, will be featured for the first time. The classic Southern-Indian bridal saris known for their bold, bright color inspire these new works.
Across the Charles River, in Harvard Square, George Oommen: Sacred Places will be on view until October 12. These paintings echo an earlier series called, The Sacred Places Within You. These color-field works, created with muted, numinous hues, pose the question, “where does the inner sanctuary reside? Each painting has a bright and luminous spot, or small area, that stands out against the surface of the picture plane. The area becomes a focal point, created through color and composition, where the viewer’s eye naturally comes to rest. Individually, and collectively, these works encourage the viewer to reflect on his or her own spirituality.
Born in Munnar, Kerala, India, and educated in India, Mexico, and the United States, George Oommen continues to derive artistic inspiration from the lush green landscapes of his homeland. Every winter, Oommen visits Mankotta, a small island in the inland waters of Kerala in southwestern India, ten miles from Oommen’s ancestral home. The weeks spent there fuel his painting year round.
20% of the proceeds from sales of Oommen’s work will be donated to the Association for India's Development (AID), specifically to the Relief & Rehabilitation Fund. (AID) is a voluntary non-profit organization committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just development in India, by working with grassroots organizations and movements in India.
THE ART OF GEORGE OOMMEN
By William Zimmer, contributing Art critic for the New York Times
”The art of George Oommen is nostalgic in the best, unsentimental sense. His paintings evoke a kind of sheer, unearthly beauty. They are inspired by a place on the planet, however…For a few weeks every year Oommen goes to Kerala, at the southern tip of India, where he was born and raised. Kerala is not that well-trafficked but is known far and wide as an earthly paradise. He immerses himself in the tropical climate and rich color and this supplies him with images and sensations to take back to New England and convert into paintings.”
By Dominique Nahas, Critic for Art in America, New York editor for d'Art International
”Cyclic time and linear time poetically intermesh in Oommen's lush panoramas and intense close-ups. This is sensed through the artist's syncopated interplay of dominant verticals and horizontals and the effective use of colored, drizzled light and shadow in the work. Perhaps it is the abstract visual expression of what one might call intimate distance which is most compelling in Oommen's work.
There is an elegiac wistfulness in the painter's work, a sense of passing time that is deeply and paradoxically grounded in his works' luminous depictions of eternal Kerala. It is this unfolding drama which is at the core of George Oommen's vision. It gives his work humanity, momentum and depth that is rare in landscape work.”
George Oommen: Visions of Kerala
Locco Ritoro Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue. SoWa District
Boston, MA 02118
loccoritoro@aol.com
George Oommen: Sacred Places
Holyoke Center Exhibition Space
Holyoke Center Arcade
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
For more information about George Oommen’s work, please visit:
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/g/georgeoommen/ and www.goommen.com
"George Oommen: Visions of Kerala"
September 1, 2005 through October 15, 2005
Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday 11.00AM-5.00PM
Artist's reception September 9, 2005 5.30PM-8.30PM
Locco Ritoro Gallery 450 Harrison Avenue, Storefront 37,Boston, MA 02118
(t): 617.542.1010 (f): 617 542.8090 e-mail: locoritoro@aol.com
George Oommen "Sacred Places within you"
September 15 to October 15
Artists Reception September 17
Harvard University Information Center
1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/g/georgeoommen
www.goommen.com
Locco Ritoro Gallery is the brainchild of Paul Lam. This new gallery opened in November of 2004 at 450 Harrison Avenue in the South End of Boston. With 19 other galleries in the same building, hundreds of visitors attend their monthly Friday evening opening receptions. However, Lam plans on promoting more than just visual arthe will include live music and other hip events (think fashion shows) to create a total cultural destination.
For more information please contact: Paul Lam 617.542.1010
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