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Presence of Being

October 18, 2007- November 10, 2007

Reception: October 18, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Sohan Qadri

Sundaram Tagore Gallery

547 W 27th St

Sundaram Tagore Gallery is pleased to present new works by artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri. The opening for this show, titled “The Presence of Being,” is on October 18, 2007 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Known for tableaus of luminous colors that recall the lush palette of India, Qadri displays new works that are a testament to his continuing popularity.

Sundaram Tagore, curator, said that, “I am pleased that Qadri’s work continues to inspire; he is expanding the dialogue of being and what this means, and our audiences are responding to it in a significant and profound way.”

Part Hindu, and part Sikh, Qadri is also involved with Sufism. As a Buddhist yogic painter, his art is influenced by a spiritual journey, one that began at age seven. At that time, he was initiated into yogic practice. As a teenager, he ran away to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in search of higher truth. Today, he lives in Denmark. When Qadri paints, he says he first empties his mind of all images, which dissolve into primordial space. “Only emptiness, I feel, should communicate with emptiness of the canvas,” he said.

Qadri continues to gain recognition amongst art academics. The art critic and scholar Donald Kuspit said Qadri “is the pre-eminent aesthetic mystic of modernism.”

Books and DVDs related to artists in this show

Location   Gallery Sundaram Tagore Gallery Address 547 W 27th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States Phone 212-677-4520 Fax 212-677-4521 Nearby: All 27 galleries at 547 W 27th St

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