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Email PageLandscapes Towards a Supreme Fiction
April 19, 2006- May 20, 2006
Reception: April 18, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Jyothi Basu
Thomas Erben Gallery
526 W 26th St Jyothi Basu Sleeping Fear and Sleepless Ancestors (2005) |
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.
Art Reviews of Landscapes Towards a Supreme Fiction
| New York Times May 12, 2006 | Ken Johnson | "...In one picture, vast columns support residential areas built on raised platforms. Another shows a town built on a great, diagonally bisected circle of land that floats between two giant pillars. Viewing Mr. Basu's pictures is both soothing and unsettling; you get the feeling that something terrible, like a beast requiring human sacrifice, may lurk below the peaceful, utopian surface...." |
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