A mix of thought provoking works by established artists Probir Gupta, Babu Eshwar Prasad and Anant Joshi in juxtaposition with some talented, upcoming artists, formed the core of a group show ‘Re-Visioning Materiality: Part II’.
Hosted at New Delhi based Gallery Espace, it included artists known for exploring unusual forms as well as themes in their creations, bringing together dispersed elements in a fresh ensemble. They tried to explore nuances of the ‘materiality’ through the prism of space and time.
Probir Gupta tends to lean towards sharp political activism. His compositions, either sculptural or on canvas works, exude a sense of dejection over prevailing political scenario, whereas the hyper-real imagery in Babu Eshwar Prasad’s paintings simulates things that never really existed. They suggest spaces experiential and yet unreal. His vision modifies nature and surroundings, to transform them into intriguing patterns and seamless blends.
His imagery explores a psychic map he chooses to navigate with a child-like curiosity carrying him into a wonderful world of chimeras, speaking trees and sacred mountains, In the process, he builds phantasmagorical situations, albeit not totally cut off from reality.
Established painter and installation artist Anant Joshi takes a cue from rapidly changing urban culture, now flooded with global icons and mesmerizing media images. Such transformations greatly impact his art practice. He uses beamed light in his installation works for a juxtaposition of dismembered, dissected toy-like objects and strange, sculpted ceramic objects projected onto the wall of a space imagined through his eyes.
Mention also must be made of artist Baptist Coelho, who studied at the LS Raheja School of Art, Mumbai and Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. He featured in Peace Project of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. He just has had his first solo show in Mumbai. Evoking patriotic themes, the series revolved around the brave tales of soldiers.
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