King of Clay
Paintings by G. R. Iranna, August 2006:
Exhibition at ArtsIndia West:
August 18th – September 13th
Opening Reception:
Friday, August 18th 2006, 6-9 pm
ArtsIndia West
535 Bryant Street
Palo Alto
CA 94301
T: 650-321-4900
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Untitled (Pink), 1998, Acrylic on Tarpaulin, 70" x 48"
Iranna's art is dynamic in its composition and powerful in its form and within the overwhelming current interest in Indian art, he is a bright shining star. There is an inherent energy in the texture of his works that is both raw and sensual. Iranna's imagery evokes affiliations and associations with the erotic, the devastating, and the tragic. It is filled with angst, making his visual language symbolic of his own inner space, addressing pain as the abstract force in his compositions. This is translated visually in the bruised textures and in the shapes with cutting edges. He juxtaposes layered images within flat spaces in his compositions, bringing in an element of the surreal. The center of his visual is the human form – defined, naked and primordial. It is the source of all artistic inspiration that plays out on his canvases. It provokes the viewer to re-evaluate the very basic of human motivations.
ArtsIndia West is proud to host G.R. Iranna's first California solo exhibition. Iranna by many counts is India's premier postmodern painter. Hailing from New Delhi, Iranna graduated from the Delhi College of Art. He won the National Academy Award in 1997 and went to study in London on a Charles Wallace Scholarship. His works can be found in many private and public collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. He has held various solo and group exhibitions at galleries across India. The artist lives and works in New Delhi, India.
For more information on these upcoming events, contact:
Nuala Mellett, Gallery Manager, at nuala@artsindia.com (650)321-4900