The shine of a large miror and the collective gleam of bright steel
utensils arranged with an artistic purpose catch visitors eye at the
ongoing India Art Fair here. And, by now, the artist behind the work is a familiar enough name.
Subodh Gupta,
internationally renowned artist known for fashioning signature
installation art out of mundane steel and kitchen utensils is presenting
another iconic art bearing his trademark. There are three other works
by him showcased at the four-day fair which opened to public viewing
today after a special VIP preview yesterday.
Titled, "Mirror Stage", and carried by an Italian gallery has been
priced at 275,000 euros. The exhibit made out of steel glasses, bowls
and cutlery juxtaposed vertically over a flat mirror, and visitors were
seen admiring their reflection in it.
Asked if he'd created it
especially for the fair, the artist said he doesn't work just for the
fair but this is just one aspect of his creative pursuits.
"I
don't work just for a fair. I have other works on which I continuously
work on and art fairs like these only display a part of my collective
oeuvre which is much deeper than what people see here," Gupta told PTI.
The 49-year-old artist who is known to produce large oil painting works
has exhibited smaller canvases with incidentally a Victorian frame
running around it.
Two smaller-scale oil paintings depicting a
breakfast table with china and cutlery, a half-sipped tea in a cup, also
adorn the wall at the Galleria Continua's space at the India Art Fair,
being held at the NSIC complex here.
The 'Hungry God' famed artist said he's working to develop the work into a full series.
"Yes, I'm working on this idea, the glimpse of which I have shown here but I'm doing a series soon," Gupta told PTI.
"Subodh works with oil has always been on large scale and his choice of
the Victorian frame is very deliberate to give throwback to the classic
painting that were framed that way. But, if you see his subject here,
its trademark Gupta," said Ananjay Bhushan, a Patna-based gallery owner
and a long-time associate of Gupta.
"While the installation is
priced at 275,000 euros, the two oil paintings are euros 50,000 each,"
Mylene Ferrand from Galleria Continua said.
Subodh's other works
are being displayed by the city-based Nature Morte gallery where two of
his classic steel wonders, "Still Life" and "Family Portraits" are up
for sale.
"We have done solos for Subodh in earlier editions for
the Fair and this time round we are showcasing two of his iconic works
here," said Nature Morte founder-owner Peter Nagy.
source:PTI
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