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Works on Paper, On Canvas
About Amitabh Ashesh
Selected examples of unusual conceptual constructs – with isolated, zoomed in views.
These have the potential to spawn future paintings.
1. Scenic elements in human figuration
Woman wears sea waves and boat as skirt.
Sailboat shoes
Woman’s face is a hammock with book reader.
Child’s face has water, sail boats and setting sun
Man’s torso integrates a wooden shelf.
2. Articulation of the invisible
Sky blocks interlocking with trees.
Light blocks penetrated by plants.
Sky blocks upon which clouds rest.
Light rays sculpted.
3. Three dimensional, colored shadows
Man casts sculpted shadows on balcony floor.
Shards of darkness descend trees.
4. Exploded elements
Three piece sun that also serves as hair bow.
Exploded chair with its backrest on table.
5. Pictorial recursion
Woman’s face has a magazine reader with a photo of the painting scene itself – twice recursed.
6. Fusion of detached forms via interlinking elements
Couple with fused, windowed form.
Two women have fused legs and arms, center woman and man have joined arms and hair.
7. Imparting movement to stationary objects
Windows leaning or pouring water/light,
curling limbs, walls
Walls blowing like wind.
Flowing, woolly curtains, sofa, chair and walls.
Curling sky, light, walls and sofa.
8. Original primitives, figures
Windowed, positive-negative faces
Windowed face, cognate bust.
9. Indian cultural objects reimagined
Saree wrapping redefined.
10. Negative, windowed, 3d shapes
Negative-positive man entering extruded door.
PS: Geometric emphasis of the first series makes way for organic shapes subsequently.
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