INDIA
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Visible Invisible
ALWAR BALASUBRAMANIAM
Alwar Balasubramaniam’s extremely tactile work – A FASCINATING MIX OF CONCEPTUAL IDEATION AND INNOVATIVE USE OF MATERIAL – is delicate to the point of being ethereal. White predominates within a precise and controlled use of subdued monochromes. Trained in printmaking and painting, but a self-taught sculptor, Balasubramaniam possesses an unusual facility with material. He uses it to evoke illusions so fascinating that they could easily be referred to as meditations on the effects of time, space and light on the materiality of objects. Time is also an active ingredient in many works, wherein the artist harnesses it to reference temporality versus impermanence. He uses fragile constructs as a device with which to calm the mind of the viewer and to allow for pause. Driven by quiet but palpable spiritual concerns, Balasubramaniam’s work focuses on the interconnectedness of matter. His is a quest not just for singular epiphanies, but for a larger awakening.
ATUL DODIYA
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