TALES (TAILS) OF IMAGINATION

 

To bring together a collection of artists who create portraits of sentient beings, becomes an exercise

in the unravelling of tales of imagination even as they portray the gentle characteristics of the

creatures they decide to recreate in the mediums of their choice.

 

Materials and mediums

 

This quaint and curious selection of sculptures celebrate the earth in terms of animals that walk the

universe. Within the use of materials like steel discs and stoneware and bronzes there are a series of

sculptures and paintings that blend the modern and organic aesthetic that can be seen in the

extensive line of creative imagination.

 

One-of-a-kind figurative sculptures as well as paintings create 3-dimensional wall art, and the

sculptures accord a certain respect and recognition to animals such as the horse, the goat, the

hippopotamus, the rhino and the gorgeous endangered elephant. Created and crafted by world-class

artists, each piece has a story to tell; through the inspiration, the materials, or the catalyst of

creation from which it originated.

 

Figurative zest

 

We see the fluid contours of the elephant and a litany of hybrid images of man and nature in

stoneware. Then there is the play with the surreal signature to create own interpretations of

situations in interiors in the darkness of nocturnes and horses. In the paintings we see an elevation

of animal as well as the human figurative painting to high art, by creating a grandiose canvas

celebrating zoological splendour of both the curious creatures and the landscape they inhabit.

 

Tales of imagination dwells on the power of anatomy and texture and tenor in the beauty of animals

all across the universe. Each image becomes a universe in verse.

 

UMA NAIR

CRITIC & CURATOR