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Jyothi Basu
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"If Jyothi Basu’s iconography of redemption moves us deeply, even in this profane age of split-second gratifications and instant cures, it is precisely because he allows for the warm, human tonalities of the sensuous and the ironic, without confining himself to the austerity of transcendence." - Ranjit Hoskote, 2002
VN Jyothi Basu was born in 1960 in Kerala. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from Trivandrun, the artist...
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"If Jyothi Basu’s iconography of redemption moves us deeply, even in this profane age of split-second gratifications and instant cures, it is precisely because he allows for the warm, human tonalities of the sensuous and the ironic, without confining himself to the austerity of transcendence." - Ranjit Hoskote, 2002
VN Jyothi Basu was born in 1960 in Kerala. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from Trivandrun, the artist joined the MS University in Baroda to obtain his Master’s degree in the same. But to avoid studying Art History, which was one of the compulsory requirements for the MFA course, Basu switched his post graduate stream, and opted for a diploma instead of a degree.
A member of the ‘Radical Group’, which aimed to revolutionize modern art practices and techniques in India in the later 1980’s, Basu has just recently emerged from a painterly hiatus almost ten years long, lasting from 1991 to 1998. Appropriately, in his recent works, the artist seems taken up with the themes of death and resurrection of the individual. Referring to his own rebirth as a painter after nine years of working as a set designer for television channels, Basu’s latest paintings are tinged with tones of the fantastic and ephemeral. But these sweeping landscapes and bright and vivid flora conceal deeper messages - bejeweled flowers are just as prickly as they are pretty. Assaulting the viewer with heady sensuous gratification, these images can just as soon draw blood.
Ranging from charcoal and pastels on paper to oil on canvas, all the works in this latest ‘Resurrection Series’ seem to highlight the ability of the individual to overcome personal obstacles and learn to tackle new ones as they arise instead of bending backwards in front of them. The solitary and twisted trees seem to point this out, whilst the landscapes illustrate the road ahead that needs to be taken step by step.
Acknowledging the debt he has to the imagery of artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Frida Kahlo and Rousseau, Jyothi Basu is truly an artist of the fantastic and natural to be reckoned with in the sphere of Indian contemporary art.
VN Jyothi Basu lives and works in Kerala.
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Born
1960
Kerala
Education
1991 Post Diploma in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 'Visionary Antiquities', Nature...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 'Visionary Antiquities', Nature Morte, New Delhi and Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai.
2006 'Landscapes Towards A Supreme Fiction', Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2003 'Healing Properties: V.N. Jyothi Basu's Landscapes of the Self', Artists' Center, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'The Art of Drawing', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2008 ‘Anxious’, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2008 'ART FORUM Berlin', with Aji V.N. and Ratheesh T., presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2007 'Mumbai Metronomes', The Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2006 'A Piece of the Wall', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2006 'Double-Enders', Jehangir Art Gallery, Museum Gallery, Mumbai; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Durbar Hall, Kochi
2005 'The Artist Lives and Works', Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2004 'Bombay Boys', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi;
2004 'Bombay x 17', Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
1988 'Questions and Dialogue', Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1987 'Alekhya Darshan', curated by C. Raman Schlemmer, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva
1985 'Painters with Fishermen', Student Centre, Trivandrum
Participations
2012 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, Kochi
2012 ‘To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art’, as part of Art Chennai, Edition II at Lalit Kala Regional Centre, Chennai
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2008 'Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture', MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 'Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art', Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2007 'Private/Corporate IV: Works from the Lekha and Anupam Poddar and Daimler Chrysler Collections', Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
2007 'Kashi 10 Light Year', Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
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