K G Subramanyan
(1924 - 2016)
Bird Spirits and Flayed Buffalo
Subramanyan's reverse paintings on glass and acrylic, made in several phases since 1979, are funny, flamboyant, malicious, seductive [...] They capture a pervasive sensuousness that is no longer a hide-and-seek of phantoms but of characters in a masquerade. There is a conspicuous close-up of figures and objects clutched together in a sparkling focus. (Geeta Kapur, "Mid-Century Ironies: K G Subramanyan," When Was Modernism , New Delhi:...
Subramanyan's reverse paintings on glass and acrylic, made in several phases since 1979, are funny, flamboyant, malicious, seductive [...] They capture a pervasive sensuousness that is no longer a hide-and-seek of phantoms but of characters in a masquerade. There is a conspicuous close-up of figures and objects clutched together in a sparkling focus. (Geeta Kapur, "Mid-Century Ironies: K G Subramanyan," When Was Modernism , New Delhi: Tulika, 2000, pp. 125-126)
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CREATIVE CIRCUIT: THE ART OF K G SUBRAMANYAN
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Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
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Rs 32,68,800
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K G Subramanyan Bird Spirits and Flayed Buffalo
Initialled in Tamil (lower right)
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITEDNew Works: K G Subramanyan , New Delhi: Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 13 - 25 March 2014; Hyderabad: Salar Jung Museum, 26 July - 16 August 2014; Kochi: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, August 2014; Chennai: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, September 2014; Bangalore: National Gallery of Modern Art, November 2014; Santiniketan: Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, 5 - 14 February 2015; Kolkata: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 18 - 25 February 2015New Works: K G Subramanyan , Kolkata: Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 2014
Category: Painting
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