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In the present lot, S.H. Raza meditates on Nature, its five basic elements, and the continuous life-cycle they work together to maintain. Prakriti, or the cosmic concept of nature that Raza’s art is committed to bringing to the viewer, comprises samira or ether, gagan or sky, pawak or fire, jala or water and kshiti or earth. Each of these rudimentary forces is represented by particular primary colors and geometric symbols, and in their interplay... In the present lot, S.H. Raza meditates on Nature, its five basic elements, and the continuous life-cycle they work together to maintain. Prakriti, or the cosmic concept of nature that Raza’s art is committed to bringing to the viewer, comprises samira or ether, gagan or sky, pawak or fire, jala or water and kshiti or earth. Each of these rudimentary forces is represented by particular primary colors and geometric symbols, and in their interplay in the present lot, the artist seeks to commune with the universe.

Fractured into nine segments of equal measure, this canvas seems to emerge from Raza’s ubiquitous black bindu, symbolizing the beginning and end of all sentience modulated by the elements of Nature, at the lower center. While this single, large bindu stands testimony to its original, singular form, in other panels it has evolved into bases for new and varied meaning by combining it with various other shapes and colours.

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