Shibu Natesan belongs to a generation of artists from Kerala who studied at the College of Fine Arts in Trivandrum during the early eighties a time ...of metallic paint on canvas. Shibu spent two years between 1996 - '97 at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and his recent "Missing" series of paintings

Painters from India with Shibu Natesan and Surendran Nair Fine Art Resource Berlin 2003 ‘SubTerrain’ Artworks in the cityfold Haus der Kulturen der

that's what I'm doing now" (as quoted in "Interview by Conor Macklin 16.05.05" Shibu Natesan Vision Unlimited Grosvenor Gallery exhibition catalogue 2005

" (Shibu Natesan on Futility of Device - I

With his formal training in printmaking Shibu Natesan`s “canvases are filled with blocks of bright colour like the glossy pages of a magazine ...popular culture lulls the viewer into a sense of the familiar the recognised and the emotionally detached” (Anne Fleetwood Shibu Natesan Vision Unlimited

"Shibu Natesan’s imagery emanates out of deep respect and awareness of humanist issues. The early years in Marxist Kerala close reading of Latin American and African literature and progressive Indian and international cinema have been crucial in defining his idiom…Natesan’s work has been viewed

A master of photorealism Shibu Natesan’s characters and images are an exact rendition of the real flawlessly finished with his painstaking brushwork ...and rather than naturalistic appear almost dreamlike with their unusual and even startling juxtapositions. Like his smaller works on paper Natesan’s large

Combining personal experience and imagination Shibu Natesan's body of work strives to document the contemporary human condition exploring individual ...of perception and belief. By unsettling the world-view of his audience Natesan challenges the authenticity of received information. He explains

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art - organized by Sakshi Gallery in cooperation with Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, Shibu Natesan and Atul Dodiya showcased their works in a joint show. Shibu Natesan's works were simultaneously presented by Sakshi at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi in February. In his 'Existence of Instinct'

AND FEATURES The show by Baiju Parthan and Shibu Natesan Two prominent artists from southern India -Baiju Parthan and Shibu Natesan- had a show at Art Musings, Mumbai. If the latter's works on view are in watercolor and are based on modern ideas embedded

' Works by Subodh Gupta, Jagannath Panda, and Shibu Natesan rounded off the top five with 21 artists setting world auction records. First-time ... Saffronart's season opener breaks record Works by Subodh Gupta, Jagannath Panda, and Shibu

including Surendran Nair, Subodh Gupta, Atul Dodiya, Shilpa Gupta, Anju Dodiya, Bharti Kher, T.V. Santhosh, Shibu Natesan, Baiju Parthan and Jagannath Panda. World auction records were set for 21 artists, including Surendran Nair, Bharti Kher, Shibu Natesan and Jagannath Panda. Within the first hour

including Surendran Nair, Subodh Gupta, Atul Dodiya, Shilpa Gupta, Anju Dodiya, Bharti Kher, T.V. Santhosh, Shibu Natesan, Baiju Parthan and Jagannath Panda. World auction records were set for 21 artists, including Surendran Nair, Bharti Kher, Shibu Natesan and Jagannath Panda. Within

AND FEATURES Altered Realities Three new generation artists, Shibu Natesan, Chittrovanu Mazumdar ... regurgitating and eventually altering, these altered realities.' Shibu Natesan's compositions describe environments in hyper realistic representations.

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