Trinity Catalogue Series 1 14.01.2021

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Zhuang Hong-Yi Untitled from series: Flowerbed Painted Rice Paper 15.7 x 15.7 inches Zhuang Hong Yi is a contemporary Chinese artist, best known for his lush, layered “flowerbed” paintings created by folding countless pieces of painted rice paper into tiny blossoms. Born in Shichuan, China on May 22, 1962, Zhuang went on to study at the SiChuan College of Fine Arts in China and the Academy Minverva in the Netherlands. He makes his work with many traditional Chinese materials, including ink, rice paper, porcelain, and wood. About his work, “you see the flowers, it’s like you are looking at them from the sky,” Zhuang has said. “And when you see flower fields in Holland, you cannot forget about it. I told myself I had to reproduce it… for me, it’s like meditation.” His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Keszler Gallery in New York, Seasons Gallery in Den Haag, and Gallery Krijger Katwijk in Amsterdam, among others. The artist currently lives and works in the Netherlands and Beijing, China.

Ravi Mandlik Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 54 inches The origin of the universe, the moment of the big bang, the formation of life, the transition from its origin to reality, is what Ravi Mandlik tries to showcase through his paintings. He captures a series of moments, intending on showcasing the dynamics of the formation of nature itself. Nature, forms a strong inspiration, making him explore his existence. He paints the spirit, trying to create simulations of it, which then becomes a reality in and of itself. The spirit is formless as it is constantly in motion. This perpetual state of motion arrives at a frozen conclusion, immortalised through his work. The search is what propels the spirit to move forward and make its existence relevant.

Diana Al-Hadid Untitled from series: Volcanic Split Polymer Gypsum, Fiber glass, Steel, Silver Leaf, Copper Leaf, Pigment 63 x 165 x 5.75 inches ( Each panel: 63 x 82.5 x  5.75 inches) Diana Al-Hadid is known for a practice that spans media and scale, and examines the historical frameworks and perspectives that shape our material and cultural assumptions. Al-Hadid’s sculptures, panel works, and works on paper are built up with layers of material and history. Her rich, formal allusions cross cultures and disciplines, drawing inspiration, not only from the history of distance civilisations, but also from histories of the materials themselves. Her work borrows from a variety of sources ranging from Old Master paintings to the innovative works of the Islamic Golden Age with an interest in how commonly understood typologies and histories can be distinguished. The panels are made additively, and originate from the artist’s quick gestural brushwork, methodically reinforced such that the image dictates the structure.  Al-Hadid describes her signature process as “somewhere between fresco and tapestry.” These works have been made as hanging objects, architectural interventions, and most recently as outdoor installation.

Chittrovanu Mazumdar Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 48 inches Mazumdar's paintings operate on fracture. Composed of bold brushstrokes, elements of collage, abstract spaces and layered figurative imagery, Mazumdar's raw, almost expressionistic, canvases create a powerful emotional response. Mazumdar graduated from the Government College Kolkata in 1981 with a First Class First in Painting. 

Arzan Khambatta Carved Wood and Iron 15 x 13 x 17 inches His early works were all made of scrap so he coined the term \" SCRAPTURES \" that defines his work. Over a period of time, new metal replaced his earlier scrap, but the term still sticks on. The desire to start transforming scrap to art form convinced Arzan to learn the art of welding. The design concepts started emerging from the shapes of the scrap. His works were noticed by a close family friend, the late architect Dara Mistry, who bought his first work, The Horse Head \"Asp-iSyah\", in 1983. The talented sculptor had his first solo show at the Jehangir Art Gallery almost a decade ago. Since then he has held many shows regularly. 

T. Vaikuntam Acrylic on Canvas 10 x 8 inches Thota Vaikuntam hails from Andhra Pradesh, in South India, and finds his inspiration in the rural areas of the state. Men and women of his village are often the central characters of his work. Telangana women, in particular, are frequent subjects for his works. The obsession can be traced back to his childhood, when he used to be fascinated by the male artists who used to impersonate female characters in the travelling theatre groups that performed in his village. He admits finding the women of his village very sensuous and that he only attempts to capture their vibrancy. 

Paresh Maity Untitled Oil on Canvas 91 x 48 inches \"Water-colours are my heart & soul\" says Paresh Maity who over a period of the last 20 years has achieved proficiency in the medium a few can claim. Paresh Maity , on whatever surface he may choose, be it paper, canvas or any other medium, creates magic. The colours are vibrant, and echo the passion of the artist.  Paresh has also briefly experimented with abstracts, which was more of freeing the limitations of a landscape. One would still see an odd ship or a tree though not in a representative manner. Even when he did go back to painting figures the contextual setting was more often neglected. The focus was on the figure, specifically the faces, with their myriad expressions, closely cropped and juxtaposed with their surroundings. The colours are vibrant and dazzle the viewer. The stylised, simplified figures have a story of their own, transporting one to an exotic land. 

Madhuri Bhaduri Reflections Oil on Canvas 60 x 60 inches In her earliest works -like those of the Impressionist masters she so admires-Madhuri sought to capture the mood of a moment and the transient effects of light and colour of natural vistas she so loved using unmixed primary colours and hundreds of minute strokes. The paintings were always about bringing home a vignette of natural beauty rather than attempting to prophesize or convey a social message.  Yet, within the body of works she created, there would invariably be one or a few rendered in an abstract style, where the form and details would be pared down to suggest rather that recreate the actual subject; a facet that would years later come to blossom and encompass all her work. 

Senaka Senanayake Paradise Garden Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 inches Senaka Senanayake is one of Sri Lanka’s best-known artists. His brightly hued canvases of the country’s flora and fauna draw attention to its rapidly depleting rainforests. Senanayake studied Art and Architecture at Yale, which impacted his decision to make a career out of art. Following this he moved back to Sri Lanka and delved deeper into environmental issues.  “Senanayake’s paintings are gorgeously positive, his forests wearing saturated runway colours, his birds right out of an ancient fable. His style is often criticised as being purely aesthetic, but it is by no means emotionally inert. In fact, his work is an ironic reminder of the fading beauty of his world, a hope against hope that whatever is left of nature can be conserved. It is equal parts celebration, elegy and documentation of the fragile rainforests of Sri Lanka.” 

Amit Bhar Banaras Ghat Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 inches Amit, a master in semi realistic technique of texturing with the realistic play of light and shade, is a self taught artist. The dazzling, pristine, rustic beauty of rural Bengal inspired Amit to start painting at a very early age. Amit is comfortable painting on all subject.Amit, a master in semi realistic technique of texturing with the realistic play of light and shade, is a self taught artist. The dazzling, pristine, rustic beauty of rural Bengal inspired Amit to start painting at a very early age. Amit is comfortable painting on all subject.

Suruchi Choksi Untitled Print on Aluminium Dibond 84 x 84 inches (42 x 42 inches each) “I was born in 1974 in Kolkata, India. I am a self-taught artist from Mumbai. Confronted by issues of space, limits, absence and elsewhere, I respond to my environment through paintings, photography, sculptures and video installations. By contesting the division between the realms of memory and of experience, I make works that are intensely personal, and yet, where the actual event is but ephemeral. Just ended? Or still to take place? It’s for the observer to discern. The rules of additions and omissions, acceptance and refusal, belonging and unbelonging are all there in my work; only to be subverted and revealed simply through a patient unraveling of the layers of meanings.”

Santana Gohain Painting 2 Acrylic on Paper and Board 60 x 36 inches Santana Gohain received her Bachelor’s degree in Print Making at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Assam. She then went on to study at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda where she received her post diploma in print making.  Gohain uses language as the medium for carrying her thoughts. The difference between abstract and real does not exist in Gohain’s work, as she believes that anything that exists in the mind and materially on paper is more than real. Gohain uses the human tendency towards ‘curiosity’ as an inspiration for her work. This process of using her curiosity to create her work is important for Gohain to realize her existence and her own language. 

Seema Kohli Untitled Mixed Media on Canvas 36 x 60 inches Seema Kohli's works reveal a claiming of feminine subjectivities, an altered concept of feminine sexuality. Her works bring into focus a woman's physical attributes, her intellect, thought, dreams and realities. There is a celebration of beauty, sensuality and intimacy in her art. Her most recent thematic engagement has been that of the 'Hiranyagarbha', that evolved from a mantra of the Yajur Veda, reflecting the quiet and subtle beauty of constant procreation. All the works are a prayer to the eternal self - a way of meditation.

Arunanshu Chowdhury Library Acrylic on Painted Wood on Canvas 107 x 75 inches Born in 1969 in Hoogli, West Bengal, Arunanshu Chowdhury studied art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, acquiring both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Fine Art there. Later moving from his native Bengal to Gujarat, much of Chowdhury’s body of work bears testimony to the changing role of the city.  Having spent most of his life in Baroda, Chowdhury’s art confronts urban violence in a manner which does not shock, but rather leaves a lingering feeling of vulnerability, almost haunting the viewer. Playing with the idea of historical memory, Chowdhury’s work can be called a reaction to acts of extreme violence. 

Sujata Bajaj Library Acrylic on Painted Wood on Canvas 31.5 x 59 inches \"There is influence of both French and Indian art in my work. I use a lot of vibrant colours, but balance the colours with the texture.\" From her days at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Paris, where she experimented with the monotype to her studio in Norway and her home in Pune, Sujata Bajaj has explored various materials, medias and methods. She has worked with different art forms and media such as etching, wood-cut, sculpture, murals, cold ceramic, fibre-glass, metal, mixed media and, now, acrylic.

Fawad Tamkanat Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 80 inches At the heart of his subjects, Fawad paints the city he grew up in; Hyderabad. The beautiful cityscapes of lesser-known parts of Hyderabad make his paintings distinctive and the rich visual vocabulary gives them an individualistic touch. He balances the traditional and contemporary elements in his art with panache. Experimenting with different mediums, textures, modern techniques in art and printmaking, makes his work larger than life. What makes his paintings so alive is that each of them tells a story. Fawad Tamkanat is a star on the canvas, a renowned name in India, and is among the foremost painters to emerge out of Hyderabad. This master of colours has had more than a hundred solo exhibitions abroad, and even more numerous group exhibitions in several cities in India and abroad.

G. Subra Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 22 x 18 inches Born in Thandavankulam, Tamil Nadu, G. Subramanian graduated from the Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu in 1974. Widely known for his unique mixed-media works, Subramanian uses the medium of collage, and layers it along with acrylic paint and ink washes in brilliant hues, to create striking artworks that move the audience. The inspiration for Subramanian’s work, in his own words, is “the innocence and divine beauty in a child’s face, and the power of Indian mythology.” 

Gogi Saroj Pal Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 24 inches Gogi Saroj Pal is an eminent Indian artist. She works in many media, including gouache, oil, ceramic and weaving. Her works usually have women as their subject, and many of her paintings have a fantastical element that still comments on the female condition.

G R Iranna Painting 2 Acrylic on Canvas 54 x 66 inches Many of Iranna’s paintings depict pain as an abstract force that is translated visually in bruised textures and razor sharp cutting edges. His painting has always been far removed from an overriding, postmodern logic. Instead, Iranna uses the idealistic, representative and modernist language of Indian contemporary art.  In 1992, GR Iranna acquired his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the College of Visual Art, in Gulbarga. Two years later, he got his Master’s degree in painting from the College of Art, New Delhi. Between 1999 and 2000 he acted as artist-in-residence at Wimbledon School of Art, London. 

Heeral Trivedi Tree from my Backyard Acrylic on Canvas (Triptych) 144 x 57 inches Heeral Trivedi is a young artist translating her life into a language of colour and images, defining her own revelations and explorations of life. This underlaying feeling remains same through out her recent works and it carries on from one painting to another though the images and subjects tend to change and evolve. Growth, progression and reality seep through the colours and lure the viewer into this artist’s private world.The process of change in Heeral’s work goes hand in hand with her own transition in life. Whether if be the entering to a domestic lifestyle or the birth of her own child. The shift in priorities and perspective is evident and this draws one to the artists paintings.

Brinda Miller Carbonize Mixed Media on Canvas 36 x 36 inches \"Today art is commercialised, but even so, it is far more personal and satisfying…I always wait for my paintings to surprise me.\" Brinda Miller Chudasama’s earlier works were dominated by birds, mountains and landscapes in pastels. Brinda later moved on to realistic art with her landscapes and her current preoccupation is with abstraction, as can be seen in her sky scapes. In fact, her work can now be called a combination of realism and abstraction. Brinda Miller’s cubist abstracts convey raw emotions with large head and open unflinching eyes. The composition has been worked through many layers and the transparency of the colours and images emerging from within each other not only make it enigmatic but also surreal. The many layers are reflective of her experiences making the process itself cathartic. 

Ajay De Lord Balaji Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas 32 x 50 inches De began his career rather unconventionally, eschewing colour and working on charcoal to convey his experiences on to canvas. \"I channelled my energies into artistic expressions and learnt the right way to stroke the paper with my fingers and thumb, and even my palm, while sketching with a charcoal pencil. I believed there was more truth to black and white and that, colour, although appealing, did not pose a challenge. So black and white tones did not deter me, and I was not afraid to swim against the tide. I honed my skills at art colleges, drawing inspiration from my childhood memories, which had left an indelible mark,\" says De. Born in Calcutta, De studied art at the city’s Government College of Arts and Crafts. 

Gouri Vermula Untitled Mixed Media 24 x 48 inches Vemula’s work is vividly enriched by her skilled use of the methods of etching and dry point technique as well as pen and ink drawing. Her works often unravel surreal landscapes with mythic figures of gods and goddesses, animals and human figures as well as magical objects and motifs from the natural world. Her work draws substantial influence from the mythic visual lexicon, but she also reinvents a new iconography by situating them in imagined landscapes with unreal animals or sometimes fusing them with objects. Gouri’s work draws our attention to motifs which are part of the art historical legacy of India, bit she also forges a new idiom by placing them in a contemporary context. Her delicate balancing of the images conjures the amalgamation of real and unreal; mythic and mundane and fantasy and desire. 

Jagannath Panda Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches The visual imagery of Jagannath Panda’s work is deceptively simple: it comprises of linear drawing and a rendered form or two, which seem to float on the surface. His drawings are very realistic, yet he does not offer the viewer a reference to the subject’s existence, or rather he does not recreate a sense of panorama in his paintings. At times he also employs the use of external material, such as silver foil, thread, tracing sheets, to stress upon the reality of the material. The role of colour is limited, though used effectively to highlight form. It also sets off the drawings to their best advantage. 

Nilofer Suleman Yoginath Kaamdev Khandani Dawakhana Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches Nilofer Suleman’s work, inspired by Indian typography and street graphics, is a coalition of styles that take Indian Graphic Culture onto a contemporary platform. Her paintings are a witty and colorful illustration of India, offering vibrant vantage points and comical observations about the city. Suleman is known for her ability to depict a certain vision of India, one that elicits humour and a sense of nostalgia. Her use of color is generous, an onslaught of competing tones. 

Sunil Padwal Untitled Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 36 inches Sunil's paintings they reveal a new facet, pushing you into a new realm of thought. \"A work of art should not set boredom\", believes Sunil. He works like a sculptor adding & subtracting upon the surface of his paintings - the color is built through a series of layers, which at times are also scratched out. He incorporates the human figure in his paintings in the same vein - building it in and out of the surface. Initially, these figures were mere spectators in the composition of the artwork, but now they appear to be active participants, asserting their presence and subtly revealing the mystery behind their form. 

Jayasri Burman Padmabati Watercolour, Pen & Ink on Paper 11.5 x 11.5 inches The imagery in Jayasri Burman`s work has a dream-like and lyrical quality with a unique sensitivity which, although inspired by the Indian folk element, retains a quality of refreshing candour and reflective honesty, that is as original as it is endearing. She manages very successfully to weave the decorative and design element of the folk idiom into the intricate patterns of her canvas, without losing the natural charm and naïveté of her work, which is uniquely her own. Her concern for women is also evident in her work. Without calling herself feminist, she confesses her desire to see her women content in partaking in the bounties of life. Free, and at one with Nature, her woman is sometimes a coronated ceremonial bird, and at others, a mother Goddess or a creature of the woods.

Milburn Cherian Celebration Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 inches Cherian says that she learnt art from reading a lot of books and going through reproductions of several famous painters. There is a certain sadistic element in most of her works. Floating twisted torsos, with heart torn apart, dominate the canvas. She also has painted ghost like creatures floating through air as if they were floating on water. \"Distorting the human body helps me to convey the pain and wretchedness of modern life around us. But I do not think of any particular issue when I am painting. My work is very spontaneous and these patterns come easily to my mind,\" she says.

Ruwan Prasanna Twilight VII Acrylic on Canvas 67 x 106 inches (67 x 53 inches each) Sri Lankan artist Ruwan Prasanna is a determined emerging talent who has come a long way since exhibiting in the 2004 Kala Pola. Prasanna completed one year of his fine arts degree at the University of Visual and Performing Arts only to divert to the advertising industry where he continues to work to-date. In 2010 Ruwan Prasanna held his first solo show at Paradise Road Galleries; the show was a sell-out. Birds inspire Prasanna's abstract compositions and they continue to be presented as an evolving series of work titled 'Bird Unknown'. The form and colour often resemble a flock or a cockfight, with calmness in the overall composition that provides the balance and creates harmony therein.

Jamini Roy Tempera on Card 12 x 16 inches Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. Yet, by 1925, Roy had begun experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. By the early 1930s, Roy made a complete switch to indigenous materials to paint on woven mats, cloth and wood coated with lime.  The Santhals, a tribal people who live in the rural districts of Bengal, were an important subject for Roy. A series of works done a decade before World War II is a very good example of how he captured the qualities that are a part of native folk painting and recombined them with those of his own. He fused the minimal brush strokes of the Kalighat style with elements of tribal art from Bengal (like that of the terracotta work found in the Bishnupur temple in Bengal, where terracotta was often composed into decorative units - some elaborate in design - over portals and across exterior walls of the temples). 

Surya Prakash Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 60 inches Surya Prakash has transcended his artistic career in becoming not only an established name, but more importantly on the path of his artistic trajectory, had been philanthropic in helping and promoting younger artists as well as his peers. This luminous quality nevertheless is embedded in his name and without doubt Surya Prakash has travelled that extra mile to help the artistic fraternity generally. His simplicity, humility and humbleness intrinsically are shared by his artistic vision. He has not delved into great philosophies or critical theories to prove an intellectual point, rather maintains that truth and simplicity are to be found in the most humble objects. A glance through his oeuvre beginning from late 1950s to the mid second decade of 2000 illustrates this eloquently

Thangka Big Life of Buddha Master Applique on Fabric 84 x 57 inches Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing somewhat in the style of Chinese scroll paintings, with a further silk cover on the front. So treated, thangkas can last a long time, but because of their delicate nature, they have to be kept in dry places where moisture will not affect the quality of the silk.

Umakant Kanade Vinod Sharma Untitled Oil on Canvas 72 x 36 inches Vinod Sharma has been in love with landscapes for the past three decades. His paintings capture the icy and rocky landscapes in an impressionistic tradition. He likes to experience landscapes and then produce the images that his mind creates. These are neither photographs nor reproductions of the visual reality but in fact his own abstractions imbued with his own personality. His perspective is to bring a close-up quality to the untouchable distances. He uses subdued colours with thin oils and soft brushes to render his paintings peaceful and joyous. Finally, having been a student of printmaking in his initial years, texture plays a very important role in his paintings.

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