Overview
The contemporary art world is preoccupied with the subject of politics and with new media forms. While this is understandable in a world ruled by a 24/7 news cycle, it has unjustly overshadowed other ways of thinking, seeing and showing. ‘Legacy’ attempts to trace the influence and relevance of one painter through two subsequent generations. The painter in question, Prabhakar Barwe, graduated from J J School of Art in 1959, and went on to establish himself as one of India’s leading artists. His meditative canvases are populated with objects brought into unlikely relationships with each other.
The artists who show alongside Barwe in ‘Legacy’, all JJ School alumni, attempt to reveal something essential about the objects they explore. Their work doesn’t shout out for attention, but quietly draws you into its force field and holds you there. None of them are derivative of Barwe, but there is an overlap of concerns that will hopefully make itself evident in the visual impact of the show.
Girish Shahane
Works
Untitled, 2009
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2007
15 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2009
-15.5 x 8.5 inchesUntitled, 2009
5.5 x 7 inchesUntitled, 2009
5.5 x 8.5 inchesUntitled, 2009
6.5 x 9.5 inchesUntitled, 2005
6.5 x 8.5 inchesUntitled, 2002
7 x 10 inchesUntitled, 2009
7 x 5 inchesUntitled, 2009
7.3 x 10.2 inchesMadhav Imartey, Untitled, 2009
7 x 9 inchesUntitled, 2009
9 x 6 inchesuntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
11 x 15 inchesUntitled, 2008
15 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2008
15 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2008
15 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2008
15 x 11 inchesUntitled, 1989
47.3 x 53.5 inchesIvory Heart, 1990
34 x 41 inchesThe Chair, 1994
40.5 x 35 inchesUntitled, 1973
21.8 x 16.1 inchesUntitled, 1975
22 x 17.5 inchesUntitled, 2010
41.5 x 30 inchesHis lips, 2002
16.5 x 16 inchesRubber Band, 2006
20.5 x 26.5 inchesUntitled, 2010
30 x 41.5 inchesDiagram from Science book, 2010
22 x 30 inchesOn the wall 1, 2010
22 x 30 inchesOn the wall 2, 2010
22 x 30 inches
Notes
Curatorial Note
The contemporary art world is preoccupied with the subject of politics and with new media forms. While this is understandable in a world ruled by a 24/7 news cycle, it has unjustly overshadowed other ways of thinking, seeing and showing. ‘Legacy’ attempts to trace the influence and relevance of one painter through two subsequent generations. The painter in question, Prabhakar Barwe, graduated from J J School of Art in 1959, and went on to establish himself as one of India’s leading artists. His meditative canvases are populated with objects brought into unlikely relationships with each other.<br>The artists who show alongside Barwe in ‘Legacy’, all JJ School alumni, attempt to reveal something essential about the objects they explore. Their work doesn’t shout out for attention, but quietly draws you into its force field and holds you there. None of them are derivative of Barwe, but there is an overlap of concerns that will hopefully make itself evident in the visual impact of the show.