Overview
Works
V. Ramesh, a poet in her own words, 2012
96 x 72 inchesV. Ramesh, Remembering Lalla Moj, 2011
96 x 72 inchesV. Ramesh, Keeping Faith, 2011
120 x 96 inchesV. Ramesh, Be Still, 2005
48 x 96 inchesV. Ramesh, Flood my heart with your tender mercy, 2010
96 x 72 inchesV. Ramesh, Be Still, 2009
60 x 84 inchesV. Ramesh, Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye to Kya Hai, 2010
84 x 60 inchesV. Ramesh, Pining for an absent lover, 2011
96 x 72 inchesV. Ramesh, In the heart's Centre, 2011
84 x 60 inchesV. Ramesh, Scattered Seed, 2011
84 x 60 inchesV. Ramesh, Scented Flesh, 2010
84 x 60 inchesV. Ramesh, This is it, 2011
60 x 84 inches
Notes
Artist Note
“One is inevitably living in today’s world ,”says Ramesh, “and I don’t think I am trying to escape this fact by reverting to the past. Its more like a single minded obsession, a world view that takes on all this as a part of one’s existence but stays with images and ideas that have held one captive”, he explains. “All this gets internalized and then gets sort of percolated in a more subtle manner as a manifestation of the experience; it is never a black and white thing.” He adds that he has been profoundly moved by the biting satire crossed with fluid emotion in the poetry of Akka and Lal Ded, as well as by the unmitigated devotion in Karaikallamma’s, who sought extreme physical ugliness from the Lord so that her sadhana remained unwavering and one pointed. “In fact I have read them so often, that for me it’s as if these saint-poets have become old friends, their images culled through the filter of their timeless writing”. Indeed their writings, in their original Tamil, Kannada and Kashmiri respectively, as well as their multitudes of translations into several languages including English, resonate in the literary world more than ever today.
Venue
Threshold Art Gallery
C221, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi, 11017