Rajorshi Ghosh

Rajorshi Ghosh

SEVEN ART LIMITED
M-44/2, Souterrain,M Block Market, Greater Kailash II
March 30–May 12

Rajorshi Ghosh, Rooms by the Sea #1, 2007–12, projector, DVD player, speakers, acrylic, light-resistive tape, dimensions variable.

Upon entry, there is an overwhelming sense of space: Rajorshi Ghosh’s four architectural installations in this show are spare, inviting viewers to project their imaginations, at high tide, onto the rigid mathematics of a room. “Rooms by the Sea” reconstructs the essential workings of the psyche through a seascape. The source of this idea is in a wall text that quotes Salman Rushdie’s 1991 speech at Columbia University, in the wake of the fatwa issued against him: “I’ve lived in that messy ocean all my life. I’ve fished in it for my art. This turbulent sea . . . is the sea by which I was born and which I carry with me wherever I go.” Ghosh elevates architecture to art: His structures are only habitable in the mind, and his images transcend the rational. The viewer’s imagination is realigned and renovated, so that upon exit, one turns the corner with an altered perspective.text Himali Singh Soin

I Wayan Sandika and Wayan Sudarna Putra

new work young Balinese artists 
I Wayan Sandika and Wayan Sudarna Putra 

I Wayan Sudarna Putra "Si Buruk Rupa" (the bad face) 2012. 120x90cm acryl on canvas (5 panel)

Stunning self portraits of I Wayan Sudarna Putra, pressed to a mirror or glass plate, he shows uncensored his different faces, calling it cynical Bad Faces. Wayan Sudarna (born 1976 in Ubud) is one of the young Balinese/indonesian artists who wonders to question 'who am I', 'what are my inner motives', and dares to show the not always flattering answers. See interview with Wayan Sudarna 

I Wayan Sudarna Putra

I Wayan Sudarna Putra

I Wayan Sandika "Black on White" 2012, 90x140cm acryl on canvas

I Wayan Sandika (Bongkasa, Bali, 1978) newest work 

is about the relation between parents and children. Sharp, critical about busy parents, single (female) parent more obsessed with herself than with the babies, and neglect or even abuse of children like the smoking baby, a reference to the well-known recent You Tube movie of the smoking baby in bath tub. 

I Wayan Sandika "A.S.I." 2012, 130x150cm

I Wayan Sandika "Transparan" 2012 145x130cm 

Tanda Hati (sign of heart)
show of four young Balinese artists at Tonyraka Art Gallery,
Ubud, Bali. Till March 16, 2012

Mona Lisa by Dezhoin, Tibet

New Art from Tibet at Luxe Art Museum, Singapore

Mona Lisa by Dezhoin, 2010, Tibet, detail Mineral piments on cloth 150 x 110 cm

Dezhoin uses in this painting traditional Tibetan techniques and imaginary, with a whimsical wink to Da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa.

Exhibition Title It's Past and Present: Contemporary Tibetan Art 2012

Singapore, January 13 till April 15, 2012

DNA by Tsering Namgyal, Tibet 2011 Two panels, mineral piments on cloth, 200x100cm 

Baroda, India Art Fair, Kuala Lumpur

Two Positions presents works by Hetal Chudasama and Ramesh Pithiya, two emerging conceptual artists based in Baroda, India. 

Chudasama works primarily with performance and installation while Pithiya has moved from drawing into photography.

Confronting issues of the physical body in social space, both artists explore individual and social consciousness in relation to the world around them. Although vastly different in terms of their material and aesthetic choices, Chudasama and Pithiya similarly construct apparently minimal scenes and scenarios, employing a rich vocabulary of references and symbolism to create dense, abstract, pictorial narratives.

Amin Gulgee Four quarter chapatis

41cm x41cm x 58.4cm Copper

Cosmic Mambo shows the largest volume of Amin Gulgee's work outside Pakistan. Amin Gulgee (Karachi, Pakinstan), son of legendary Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee, is  one of the most prominent artists of Pakistan. He has exhibited in the USA, UK, UAE, Portugal, Turkey, and Japan. He will be holding his fourth exhibition entitled Cosmic Mambo in Malaysia, and from December 9 to 12 in Singapore, presented by Wei-Ling Contemporary (Kuala Lumpur).