NYAB Event - Sohan Qadri "Seer: The Art of Sohan Qadri "

Sohan Qadri "Seer: The Art of Sohan Qadri "

Sundaram Tagore Gallery

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Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents new works on paper as well as early oils by yogi painter Sohan Qadri. An artist, poet and Tantric guru, Qadri is one of the only internationally acclaimed artists deeply engaged with spirituality and yoga. Famed art critic Donald Kuspit has hailed Qadri to be "the pre-eminent aesthetic mystic of modernism." Known for tableaus of luminous color, his work recalls the lush palette of India.

Qadri abandons representation in search for transcendence. His works have a floating quality, a characteristic he achieves by bathing paper in liquid and carving it in several stages while he applies inks and dyes with a brush. Imbued with vibrant hues, the serrated surfaces have a strong sense of energy and rhythm about them. In the hands of Qadri, the very nature of paper is transformed into a three-dimensional medium.

Born into a Hindu and Sikh family, Qadri's art is deeply influenced by a spiritual journey which began at a young age. He was initiated into yogic practice at the age of seven. As a teenager, he ran away to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in search of higher truth. He spent days on end in remote temples in the Himalayas and Tibet. The isolation he experience at that time was one of his influences to paint. Later in life, he became fascinated with Sufism and Vajrayana Buddhism, which became potent sources of inspiration for later works.

Media

• Drawing
• Other

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