Alexis Kersey
25 Feb - 15 Mar 2008
ALEXIS KERSEY
New works by Alexis Kersey, Aditya Pande and Dileep Sharma.
February 23 – March 15, 2008
Nature Morte is pleased to present new works by three young artists the gallery has not exhibited before. All share a penchant for imagery culled from popular culture and explore the diversity of possibilities available to painters today.
Alexis Kersey is the senior member of this group, born in 1972 in Mysore. He studied with sign painters in south India to develop a style of painting that could be called Indian Pop. His first exhibition, at the British Council galleries in New Delhi in 2004, combined Indian vernacular languages and images into comical signs. He next developed a style of figurative painting that combined traditional religious iconographies with rock'n'roll subcultures. These works were featured in solo exhibitions mounted by Apparao Galleries in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and London. Kersey's newest works, on display at Nature Morte, combine oil paintings with inlaid wooden panels and mirrors to create densely layered portraits and icons, swirling with both energy and menace.
For more information or press reproductions, please contact Geeta Bajaj at (011) 4174-0215. Nature Morte is open Monday through Saturday, from 11am to 7pm and is closed on Sundays.
New works by Alexis Kersey, Aditya Pande and Dileep Sharma.
February 23 – March 15, 2008
Nature Morte is pleased to present new works by three young artists the gallery has not exhibited before. All share a penchant for imagery culled from popular culture and explore the diversity of possibilities available to painters today.
Alexis Kersey is the senior member of this group, born in 1972 in Mysore. He studied with sign painters in south India to develop a style of painting that could be called Indian Pop. His first exhibition, at the British Council galleries in New Delhi in 2004, combined Indian vernacular languages and images into comical signs. He next developed a style of figurative painting that combined traditional religious iconographies with rock'n'roll subcultures. These works were featured in solo exhibitions mounted by Apparao Galleries in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and London. Kersey's newest works, on display at Nature Morte, combine oil paintings with inlaid wooden panels and mirrors to create densely layered portraits and icons, swirling with both energy and menace.
For more information or press reproductions, please contact Geeta Bajaj at (011) 4174-0215. Nature Morte is open Monday through Saturday, from 11am to 7pm and is closed on Sundays.