Jagannath Panda
14 Aug - 05 Sep 2009
© Jagannath Panda
An Avatar, 2009
Acrylic, fabric, glue on canvas with plywood
58" x 106" (147 x 269 cm)
An Avatar, 2009
Acrylic, fabric, glue on canvas with plywood
58" x 106" (147 x 269 cm)
JAGANNATH PANDA
"The Action of Nowhere"
August 14th to September 5th, 2009
Nature Morte is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by the New Delhi-based artist Jagannath Panda. This will be Panda's second solo exhibition in Nature Morte's Neeti Bagh space (the first was in October 2005) and his first solo show in India since an exhibition with Chemould Gallery in Mumbai in April/May 2007.
Jagannath Panda continues to explore the diversity of expressions and symbolisms possible through animal images and forms. His works explore many of our most fundamental dichotomies: Nature/Culture, Urban/Rural, Traditional/Contemporary and Figuration/Abstraction. He pictures animals at odds with the burgeoning urban environment, while their skins are partly articulated with brocade textiles, something that has become a signature material for the artist. The newest paintings envision the scenes of car crashes as they begin to revert to a natural state, tree branches crackling with the violence of the impact. Overall, Panda conveys a universe where the distinctions of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral seem increasingly irrelevant.
Jagannath Panda was born in Bhubaneswar, Orissa in 1970. He received a BFA from the BK College of Art & Crafts in Bhubaneswar (1991) and then an MFA at the MS University in Baroda (1994), as well as an MA degree from the Royal College of Art in London (2002). His paintings and sculptures have recently been featured in "Chalo! India," a group exhibition of new art from India organized by the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (Nov 2008-March 2009) and travels to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea (April-June, 2009) and the Essl Museum in Vienna, Austria (Sept-Dec 2009).
"The Action of Nowhere"
August 14th to September 5th, 2009
Nature Morte is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by the New Delhi-based artist Jagannath Panda. This will be Panda's second solo exhibition in Nature Morte's Neeti Bagh space (the first was in October 2005) and his first solo show in India since an exhibition with Chemould Gallery in Mumbai in April/May 2007.
Jagannath Panda continues to explore the diversity of expressions and symbolisms possible through animal images and forms. His works explore many of our most fundamental dichotomies: Nature/Culture, Urban/Rural, Traditional/Contemporary and Figuration/Abstraction. He pictures animals at odds with the burgeoning urban environment, while their skins are partly articulated with brocade textiles, something that has become a signature material for the artist. The newest paintings envision the scenes of car crashes as they begin to revert to a natural state, tree branches crackling with the violence of the impact. Overall, Panda conveys a universe where the distinctions of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral seem increasingly irrelevant.
Jagannath Panda was born in Bhubaneswar, Orissa in 1970. He received a BFA from the BK College of Art & Crafts in Bhubaneswar (1991) and then an MFA at the MS University in Baroda (1994), as well as an MA degree from the Royal College of Art in London (2002). His paintings and sculptures have recently been featured in "Chalo! India," a group exhibition of new art from India organized by the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (Nov 2008-March 2009) and travels to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea (April-June, 2009) and the Essl Museum in Vienna, Austria (Sept-Dec 2009).