REFLECTIONS IN MERCURY
2017
23 September – 22 October 2017
Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai | India
REFLECTIONS IN MERCURY
2017
23 September – 22 October 2017
Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai | India
These paintings return to us the world as visualised by our childlike selves: mutable, sparking with potential, fluid in form.
These paintings return to us the world as visualised by our childlike selves: mutable, sparking with potential, fluid in form.
Disclaimer: Images shown here may vary when viewed physically as metallic surfaces do not reproduce well in print or digital medium.
4ft x 4ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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4ft x 4.6ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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4ft x 4ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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2.5ft x 3ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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5ft x 8ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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4ft x 4ft
Acrylic, Oil, Metal, Mixed Media on Canvas
2017
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THE ARTIST STATEMENT
Art is a reflection of its surrounding culture, and our modern society is encapsulated by the sheen of gadgets, the black mirror of our computer screens. The paintings in this series utilise metallics because metallics reflect everything surrounding them and deflect any allusions to the artist’s interior thought processes. The resulting effect is a work of art that will be physically different for every person looking at it.
There are no “laws of beauty” involved. One is prompted to think about the nature of art, of looking at art, of humanity, of our times, of ourselves. We owe every work of art as much thoughtful and empathic attention as we can afford to give it. Hasty dismissal deprives us of aesthetic experiences.The immense reflective surfaces are like our minds, in the sense that the mind observes the universe, and models it. We approach art not for worship, but for catharsis; not to see something else, but to see ourselves.
These paintings return to us the world as visualised by our childlike selves: mutable, sparking with potential, fluid in form.
“Jaideep Mehrotra has wowed audiences the world over with his canvases. But there comes along a moment in every artist’s life when he wishes to venture into something completely unexplored — and so it is with Mehrotra, who is showcasing his abstract creations for the very first time in Reflections In Mercury.”
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“Jaideep Mehrotra has wowed audiences the world over with his canvases. But there comes along a moment in every artist’s life when he wishes to venture into something completely unexplored — and so it is with Mehrotra, who is showcasing his abstract creations for the very first time in Reflections In Mercury.”
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METONYMICAL SUBTEXT
2007 – 2011Enter a virtual new world, in which distinctions of reality and fantasy will cease to matter, as more of us will tend to spend time in the virtual environments or cyberspace.
METONYMICAL SUBTEXT
2007 – 2011
Enter a virtual new world, in which distinctions of reality and fantasy will cease to matter, as more of us will tend to spend time in the virtual environments or cyberspace.