TRANSMOGRIFICATION OF A CITY
2007
26 November – 2 December 2007
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai | India
TRANSMOGRIFICATION OF A CITY
2007
26 November – 2 December 2007
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai | India
Although we may not be able to change its face, we positively add to this transmutation and dream of our aspirations and goals, achieving which we correlate to mega cities.
Whether shrinking or burgeoning, these maximum cities are the true test of survival of the future.
Although we may not be able to change its face, we positively add to this transmutation and dream of our aspirations and goals, achieving which we correlate to mega cities.
Whether shrinking or burgeoning, these maximum cities are the true test of survival of the future.
Disclaimer: Images shown here may vary when viewed physically as metallic surfaces do not reproduce well in print or digital medium.
48 in X 78 in
Acrylic, Gold/Silver leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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48 in X 60 in
Acrylic, Gold/Silver leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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48 in X 78 in
Acrylic, Gold/Silver leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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48 in X 48 in
Acrylic, Copper leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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36 in X 48 in
Acrylic, Gold/Silver leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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48 in X 48 in
Acrylic, Gold/Silver leaf & Oil on Linen
2007
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THE ARTIST STATEMENT
In this series, the paintings are social commentaries, juxtaposed or contrasted with city skylines, offering a piquant look of life in the metropolises. This confluence of people fires our imagination, feeds us with its spoils and simultaneously subjects us to its disconcerting side.
Somewhere in the deepest recesses of our intellect we are aware of that, and yet, we gravitate towards the affluence or intellectual stimulation that it contributes collectively or singularly to us in different ways. The variegated people living in their miniature worlds of concrete structures that become veils in their cerebral context. In the confines of these small spaces, we walk that tightrope to maintain the fine balance between beliefs, status or intellectual harmony.
Although we may not be able to change its face, we positively add to this transmutation and dream of our aspirations and goals, achieving which we correlate to mega cities.Whether shrinking or burgeoning, these maximum cities are the true test of survival of the future.
THE ARTIST STATEMENT
In this series, the paintings are social commentaries, juxtaposed or contrasted with city skylines, offering a piquant look of life in the metropolises. This confluence of people fires our imagination, feeds us with its spoils and simultaneously subjects us to its disconcerting side.Somewhere in the deepest recesses of our intellect we are aware of that, and yet, we gravitate towards the affluence or intellectual stimulation that it contributes collectively or singularly to us in different ways. The variegated people living in their miniature worlds of concrete structures that become veils in their cerebral context. In the confines of these small spaces, we walk that tightrope to maintain the fine balance between beliefs, status or intellectual harmony.Although we may not be able to change its face, we positively add to this transmutation and dream of our aspirations and goals, achieving which we correlate to mega cities.Whether shrinking or burgeoning, these maximum cities are the true test of survival of the future.
THE ARTIST STATEMENT
In this series, the paintings are social commentaries, juxtaposed or contrasted with city skylines, offering a piquant look of life in the metropolises. This confluence of people fires our imagination, feeds us with its spoils and simultaneously subjects us to its disconcerting side.
Somewhere in the deepest recesses of our intellect we are aware of that, and yet, we gravitate towards the affluence or intellectual stimulation that it contributes collectively or singularly to us in different ways. The variegated people living in their miniature worlds of concrete structures that become veils in their cerebral context. In the confines of these small spaces, we walk that tightrope to maintain the fine balance between beliefs, status or intellectual harmony.
Although we may not be able to change its face, we positively add to this transmutation and dream of our aspirations and goals, achieving which we correlate to mega cities.Whether shrinking or burgeoning, these maximum cities are the true test of survival of the future.“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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RETRACKED
2007 – 2011
Retracked, or retract as one might interpret the title, serves to archive as well as to relive the essence of what we were and are about.On one level, it encompasses the state (India) as it stands in reference to today’s social and political climate and on another level, a personal journey of evolving . It’s about growing up with imbedded images of going to school or work and how distant it seems to me in my present lifestyle.
RETRACKED
2007 – 2011
Retracked, or retract as one might interpret the title, serves to archive as well as to relive the essence of what we were and are about.
On one level, it encompasses the state (India) as it stands in reference to today’s social and political climate and on another level, a personal journey of evolving . It’s about growing up with imbedded images of going to school or work and how distant it seems to me in my present lifestyle.