Padamsee`s art navigates between the concrete and the transcendental. In this work, the particularity of the man`s face takes on a universal significance through the artist`s subtle manipulation of color and light. As the bearded, almost Christ-like, visage emerges from the glowing expanse of the canvas, he is imbued with a prophetic quality. "The figure created with pure geometry but no intuition is arid, devoid of a soul. Each...
Padamsee`s art navigates between the concrete and the transcendental. In this work, the particularity of the man`s face takes on a universal significance through the artist`s subtle manipulation of color and light. As the bearded, almost Christ-like, visage emerges from the glowing expanse of the canvas, he is imbued with a prophetic quality. "The figure created with pure geometry but no intuition is arid, devoid of a soul. Each drawing is a moment of truth, a response to the duality of life... the need to arrive at the state of equilibrium between the egotistical and spiritual self."(p. 47, Akbar Padamsee, "Indian Aesthetics: An Artist`s Perspective", Celebration of the Human Figure, thinking eye, 2000)