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"My work is my own inner experience and involvement with the mysteries of nature and form which is expressed in colour, line, space and light." - S H RAZA

S H Raza began to explore the potential of geometric forms in the late 1970s, and this preoccupation with lines, shapes and colours pervaded his oeuvre ever since. The black circle or bindu is a metaphor for the origin of all life in Indian philosophy, and is also... "My work is my own inner experience and involvement with the mysteries of nature and form which is expressed in colour, line, space and light." - S H RAZA

S H Raza began to explore the potential of geometric forms in the late 1970s, and this preoccupation with lines, shapes and colours pervaded his oeuvre ever since. The black circle or bindu is a metaphor for the origin of all life in Indian philosophy, and is also indicative of shunya or a void - similar to that from which the universe was created. Ranging from a concentrated point to a large black orb in Raza's paintings, it has come to symbolise "...the seed, bearing the potential of all life, in a sense. It is also a visible form containing all the essential requisites of line, tone, colour, texture and space. The black space is charged with latent forces aspiring for fulfillment." (Geeti Sen, Bindu: Space and Time in Raza's Vision, New Delhi: Media Transasia India Ltd, p. 134) The artist's use of bright primary colours is derived from the Indian concept of panchatatva, representing the five constituent elements of nature - earth, sky, air, fire and water.

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