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Sarbari Roy Chowdhury’s sculptural work is equally inspired by classical Hindustani music and the human form. As he explains, “I feel that the abstraction of music can be expressed only through another abstract art form…Music moves me, and its reaction in my subconscious drives my creative activity…On a very personal level, I seek a visual form of music – visual music or the ‘sculpturliness’ of music. I have tried to achieve that in my work…My... Sarbari Roy Chowdhury’s sculptural work is equally inspired by classical Hindustani music and the human form. As he explains, “I feel that the abstraction of music can be expressed only through another abstract art form…Music moves me, and its reaction in my subconscious drives my creative activity…On a very personal level, I seek a visual form of music – visual music or the ‘sculpturliness’ of music. I have tried to achieve that in my work…My creation is [also] inspired by the subtle beauty of the human body. I seek forms in it that contain rhythmical lines similar to what I find in classical music. Through all my years of work I have tried to create visual music through my sculpture” (“Music in Sculpture”, Sarbari, Center of International Modern Art exhibition catalogue, 1997, not paginated). The present lot, one of the artist’s graceful interpretations of a reclining woman in bronze, reflects both these sources of inspiration in its lyricism and lines.

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