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An artist keenly aware of contemporary culture, Bose Krishnamachari frequently accesses the global archives of various disciplines in the creation of his canvases. “Krishnamachari’s oeuvre includes a manipulation of photographic elements and bright abstract spaces. While his canvases operate on a formal capacity, with their spectacular combination of color, texture and contrasting designs, they also have a strong intellectual basis. Influenced... An artist keenly aware of contemporary culture, Bose Krishnamachari frequently accesses the global archives of various disciplines in the creation of his canvases. “Krishnamachari’s oeuvre includes a manipulation of photographic elements and bright abstract spaces. While his canvases operate on a formal capacity, with their spectacular combination of color, texture and contrasting designs, they also have a strong intellectual basis. Influenced by the conceptual slant of much modern British art, a result of his tenure at Goldsmith College, London, Krishnamachari makes us rethink the connection between signifier and signified. He questions the validity of the image as a purveyor of fixed meaning. The excessive clarity of Krishnamachari’s photo-realist motifs is imbued with an unsettlingly surreal aura and his abstract patterns embody a shifting network of signs” (Paths of Progression, Saffron Art and Bodhi Art exhibition catalogue, 2005).

In the present lot, Krishnamachari juxtaposes flat planes of colour with a decorative floral motif and a photorealist rendering of an art gallery patron in a humourous comment on the relationship between artist and viewer. At the same time as the viewer becomes the subject, the artist becomes the viewer. As the viewer formulates an interpretation of the work, the artist attempts to interpret her.

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