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"It took many long years before I could realise in successive stages of my development the real significance of the bindu as a primordial symbol of energy, the still centre or the seed. The concept has pursued me as a lode star, guiding me in life and my work as a painter, all through my life."
- S H RAZA

S H Raza explored geometric forms and the motif of the bindu throughout his artistic career - a preoccupation... "It took many long years before I could realise in successive stages of my development the real significance of the bindu as a primordial symbol of energy, the still centre or the seed. The concept has pursued me as a lode star, guiding me in life and my work as a painter, all through my life."
- S H RAZA

S H Raza explored geometric forms and the motif of the bindu throughout his artistic career - a preoccupation that began in the late 1970s, marking a significant shift in his style. The black circle or bindu is a metaphor for the origin of all life in Hindu philosophy, in addition to representing concepts like unity, completeness and infinity. It 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, 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)

Raza returned to this symbol repeatedly, using various permutations of line and colour. The present lot is a diptych composed using vivid blue and red hues. On the left are twin black bindus, and on the right, the creative potential of the bindu is underscored by concentric circles radiating outward.

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