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In the age-old traditions of print, black is what the colours of the world simmer down to. For printmakers, the etched outlines, the subtlety of the medium, lends itself to a deeper exploration of textures and experimentations.
Oliviera is the real star of his hyper-realistic drawings. His every touch infusing a renaissance richness to parched paper. It is here that he manoeuvres negative spaces into his compositions to keep the context of his masterful hand constantly alive in the beholder’s eye.
AN ARTIST WHO HOLDS THE VIEWERS GAZE AND MEMORY HOLDS UNIMAGINABLE POWERS. BENITHA’S GROWING OEUVRE IS EXCITING FOR THOSE VERY REASONS.
Re-telling the dark wounds of fear In 2015 The Drawing Center presented Rashid Johnson’s Anxious Men, a site-specific installation created by the artist with curator Claire Gilman for the Drawing Room gallery.
Every artist draws inspiration from the realities that surround them. Reena Kallat has taken hers right from the seed of the apple that stripped the world of its saccharine sweetness and shaded it a deep grey.
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