Naga

The focus on the dot or bindu, an exercise that S. H. Raza began as a child when his schoolteacher asked him to concentrate in class, became the artist’s contemplative gaze to understand art from a personal standpoint. The bindu denoted to Raza the creative matrix and source of all energy. He builds up the canvas in Naga to create dense and solid circles that evolve into concentric orbs of energy, resembling tantra imagery. The coiled serpent forms become symbolic of rebirth, rejuvenation and the cycle of life.