Even though he did not live in India, Krishna Reddy proved to be an undeniable influence on the development of printmaking in the country. Most printmakers from this generation encountered Reddy and the technique of viscosity printmaking either at Atelier 17 in Paris, and, later, in New York, or in the several workshops that he conducted across India in the 1980s. Reddy’s technical brilliance is on display in Three Graces, his rendition in abstract imagery based on Greek mythology representing Euphrosyne (mirth), Aglaia (elegance) and Thalia (youth and beauty).
published references
Appasamy, Jaya, ed., Lalit Kala Contemporary No. II (New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1970), unpaginated Singh, Kishore, Memory & Identity: Indian Artists Abroad (New Delhi: DAG, 2016), p. 181 Singh, Kishore, ed., India’s French Connection: Indian Artists in France (New Delhi: DAG, 2018), pp. 214-15
Krishna Reddy
Three Graces
1958
Viscosity on handmade paper
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