In P. T. Reddy’s abstract paintings, including this Untitled one, the geometry is unrestricted and flexible, only nominally pointing to its source, while maintaining its freedom to express a painterly language that was born from the artist’s own influences. Having worked as a set designer on films in Bombay, many of Reddy’s abstracts resemble an overview of a scene or setting. The strength of the lines in vivid colours, seen here, take charge of the surface and the dimensions to reveal Reddy’s dynamism as an artist.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., Indian Abstracts: An Absence of Form (New Delhi: DAG, 2014), p. 351 Singh, Kishore, ed., India Modern: Narratives from 20th Century Indian Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 286 Singh, Kishore, ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume VIII: Region and Identity (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 1573
P. T. Reddy
Untitled
1980
Oil on canvas
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1980
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