What makes J. Swaminathan’s work distinctive is that it emerges from a highly personal space and his own experiences. In this Untitled painting, the artist probes the relation of colour to space, also exploring his interest towards folk motifs and tantra iconography, which is revealed in the patterns on display. Swaminathan’s loyalty to colour, form, and texture, is exemplified here, as is his particularness to create works that are personal.
published references
Khanna, Krishen, Jagdish Swaminathan: Contemporary Indian Art Series (New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1995), unpaginated Singh, Kishore, ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume VI: A Modern Vernacular (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 1140 Singh, Kishore, ed., Group 1890: India’s Indigenous Modernism (New Delhi: DAG, 2016), p. 205
J. Swaminathan
Untitled
Oil on canvas
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