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Lot Essay
In this monumental diptych, fragments of the human form are fused with industrial matter, in a comment on the mechanistic nature of modern existence. On the left panel, a finely rendered dark hewn leg presses against disjointed pipes. Similarly, the right panel features a foot as it emerges from a pipe. Set against a flat white background, the forms chart a dark map of the human condition.
Broota's works are existential explorations; extraneous detail is exercised, focusing the viewer's eyes on the deeply modelled man-machine. "The realization that every part of the human body is expressive and can speak has made Broota move from the monumental to the minimal, from panorama to fragment. As in his imaginative landscapes in the Metamorphosis series, each small part of the body demands the same kind of attention and treatment." (Counterparts: Recent Paintings by Rameshwar Broota@Exhibition Catalogue, New Delhi, India, 2009, p. 6).
Broota has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (Oxford), Hirschhorn Museum (Washington DC), and Biennales in Tokyo and Dhaka, among other major international venues. A major retrospective of his work is scheduled to open this month at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi.
Broota's works are existential explorations; extraneous detail is exercised, focusing the viewer's eyes on the deeply modelled man-machine. "The realization that every part of the human body is expressive and can speak has made Broota move from the monumental to the minimal, from panorama to fragment. As in his imaginative landscapes in the Metamorphosis series, each small part of the body demands the same kind of attention and treatment." (Counterparts: Recent Paintings by Rameshwar Broota@Exhibition Catalogue, New Delhi, India, 2009, p. 6).
Broota has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (Oxford), Hirschhorn Museum (Washington DC), and Biennales in Tokyo and Dhaka, among other major international venues. A major retrospective of his work is scheduled to open this month at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi.