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拍品專文
N. S. Harsha draws much of his inspiration by observing the social dynamics of the people around him. In Orientalist Reaching Out, Harsha paints men from across the social spectrum, united by their involvement in the construction site. "I began assembling distinct individuals, characters or forms in the same picture frame and observing their interrelationships as a way of portraying the reality of everyday life. My work is not just trying to achieve a visual perfection but is a journey into these individual forms within a large panorama." (Artist quote, The Observer, 19 September 2009)
"His large-scale and intricately detailed canvases depict a microcosm of Indian life. The multitude of figures are all animated in unison and focused on an incongruous or comically strange event. Harsha's paintings wittily combine rites and rituals common to Indian life [...]." (S. Apte and R. Morrild, N S Harsha, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art)
Harsha has exhibited extensively at international projects and exhibitions including Serpentine Gallery, London (2008), Mukha Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium (2008), Museum of Fine Arts, Berne, Switzerland (2007) and the first Singapore Biennale (2006). He was also the recipient of the 3rd Artes Mundi Prize awarded in 2008. In 2010 he was a visiting artist at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris and this year he will be participating in the Adelaide Festival and the Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme (Berliner Kënstlerprogramm), conducted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
"His large-scale and intricately detailed canvases depict a microcosm of Indian life. The multitude of figures are all animated in unison and focused on an incongruous or comically strange event. Harsha's paintings wittily combine rites and rituals common to Indian life [...]." (S. Apte and R. Morrild, N S Harsha, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art)
Harsha has exhibited extensively at international projects and exhibitions including Serpentine Gallery, London (2008), Mukha Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium (2008), Museum of Fine Arts, Berne, Switzerland (2007) and the first Singapore Biennale (2006). He was also the recipient of the 3rd Artes Mundi Prize awarded in 2008. In 2010 he was a visiting artist at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris and this year he will be participating in the Adelaide Festival and the Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme (Berliner Kënstlerprogramm), conducted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).