Paintings
Persistence of faith
Iron, Silicon carbide and ink on concrete
25 x 57 inches
R Magesh
The work explores the constant tension between the aspect of light and dark, good andbad, relating the contemporary to the historic and the sacred to the profane, thesignificance and history of painting as a system of representation, exposing how the materiality of paint can carry and convey meaning.
Necessitating a slowed-down process of looking, the intensely worked surfaces are delicate and luminous, expanding and reforming found imagery through studied formal approaches.
The work weaves multiple narratives that are based on pre existing imagery culled from a variety of sources, including early renaissance painting, film stills, personal photography, historical events and news
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