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The Dancer on the Horse Reflections on the Art of Iranna Gr (Hardcover)
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The Dancer on the Horse Reflections on the Art of Iranna Gr (Hardcover)
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Iranna GR was born in 1970, and has painted professionally for 10
years. His studentship took place amid great upheaval in the Indian
class system and a fierce debate about Indian art. The State ceased
to control the economy thus opening the country up to private
business. Although this was generally positive it also had the
effect of generating religious and traditionalist friction. Between
1999 and 2000 Iranna acted as artist-in-residence at Wimbledon
School of Art, London. His art is thought to be a stylistic
challenge to post-modernism, using instead the representative,
idealistic and modernist language of contemporary Indian painting.
He has won several awards, held a series of one-man shows and
participated in exhibitions in Amsterdam and Chicago. This is a
meditation on the life and work of the artist. Ranjit Hoskote
emphasises the spirituality of the artist's work and the importance
of his Guru. Frequently, Iranna depicts a solitary figure in an
unreal landscape, and this has been interpreted by the author as a
self-portrait of one who feels estranged from his context. "The
Dancer on the Horse" refers to a self-portrait by this name. The
dancer must maintain both his own logical plan and take into
account the movement of the horse which is unpredictable. This
balancing act is a metaphor for the artist's obligation to find the
appropriate relationship between the inner and outer realities and
the private space of the studio and the public space of the
gallery. For Ranjit Hoskote, Iranna is immensely successful in
achieving this equilibrium.
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