Love
Contemporary Conceptual
Devi Art Foundation
Sudarshan Shetty’s Love shows a Braille typewriter incessantly typing the word ‘love’ on a sheet of paper. The repetitive production of the word, ‘love’ directs our attention to the mindless reproduction of the text in our daily life. As Shetty says, ‘Love begins with a basic human emotion, and at the other end of the spectrum it’s also a marketable phenomenon.’1 Using a Brailler to type the text, Shetty uses an international symbol of blindness to restate the cliché, ‘love is blind’. As a script, Braille is also paradoxical. It is both universal and limited to a particular group.Viewing Shetty’s work is fun. It has elements of fantasy, storytelling and playfulness. It is edgy. The absence of human representation ‘humanizes’ the mechanical devices, turning them into characters that express our own frustrations and hopes. The artist suggests, ‘With my installations, I think the roles of onlooker and object become reversed.’Movement is an integral part of Shetty’s work; and he often chooses to use old-fashioned and antiquated machinery. It is difficult to locate these objects in space and time or to tag them as ‘Indian’, ‘contemporary’ or ‘old-fashioned’.
Sudarshan Shetty (1961 –)
Sudarshan Shetty: Leading Indian contemporary artist renowned for immersive sculptures & multimedia installations exploring memory, domesticity & temporality. Exhibited at Tate Modern & more.
Devi Art Foundation (Gurugram, India)
Devi Art Foundation is a leading contemporary art museum in Gurugram, India, established by Anupam and Lekha Poddar. Focusing on South Asian art forms—including tribal and experimental pieces—it houses over 7,000 artworks and operates with independence to foster artistic dialogue. Highlights include diverse paintings, sculptures, and exhibitions promoting Indian culture internationally.
Bu sanat eseri hakkında
- Eser Adı: Love
- Sanatçı: Sudarshan Shetty
- Biçim: Landscape
- Telif hakkı durumu: Telif hakkı koruması altında
- Sergilendiği yer: Devi Art Foundation
- Akış: Contemporary Conceptual
- Yaratım dönemi: Contemporary
- Külliyat bağlamı: mechanical & human, critique of language
- Anahtar Kelimeler: repetitive text art, braille typewriter art, conceptual art piece
- Konular: blindness, braille, minimalism
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