Sovan Kumar’s Parallel Worlds

Sovan Kumar has been running in these parallel worlds for some time now. While his art operates on the fringes of transcending the imagined boundaries, Kumar walks the tightrope with each stoke.  

Having viewed Sovan Kumar previous works as a part of many collective shows once, it’s not easy to miss his vivid renditions the next time one views them. For the last few years Kumar has effortlessly traversed the lines that separate the two worlds using his most enduring image.

The truck has become the very motif of not only his work but also his journeys into discovery. Using the gargantuan beast of a vehicle as a metaphor for aimless progress that in the name of offering some thing better erodes whatever is left of one’s identity, it has become very difficult to separate the image of the track from Kumar. Kumar’s latest solo show suitably called Rites of Passage not only offers a new parking spot for the truck but also provides a glimpse of another facet of the artist.

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Rites of Passage is a very exciting exhibition for the works on display will dazzle you and their sheer audacity would enthrall you. Sovan Kumar’s observations are complicated in their simplicity–the artist uses the ominous black background to convey fear in the form of shelves of law books, spotless and almost unused being ferried away (Land of Justice), the unopened and unread newspapers being sent away to be recycled for tomorrow (Mass Media) or the haplessness of manual laborers toiling away.

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If some one thought Kumar’s iconography couldn’t shock the second time around needs to look at the work inspired by the Mumbai terror attacks. The image of smoke bellowing out of the iconic dome of the Taj Hotel and the archway of the Gateway of India smeared across a blood red background won’t leave your mind in haste. Eerily titled Transportation of Smoke, the rendition portrays how terror is moving freely across our lives.

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This time around Kumar also puts up his other works on display. His photography–the four images of traffic movement portrayed by streaks and the hypnotic Ocean of People; his installations of the wooden trucks, and the human temple–cutout of a temple with photos common people stuck on it offer a great insight into the artist’s mind.

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