Panchaloha - Sculptures

TamarindArt’s openness to innovative curatorial initiatives resulted in an engaging exhibition “Panchaloha” (on display from May 22nd to June 23rd), which is curated by
Dr. Deepak Kannal (dean of faculty of fine Arts, Baroda, India), representing appealing works by eleven prominent sculptors from Baroda. These works explored interesting modes of expressions, and provided distinct metal and mixed media sculptures from several generations of artists creating delightful spectacle.

Dr. Kannal, himself a sculptor and art historian finds his curatorial venture challenging as
Baroda artists have successfully evaded confinement to a single perception, agenda or ideology. Today Baroda has become a cauldron for contemporary experimentation in visual arts or a meeting ground for various ideas and idioms that are emerging in different part of the country.

Amongst the best of this well presented show are Nagendra Rajbhandari’s “You will have to die too” (Yama), is dark yet visually evocative piece unfolding ephemera nature of human life. Ganesh Gohain’s “Chair of a Thinker” refers to intensely fragile nature of process and currents that shape human thought. K P Soman’s brass sculpture titled “Ethnic Geometry of Measure of absence” shows purity and “lightness” of abstract concept in clear diagrams etched on a shiny, smooth copper surface on which scientific measuring tools and found objects are assembled without loosing their ethnic content, acquiring a subtle aesthetic quality. Last but not least, Soumitra Gouri’s interactive sculptures are absolute delight.