His paintings and installations are a visual dialogue that communicate everything that artist Poornachandra Prasad hopes to express. On display at Iconart Gallery, the works reflect his take on cultures and beliefs.
Titled Infinite Spaces the works include a collection of Prasad’s paintings and installations that take the viewer through a visual journey replete with a confluence of images that come together to form a single image.
The semi-abstract pieces use images that are contradicting in nature to form a single plane of thought.
For instance, in one particular work he mounts a conical shape onto a plain canvas with its two sides depicting different scenes.
One of an elephant with its tusks cut off and another of a lighthouse by the sea shore.
While each piece depicts a different scene drawing inspiration from nature and everyday life what remains constant in all his works is the three dimensional effect that he brings by introducing either cylindrical or conical shapes upon which he paints his different scenes.
In fact, the cylindrical form is the most dominant feature in most of his works.
According to the artist this is an attempt to make the viewer question what he/she is seeing in a bid to engage them with his works.
Another one of Prasad’s works has a series of abstract geometric shapes signalling that the artist is trying to explore a world of dreams with the vivid imagery changing. Several of his works have a lot of historical visuals, narratives from mythology, modern visuals and fantasy figures.
The works are on display at Iconart Gallery till April 20 from 11.30a.m. to 7p.m.