Forest at Night, 2015 Fiberglass, resin and granite dust
Part- I 60′ diameter x 45″ Part- II, Figure 73 1/2″ x 18″ x 8”
Talwar Gallery is delighted to present Forest of The Living Divine, a solo exhibition of works by N.N.Rimzon. We are proud to bring this exhibition that marks the return of the artist to the capital with a solo exhibition after 23 years.
On view are sculptures, installations, paintings on canvas and works on paper from 2007 to the present. In this exhibition, Rimzon affirms his practice as an extension of and distilled from the classical thought and traditions that have continued to infuse life and art in India for millenniums. In Forest at night, a beautiful maiden with her hair streaking towards the sky like a fountain stands atop a voluminous vessel as if commanding a spaceship before takeoff or a mother protecting what is contained within. In Big Maa, a tall totem soaring like a lingam is adorned with symbols of fertility while anchored in a spherical vessel. Here the artist playfully invokes the creation of life and duality of its nature with a subtle sense of eroticism hovering around the work. In another, a Devotee sits hands folded and cross-legged, on a circular platform that seems to be at a certain magical threshold as if it would be levitating any moment. Tree at Shrine takes us to a time when devotion and worship were unencumbered by binds of religion, where one could seek to connect to something beyond by creating meaning with the simplest offerings of nature.
Devotee, 2015 Bronze and mild steel Figure 10″ x 5″ x 4” Part- II 30”diameter
N.N. Rimzon was born in 1957 in Kakkoor, Kerala, India. He earned a BFA in sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum (1982), an MA in sculpture at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda (1984) and an MA with distinction from the Royal College of Art, London (1989). His works have been exhibited at institutions worldwide including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (2014); 5th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China (2012); Museum of Modern Art, (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium (2008); National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, India (2007); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico (2006); Berkeley Art Museum (BAM), Berkeley, CA (2006); Busan Biennale, South Korea (2005); Art Center of Western Australia, Perth (2005); Asia Society, New York, NY (2005); Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY (1997); Singapore Art Museum (1997); House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany (1997); 2nd Asia – Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (1996); Asia Society, New York, NY, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands and in collaboration at the XLV Venice Biennale; Italy.
Forest at Night, 2015
Fiberglass, resin and granite dust
Part- I 60' diameter x 45''
Part- II, Figure 73 1/2'' x 18'' x 8”
Forest at Night (detail)
Forest at Night (detail)
Forest at Night (detail)
Forest at Night
Pond near the house, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
30” x 23 3/4”
Devotee, 2015
Bronze and mild steel
Figure 10'' x 5'' x 4”
Part- II 30”diameter
Devotee (detail)
Star of Forest, 2015
Charcoal and acrylic on paper
17 1/2” x 14 1/4”
House under the Stars, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
60” x 47 3/4”
Ground Near the Church, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 47 3/4"
Dancer with four arms, 2007
Stone, fiberglass, marble dust & aluminum
140” x 43” x 73”
Death of an author, 2015
Charcoal and acrylic on paper
16 1/4” x 13"
Dancing serpents, 2015
Charcoal and acrylic on paper
16 1/2” x 13 1/4"
Temple under the night sky, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
60”x 47 3/4”
Mother at the forest, 2009
Acrylic on fiberglass, marble dust
60” diameter x 10 1/4”
Mother at the forest (detail)
Tree Shrine, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
40" x 39 3/4"
Tree at the Shrine, 2016
Bronze
94” x 11 1/2” x 27”
School under the Stars, 2015
Charcoal and acrylic on paper
27 1/2” x 20”
Big Maa, 2015
Fiberglass, resin and granite dust
95” x 49” x 49"
Big Maa, 2015
Big Maa, 2015
