PAST EXHIBITION

N. S. Harsha: Come Give Us A Speech

September 12, 2008—November 1, 2008

Bodhi Art presents N.S. Harsha with his first monograph exhibition in New York, Come Give Us A Speech.  The recipient of the Artes Mundi Prize 2008, N.S. Harsha’s recent work is an extension of his diverse concerns about repetition, multiplicity, and diversity.



N.S. Harsha has elaborated his grid-like compositions with a series of recurring motifs.  The paintings are often panoramic and seemingly systematic, inviting interpretations of co-existence between nature and the metropolis - a reflection of southern India’s rich, fertile tradition of urban gardens, cities lush with imported trees, and a diverse relationship to plantations.



Mysore’s historical and natural wealth often deposits itself back into N.S. Harsha’s work - a plethora of plants, birds, and animals occupy the same space as people and furniture.  His latest installation, Leftovers, epitomizes the artist’s relational practice and is composed of the plastic representations of various dishes, condiments that were manufactured in the fake food tradition in Japan.  This frozen, half-eaten, plastic reality, set on plastic banana leaves, invokes the realistic aftermath of a communal meal and forms the centre piece of the exhibition.

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