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Real And Ethereal
Arts Illustrated
|June - July 2019
‘My works do not stop at the visual level and every viewer becomes a serious thinker. He creates his own story according to his perceptions and questions the society in his own way.’ Krishna Setty
With roots deep in the subconscious, Krishna Setty creates narratives that have been dredged out of his experiences, reflecting a dystopian society. His solo show at Art Houz, Chennai, titled Real and Ethereal bears this out, with 71 works rendered in ink and coloured pastels on paper. ‘I chose pastels and ink on paper to give an eerie feeling. In some drawings I have used only pen and ink to convey my expressions. Being a printmaker, I love textures and patterns along with stylised images.’ The term ‘ethereal’ as a binary to ‘real’ is a misnomer when affiliating his narrative and visual language, for ethereal connotes airy and insubstantial forms or a utopian realm of perfection, while the artist presents a dystopia where nothing is in order.
This story is from the June - July 2019 edition of Arts Illustrated.
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