Religare Art is proud to present a solo exhibition by the renowned contemporary artist Sanjay Bhattacharya. Titled, ‘Emerging Krishna’ the exhibition, curated by well-respected art curator and critic Uma Nair, is a poignant exploration of captured moments and altered ways of seeing. To quote the artist, “For me, subject, composition and backdrop, become the idea of an artist’s landscape, so what I see is a juxtaposition of many elements from the past and the present to create a new way of seeing. This Krishna show is about that, however, through the element of abstraction, I have left many layers open to interpretation for the viewer to decipher, and also to respond to.” The artworks will be on display at the Religare Art Gallery, D3 P3B District Centre, Ground Floor, Saket, New Delhi, 110017 from November 23rd – December 17th, 2012. Working in three distinct media, the show comprises of exquisitely executed photographs, canvases and sculptures that reference the form of Lord Krishna, and transform the space of the Religare Art gallery into an arena of form, colour and composition. Commenting on the exhibition, Mr. Amit Sarup, President and Head of Religare Art states that “Religare Art shares a long and cherished relationship with the artist, having showcased his photographs once before in 2009, and is delighted to share with the public Sanjay’s latest explorations of light, colour, composition and mood.” Upon viewing these works one cannot deny the sublime spirituality that is embedded in them, however, as outlined by exhibition curator Uma Nair, “There is indeed a resonant reverence in some of these works – but also Sanjay Bhattacharyya’s 17th century Spanish obsession with the mirror image of reality. In a complex and mixed society, we can look at this show in two ways, first, at the canvases and then the photographs or vice versa. But, wherever you begin, the charisma of a darshan to an urban audience, the touch of the past, a thoughtful setting against the bolts and rusted embers of time, give us Krishna, as an avatar of deliverance, the silhouette framed in the pantheon of remembrance, and not ensconced among the gods of a household shrine.”