Arts_Illustrated_-_February-March_2016

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‘I

discovered Parvathi’s work at the

Kochi Biennale 2014 and went back

to see it a couple of times,’ discloses

French abstract artist Pierre Legrand. Why?

Just because he liked the perfect synthesis

between complexity and clarity in her work.

‘Everything is clean, precise, legible. As I

work mainly in colours, I greatly appreciated

the choice of black and white. The subjects

she chooses are also part of my creative

exploration, except that I choose to work

at a much smaller scale, at the cellular or

atomic level,’ he says. Which brings us to

the perennial question, he reminds, ‘What

is abstract? What is realistic? Is the picture

of atoms abstract?’ Technology has aided

the process of abstraction by augmenting its

peregrination of taking away or removing

characteristics from something in order to

reduce it to a set of essential characteristics

Pierre Legrand and Parvathi Nayar

Perforated Script, Pierre Legrand,

Acrylic on Sunscreen Mesh,

120 cm x 75 cm, Image Courtesy to

Art Houz Gallery and the Artist

(^58) / arts illustrated / feb 2016 - mar 2016 /IAF - Delhi Connecting Art