You recently won the ‘Lorenzo il Magnifico’ Bronze, and have earlier won the Lalit Kala state award.
To be selected by a jury of stalwarts for the 🅠Lorenzo Award was a great honour. For the Lali𒆙t Kala awards, to be adjudged by artists like J. Swaminathan vindicated my belief in what I was doing.
You have a lot of human form in your sculptures.
The human bꦰody is the literal and metaphorical vehicle for my expression.
Why only bronze?
The metal has an intrinsic richness and re🧔silience which I like.
Your inspiration?
Life, in all its splendour.
Your tribute to Matisse is very famous.
Matisse’s The Conversation is a confrontation between the male and the female; my bronze, On the Same Page, depicts a harmony.
They say artists cannot pick favourites, do you have one?
Heaven and Earth, at Holiday Inn, Bangalore. A figure from the ceiling connects with ano🌳ther one on the floor and therℱe is a fluid ribbon forming an arch under which people walk.
Has the Indian art market changed over the years?
The Indian art lover has grown mor🔜e refined. A💟rt is no longer the exclusive preserve of a few.
Tell us about your unique connect with sculpture.
A sculpture requires me to pour in more energy into it. I still paint, draw and etch; a lot 🍃of my bronzes have drawings and etchings on them.
You have worked for hotels. How does that differ from something you make for yourself?
All work 𓄧I do is♋ my own, commissioned or otherwise.
Do you have any other hobbies?
I love to cook, garden a🌱nd keep home. Travel, literaturꦬe, cinema and the theatre are a huge part of my life.
