Sakshi Gallery is proud to present Sunil Gawde’s magnificent installation,
‘Alliteration’ in a special exhibition from March 17 to 21, 2010. The work is
just back after being shown at the 53rd edition of the prestigious Venice
Biennale between June 7 and Nov 22 last year.
‘Alliteration’ is a 4.5 meters large dead-matte black metal kinetic piece. Its
front side presents a screen-like surface to viewers, a wall on which discs
representing 28 moons turn at variable speeds, dipping in and out of
view. The reverse side is open, naked to the eye, without hood or baffle: a
candid disclosure of the mechanism composed by seven belt-driven
wheels, which are choreographing with their movements an elaborate
dance of the moons.
‘Alliteration’ is a complex meditation on the passage of time: a
contemplation of the rhythmic flow of waxing and waning, fullness and
eclipse, which characterizes the life cycle of individuals, empires and
universes. It alludes directly to a cosmos calibrated by the interlocking
trajectories of suns, moons and planets. It hints, also, at the enigma of
personality, whether of the individual or the planet. And perhaps most
subtly, with understated eloquence, it reflects on a society that has made
the transition from an industrial past to a future in which the machine is a
splendid ruin rather than engine of profit, quiescent memorial to fortune
rather than turbulent generator of change.
About Sunil Gawde:
Sunil Gawde was born in Mumbai.
in 1960. He graduated in fine art
from the Sir JJ School of Art,
Mumbai in 1980. In 1995, he
received the British Council’s
Charles Wallace Award for 1995-
1996, and spent a year as visiting
artist at the Glasgow School of
Art, Scotland. His work has been
exhibited in numerous
international exhibitions,
including ‘Radium Grass’
(Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow,
1997), Bombay Maximum City’
(Lille, 2006), ‘Made by Indians’
(St Tropez, 2006) and ‘Art on the
Corniche’ (Abu Dhabi, 2007),
organised by Galerie Enrico
Navarra. In 2009 he was invited
by Pompidou Centre, Paris for a
residency program where his work
is slated for exhibition in 2011.
His work will also be shown at the
Museum of Naples later this year
and the Museum of Athens next year.
For further information, contact:
Preeti Gaonkar T: 022 6610 3424 E: preeti@sakshigallery.com
