"Horizontals or Verticals" an exhibition of sculptures by Neeraj Gupta at Epicentre, Sec-44, Gurgaon > 12th-22nd February 2011

Time : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Entry : Free

Place : Epicentre, Apparel House, Sector 44, Opp. Power Grid Residential Complex, Gurgaon

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Event Details : 'Horizontals or Verticals' an exhibition of sculptures by Neeraj Gupta.

Neeraj Gupta is a sculptor who has chosen the hardest of materials to convey the most succinct of messages.  A self-taught artist, this professional architect uses varied blocks of marble or the roots of mature uprooted sheesham trees, left abandoned on the roadsides and city forests of the Capital as his medium. Spurred on by his concern for his city, this Delhi resident creates mammoth-sized works primarily for installation in public spaces. Besides aesthetic appeal, these works exude the deep-seated wisdom of being linked to one another as fellow beings of this world. ‘Works of art in public spaces,’ he surmises, ‘are those signs and visions that rise above divisions, partisan passions or abject materialism to some higher vision.’ 

Characteristically, their large format, also capitalizes on the finer points of the materials to express the core message. Thus the wood sculptures in their polished finesse draw the viewer’s attention to the fine grains of the solid mass, while the marble pieces in their varied formations express the fluidity of flowing rivers, the angularity of man-made monuments, or the icicle drippings in dolomite caves. Such depictions appeal to the mind’s eye as symbols of a life-giving force within a city’s pulsating nerve centre, or as figures representing the throbbing of the human heart.

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