2012年6月18日星期一

Nazar is a product of the Kerala Kalapeetom, and most of his oil paintings sale of that period are made in wood. Over the years, along with the style that has morphed so has his medium. Fascinated by the feel of clay, Nazar has switched to terracotta. The medium he says lend itself to his current absorption with the theme of slaughter shops.he can get the sensation of flesh when I knead the clay, says the artist who is both a painter and sculptor. Nazar is a member of this guild of lamenters who believe that senseless killings and massacres rerely cause a stir: the daily news dose of terrorism has apparently be numbered readers. In a mixed media installation titled local Meat Shop; pink figurines that allude to skinned human bodies are suspended by a spine-chilling hook in an abattoir, waiting for the consumer to pick them up. With a theme as revolting the artist succeeds in shaking the viewer out of his stupor. For his current exhibition, Nazar has replaced terracotta with colored plastic tapes. The hooked figures dangle against a painted backdrop. An undulating landscape oil paintings with dunes and date palms is worked in pastel shades; he dunes and palms echo the topography of his adopted country.

Nazar investigates architectural constructions and readily employs them in his compositions. In another series titled City Scopes, Nazar uses the tall structures that are used in the Middle East as wind moving system. There is only a hint of color he skillfully executes a labyrinthine assembly of towers to bring out layers over layers of images.

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