KAMA CHAMELEON: SHAW, SOUZA, SOMNATH

December 08 - January 12 , 2017

Kama Chameleon is the first presentation in India of a substantial suite of works by Raqib Shaw, the renowned Kashmiri artist who has been based in London for nearly two decades. Shaw depicts a variety of creatures, including human-animal hybrids, that are as gloriously over the top and richly imagined as J.K. Rowling’s fantastic beasts, with the difference that few of Shaw’s creations would qualify for a PG rating.
The exhibition places Shaw’s works on paper in conversation with small-format drawings, paintings and etchings by two masters, F. N. Souza and Somnath Hore. These cover a range of human experiences from spiritual inspiration to eroticism to despair. The emotions of desire, anxiety and fear are foregrounded in the selection from Souza and Hore, to complement the mood of Shaw’s oeuvre. 

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Architectural Digest, 13 December 2016
The Hindu, 8 December 2016

Raqib Shaw, Death, Beauty & Justice II, Acrylic, Rhinestones, Glitter & Graphite on Paper, 34 x 30 inches, 2007

Raqib Shaw, Baby in Bowl, Acrylic, Rhinestones, Glitter & Graphite on Paper, 28 x 22 inches, 2007

Raqib Shaw, Untitled, Acrylic, Rhinestones, Glitter & Graphite on Paper, 16 x 12 inches, 2007

Raqib Shaw, Cookie, Acrylic, Rhinestones, Glitter & Graphite on Paper, 14.5 inches diameter, 2007

Somnath Hore, Untitled (Head), Coloured Intaglio, 10 x 7 inches, 1966

Somnath Hore, Birth of a White Rose, Etching, 24 x 20 inches, 1960's

Somnath Hore, The Dog, Coloured Intaglio, 4 x 6 inches, 1960

Somnath Hore, Untitled, Watercolour on Etching, 10 x 7 inches, 1987

F N Souza, Untitled, Gouache on Paper, 21 x13 inches, 1965

F N Souza, Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, 26 x 20 inches, 1967

F N Souza, Lovers, Pigment on Paper, 78 x 56 cms, 1948

F N Souza, Untitled, Ink on Paper, 18 x 12 inches, 1962

Somnath Hore, Untitled (Wounds) Series, Paper Pulp, 20 x 26 inches, 1977

Somnath Hore, Untitled (Wounds) Series, Paper Pulp, 20 x 26 inches, 1972

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