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TV Santhosh's new show brings back his perspectives of a society in turmoil
Updated On: 11 December, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
With his first show in the city in 15 years, TV Santhosh brings back his perspectives of a society in turmoil, the creativity it churns out and the visions it inspires
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Tension is necessary for great art. From William Shakespeare’s Hamlet to the streaks on Pablo Picasso’s iconic Guernica, artistic expression has often burst forth in fraught moments of challenges faced by its characters or creators. For TV Santhosh, it has been the norm in his creations. The Santiniketan-graduate will return to the city for his first show since 2008 with another series of artworks and sculptures titled History Lab and the Elegy of Visceral Incantations, that dives deep into the imprints left by the chaos on social media, tensions around the world and the increasingly skewed perspectives across society.
Describing the long hiatus, the Mumbai-based Santhosh says, “I am not a very prolific artist. I like to take my time with my creations. Moreover, it is not that easy to create a series for a solo show. You need a larger idea to come together. You need to contextualise it.” This context emerges through the nature of conflict around us. For the 55-year-old, they are defining experiences that shape us as individuals. “The world is, in a way, entering our drawing room through diverse mediums of consumption. These may even be second-hand experiences, but we are exposed to these turbulent social realities on an everyday basis, perhaps even every minute owing to our mobile phones,” he points out.
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